topic Re: R5 Ef-r Mount and Laowa Probe Lens in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

R5 Ef-r Mount and Laowa Probe Lens

TonyTMusic — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 08:32:34 GMT

Hello everyone. I am a newbie for sure. I just got my R5 and the RF 70-200mm lens. I also bought the Laowa Probe lens with canon EF standard mount.

When I use the R5 and 70-200mm I can shoot and film no problem. When I put the ef-r mount to attach the Laowa, it does not allow me to shoor or film.

I put the Laowa on the 5Dmkii, no problem it records.

so what am I missing here? Is it the mount? How can I get my R5 and Laowa to work so I can film.

Tonight I upgraded the firmware 1.1.1 on the R5.

Thank you,

-Tony T

Re: R5 Ef-r Mount and Laowa Probe Lens

Ray-uk — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 09:59:11 GMT

The probe lens appears to be fully manual with no electronic link to the camera so the camera thinks there isn't a lens attached. You will probably find somewhere in the R5 menu an option that you can set where that it will enable it to shoot without a lens.

This is just a guess, I don't have that camera or lens.

Re: R5 Ef-r Mount and Laowa Probe Lens

TonyTMusic — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 10:36:29 GMT

This is why I love forums. Thank you so much. It led me to another article regarding what you said and you are correct. I was able to enable shoot without lens function.

Thank you!

-Tony T

Re: R5 Ef-r Mount and Laowa Probe Lens

esegarra2000 — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 17:07:15 GMT

Hi Tony, did you solved the problem?

I have exactly the same issue.

Regards

Re: R5 Ef-r Mount and Laowa Probe Lens

TonyTMusic — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 17:09:25 GMT

It’s literally that^ go Into settings and change the function

Re: R5 Ef-r Mount and Laowa Probe Lens

esegarra2000 — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 17:11:42 GMT

solved Thank you very much !

Orange menu-- page 4 -- release shutter wo lens

Re: R5 Ef-r Mount and Laowa Probe Lens

DCKR — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 14:36:44 GMT

Thank you!!

Re: R5 Ef-r Mount and Laowa Probe Lens

melankaya — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 08:59:21 GMT

3 years down the line, would love to know any of your feedback about the Laowa probe lens. Thinking of getting it for my R5 🙂

Re: R5 Ef-r Mount and Laowa Probe Lens

shadowsports — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 11:24:39 GMT

Greetings ,

This is a 3-year-old thread. A good solution was provided release shutter without lens attached.

Anyone experiencing similar behavior, please start a new thread.

Let's leave this thread retired.