Took my R6 800mm f/11 1.4x out the other day. Firmware was the previous version before 1.6. Used to freeze up occasionally. Photographing a Bald Eagle perched in tree. Single AF point, shutter 1/500. Changed EV to something like +2 because the Eagle was backlighted against a bright sky. Froze up every other shot. Had to remove the battery. Try again. It was the worst experience. Every time I tried raising the EV value it froze taking a few shots. Tried saving the raised EV setting in C2. When the camera froze again, battery out, the saved C2 settings were lost as well. Was shooting with two SD cards formatted low level in the camera. Warranty expired around December/January during peak bald Eagle shooting time, so sending it in for motherboard replacement wasn’t an option. Placed my hopes on the reported firmware updates. After the last outing, loosing my faith in Canon Cameras. Just applied firmware update 1.6. Will try again. I’ve owned five Canon cameras over the years. Had good experiences with all of them, even with the Canon 90D and it’s soft focus, missed shots issues. The Canon R6 was the best of the lot, especially it’s animal / eye tracking. Loved it, except for the occasional, infrequent freezes. Again last outing was the worst, ever. Thought the newer Canon battery, newly charged, could be the issue, so I put in the battery that came with the 90D. Will have to try again. Been shooting hummingbirds all summer with two memory cards with no issues. Curious, the correlation between changing the EV and camera freezes.
