02-20-2022 08:49 PM
Hi Canon,
After installing firmware 1.5, I was having my R5 freeze regularly with animal eye autofocus mapped to back button focus. I installed firmware update 1.5.1 this weekend hoping it will fix the issue. I went out today to shooting some shore birds. My R5 locked up 3 times in a period of 1.5 hours of shooting, one of the three was was with error E70. In all three cases, turning the camera off/on fixed the issue; this is different from firmware 1.5 freezes, where I had to take out the battery to fix the freeze.
Please let me know if you need more information about the camera settings. I happy to share them.
Regards, Mo
03-20-2022 09:37 PM
I went out today with my R5 (firmware 1.5.2) + RF 100-500, shot for two hours. No freeze what so ever, and tracking seems better than before.
If you had this freezing problem with 1.5 or 1.5.1, I recommend trying out this update.
Thank you Canon!
03-20-2022 09:51 PM
I've been out with the R5 and the 100-500 after the 1.5.2 update. I had no issue, no freezes. However, my main issue was with the 1.4x extender. I haven't tried it with the extender yet. I might have to be brave and try the extender, but I've been very happy with 1.5.2 so far. And, I had many freezes prior.
03-24-2022 02:17 PM
So far so good with the 1.5.2 update. 1000 shots and no lockups.
R5 + 100-500 lens with and without the 1.4TC
Fingers crossed
04-14-2022 09:56 PM
Have any of you downloaded the update 1.5.2 yet? If so, did it solve your issues?
04-14-2022 10:01 PM
Have installed 1.5.2 still get freezes 😞
eye detection autofocus is significantly better
04-27-2022 11:07 PM
A friend of mine had a similar issue, we found it that the lens was sometimes not mounting perfectly - leaving what must have been a tiny mis-alignment of the lens contacts: I would have thought that unlikely, but it seems to have been the issue. They unmounted the lens and then firmly engaged the lens... and it worked!
04-14-2022 10:04 PM
I've installed 1.5.2. I have had no freezes since the install. However, I have not tried it with my 1.4x extender. It is performing so well with both of my main lenses, the 100-500 and the RF 100-400 that I don't want to try it because of so many problems in the past. I'm happy with the way the camera is working now.
04-14-2022 10:09 PM
Glad to see that your issue seems to be resolved. I don't use an extender, so I can't comment on the risk of going with that.
04-14-2022 10:06 PM - edited 04-14-2022 10:08 PM
Hi Paul, and thanks for responding. Hmm. This is really odd. I have a one R5 and two R6 units that I use with the 24-105, 24-240 and 100-500 lenses. I use back-button (single-point) focusing and exposure lock. I have the custom setting as: C1 High-speed, Animal Eye tracking, servo; C2: High speed, Human Eye tracking, servo, and C3: Slow speed, tracking no bias, servo. Otherwise, Av is single shot, single point AF, non-servo. I have updated all lens FW to current versions.
Do you still live in NZ?
04-27-2022 10:47 PM
No Trevor
Shifted across the pond to Australia 11years ago
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