Update your Canon EOS R5 and get 400-megapixel photos

Friday 31 March 2023, 16:32 by Nando Harmsen | 3,490 views | 2 comments

This article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.

Canon has released a firmware update that makes it possible to take super-resolution photos with the Canon EOS R5. Instead of 45 million pixels, you now get a photo with 400 million pixels.

Is 45 million pixels not enough? Are you always taking super-resolution photos in Lightroom Classic or other software that can increase the resolution? Then it is time for the new firmware update for the Canon EOS R5.

The firmware update. It is a shame that it is only the super-resolution feature, with no other updated options.
The new update makes it possible to achieve a resolution of no less than 400 megapixels. This is much more than you would normally expect from such a system. Where it is normally limited to four times the resolution, Canon doubles it again.

The system works using the IBIS system, which takes nine photos. The great thing is that the high-resolution photo is put together in the camera. You do not need any special software for it. You do have to bear in mind that it will be a JPEG photo. The result is therefore not a raw file.

A 268MB JPEG file. That is a 400-megapixel photo. Whether you need it is for you to decide.
The 400-megapixel JPEG file will be at least 250 megabytes in size. If your memory card is small, this will have a huge impact on the number of photos you can store.

For comparison, a CRAW file with lots of detail is only 30 megabytes in size. Reviewing it on your LCD screen will also take a little longer.

For those who use FTP file transfer, the new firmware also offers a simpler and better-protected workflow.

The new firmware for the Canon EOS R5 is available to download from Canon's website.

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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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2 comments

Marcel wrote on Tuesday 4 April 2023 at 18:33 | reply
Hoe gaat dat met bewegende onderwerpen (vliegende vogels o.i.d. ? of is het alleen maar werkzaam bij landschappen e.d. ?
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Nando wrote on Wednesday 5 April 2023 at 11:46 | reply
Dat is een goede vraag, Marcel. Dat is reden voor een test. Met andere woorden, wordt vervolgd.
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