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Differences in updating firmware R6/R5

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birdbrain Veteran Member • Posts: 4,259
Differences in updating firmware R6/R5

Just updated the firmware on my R6 and R5 using EOS Utility.

So the following is all referenced to using EOS Utility.

I did the R6 first using EOS Utility.

Located the FIR file clicked on the OK, file was copied to the camera, then selected 1.7 on the camera screen and clicked OK. On the R6 I can see the previous versions of firmware that were saved to the camera from previous updates. Update completed successfully.

Did the exact same sequence on the R5 and received 'failed to save file to card' message. Format the cards and try again and it works. For some reason my R5 will not save a new firmware file to the card if there is a previous version on there. Which has been like that from the beginning.

One of life's inexplicable's I guess.

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