Well not only did the firmware update install go rather quickly for me, but using the R1 (and R5m2) with the new firmware FTP protocols in a stadium with only modest WiFi (SpeedTest = 110 down, 70-80 up), I was able to shoot / cull / upload my selects in real time via FTP (granted JPG files only) flawlessly. Shooting a VB match with both bodies (95% R1, it is just SO GOOD with action priority and the files are smaller), I was able to send 20 + files to my personal FTP server in real-time during the first set, then do a quick download/LR edit in between the first 2 sets and was able to add my cutlines and upload to my editor so much faster than before, and I was still able to shoot the end of set 2! All this with both bodies simply reconnecting to stadium Wifi without any prompting (after the initial setup pre-game of course).
SOO much more efficiently than the R3 or even the out of box R1 firmware. Not sure what they did, but this new firmware is so much more stable for my use case!
You may wonder, why bother, why not just download straight from camera (via cable or camera card)? Well when seconds count, not needing the camera or computer or Photomechanic to do the "filter by selects", AND not having to attach a cable, or pull a card is just better with less wear / tear.
The alternate step of downloading from my server is at least as fast, and I have already made my selections, so I can just start my quick edits and add my captions.
I've also tried the EOS Utility, Image Capture (MAC OS), Canon Camera Connect app, and the Canon Content Transfer apps, but those connections to the camera are still just to slow, so hopefully those connections will become quicker, more stable with future firmware updates, but for now, FTP is my new workflow when Wifi is availlable and I am on deadline.
BTW, the OOC large JPGs which are transferred via FTP are 8-10 Mb files and they clean up really nice. I also shoot RAW to my second card just in case I need to really push/pull an image or if white balance gets off, but so far, the R1 JPGs are the best OOC JPGs I have ever used (7d2, 1DIV, 1X, 1X 2, 5d3, r5, r3...). Never thought I'd go back to JPG, but until FTP can handle the much larger files more quickly, I will shoot both but use JPG when time is critical.
