It’s time to fill those memory cards. Canon releases firmware v1.8.1 for the Canon EOS R5. 400mp stills are now possible
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I'm not brave enough to install any firmware upgrade until it's been beta tested by others for at least a month, as new firmware can be buggy and has been pulled shortly after release several times by various brands, including Canon.
My experience with previous upgrades has been that it often takes much longer than anticipated to install and finalise, so could it be possible that you panicked too early and ignored the instruction "don't turn off or touch any buttons"?
Given that your camera has locked up, I'd suggest dropping and reinserting the battery, making sure it's fully charged, and then re-setting the camera. Hopefully that will enable you to install a previous version, although you may have already tried this?
GOOD LUCK
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Seems to me it would be possible to add this feature to all IBIS cameras. Would be nice to get this on the R7 …
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I am as well
There's where I think you're wrong. I believe Canon is lagging behind selling those super sharp RF L series lenses. Adding extra resolution to the camera might turn some photographers to swap their trustworthy EF L lenses with those newer alternatives. At least I think this was the concept behind this feature.
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Not every feature is for everyone. Most photographers aren't going to care about a photography-focused update intended for a small minority of photographers. I applaud all manufacturers who expand their cameras' capabilities to specified work. 400MP is impractical for most projects, but for archival/reference photography or scanning it is an exciting and useful feature.
Additionally, real-world utility is not always the most exciting prospect of early iterations of emerging technology. Only 5 years ago, the only way to access 400mpx was to shoot with a $48,000 Hasselblad. Now, you can access this technology for less than a tenth of the price. By making this technology accessible, even in a limited form, it sets precedent for improvements and greater accessibility across the board. Expect better iterations from Sony, Nikon, and Canon in the near future.
Additionally, real-world utility is not always the most exciting prospect of early iterations of emerging technology. Only 5 years ago, the only way to access 400mpx was to shoot with a $48,000 Hasselblad. Now, you can access this technology for less than a tenth of the price. By making this technology accessible, even in a limited form, it sets precedent for improvements and greater accessibility across the board. Expect better iterations from Sony, Nikon, and Canon in the near future.
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I wonder why they left out RAW capability. Having separate images and a semi-manual workflow would allow masking out areas that have movement and only use a single image for those areas. Probably wouldn't be too hard to automate that with decent results in software (probably a bit much to try to do it in camera though.)
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Just playing with this new toy for the last hour.
I do not like this new feature nor I will use it
- You need to use a tripod yes or yes
- If there's any even smallest change like anything moving in the background gets messed up already, since shoot 9 pictures with different times
- Really slow
- There's artifacts coming out of the picture
- Only JPEG
- Not separated pictures which at least... we could later use.
Here you have 2 sample pictures with same exposure same composition. 1 normal and another super mega 400mpx. https://we.tl/t-kZyXE2lZwm Wetransfer link, 91.6MB
Yeah lot more resolution but for what? :S
I do not like this new feature nor I will use it
- You need to use a tripod yes or yes
- If there's any even smallest change like anything moving in the background gets messed up already, since shoot 9 pictures with different times
- Really slow
- There's artifacts coming out of the picture
- Only JPEG
- Not separated pictures which at least... we could later use.
Here you have 2 sample pictures with same exposure same composition. 1 normal and another super mega 400mpx. https://we.tl/t-kZyXE2lZwm Wetransfer link, 91.6MB
Yeah lot more resolution but for what? :S
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I agree with you. The rumors got R5 users very excited, but this was not what was expected. Almost no one is happy with this update. Expectations were higher. The features you mentioned were the expectations of many users. Hopefully we can see them in an update like 2.0.
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Well then. Deluxe focus stacking and Deluxe AF improvements on R5 confirmed
On one hand I like that Canon does not officially preview something like the Game Developers do, as this often creates high expectations and is then met with a myriad of bugs and disappointments, but the rumours seem to do it for them, which then does create letdowns either way.
I'm still rather disappointed as "there could have been more", but I don't know their strategy and I love my R5 irregardless. I will continue to hope though that we'll be crossing the magical v2.0 mark and v2.0 being worthy of the name. v1.9 in July & v 2.0 in November or v1.9 skipped entirely. Who knows. New R5 II in April 24 with bombshell revelations like the R5 was itself.
I for my part will go out and take more pictures in the meantime with my beloved R5...
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That reminds me....
I've never updated the original firmware on my 5D3....I need to see if I can still do it...!??!
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I tried some photos and learned very quickly that I can't hand hold the camera. I ended up with a 64MB jpeg so its very compressed. Then, I ran Topaz Sharpen AI . I did not time it, took maybe 10 -15 minutes. The tiff output file is 2.58 GB. So much for saving as tiff, I could not even open that file in photoshop.
Reprocessing it to jpeg, it takes 4.3GB of my video memory and 90% GPU. This time, I watched the time to save it, it took 7 minutes. The sharpened jpeg file jumped in size to 169MB. It was subtly sharper but the color and contrast also changed. It was definitely not worth the trouble to sharpen the image.
Reprocessing it to jpeg, it takes 4.3GB of my video memory and 90% GPU. This time, I watched the time to save it, it took 7 minutes. The sharpened jpeg file jumped in size to 169MB. It was subtly sharper but the color and contrast also changed. It was definitely not worth the trouble to sharpen the image.
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Is this update for the R5 to attract as many customers as possible until the R5 Mark 2 is released? Since the user who will buy a camera of this level is not a beginner in photography, how many photographers can this feature convince?
Come on Canon you can do better. Of course if you want.
Come on Canon you can do better. Of course if you want.
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