Canon R5 Issues/Feature Requests

[laitm]

My hope is that someone on here (from Canon) can explain to me why on a camera (R5) costing in excess of £3.5K you cannot manually change the ISO back to Auto mode unless you either wait for the meter to timeout or try some menu hack to reset the meter. 

To clarify: Camera (R5) in manual mode with Auto ISO enabled.

I look forward to your response. 

[Waddizzle]

You can change ISO mode from AUTO to manual by opening the Quick Menu. 

[laitm]

Not if your camera is in an under water housing 🙂 Anyway I appreciate there are workarounds. I just wanted to understand if this was standard method of operation on Canon's range of mirrorless bodies. Which I guess it is from your previous responses. 

[Tronhard]

I'm not sure what specifically you mean by 'when the meter is active'.   I have many Canon camera models and if I have metered a subject, I can select to go to and from auto ISO interactively.  To confirm my opinion, I tested 3 cameras, looking through both the viewfinder and using the LCD at the back, and had no issue. 

[laitm]

Can you access this video link on Facebook ?

https://www.facebook.com/100063683860930/videos/5925896504110735

[laitm]

https://fb.watch/g42gk8M9F1/

[Tronhard]

No, I cannot.  I get the standard FB message that the post is not available because the owner shared it with a small group, or the video is not available right now.  I suggest a repost of the video on FB.

[laitm]

This should work now! 

https://vimeo.com/758803814

Thanks. 

[Waddizzle]

 All brands work the same way.  Did you know that One Shot AF locks both focus and exposure?

[Tronhard]

After viewing your video, I tried the same thing on my R5 and can confirm it behaves as you indicate.  It looks like something Canon needs to look at in a firmware update.

[laitm]

Yes, I agree on that point. However, in most cases people use the back button for focus and de-couple this behaviour. I guess the issue is because the the meter remains active for a configurable timer and on some other cameras the meter timer must be slaved to the shutter button. I only experience this issue with Canon so must be specific to the vendor.