What This System Can Do

  • Shooting with one camera (sender camera)
    • Remote shooting linking up to 10 cameras (receiver cameras)
  • Various operations with a terminal
    • Remote shooting using up to 10 cameras (receiver cameras)
    • Review and downloading of captured images
    • Camera setting changes
    • FTP transfer configuration and the transfer of captured images to an FTP server
    • Configuration of IPTC information

If you are using EMR Ver.1.1.0 or later, you can perform remote shooting together with the Robotic Camera System CR-S700R. For details, see “Connecting the Remote Head.”

System Configuration

  1. (1) Terminals
  2. (2) Sender camera
  3. (3) Receiver camera
  1. (4) Access point
  2. (5) FTP server

The role of each device is as follows.

Terminals

  • Remote shooting with a receiver camera, setting changes, and review of captured images, etc.
  • Multiple terminals can be connected. The receiver camera can be controlled from any terminal.
  • For usable terminals, see “System Requirements.”
  • The sender camera cannot be operated from a terminal.

  • When operating EMR Ver.1.1.0 or later on a PC, you can also use the PC keyboard or game controller.

    Canon has confirmed the operation of the following devices (However, Canon does not guarantee the operation of such devices. Confirmation results as of July 2025).

    • SONY DualSense CFI-ZCT1J (supports Windows/macOS/iOS, wireless and wired connections)
    • APEM VM Desktop (Windows/macOS)

Sender camera

  • The sender camera controls the receiver camera during linked shooting.
  • For sender cameras that can be used, see “Usable Cameras.”

Receiver camera

  • The receiver camera is controlled by the sender camera during linked shooting.
  • It can be operated with a terminal that has the EMR application installed.
  • For receiver cameras that can be used, see “Usable Cameras.”

Access point

  • The access point connects the sender camera, receiver camera, and terminals to a network with a wired or wireless connection.
  • A hub can be used with a wired connection.

FTP server

  • Connect to a network and transfer images.
  • The FTP transfer settings can be configured from a terminal.
  • The customer is responsible for preparing the FTP server.

Usable Cameras

Sender cameras

  • EOS R1 (firmware version 1.2.0 or later)
  • EOS R5 Mark II (firmware version 1.2.0 or later)

Receiver cameras

  • EOS R1 (firmware version 1.2.0 or later)
  • EOS R5 Mark II (firmware version 1.2.0 or later)
  • EOS R3 (firmware version 2.0.0 or later)

Caution

  • When using the EOS R5 Mark II with a wired connection, the Battery Grip BG-R20EP or Cooling Fan CF-R20EP is required.

System Requirements

OS

  • iOS/iPad OS: Ver.17 and Ver.18

  • Windows: Windows 11

  • macOS: macOS 14 and macOS 15

    *Supports Macs with Apple Silicon.

Devices

  • Terminals that run the above OS

    When using multiple receiver cameras, it is recommended that you use a high-performance terminal for comfortable Live View shooting, etc.

Caution

  • Be careful not to set the terminal character size too large. If the size is set extremely large, the characters may stick out and inhibit proper operation.
  • To prevent the EMR application from becoming locked during shooting, set the terminal [Auto-Lock] to [Never]. On an iPhone/iPad, open [Settings] and select [Never] under [Display & Brightness]-[Auto-Lock].
  • When the EMR application is placed in the background, the connection with camera may be severed. Keep the application in an active state during use.

Screen Configuration of the EMR Application

This application is operated by switching screens according to the situation.

Main screen

The main screen is displayed when starting this application. Register cameras and configure various settings.

  1. (1) Register receiver cameras for remote control.
  2. (2) A list of the registered receiver cameras is displayed.
  3. (3) The option settings screen is displayed.
  4. (4) Configure the camera date and time settings and the FTP settings.
  1. (5) Configure the receiver camera group settings.
  2. (6) Display the remote head Registration screen ().
  3. (7) Display the Multi View screen.

