Never heard of that. Never done any upgrade in any particular mode before and never had a problem. Mine is either in M, or one of the C modes for what it’s worth.
Just a recommend by Canon and it does state it in the firmware update procedure. I’ve never done it in ‘P’ usually always in ‘M’. It apparently is more likely to hang up and cause an error in other modes! Never had a problem in ‘M’ 👍
@@GerhardBothaWFF The AF seems to not be nearly as sticky as the R5 or R3. It has a hard time tracking subjects through obstacles and such. There are a lot of improvements that could be made. Considering this camera was geared towards wildlife, (which needs better tracking than anything else), it is a bit disappointing.
Great to see you in your new digs and a fantastic house it is. Always happy when new firmware updates are released who doesn’t enjoy some new features, improvements and bug fixes. Hope you are settling in to your new patch as it looks awesome on your last video. I have had some Nankeen Kestrel interaction myself recently on a new location, such a beautiful bird with plenty of personality best wishes and support from Stu… 🖖
Thanks very much Stu, it's a cracking spot and I can't wait to get out and explore some more. Yeah, I always enjoy a good firmware update especially when they add new features and enhancements! When my R3 gor FHD at 240fps I love using it! Wowe, never heard of the Nankeen Kestrel, what a little beauty it is! Will read up on it some more. Thanks again Rich 👍
Thanks for the heads up on the updates. I just did mine via the app, soooo easy to do. I haven't noticed any issue before but I will see how the camera operates in the field. Cheers
Hey Martin, my pleasure and I'm glad you found it useful. Yeah, it's very easy that way but I can't seem to get out the old way, lol.. Hope there is some improvement. Cheers Richard 👍
@RichardBirchett Hi, I field tested the new updates, about 1700 pics taken and I definitely see a better response to the auto focus and eye detection. I've never measured keeper rate in the past and have no bench mark for that, but I feel I am seeing more pictures in focus from moving targets BIF. Cheers
Great update video Richard. As an R7 user I’m off now to update my camera. I’ve had none of these issues so far but feel it’s better to prevent them possibly happening in the future
Thanks for watching Andy and glad you found it useful. I feel it's always better to keep up to date with the fixes, and usually leave it a week or so after it's out just in case there is an issue. Don't forget to set the camera to 'P ' mode for the update. Cheers R👍
I updated to 1.4.0 and got error20 like 5-6 times in a row with one shooting session. Put 1.5.0 in and it’s been flawless. Autofocus is still about the same.
Great to hear that it's fixed the errors, shame no major difference in the AF! I've changed some settings and and it's much better now. Thanks for watching. Rich 👍
Updated plenty of Canons over the years. Not really been affected by anything they have fixed from what I can remember. Same with the R7 (which I have updated once or twice via the app)
I have been shooting on this update for a while now. The primary reason I did that was the last item on the list, the continuing shooting after shutter release. It would happen periodically and was annoying. Getting a bunch of extra shots, often while lowering the camera, was not helpful. Kind of embarrassing too since unless you are shooting electronic shutter, other photographers can hear that your camera is still shooting.
Thanks for watching Jeff and for leaving a comment and sharing your error experience with the R7, I've not heard of many so far! Yeah, that would be a little embarrassing, thankfully I shoot mainly ES so not really a problem for me. Cheers Rich 👍
Thanks for the update on the update 😂. I had clicked on another video about this but as soon as the creator started with “What’s up guys”, I switched him off.
nice! fun fact: i had the mentioned issue soooo many times where i focused on a bird and the bloody camera didnt stop shooting. everything kinda glitched out. took a 50 photo series without me doing anything. very good! i am typing while the update is running same time. you said push all the buttons while updating right? 🤣
Thanks for watching, yeah I found it seemed to get worse as time went on, but thankfully it seems to be vastly improving now! Really frustrating as I've missed so many shots over the last year or so! Lol, Don't push that BUTTON!!! 😆. Cheers Rich 👍
@@RichardBirchett so i got triggered because of your video and wanted a good allrounder. i have 50mm 1.8 but thats a bit long for normal photos. and then i got the 100-400mm. took a dive today and bought the 24-105mm F4 L. paid afternoon. arrived the shop 3 hours later and i even had a bit time to drive to a park right at sunset for some test photos. jesus i got lucky... right when i arrived there, walked around a bit and thought it would be nice if a gecko or anything else just randomly sit on a warm sunlit branch and i shiat you not: 10 meter further a giant lizard just chilled there. took around 200 photos from half meter away. got everything from normal shots to close up portraits at 105mm. throwing the RAWs into lightroom as i type. lets see if this thing is good. if not i gonna blame you. 🤣
@@cloudpandarism2627 Lol, Sometimes it's nice to treat yourself from time to time! Plus that's a lovely lens and a good all round focal length and sharp! Here's hoping the L/R is going to show you some dazzling images which you are happy with. All the best and have a good weekend. Rich
Firmware should always be done with camera in P mode. I did experience Error 20 early on with the R7 and Canon told me to send it straight back for warranty repairs. As always were quick to have camera repaired and back to me. 3-6, being camera continuing to shoot when pressing another button with shutter button, was an issue l bought up in the first week of use so they gave me a new camera but it continued. I complained to Canon and sent the camera back a few times but they gave it back saying they could not replicate the problem and that nobody else had ever made the same complaint. I complained again just the other week and was preparing to send it in again when l came across the firmware 1.50 and there is a fix for it. I would suggest they cou8ld not replicate it as l doubt they used back button focus but l am surprised it took so long for them to realise the problem does exist as l knew l was no nut case.
