Canon Asia “pre-announces” new EOS R firmware with improved Eye AF and bug fixes

Canon Asia has “pre-announced” that there is to be an upcoming v1.2.0 firmware for the Canon EOS R mirrorless camera. I’m not sure what a “pre-announcement” is. An announcement to say there’ll be an announcement? Isn’t that still just an announcement?

Anyhoo (yes, it’s a word), there’s a new firmware coming. And it’s coming at some point around the middle of April. It offers improved Eye-Detection Autofocus supporting Servo AF when shooting still images and provides fixes for several EOS R bugs.

Firmware version 1.2.0 incorporates the following enhancements and fixes.

Enhancements:

1. Eye-detection AF
   – Supports Servo AF when shooting still images.
   – Now available when shooting movies regardless of “Movie Servo AF” setting.
2. Small AF Frame Size
   – Supports Servo AF when shooting still images.
   – Now available when shooting movies regardless of “Movie Servo AF” setting.

Fixes:

1. Under certain conditions the electronic level displayed in the electronic viewfinder did not display properly.
2. Under certain conditions information displayed in the electronic viewfinder was not properly rotated.
3. Under certain conditions updating the firmware for the wireless file transmitter WFT-E7 was not possible.

Affected Product:

EOS R

The Canon Asia website says that the firmware should be coming at some point during the middle of April, so we’ll keep you updated as soon as we hear more.

[via Canon Rumors]