The next Canon EOS R5 Mark II firmware update coming this month

I’m still getting very wonky exposure metering. It’s all over the place on this camera. It will read 2/3-stop over so I’ll lower exposure by 2/3 and then it will say 1/3 under or 2/3 under and never actually say it’s exposed properly on the back of the camera. Very odd behavior.
Odd... I haven't seen this problem and I use Manual spot exposure and use that meter a lot to set the exposure and its been rock solid. I guess its possible that its specific to a certain metering mode, but if I were you, I'd consider a repair. However, before you do that, I'd save the settings to a card and revert the camera to default and only change the base exposure settings to check and see if the issue is self inflicted through conflicting settings. For example I did notice the metering linked to the AF point setting seemed to add an offset value, which could contribute to the behavior you are describing.
 
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As far as wishful features, it'd be nice to be able to set front & back focus limits and have the camera check the f# and take the needed step size and #frames to get a focus bracket sequence. And also enable that front/back focus area to restrict the AF range allowed so that I could walk away from the camera (on a tripod) to catch a hopeful sequence of hummingbird shots at my feeder.

Also aperture bracketing (yes, I know I've said it before) , and motion trap (photos/movie) features for when movement is detected (eg for wildlife at a feeder). hello, canon? (hmmm ..., i don't think so, but you never know)
 
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I hope someday they will allow us to assign any function to the two buttons related to playback (bin, rate). Additionally, I’d love to have auto-rotation during image playback
I never understood why the R5 doesn't allow changes for these 2 buttons. Setting the Rate button to EVF/rear screen would be ideal for me as using the MF-n isn't as ergononic with gloves on. AFAIK, the R5C allows changes.
 
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I don't think giving the R5mkII oversampling, or 4k60 without line skipping is going to hurt the R5 C. They are different cameras. R5 C - You can record in any mode unlimited as long as you have storage and battery available. My camera has never overheated. This is not true on the R5mkII even with the cooling grip based on what I've read. Both are great cameras depending on your needs. Of course there are exceptions, but the R5mkII's passive cooler is no match for my fan. While you can get more run time with the cooling grip, the R5 C can still run longer. One trade off, is the user-friendly proxy record enhancements introduced with the R5mkII. It really depends on intended use and need. I'll be happy if Canon can give the R5mkII owners 4k60 without line skipping. Oversampling would be a bonus.
 
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I just came across a nice feature that I had missed. On the R5 and R7, the magnifying glass works only on stored images. On the R5ii, it works live so you can use it as a high powered spotting scope.
 
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My wish list item would be to have "write to both CF and SD" not wait on the SD to clear the buffer. I'm only writing to both as a backup in case my CF card fails (which has happened to me once). The camera could write to the CF, clear it from the cache, and in the background be copying everything from CF to SD. I don't care if the SD is lagging a minute behind, as long as it gets all of the photos pretty soon. It's frustrating that I have to pick between a deeper buffer and data redundancy.
 
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I just came across a nice feature that I had missed. On the R5 and R7, the magnifying glass works only on stored images. On the R5ii, it works live so you can use it as a high powered spotting scope.
Am I missing something? I thought since DSLR live view days, pressing the magnify button went to 5X and 10X in live view, I know my R3 does that in the VF and I’m pretty sure my R did, also. IIRC, face tracking disabled it.
 
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Am I missing something? I thought since DSLR live view days, pressing the magnify button went to 5X and 10X in live view, I know my R3 does that in the VF and I’m pretty sure my R did, also. IIRC, face tracking disabled it.
The R5 and R7 don't. They come up with a message that it doesn't.
 
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Am I missing something? I thought since DSLR live view days, pressing the magnify button went to 5X and 10X in live view, I know my R3 does that in the VF and I’m pretty sure my R did, also. IIRC, face tracking disabled it.
Depending on the model, you had to put the lens in MF mode first for it to work, it works in AF mode on the R5II, which is a nice improvement.
 
