New Canon Firmware Updates

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Canon is doing a bit of housekeeping this week, pushing out new firmware updates across several of its mirrorless and compact cameras. Nothing earth-shattering, but enough small fixes and changes that make it worth mentioning. The updates mostly focus on stability, compatibility, and ironing out a few odd behaviours that have been reported since the last releases.

The EOS R5 Mark II gets the biggest patch with firmware 1.2.0, adding support for the EOS Multi Remote System, a professional remote-control setup that expands how the camera can be triggered in multi-camera environments. Canon also fixed a handful of bugs, including a live-view distortion issue that could show up during multiple exposures in very low light, glitches with FTP transfers, and compatibility problems when formatting certain CFexpress cards. Smaller maintenance updates are out for the EOS R5 (2.2.1) and EOS R6 Mark III (1.0.1), mainly addressing the same CFexpress formatting issues, with the R5 also getting a fix for internet-based firmware updating.

Canon’s compact lineup gets some love too. The PowerShot G7 X Mark III and SX740 HS, both recently put back into production, now support the newer NB-15L battery following updates 1.4.0 and 1.4.3. The SX740 HS also includes general stability improvements to keep things running smoothly.

All updates are available through Canon’s support site here.