How to update your Canon EOS firmware

Canon mirrorless camera in firmware update
(Image credit: Brian Worley)

We talk a lot about firmware updates here at Digital Camera World. Just this month, Canon released firmware updates to three of its major mirrorless EOS R cameras, including the Canon EOS R3

If you're not a regular and haven't really used firmware before, we'll explain it in a bit more detail here, and look at how you can update the firmware on your Canon EOS camera to get the most from it. 

PhotoPlus: The Canon Magazine

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Brian Worley

Brian is a freelance photographer and photo tutor, based in Oxfordshire. He has unrivaled EOS DSLR knowledge, after working for Canon for over 15 years, and is on hand to answer all the EOS and photographic queries in Canon-centric magazine PhotoPlus.

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