Canon EOS R5 C playback shows the previous image before the new shot is written
Asked 2/26/2023
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On my Canon EOS R5 C, after taking a photo and pressing Playback, the camera sometimes shows the previously captured image instead of the photo I just took. A few seconds later, the new image appears once it finishes writing. If the card is empty, it shows a busy/wait message instead.
This seems to happen when certain image settings make the camera take longer to process and save files. Is this a known bug on the R5 C, and is there any workaround or fix?
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Finally, I was able to find a solution to the issue I was facing. It turned out to be a bug specific to the Canon Eos R5C, and it's uncertain whether the same bug is present in other models. The problem stemmed from a combination of certain image settings, which caused the camera to take longer than usual to process images. If there were no images saved on the memory card, the camera would display a "busy, please wait" message. However, if there was a previous image on the camera, it would display the latest one in the list, causing confusion and frustration. If the camera settings were normal, the image would write to the memory card quickly,No problems.
Ideally, if the camera was taking time to save an image to the memory card, it should display the "busy, please wait" message, regardless of whether the memory card was empty or not. I was able to fix this problem by resetting the camera settings, but if I want to use the previous settings, I will have to deal with this bug again.
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Based on the reported behavior, this appears to be an R5 C playback bug that shows the last already-saved image while the newest shot is still being processed/written. When no prior image exists on the card, the camera shows a busy/wait message instead, which supports that explanation.
The trigger seems to be combinations of image settings that increase processing time. With more normal settings, writing is fast enough that the issue may not appear.
So the practical workaround is to reduce anything that slows image processing/write time and wait until the camera finishes writing before reviewing. In other words, it does not sound like user error; it’s likely a firmware/playback behavior on the EOS R5 C rather than expected review operation.
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