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I don't think giving the R5mkII oversampling, or 4k60 without line skipping is going to hurt the R5 C. They are different cameras. R5 C - You can record in any mode unlimited as long as you have storage and battery available. My camera has never overheated. This is not true on the R5mkII even with the cooling grip based on what I've read. Both are great cameras depending on your needs. Of course there are exceptions, but the R5mkII's passive cooler is no match for my fan. While you can get more run time with the cooling grip, the R5 C can still run longer. One trade off, is the user-friendly proxy record enhancements introduced with the R5mkII. It really depends on intended use and need. I'll be happy if Canon can give the R5mkII owners 4k60 without line skipping. Oversampling would be a bonus.
Full frame 4k 60p with no line skipping (or pixel binning etc) would by definition be oversampled. This is the feature on the top of my wishlist. Even if it's thermally limited when recordingly internally, it would be great to be able to output 4k 60p in fine mode to an external recorder. I reckon that would extend recording times quite significantly.

Btw, you can currently get non-line skipped 4k 60p if you shoot in crop mode.
 
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I do hope they will fix the eye control.

One observation I've made in recent days: sometimes I'll do a field recalibration of the eye control autofocus, and it may tell me that the calibration failed, but the camera then performs as though it's been recalibrated. This has happened to me several times. I'll find I need to recalibrate because the cursor is failing to reach all the way to one side of the viewfinder, and it will tell me the calibration failed, but then it'll start working perfectly.

I wonder if one of the problems in the firmware is that it is falsely indicating a failure to calibrate. For those of you who get the calibration failed message, you might try calibrating a few times anyway, and then seeing if it just works. I'm curious if the error message itself is more the problem. Perhaps I'm just an edge case.
 
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Hopefully improvements in AF tracking and less sensor noise, my two biggest issues with the camera. But I\'m not holding my breath. Maybe in the R5M3 in another 4 years.
I suspect Canon's main competition (Sony, Nikon) will have a positive response to your needs in much less than 4 years, perhaps within a year. As full frame camera sales have dropped dramatically , the camera makers will be providing "next step" features more quickly to maintain or improve market share.
 
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CR homepage states another FW update is rumored - in the works. Maybe Canon will provide programmable buttons for waveform on/off and pre-capture on/off in this one. I think Wi-Fi is also disabled if you use an E6NH battery. I think people want this for Canon Connect image transfer / control.

We know everyone wants 4k 60 without line skipping internal or external. What @sigh mentioned above.
 
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Hopefully improvements in AF tracking and less sensor noise, my two biggest issues with the camera. But I\'m not holding my breath. Maybe in the R5M3 in another 4 years.

I suspect Canon's main competition (Sony, Nikon) will have a positive response to your needs in much less than 4 years, perhaps within a year. As full frame camera sales have dropped dramatically , the camera makers will be providing "next step" features more quickly to maintain or improve market share.
Have you compared the R5ii with the opposition? The tracking and detection of the old R5 is better than the Z8/Z9 from reports of those who have tried both and similar to the A1, and the R5ii is better than the R5. The charts on photonstophotos for DR, noise etc are pretty similar for all the 45-50 Mpx sensors. I ask as a matter of interest as I like to learn from direct comparisons from users.
 
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Depending on the model, you had to put the lens in MF mode first for it to work, it works in AF mode on the R5II, which is a nice improvement.
On my 5Dm4 with any manual-focus-only-lense that LIVE view zooming was your only salvation. And it always worked like a charm.

One observation I've made in recent days: sometimes I'll do a field recalibration of the eye control autofocus, and it may tell me that the calibration failed, but the camera then performs as though it's been recalibrated. This has happened to me several times. I'll find I need to recalibrate because the cursor is failing to reach all the way to one side of the viewfinder, and it will tell me the calibration failed, but then it'll start working perfectly.

I wonder if one of the problems in the firmware is that it is falsely indicating a failure to calibrate. For those of you who get the calibration failed message, you might try calibrating a few times anyway, and then seeing if it just works. I'm curious if the error message itself is more the problem. Perhaps I'm just an edge case.

TBH on my R5m2 the Eye Control fails epically even though successfully calibrated after 20 attempts..... :/
I hope I am not right, but my suspicions lean towards faulty hardware instead of imperfect software algorithms.
 
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