New firmware update for Canon mirrorless cameras

Wednesday 27 July 2022, 16:32 by Nando Harmsen | 3,449 views | 3 comments

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Canon has released new firmware for the EOS R5, EOS R6 and EOS R3 mirrorless cameras. One of the more important new features is a solution for overheating. But the firmware offers something special for the EOS R3.

The new firmware was released fairly quietly. For the Canon EOS R5 and EOS R6, the firmware (version 1.60) offers several useful improvements. The most notable is the option to disable the camera shutting down when it overheats, well, to switch that off.

This option allows you to film with the camera for longer, even though the camera gets hot. Canon does point out that the bottom of the camera may become hot when this option is enabled.

This update could well be the answer to the overheating problems that have been affecting this camera.

In addition to this, the new firmware improves image stabilisation, compensating for the so-called wobble, and allows you to convert multiple HEIF shots to JPEG.

The most notable feature concerns the Canon EOS R3. The firmware update allows you to shoot as many as 195 frames per second in raw format. There are, however, a few conditions.

You can take 'only' 50 images, which means that you are shooting for just 0.26 seconds, and AF and exposure are locked.

You should not take those last two points too seriously. Autofocus and exposure continue to work until the moment you actually record those 195 frames per second. As soon as you press the shutter button, AF and exposure will be locked.

During those 0.26 seconds, the exposure will not change noticeably. What can change is the position of your subject. This option is therefore particularly suitable for an object at a fixed distance from the camera.

There are several other things that the firmware for the EOS R3 (version 1.21) offers, such as ultra-slow-motion video at 240 fps, Cloud RAW processing (requires a subscription), and the auto power off function found on the EOS R5 and EOS R6.

The firmware can be downloaded from Canon's website. There you will also find a list of the changes made by the firmware.

» Firmware version 1.60 for Canon EOS R6

» Firmware version 1.60 for Canon EOS R5

» Firmware version 1.21 for Canon EOS R3

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Nando Harmsen has been photographing for more than 40 years. He specialises in wedding photography and landscape photography. Nando also gives talks, workshops, masterclasses and photo trips, and regularly reviews new and interesting equipment.

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3 comments

Piet van Kroonenburg wrote on Wednesday 27 July 2022 at 19:16 | reply
Just read on Peta Pixel that Canon has withdrawn update version 1.20 for the R3 without giving any reasons.

https://petapixel.com/2022/07/27/canon-pulls-r3-firmware-update-for-undisclosed-reason/
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Donald Willemsen wrote on Tuesday 2 August 2022 at 10:49 | reply
The R7 has a setting: 'pre-recording RAW burst mode'. Do the R5 and R6 also have this now with this update?
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Andius Teijgeler wrote on Tuesday 2 August 2022 at 11:36 | reply
The update for the R3 now has version 1.2.1, which should resolve the problem with the update. I downloaded it from Canon USA.
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