The latest firmware update (ver. 1.3.0) for the EOS R5 Mark II is now available to download from Canon. While it is not a “major” update, it does add several new and improved features.
You can access the firmware update from Canon here.
Features and Benefits
- Adds [American Football] in [Action Priority] to optimize human subject detection for individuals wearing helmets and shoulder pads.
- *For an overview and instructions on using [Action Priority], please refer to the Instruction Manual or the AF Settings Guide.
- Improves tracking and detection performance for [Register people priority] in challenging conditions—including profile views, blurred or partially obscured faces, small subjects in the frame, and children—even when the feature is set to [Off].
- *Performing a firmware update will delete registered data stored in the camera. If necessary, save the data in advance using [Save/load registered data on card], and reload it after the firmware update. For details, please refer to the Instruction Manual.
- Adds the ability to set [AF for close-up demos] during movie recording in [Movie manual exp.], [Movie auto exposure], and other Creative Zone modes to allow for its use in combination with exposure and AF area settings.
- Adds [Wi‑Fi freq. band] to [Communication Settings], allowing the user to select the 5 GHz or 2.4 G Hz band when transferring from Bluetooth to Wi-Fi.
- Adds [No. of connections] to [FTP transfer settings], allowing the user to select the number of transfer threads for [FTP transfer].
- Adds the ability to store up to four [Colour temp] values in [White balance setting] and to assign [Switch colour temperature] to [Customize buttons for shooting].
- Adds the ability to set [False Colour Settings] to [On] when [HDR/C.Log View Assist] is selected.
- Adds the ability to assign [Pre‑continuous Shooting] to [Customize buttons for shooting].
- Adds the ability to transfer AF-related settings between cameras of the same model by adding [Save to card] and [Load from card] to [Register/recall AF‑related settings].
- Adds the ability to display the electronic level during movie recording.
- Adds the option for grid display during movie recording.
- Adds the ability to display playback screens and menu screens when outputting to two screens via [HDMI Display During Connection].
- Adds the ability to switch the group settings of a receiver camera from the sender camera when using the EOS Multi-Remote app.
- Adds support for DPRAW shooting.
- Adds support for the Software Development Assistance Kit (EDSDK/CCAPI).
- Fixes an issue that may cause Err49 to be displayed repeatedly during communication with an SFTP server.
- Fixes an issue that may impact the camera’s shooting ability if the auto power-off function is activated during interval timer shooting.
- Fixes an issue that may cause the camera to restart when the shutter button is pressed while deleting images.
- Fixes an issue that may cause the camera to not be recognized when connected to a smartphone via USB.
Improves other system stability.