Canon R5 update firmware
Jan 1, 2024 12:51:30 #
Happy New Year hogs, so going into the new year I thought it would be a good idea to install the latest update firmware for my R5. I have done this several times before and it was seamless. I downloaded from the Canon Usa sight the latest ver. 19. I followed the pdf directions that came with the new ver. I have always used the #3 utility and a hard wire from Mac laptop to camera. A text on the camera says that I have to delete the old version before installing the new version I have never been asked to do the before? I usually just install no problem but I keep getting a message that the install did not take? So do I need to buy a writer reader CF express for 70 bucks so I can delete the old version and then put in the new version? Is there a way I can just delete the old version on the card while still in the camera? And yes, I have followed the instruction till I'm blue in the face.
Jan 1, 2024 14:50:17 #
Something is amiss. Firmware is the 'operating system' of the camera. You can't "delete" the OS of a camera, similar to how your computer would no longer operate if you "deleted" the OS. Don't delete anything until you better understand what the instructions are trying to do.
Jan 1, 2024 15:57:47 #
I just updated my R5 to 1.90 from 1.8.1 via an SDHC card with no issues, and no text on the camera to delete the old firmware version...
Glenn
Glenn
Jan 1, 2024 17:53:41 #
I guess OP has the problem because he used a CF express card that has the old firmware in it and he uses the camera connected to the computer to put the new firmware on the CF Express card in the camera and not use a card reader.
Jan 1, 2024 17:55:33 #
Jan 1, 2024 18:03:44 #
hdfilmnoir wrote:
But I never had the problem before going from Mac to card in camera
Is the old firmware file on the same card as the new file too? That might be what needs to be deleted?
Jan 2, 2024 07:38:51 #
tcthome
Loc: NJ
hdfilmnoir wrote:
Happy New Year hogs, so going into the new year I ... (show quote)
Try formatting the card in camera then download the update to the card again!
Jan 2, 2024 11:01:44 #
Why don't you simply reformat the card? The instructions for my R3 say to do that.
Jan 2, 2024 12:59:01 #
tcthome wrote:
Try formatting the card in camera then download the update to the card again!
Jan 2, 2024 14:09:29 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Is the old firmware file on the same card as the new file too? That might be what needs to be deleted?
That’s what it sounds like to me. I’m not a Canon shooter but wouldn’t formatting the card delete that file?
Jan 2, 2024 15:49:17 #
SuperflyTNT wrote:
That’s what it sounds like to me. I’m not a Canon shooter but wouldn’t formatting the card delete that file?
In absence of better details from the OP, that's my guess.
Jan 2, 2024 17:36:14 #
Hogs, Thanks of your help I'm leaning towards re-formmating the card then put the the updated 1.9 . I have talk to a lot of people and have gotten some great advise and of course getting a hold of someone at canon would be nice.
Jan 2, 2024 22:04:41 #
wmcy
Loc: Charlotte
I need to update my firmware on a recently purchased R5. Does it matter if I use the CF Express card vs the SD card. (sorry, new at this. I am coming from Sony where updates are done wirelessly.)
Jan 2, 2024 22:19:20 #
wmcy wrote:
I need to update my firmware on a recently purchased R5. Does it matter if I use the CF Express card vs the SD card. (sorry, new at this. I am coming from Sony where updates are done wirelessly.)
Nope, doesn't matter. But I would only have 1 card in the camera, not both CF & SDHC. And the FIR file needs to be in the root directory of the card. I use SDHC since my computer has a built in SDHC slot and don't have to attach the CF reader (and it gives me a reason to still have SDHC cards)...
Glenn
Jan 2, 2024 23:57:51 #
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