topic Re: R5 shutter speed in manual mode slowest 1/2 second in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

R5 shutter speed in manual mode slowest 1/2 second

Tim87 — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:37:49 GMT

Hi. I just purchased a new Canon EOS R5 mirrorless camera after using the 5D Mark IV the last few years. The slowest shutter speed for stills is 1/2 second in manual mode.
I have not tried other modes as I always use manual.
Is there a reason why or a setting that needs to be changed? # R5

EOS R5 manual mode limited to.5 second maximum shutter speed

Tim87 — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:33:06 GMT

Re: R5 shutter speed in manual mode slowest 1/2 second

p4pictures — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:42:37 GMT

You have the camera set to Electronic shutter mode. In this mode the shutter speed range is from 1/2 to 1/18000

Go to the red Shoot menus and find Shutter mode (possibly SHOOT6 menu) and change it to 1st curtain electronic or mechanical shutter modes then you can use the full range of shutter speeds.

Re: R5 shutter speed in manual mode slowest 1/2 second

rs-eos — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:42:41 GMT

Do you have a minimum shutter speed set? See page 155 in the User Manual.

Re: R5 shutter speed in manual mode slowest 1/2 second

kvbarkley — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:59:06 GMT

Ricky:

That only applies in Auto Modes, not M.

Re: EOS R5 manual mode limited to.5 second maximum shutter speed

FloridaDrafter — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:59:20 GMT

Please read your duplicate post. The answer is there.

Newton

Re: R5 shutter speed in manual mode slowest 1/2 second

p4pictures — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 17:07:35 GMT

Sorry but the shutter speed limits set in the custom functions that Ricky described are hard limits and apply to P/Fv/Tv/Av/M modes.

Re: R5 shutter speed in manual mode slowest 1/2 second

p4pictures — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 17:12:54 GMT

My apologies, I was a bit hasty in replying and now checked the manual page referred to. I realise that Ricky was talking about the shutter limits that apply to P and Av modes when using auto ISO. I mistakenly thought his reference was to the shutter speed limits that are set in custom functions, as those do apply in all of the creative modes as I mentioned.

Re: R5 shutter speed in manual mode slowest 1/2 second

rs-eos — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 17:44:33 GMT

Sorry, I had searched the User Manual simply on "minimum" and found that one page that mentioned "Manual", so assumed M mode.

Re: R5 shutter speed in manual mode slowest 1/2 second

Tim87 — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 18:23:17 GMT

That did it, thank you!!

Re: EOS R5 manual mode limited to.5 second maximum shutter speed

Tim87 — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 18:26:10 GMT

Sorry about the duplicate post, did not intend or know that happened!

Re: R5 shutter speed in manual mode slowest 1/2 second

kvbarkley — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 19:57:39 GMT

AAAH! The "effective for" fooled me!

Re: R5 shutter speed in manual mode slowest 1/2 second

RonT2 — Sat, 31 May 2025 12:19:52 GMT

Thank you, Brian. Excellent instructions, it was on the “SHOOT6” tab. I think it would be very helpful if this information was also on page #116 under step 3 of the advanced user guide.

Re: R5 shutter speed in manual mode slowest 1/2 second

MaryK — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 22:47:55 GMT

Thank you so much for having taken the time to post this solution more than a year ago. I am in Iceland shooting waterfalls and I encountered the same issue and it wasn't intuitive for me to consider my shutter speed mode. In fact I changed the mode from first curtain electronic to just electronic while I'm here, but I didn't realize I wouldn't be able to shoot at a slower shutter speed. Very helpful. I'm tired and didn't want to dig into the manual at almost 11 pm at night (during June summer solstice no less!).