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Canon EOS R5 Mark II Firmware 1.3.0 Adds DPRAW, FTP Transfer Controls, and AF Updates
Canon's May 2026 EOS R5 Mark II firmware update adds DPRAW shooting, American Football Action Priority, improved Register people priority detection, expanded FTP and Wi-Fi transfer controls, and several movie-shooting workflow changes.
Overview
Canon posted EOS R5 Mark II firmware version 1.3.0 on May 13, 2026 as part of a new group of EOS firmware notices. The R5 Mark II release is substantial for photographers because the notice lists fixes and enhancements across autofocus, still capture, movie monitoring, network transfer, button customization, and stability.
The update is not a new camera announcement, but it changes several working surfaces around an existing high-end body. For PhotoTools readers, the most relevant additions are the still-image and transfer workflow controls that affect how files move from capture into review, delivery, and editing.
Autofocus Changes
Canon adds American Football to Action Priority so the camera can optimize human subject detection for players wearing helmets and shoulder pads. The firmware notice also says Register people priority tracking and detection are improved for difficult cases such as profile views, blurred or partly obscured faces, small subjects in the frame, and children.
There is an important update step for photographers who rely on registered people data. Canon says performing the firmware update deletes the registered data stored in the camera, so users who need it should save that data to a card before updating and reload it afterward.
Transfer and Workflow Controls
Firmware 1.3.0 adds a Wi-Fi frequency-band setting for the handoff from Bluetooth to Wi-Fi, letting the user choose 5 GHz or 2.4 GHz. Canon also adds a No. of connections option for FTP transfer settings so photographers can choose the number of transfer threads used for FTP transfer.
The same notice adds Save to card and Load from card for AF-related settings between EOS R5 Mark II bodies of the same model. Canon also lists support for the EDSDK and CCAPI software development kits, plus a fix for a repeated Err49 condition during communication with an SFTP server.
Capture and Movie Controls
On the stills side, Canon adds DPRAW shooting support, the ability to assign Pre-continuous Shooting to customized shooting buttons, and storage for up to four color-temperature values in white balance settings with a Switch color temperature button assignment.
Movie workflow also gets a long list of smaller controls. Canon adds AF for close-up demos in additional movie shooting modes, False Color Settings when HDR/C.Log View Assist is selected, electronic-level and grid display options during movie recording, and playback or menu display when outputting to two screens through HDMI Display During Connection.
Update Notes
Canon says cameras already running firmware version 1.3.0 do not need the update. The notice links the firmware download and recommends current Canon software and the latest EOS R5 Mark II Advanced User Guide for the updated feature set.
The release also includes practical fixes: Canon lists a correction for interval timer shooting after auto power-off, a restart issue that could occur while deleting images and pressing the shutter button, and a smartphone USB recognition issue. That mix of new controls and bug fixes makes the firmware worth tracking for EOS R5 Mark II users whose workflow depends on reliable transfer and review steps.