Canon R6 I Canon R6 Firmware Update 1.3.1

[Tim Mayo]

It appears that Canon has quickly addressed the R6 firmware issues in 1.3.0 by releasing 1.3.1 today:

Firmware Version 1.3.1 incorporates the following fixes and enhancements:
1. Adds [IPB (Light)] to 4K to enable lower bit rate shooting.
2. Adds [Electronic full-time MF] to the AF tab of the menu. When a lens is attached, manual focus adjustment is always possible with both One-shot AF and Servo AF.
3. The transfer time (estimated value) now displays on the camera monitor during FTP transfer.
4. Fixes a phenomenon, in which in rare instances, the camera cannot function normally when the drive mode is set to "High-speed continuous shooting" to shoot still images continuously.
5. Fixes a phenomenon that may corrupt the image displayed in the viewfinder.
6. Fixes a phenomenon in which the power may become suspended when the camera is powered via USB for an extended period of time.
7. Fixes a phenomenon, in which the camera stops to operate normally when the movie cropping setting is set to [Enable] for performing movie shooting in Firmware Version 1.3.0.

You can download 1.3.1 from your local Canon support sites:

Europe

EOS R6 - Canon Europe

Download drivers, software, firmware and manuals for your Canon product and get access to online technical support resources and troubleshooting.

www.canon-europe.com

US

Canon Support for EOS R6 | Canon U.S.A., Inc.

Find support for your Canon EOS R6. Browse the recommended drivers, downloads, and manuals to make sure your product contains the most up-to-date software.

www.usa.canon.com

At time of posting it's only available on the European site and also the UK site, it's not yet on the US site but I expect it will appear there soon.

 

[Ted M]

Yes, I think you need to be in Manual to access the full range of menu items.

I think you are right. A simple enough thing to highlight if only the manual could say it it big bold print so a non-techie dumbo like me could get to know these things. Still, it does increase the value of this forum to maximum as far as I'm concerned so thanks for the much welcome advice. That same thank you goes out to the others who have kindly helped me too.

Update 09/05: Finally plucked up the courage, unzipped the update, loaded it into the card (in the root, the DCIM directory and the sub as I didn't know where it needed to be) and started the update in the camera. It sat there doing nothing until dim me realised I needed to press SET, then went through simply and cleanly. All works fine, and now I have the mount adapter too I can start using the L series lenses on this new beauty. Chuffed to bits. Thanks everyone for your help and support.

 

[Emma Simpson]

A handy tip! Thank you

Yes, I think you need to be in Manual to access the full range of menu items.