Canon ID login will be required for Canon digital camera software and apps starting in the first half 2025. Customers must create a Canon ID to use these products and services. This will, in theory, make it easier for customers to manage their Canon products and services.
Once users have created a Canon ID, they will be able to access several benefits, including:
- Quick and easy product registration
- Tailored notifications
- Other Canon services
Users can create a Canon ID by clicking the “Create Canon ID” button on the webpage. We also included the button below.
From the webpage;
To use our digital camera software and apps and gain access to improved usability and support, you will need to login with a Canon ID starting in the first half of 2025.
Using your Canon ID to login to Canon’s digital camera software and apps will give you access to quick and easy product registration, tailored notifications about firmware, software updates, equipment notifications, new product announcements, and more to help optimize your experience with your Canon equipment.
You will also have access to other Canon services like image.canon and Creative Park.
Canon ID login will be required when using “Camera Connect” beginning in the first half of 2025, with a gradual rollout to other Canon apps and software, connecting your entire Canon experience.
By utilizing Canon ID for login across Canon software and apps, we aim to provide improved services, better communication and convenient functionality.
If you haven’t already done so, we encourage you to create your Canon ID from below button.
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here's how it works. |
They already charge 1$ monthly for DPP on iOS, so it's not like it's a new idea for them.
They'll start cheap enough for it to not matter, and once everyone is okay with it raise prices. Might take a few years until the pricing hurts, it's not going to happen overnight.
Brian
My biggest concern is maintaining access to software without an internet connection - I'm thinking of Camera Connect as used for remote triggering of the camera. Hopefully those core features aren't going to be locked out without a login (and with it occasionally requiring a re-login at obviously the worst times). For some context, about 28% of the images I took this year were in places where I could theoretically have an internet connection if I needed one, while all of the remaining images had no access to cell service when they were taken. I'd be livid if (and that's a big if to be fair) remote triggering asked me to re-login when I had no signal and barred me from using the feature.
So again, I think the devil is in the details, but on the surface I'm not a fan of this general direction.
The likelihood of me creating a fake gmail account with a fake name for this is near 100%. Good luck with getting my info, Canon.
Also, agreed 100% with those of you saying this is just a trojan horse to make subscriptions easier as the next step. Someone has learned the WRONG lessons from Adobe here.
What if they start charging just to be able to use the camera connect app? Will they blame it on future upgrades? Pff.
And thank goodness their software is terrible enough that you don't need it in terms of DPP anyway. I have to say their software development is quite garbage, that app is in a most laughable state and has some of the most ancient ridiculous UI conventions from the stone era.