Thanks for watching, that I didn't know! I wonder why you need it in 'P' mode? After all the years I've been updating firmware on my Cameras I've never heard of that and never had any issues. I've even spoken to Canon about it and the way I've done it is as per instructions but I appreciate you letting me know. I'll do some more looking into that, always find these things interesting. Bit of a nightmare time with your R7, must of been one of those unlucky ones with a defective camera, nice to hear than Canon have been good about it. Seems odd that they didn't fully check out the back button issue, let's hope this is now resolved and you don't experience any more issues! Thanks again for commenting and watching. All the best Rich
@@RichardBirchett it is in the canon manuals somewhere it is recommended but before l knew l updated in M mode & never had any issues l think it just recommended as it won’t work in auto.
I worked for over 5 years as a Canon DSLR technician and group leader in their DSLR Refurbishing department and we always updated firmware in the “P” mode.
@@RichardBirchett I’m not sure of the technical reason, but it’s more likely to hang up in other modes, requiring it to be sent to Canon to recover it. The old EOS XSi was particularly notorious for this.
Hi. Great video. I'm still on the original firmware 1.0 or something like this. I've no issue so far. I would like to know if there is a way to back up the current firmware before updating to eventually go back in case of.
Hey Roy, thanks for watching. I don't think you can save the current firmware setting and if you install a later version and try to revert back I also don't think that's possible, but I could be wrong. Will send Canon CPS a message and see. Cheers R👍
@@RichardBirchett Thank you for answering so fast. That's the reason I didn't update so far but also because I use a Viltrox speedbooster and at the launch of the R7 some users said that upgrading made the speedbooster unusable.
Interested to know if anyone here has had the motherboard issue since updating to 1.5. A few people have had to send their R7 to canon to be repaired after 1.5 made the camera unusable (wouldnt power up amongst other things). Canon acknowledged the issue and repaired for free but one user has had the camera come back with 1.5 installed by canon and it's turned off and cannot get it back on again. I'm now a bit dubious on installing 1.5 myself
Hey Rich, Interesting to hear that and I wasn't aware there were MB problems, worth looking in to I think, I'll drop Canon CA a message and find out more. I can see why you are, you still under warranty? Rich 👍
@@RichardBirchett it's happening with the new 1.6 now. Someone on the R7 group just said their R7 is dead after updating to 1.6. Lots of people reporting the same with 1.5. Canon have to really take notice of what is going on here and provide a quick remedy and atleast get it out there that updating to both of the latest firmware isn't going too well for lots of users. I don't actually have the issues that 1.5 fixes so I'm not taking the risk.
Fair one, I’m an R3 user but I find it okay in some circumstances and for the money, it’s not too bad. Mine is generally a backup and for on the go in good light out walking. It does okay. Cheers Rich 👍
I was considering this camera but the so called shutter shock scared me away. How bad is the shutter shock nowadays? Still the same or was that already addressed? Thank you 🙏
Hi there and thanks for watching. Shutter shock does happen when using Mechanical Shutter over Electronic. With mechanical shutter, there is shutter shock at lower shutter speeds but around 1/250s and completely absent at 1/400.. I only shoot with Electronic shutter which has zero shutter shock as expected. There should be plenty of forums that may be able to discuss this in more depth. Thanks R👍
Hey Tyrone, Don't worry Power off the camera and remove the memory card. Insert a NEW memory card back into the camera with the *.FIR update, remove all attachments and accessories from the camera before powering it on, that includes the lens, flash, and any other accessory that may be attached to it. Then power the camera back on and proceed to update the firmware. It may take a few minutes for the update to complete. Make sure you have a fully charged battery and that you don't touch any buttons etc before the firmware has completed the install. Let me know how it goes. Rich 👍
