Canon Eos R support ?

[Ruilo]

I can't use my Canon Eos R?  Is supposed to be a 5d mkiv but mirrorles.. Is there any fix to that?

 

17:41:00  Licensed to Ruilo
17:45:15  Attempting to connect camera...
17:45:15  Canon drivers 'Canon\' initialized.
17:45:15  DEVICEINFO DESCRIPTION IS Canon EOS R
17:45:15  DEVICEINFO NUMBER IS (i deleted this for the post).
17:45:15  YOUR *REAL* MODEL NUMBER IS (i deleted this for the post)

17:45:15  YOUR camera is not currently supported by the Canon SDK available at the time of this software release.
17:45:15  Camera Not Found!  Make sure it's connected to the PC and turned ON

[admin]

Well that was fun... looks like the EOS-R if fully functional... including CR3 decoder.  

I just finished uploading 3.1.18.RC5 in the pre-release download section.

Having an EOS-R on hand for testing is pure gold.  I did more in 1 day than the last 30 days going at it blind.

A big thank you for Brent at Hypercam for lending me his EOS-R.  This was not a small feat... Brent is in the USA (Florida) and I'm in Canada... still he shipped me his camera for testing. 

I'll run more tests in the coming days while I have the camera on hand but from what I can see, RC5 is fully functional.

Thank you for all your help and patience.

Regards,

[admin]

3 hours ago, Ruilo said:

I can't use my Canon Eos R?  Is supposed to be a 5d mkiv but mirrorles.. Is there any fix to that?

 

17:41:00  Licensed to Ruilo
17:45:15  Attempting to connect camera...
17:45:15  Canon drivers 'Canon\' initialized.
17:45:15  DEVICEINFO DESCRIPTION IS Canon EOS R
17:45:15  DEVICEINFO NUMBER IS (i deleted this for the post).
17:45:15  YOUR *REAL* MODEL NUMBER IS (i deleted this for the post)

17:45:15  YOUR camera is not currently supported by the Canon SDK available at the time of this software release.
17:45:15  Camera Not Found!  Make sure it's connected to the PC and turned ON

Please post these numbers.  There are not specific to you camera body itself, the are specific to the camera model.... all Canon EOS R with give the same numbers so there is nothign there there to identify your camera.

I need to see those numbers in order to determiner id the Canon SDK sees the camera.

Regards,

[Ruilo]

21:26:59  Licensed to Ruilo
21:26:59  Processor Affinity
21:27:10  Attempting to connect camera...
21:27:10  Canon drivers 'Canon\' initialized.
21:27:11  DEVICEINFO DESCRIPTION IS Canon EOS R
21:27:11  DEVICEINFO NUMBER IS 2971957791.
21:27:11  YOUR *REAL* MODEL NUMBER IS 2147484708(80000424)
21:27:11  YOUR camera is not currently supported by the Canon SDK available at the time of this software release.
21:27:11  Camera Not Found!  Make sure it's connected to the PC and turned ON

 

I don't know if it helps but, the "other" software for astrophotography works with the Canon EOS R

 

PD: Wish this helps

[admin]

Yes it helsp, the (80000424) is what I need.

Does the EOS-R do bulb over USB?

[admin]

Send me an email at support@otelescope.com and I'll send you a download link to try.  It might not work the first time.... we may have to do this a few times.

Thank you.

[Ruilo]

20 hours ago, admin said:

Yes it helsp, the (80000424) is what I need.

Does the EOS-R do bulb over USB?

Sorry i've been out and i dind't read this until now

 

20 hours ago, admin said:

Send me an email at support@otelescope.com and I'll send you a download link to try.  It might not work the first time.... we may have to do this a few times.

Thank you.

Sended a mail to you. It is <<<email removed>>>

[Ruilo]

Any news on this? I have done what you askme for but no news (good or bad)

[admin]

2 hours ago, Ruilo said:

Any news on this? I have done what you askme for but no news (good or bad)

I sent you 2 emails asking for the full log files and I got no replies.  I've been waiting for these log for almost 2 weeks now.

[Ruilo]

1 hour ago, admin said:

I sent you 2 emails asking for the full log files and I got no replies.  I've been waiting for these log for almost 2 weeks now.

I already sended 2 emails with the logs. Maybe it is in your spam inbox? 

[Ruilo]

2 hours ago, admin said:

I sent you 2 emails asking for the full log files and I got no replies.  I've been waiting for these log for almost 2 weeks now.

Ok, new email sended from my other email with 2 logs from 2 sessions 

 

Let me know if you received it or i have to try another way to send them. Really wish to help and to try this software

[admin]

I did not get the new email and it is not in my spam folder.  Are you sending them support@otelescope.com?

[admin]

never mind, I just got them.  thank you.

[Ruilo]

15 minutes ago, admin said:

never mind, I just got them.  thank you.

Yeah! Will keep looking for more info nd tests if needed

[admin]

I just uploaded 3.1.18.RC2 in the pre-release section.  Can you try this version?

https://www.otelescope.com/files/category/24-pre-releases/

[Ruilo]

2 hours ago, admin said:

I just uploaded 3.1.18.RC2 in the pre-release section.  Can you try this version?

https://www.otelescope.com/files/category/24-pre-releases/

Tested and same isues. Will send you the log via email. Please confirm to me the receptionof the log

 

[admin]

Ok, thanks.

[Kirk]

Guylain,

I am using BYEOS 3.1.18 RC2 and I can get my Canon EOS R to connect. I had the camera in Bulb mode. I am also using version 1.2.0 of the camera firmware if that makes a difference. I could get the Frame an Focus to show me the live view, and I was able to control focus of the lens and take a 1 sec sub. log attached. Let me know if you need anything else.

