Following the announcement last week, Canon has released firmware version 1.3.0 for the EOS R5 Mark II camera. There are a number of feature improvements as well as an assortment of bug fixes.
Most notably, Canon has added American Football as a fourth sport category to the Action Priority feature. The Register people priority feature gets an upgrade, with enhanced detection ability in challenging conditions, plus the video functionality has been improved.
Below is the full list of improvements and fixes:
1.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.
2.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.
3.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.
4.Adds [Wi-Fi freq.
band] to [Communication Settings], allowing the user to select the 5 GHz
or 2.4 GHz band when transferring from Bluetooth to Wi-Fi.
5.Adds
[No. of connections] to [FTP transfer settings], allowing the user to
select the number of transfer threads for [FTP transfer].
6.Adds the
ability to store up to four [Color temp] values in [White balance
setting] and to assign [Switch color temperature] to [Customize buttons
for shooting].
7.Adds the ability to set [False Color Settings] to [On] when [HDR/C.Log View Assist] is selected.
8.Adds the ability to assign [Pre-continuous Shooting] to [Customize buttons for shooting].
9.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].
10.Adds the ability to display the electronic level during movie recording.
11.Adds the option for grid display during movie recording.
12.Adds the ability to display playback screens and menu screens when
outputting to two screens via [HDMI Display During Connection].
13.Adds the ability to switch the group settings of a receiver camera
from the sender camera when using the EOS Multi Remote app.
14.Adds support for DPRAW shooting.
15.Adds support for the Software Development Assistance Kit (EDSDK/CCAPI).
16.Fixes an issue that may cause Err49 to be displayed repeatedly during communication with an SFTP server.
17.Fixes an issue that may impact the camera's shooting ability if the
auto power-off function is activated during interval timer shooting.
18.Fixes an issue that may cause the camera to restart when the shutter button is pressed while deleting images.
19.Fixes an issue that may cause the camera to not be recognized when connected to a smartphone via USB.
20.Improves other system stability.
Download the firmware update from Canon. You can also download and install via Canon's Camera Connect app.
If the camera's firmware is already version 1.3.0, it is not necessary to update the firmware.
Please perform the firmware update with only the firmware file to be updated stored on the memory card.
The camera's instruction manual has also been updated. You can download for free from the Canon website; alternatively you can purchase a printed and bound version from EOS magazine shop.