The Pre-burst mode works when you half-press the shutter and then storage is actuated when you fully press. What I would like to know is when half-pressed does it continuously cycle, removing the oldest frame as the newest is added, or does it just stop, empty and you have to restart?
Pre-Burst mode of R5ii
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So, no matter how long you half-press the shutter, you'll always get the last 15 frames before you fully press it? That makes sense.
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For previous implementations Canon said it was a ring buffer, so it will continuously cycle. For the R5II they have kept the information minimal, hopefully we’ll get some white papers later 
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josephandrews222
I Shot the Sheriff, but I Did Not Shoot the Deputy
I remain interested in exactly how what Canon calls 'Pre-Continuous Shooting' will work (in my hands).
Here is an example of some images...and in the words of Jeff Cable:
"I will be honest with you, this sport is not easy to shoot. There are many times when I would hit the shutter button but miss the action. I was not happy with what I was getting with the Canon R5 MKII (using the RF70-200mm lens). Then I thought "well...this is the perfect time to try the pre-capture mode of the new camera" where the camera can go back and save images 1/2 second before I fully press the shutter button. And this made a huge difference to my images!"
I really look forward to trying this...as I've stated previously here on CR, the iOS 'Live' mode (iPhone 12 Pro Max) enabled the extraction of exquisite images, for what I guess photos that are referred to as 'candids'.
The M6MkII has a rather unusable RAW pre-burst mode that is, in my hands, troublesome to use. So I look forward to seeing exactly how Pre-Continuous Shooting works on the R5MkII. The concept is so useful with my iPhone...that if Canon makes it right, it may require me to purchase another lens (the RF 24-70 2.8 IS).
But I've read (sort-of) conflicting things online about this very feature, so this thread is quite timely.
Here is an example of some images...and in the words of Jeff Cable:
"I will be honest with you, this sport is not easy to shoot. There are many times when I would hit the shutter button but miss the action. I was not happy with what I was getting with the Canon R5 MKII (using the RF70-200mm lens). Then I thought "well...this is the perfect time to try the pre-capture mode of the new camera" where the camera can go back and save images 1/2 second before I fully press the shutter button. And this made a huge difference to my images!"
I really look forward to trying this...as I've stated previously here on CR, the iOS 'Live' mode (iPhone 12 Pro Max) enabled the extraction of exquisite images, for what I guess photos that are referred to as 'candids'.
The M6MkII has a rather unusable RAW pre-burst mode that is, in my hands, troublesome to use. So I look forward to seeing exactly how Pre-Continuous Shooting works on the R5MkII. The concept is so useful with my iPhone...that if Canon makes it right, it may require me to purchase another lens (the RF 24-70 2.8 IS).
But I've read (sort-of) conflicting things online about this very feature, so this thread is quite timely.
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You can review them and use the rate button to give the poor images one star. Later sort by rating and delete all one stars. It's not great, but it is faster for me than deleting each one by itself. Hope that can help you a little bit.
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josephandrews222
I Shot the Sheriff, but I Did Not Shoot the Deputy
What is the latest 'tip' as far as toggling 'Pre-Continuous Shooting' on-and-off?
Make it part of a Custom Function?
Make it part of a Custom Function?
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josephandrews222
I Shot the Sheriff, but I Did Not Shoot the Deputy
...In my hands, I have verified that the C1 & C2 Custom Shooting Mode, for the M6MkII, is greyed out when RAW Burst Mode is enabled.
In other words, Pre-Continuous Shooting cannot be made a part of C1/C2 for the M6MkII.
According toi a poster at DPR, the same is true for the R7 (i.e. the Pre-Shooting setting cannot be made part of the Custom Functions).
And from here, it looks like the front end of the RAW Burst and Pre-Shooting modes look the same in the R6MkII.
And not quite exactly what I'm looking for is here (for the R6MkII)...so I don't know if RAW Burst and Pre-Shooting can be assigned to a Custom Function for the R6MkII.
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Has anyone verified that the RAW Burst/Pre-Shooting settings can in fact be made part of a Custom Shooting Mode (FOR STILLS) for the R5MkII?
I don't own an R5 (nor an R6MkII or an R7 for that matter), but Pre-Shooting is not available at all on the R5, correct?
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Do any of those cameras output individual files? Or are they all like the M6II where they’re in a container you need to unpack with DPP? If so, I suspect there’s something different about the R5II / R1 implementation.
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josephandrews222
I Shot the Sheriff, but I Did Not Shoot the Deputy
I am certain that the M6MkII yields a container (a container that can be massaged with DPP as well as in camera enabling extraction of individual jpegs and RAW image files); I own a pair of these little dynamos.
I strongly suspect that the R7 is similar (i.e. a container is produced and no individual files) but can only guess that the R6MkII does the same. I think it does.
Why? Because...I think I would have heard about it if it produced individual files...
Your question here is a good one--having to do, basically, with how Canon will implement this particular feature.
it is what I've been thinking about regarding the R5MkII...because, as I've stated here previously, the LIVE feature (which includes pre-shooting etc,) that is available on a four year old iPhone 12 Pro Max...has produced spectacularly useful images for me: images I would not have obtained any other way.
And Apple's implementation of the feature is really nifty.
On the M6MkII? The whole RAW Burst/Pre-Shooting set-up is only OK...
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Loswr
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I'm fairly certain it will register with C# modes. I think the difference is in the names, prior to the R5II / R1, it was 'RAW burst mode' and was in the same menu panel as focus bracketing and multiple exposure. With the new bodies, it's 'pre-continuous shooting' and has its own enable/disable menu pane.
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josephandrews222
I Shot the Sheriff, but I Did Not Shoot the Deputy
Good analysis.
So it appears that when 'Pre-Continuous shooting' is selected on the R5MkII, RAW files cannot be outputted--only JPEG or HEIC.
It is the RAW Burst Mode that removes (greys out) the C1/C2 option on the M6Mkii.
It then appears as if...when Pre-Continuous is selected on the R5Mkii, that RAW output is impossible...making the Custom Modes accessible to the Pre-Continuous mode.
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Loswr
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I believe Canon stated pre-continuous shooting can be RAW, what makes you think it’s limited to jpg?
I suggest you just wait until someone with the camera can answer the question.
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josephandrews222
I Shot the Sheriff, but I Did Not Shoot the Deputy
Kind of a fun mental, detective-like exercise...and good, early knowledge sticks better...and sometimes the searches yield unexpected facts.
And as always, this is a RUMORS site!
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Indeed the jpegs and HEIF files can come with or without RAW.
"The R5 has no such equivalent mode and the new implementation is more elegant than the one added to the EOS R6 II, in that it saves regular JPEG or HEIFs, with and without Raw files"
And as always, this is a RUMORS site!
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Indeed the jpegs and HEIF files can come with or without RAW.
"The R5 has no such equivalent mode and the new implementation is more elegant than the one added to the EOS R6 II, in that it saves regular JPEG or HEIFs, with and without Raw files"
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