Best Regards,

Kirk

logfile-[20190821-07h36m40s632]-[17880]-2019-08-21.txt

[admin]

Thanks kirk, these are all things you can do. What about taking bulb images if self? 

[Kirk]

I did take a couple of images (1 sec each). The camera was pointed at a wall in my office, so I did not want to go longer than that in full light. Is that what you meant by taking bulb imaages?  It seems fully functional to me right now.

[admin]

BULB is a camera term/setting that allows you to take 30+ second images.  You camera has internal timed value (known as TV) from 1/8000th of a second to 30 seconds.  Beyond that you need to set the camera dial to BULB to take 30+ seconds images.  Hope this makes sense.

[Ruilo]

2 hours ago, Kirk said:

I did take a couple of images (1 sec each). The camera was pointed at a wall in my office, so I did not want to go longer than that in full light. Is that what you meant by taking bulb imaages?  It seems fully functional to me right now.

Mine whenever i try to take a shot, it gets freezed. I only can see live-view on focusing mode

[Kirk]

1 hour ago, admin said:

BULB is a camera term/setting that allows you to take 30+ second images.  You camera has internal timed value (known as TV) from 1/8000th of a second to 30 seconds.  Beyond that you need to set the camera dial to BULB to take 30+ seconds images.  Hope this makes sense.

Guylain,

Yes, that makes perfect sense. Now I remember. I do not do DSLR imaging anymore and am a bit out of practice, but I wanted to try using BYEOS to take some Milky Way shots with the EOS R. I have a manual focus 14mm f/2.8 Rokinon lens, so I thought BYEOS would help me focus the lens. I am not sure when I would take a shot over 30 seconds but I will be in Nova Scotia at a very dark site next month so maybe I can give it a go then. It is way too bright around here to do anything but narrowband imaging.

Regards,

Kirk

 

1 hour ago, Ruilo said:

Mine whenever i try to take a shot, it gets freezed. I only can see live-view on focusing mode

Hi Ruilo, do you have the latest firmware (v1.2.0) on your Canon EOS R? 

Kirk

[astroman133]

With the 14mm Rokinon, the stars will be soooo small you may have trouble getting good focus with BYE.

With my 16mm f/2.0 Rok, I had success setting the lens on infinity and taping it down so it would not accidentally shift. I then took 20 second shots all night long while the camera panned around the southern horizon at sidereal rate. I was able to get almost 8 hours of the Milky Way from rise to set as it moved across the sky.

[admin]

Ok, first we need confirmation that the EOS-R can do bulb over USB.    With the EOS-M series this was not possible and as a result I was not able to support them in BackyardEOS.

Can someone please try their EOS-R with the Canaon software EOS Utility and confirm that they can take BULB images > 30 seconds with the EOS-R connected to EOS Utility.  I need this to be 100% confirm before going any further.   I thought I had one user confirm this but I'm not sure anymore if this was for the EOS-R model or the Nikon Z series.

Thank you.

[astroman133]

You EOS-R owners can try shooting BULB exposures with your laptop and your camera set up on your kitchen table. You do not care about the image, itself, just does BYE control the camera for long exposures.

[Kirk]

OK, I just used the EOS utility to take two consecutive 40 second subs with my EOS R. According to the utility I can take subs up to 99:59. Looks like it works for bulb. Sorry for the confusion earlier. I did try this with the RC of BYOS and the software seemed to lock up after taking the first 40 second sub.

 

[admin]

Ok, it looks like I'll have to try and get my hands on an EOS--R for testing. I've done everything I normally do with any new Canon cameras... Or try to rent one but the last time I rented a camera it ended up costing $400 for a weekend 😢

[Kirk]

I did a second try in BYEOS and this time it worked with two 40s expsoures. It downloaded both. The only difference was I gave it a 5 second pause between subs.

 

 

 

[Ruilo]

11 hours ago, Kirk said:

Hi Ruilo, do you have the latest firmware (v1.2.0) on your Canon EOS R? 

Kirk

Yes, i have the last update and anytime i try to takean exposure whit this software it freezes

 

10 hours ago, admin said:

Ok, first we need confirmation that the EOS-R can do bulb over USB.    With the EOS-M series this was not possible and as a result I was not able to support them in BackyardEOS.

Can someone please try their EOS-R with the Canaon software EOS Utility and confirm that they can take BULB images > 30 seconds with the EOS-R connected to EOS Utility.  I need this to be 100% confirm before going any further.   I thought I had one user confirm this but I'm not sure anymore if this was for the EOS-R model or the Nikon Z series.

Thank you.

I will try ass son as i can test it

[s3igell]

10 hours ago, Kirk said:

I did a second try in BYEOS and this time it worked with two 40s expsoures. It downloaded both. The only difference was I gave it a 5 second pause between subs.

Kirk and Ruilo,

Remember that you can control much of the light entering the Camera by changing the Lens F-stop to its higher values - f/20 or higher (after all this is just a test of BYE Control of the DSLR.

You will also want to turn OFF features such as Mirror Lock-Up (MLU) and Long Exposure Noise Reduction (LENR).  In fact, you may need to also turn off the more sophisticated Focusing Features - Face-Detection, etc - in order for BYE to work successfully.  (Its a pain, but the wealth of sophisticated features provided on a modern DSLR are often directly at odds with what the Camera Maker supports in their own SDK Interface.)

Good Luck - we're all hoping that Canon has provided sufficient SDK support that the new EOS R line will be useful for DSO Imaging.