Canon EOS R gets a Paid Stop Motion Photography Firmware
News Desk/Time for a DSLR/May 9th 2020: Good news for photography enthusiasts, those who are having Canon EOS R cameras can get stop motion photographyfirmware for betterexperience and this is a paid firmware released recently. So the ones who are installing this firmware would get larger live view resolutions! The live view would be enhanced to the extent of 1920X1280. Just check on the Canon official page how the two live views are compared.
The small view is the one before the firmware with 960×640 and the one which is larger view has 1920X1280. The larger the view, it would be helpful for the animators.
The other feature that would be added to Canon EOS R cameras with the new stop motion photography firmware is USB manual focus peaking. This feature will help the animators to detail the depth in the field. However, it is important to know that HDMI output won’t be available with this firmware. For that, there would be need for the standard firmware.
However Canon also clears that USB manual focus peaking would not work under certain conditions and they are:
- When EF-S lens are used
- When cropping is set as an option
- When multiple exposure is set
- When shooting screen has magnification
- If you hold shutter button even after shooting
So, what do you think guys, are you going to install the paid stop motion photography firmware in your Canon EOS R cameras? Do share your views here. For Canon camera lovers, you may even check this news Canon EOS R6 speculated to be announced in July.
