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Canon EOS R (or Ra, RP, R5, R6)

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Canon EOS R (or Ra, RP, R5, R6) was created by John Pane

Hello,

I have been using a Canon 7D Mark II successfully for image capture via USB. Today I tried to connect an EOS R, also via USB.

INDI recognized the camera and can display/record live view, but I cannot get it to capture a photo.
2020-09-20T00:37:43: [ERROR] Failed to expose. 
2020-09-20T00:37:31: [INFO] Starting 1 seconds exposure (+1 seconds mirror lock).
Some debugging information below.

Has anyone gotten this working, and if so, any ideas what I need to do?

Thanks,
John


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tellarmate@stellarmate:~$ gphoto --version
-bash: gphoto: command not found
stellarmate@stellarmate:~$ gphoto2 --version
gphoto2 2.5.20
 
Copyright (c) 2000-2018 Lutz Mueller and others
 
gphoto2 comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. You may
redistribute copies of gphoto2 under the terms of the GNU General Public
License. For more information about these matters, see the files named COPYING.
 
This version of gphoto2 is using the following software versions and options:
gphoto2         2.5.20         gcc, popt(m), exif, cdk, aa, jpeg, readline
libgphoto2      2.5.25.1       standard camlibs, gcc, ltdl, EXIF
libgphoto2_port 0.12.0         iolibs: disk ptpip serial usb1 usbdiskdirect usbscsi, gcc, ltdl, EXIF, USB, serial without locking
stellarmate@stellarmate:~$ gphoto2 --debug --debug-logfile=gphoto.txt --summary
Camera summary:                                                                
Manufacturer: Canon.Inc
Model: Canon EOS R
  Version: 3-1.7.0
  Serial Number: 5dee683d2ad24166894c685fba2272cf
Vendor Extension ID: 0xb (1.0)
 
Capture Formats: JPEG
Display Formats: Association/Directory, Script, DPOF, MS AVI, MS Wave, JPEG, CRW, Unknown(b103), Unknown(bf02), Defined Type, Unknown(b104), Unknown(b105)
 
Device Capabilities:
	File Download, File Deletion, File Upload
	No Image Capture, No Open Capture, Canon EOS Capture, Canon EOS Capture 2
	Canon Wifi support
 
Storage Devices Summary:
store_00020001:
	StorageDescription: SD
	VolumeLabel: None
	Storage Type: Removable RAM (memory card)
	Filesystemtype: Digital Camera Layout (DCIM)
	Access Capability: Read-Write
	Maximum Capability: 125156982784 (119359 MB)
	Free Space (Bytes): 125156065280 (119358 MB)
	Free Space (Images): -1
 
Device Property Summary:
Property 0xd402:(read only) (type=0xffff) 'Canon EOS R'
Property 0xd407:(read only) (type=0x6) 1
Property 0xd406:(readwrite) (type=0xffff) 'Unknown Initiator'
Property 0xd303:(read only) (type=0x2) 1
Battery Level(0x5001):(read only) (type=0x2) Enumeration [100,0,75,0,50] value: 78% (78)
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Replied by John Pane on topic Canon EOS R (or Ra, RP, R5, R6)

I figured out the problem. I had to enable "Release shutter w/o lens" in C.Fn5.
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Replied by Petar Milevski on topic Canon EOS R (or Ra, RP, R5, R6)

Hi John, have you been able to capture anything yet?

I have the Canon RP. I'm running KStars with Raspbian Buster on an RPi4 a my stable setup. I have no issues with my 550D, but when i try to use my RP it wont download the image.

I have set my shutter release w/o lens as i use my RP on a tracker with manual lenses and it works fine.

I think the issue with KStars with Raspbian Buster on an RPi4 is libraw2.0 has not been implemented yet. I am assuming that because Canon uses CR3 RAW format on its mirrorless cameras, there is still no way to convert a CR3 RAW to a FITS in Raspbian so KStars can do its thing.

When i use my RP on my Asus Tinkerboard (which runs Lbuntu 18.04LTS) the RP works fine.

regards Petar
Last edit: 3 years 6 months ago by Petar Milevski. Reason: spelling
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Replied by Jasem Mutlaq on topic Canon EOS R (or Ra, RP, R5, R6)


Thank you for letting us know how you resolved it. I will add this to the documentation as well in case other users run into this issue.
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Replied by John Pane on topic Canon EOS R (or Ra, RP, R5, R6)


Yes, I had success Sunday night. I'm running Raspbian Buster on an RPi4b. My Stellarmate installation includes libraw-dev 0.20.0 and gphoto2 2.5.20-3. I had Ekos store the native .cr3 files during capture, but it did decode them for autofocus.
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