Multi View screen 1

Tap [Multi View] on the main screen to display.

Display the information for the registered receiver cameras side by side. Remote shooting and setting changes can be carried out by camera and group.

  1. (1) Display area of each receiver camera.
  2. (2) Indicate the selected group by color.
  3. (3) Display the [Change Layout] () screen.
  4. (4) Display the screen for batch configuration of multiple cameras.
  5. (5) Connect and disconnect to a receiver camera.
  6. (6) Display the receiver camera settings.
  7. (7) Perform remote shooting.
  1. (8) Change the receiver camera settings.
  2. (9) Switch to the Single View screen ().
  3. (10) Select the receiver camera group.
  4. (11) Perform a batch operation on the selected group.
  5. (12) Indicate the receiver camera group by color.
  6. (13) Tap to rotate the Live View display 90° clockwise.
  7. (14) Toggle the Auto Rotate setting. When set to Auto Rotate, the Live View display automatically rotates to match the camera's attitude.

*(13) and (14) are also displayed on Multi View screen 2 and the Single View screen's shooting screen.

Multi View screen 2

Tap [] on Multi View screen 1 and choose [Main/Sub] on the displayed screen to display Multi View screen 2 ().

Similar to Multi View screen 1, remote shooting and setting changes can be carried out by camera and group.

  1. (1) Display the information for the selected receiver camera.
  1. (2) Display the information for other receiver cameras.

Change Layout

Tap [] on Multi View screen 1 or [] on Multi View screen 2 to display Change Layout.

You can change the layout on the Multi View screen.

  1. (1) Select the layout type for the Multi View screen.
  2. (2) Select whether to include a Live View. You can select this option when [Main/Sub] is selected in [Layout type].
  3. (3) You can change the display range ratio of the selected receiver camera on Multi View screen 2.
  1. (4) You can edit the Multi View screen camera placement or Group shooting button* placement. Editing is performed using a drag operation.

    *Only available when the Group shooting button is enabled.

  2. (5) Display the [Sort Cameras] screen.

Single View screen

Tap [] on the Multi View screen to display the Single View screen (can also be displayed from the main screen).

Browse and save images or perform remote shooting with the selected camera.

Top screen

  1. (1) Display the playback screen.
  2. (2) Display the shooting screen.
  1. (3) Display the IPTC information screen.

Caution

  • The following operations cannot be performed when the camera is in movie recording mode.
    • Browsing images
    • Registering IPTC information

Playback screen

Browse images saved to the card of the selected receiver camera.

Tap an image to play, delete, download to a terminal, or transfer it to an FTP server.

Shooting screen

Perform remote shooting with the selected receiver camera.

  1. (1) The Live View is displayed.
  2. (2) Configure shooting related settings.
  3. (3) Shoot photos.
  1. (4) Switch the Live View quality to “high” or “low.”
  2. (5) Enlarge images.
  3. (6) Adjust the white balance using the selected location as a white reference.

IPTC information screen

Edit and register the IPTC* information (captions, credits, shooting location, and other comment information) of the receiver camera. Images can be tagged with IPTC information registered on the camera.

*International Press Telecommunications Council

  1. (1) Register the IPTC information edits to the camera.
  2. (2) Load the IPTC information (XMP format).
  3. (3) Save the IPTC information (XMP format).
  1. (4) Delete all of the IPTC information registered to the camera.
  2. (5) Erase all of the IPTC information.
  3. (6) Edit the IPTC information as needed.

Multi-Camera image browsing

Images captured by multiple connected cameras can be viewed simultaneously on a timeline. Tap [Multi-Camera Settings] on the Multi View screen followed by [Multi-Camera Browsing] on the screen that appears to display the following figure.

  1. (1) Display images captured within a two-second time difference between the previous and next images as one shooting scene with a yellow frame.
  2. (2) Tap an image to display one image.
  1. (3) Select the group to display.
  2. (4) Display the group color, camera display name, file name, and the time of image capture.