diff --git a/crates/engine/src/media.rs b/crates/engine/src/media.rs
index d863060e..8b45ff51 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/media.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/media.rs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ impl SettingsHashes {
 }
 
 /// Bump when the pipeline's output changes, to invalidate cached thumbnails.
-pub const RENDER_CACHE_VERSION: u64 = 43;
+pub const RENDER_CACHE_VERSION: u64 = 50;
 
 /// Thumbnails render at one of these long edges (so window/cell size changes reuse the cache).
 pub const THUMB_SIZES: [usize; 4] = [128, 256, 384, 512];
diff --git a/crates/raw/src/vendor/cr3.rs b/crates/raw/src/vendor/cr3.rs
index b5442790..1d23d727 100644
--- a/crates/raw/src/vendor/cr3.rs
+++ b/crates/raw/src/vendor/cr3.rs
@@ -108,10 +108,20 @@ fn aspect_crop(maker: Option<&Ifd>, image: Rect) -> Option<Rect> {
 fn geometry(area: Option<&Cr3ImageArea>, maker: Option<&Ifd>, width: usize, height: usize) -> (Rect, Rect) {
     let area = area.filter(|a| usize::from(a.width) == width && usize::from(a.height) == height);
     let sensor = sensor_crop(maker, width, height);
-    let active = area.and_then(|a| a.active).and_then(|b| inclusive_rect(b, width, height)).or(sensor).unwrap_or(Rect::new(0, 0, width, height));
-    // The recommended crop, when the file gives a consistent one. `AspectInfo` is measured from its origin, so it
-    // is only applied on top of that; without it (the crop doesn't fit the valid area) the whole active area stays.
-    let recommended = area.and_then(|a| inclusive_rect(a.crop, width, height)).or(sensor).and_then(|c| relative_crop(c, active));
+    let mut active = area.and_then(|a| a.active).and_then(|b| inclusive_rect(b, width, height)).or(sensor).unwrap_or(Rect::new(0, 0, width, height));
+    // The recommended crop. `AspectInfo` is measured from its origin, so it is applied on top of it.
+    let stated = area.and_then(|a| inclusive_rect(a.crop, width, height)).or(sensor);
+    let mut recommended = stated.and_then(|c| relative_crop(c, active));
+    // Some crop-mode files (EOS R5 Mark II APS-C, 5376 x 3574) state an active area that starts in the dark
+    // columns and stops short of the image, while their recommended crop lies on the image (measured: columns
+    // 132..~256 sit at the black level, the image runs to the right edge). The recommended crop is then the
+    // valid area.
+    if recommended.is_none()
+        && let Some(c) = stated.filter(|c| c.width >= 2 && c.height >= 2)
+    {
+        active = c;
+        recommended = Some(Rect::new(0, 0, c.width, c.height));
+    }
     let crop = recommended.map(|c| aspect_crop(maker, c).unwrap_or(c)).unwrap_or(Rect::new(0, 0, active.width, active.height));
     (active, crop)
 }
@@ -424,8 +434,9 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Some crop-mode files (EOS R5 Mark II 7883) record a recommended crop that reaches past their valid area. The
-    /// whole active area stays then, and `AspectInfo`, which is measured from the recommended crop, is not applied.
+    /// Some crop-mode files (EOS R5 Mark II 7883) record a recommended crop that reaches past their stated active
+    /// area, which starts in dark columns. The recommended crop is then the valid area (no black band on the left),
+    /// and `AspectInfo` applies from its origin.
     #[test]
     fn aspect_info_needs_a_consistent_recommended_crop() {
         let aspect = lightcraft_tiff::IfdBuilder::new().with(ASPECT_INFO, Value::Long(vec![13, 5088, 3392, 0, 0]));
@@ -433,8 +444,11 @@ mod tests {
         let maker = Tiff::parse(&bytes).unwrap().ifds.remove(0);
         let area =
             |crop| Cr3ImageArea { width: 5376, height: 3574, crop, active: Some([132, 160, 5243, 3567]), masked_left: [0; 4], masked_top: None };
-        // crop right edge 5359 > active right edge 5243: not a crop of the active area
-        assert_eq!(geometry(Some(&area([272, 172, 5359, 3563])), Some(&maker), 5376, 3574).1, Rect::new(0, 0, 5112, 3408));
+        // crop right edge 5359 > active right edge 5243: the recommended crop becomes the valid area
+        assert_eq!(
+            geometry(Some(&area([272, 172, 5359, 3563])), Some(&maker), 5376, 3574),
+            (Rect::new(272, 172, 5088, 3392), Rect::new(0, 0, 5088, 3392))
+        );
         // consistent crop: AspectInfo applies from its origin
         assert_eq!(geometry(Some(&area([140, 172, 5227, 3563])), Some(&maker), 5376, 3574).1, Rect::new(8, 12, 5088, 3392));
     }
diff --git a/docs/cr3.md b/docs/cr3.md
index 9b0cc4c7..7745d930 100644
--- a/docs/cr3.md
+++ b/docs/cr3.md
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ recommended crop, and the decoder uses it as the default crop, so the developed
 framed (PowerShot SX70 HS, EOS 250D, PowerShot G5 X Mark II, EOS M6 Mark II and EOS M50 samples). A rectangle that
 is missing or does not fit inside the crop is ignored. The embedded JPEG still shows the whole frame.
 
+The EOS R5 Mark II's APS-C crop-mode files (5376 x 3574) state an active area that starts in dark columns
+(132..~256 sit at the black level) and stops ~130 columns short of the image, while their recommended crop
+(5088 x 3392, the camera JPEG's size) lies on the image. When the recommended crop doesn't fit inside the stated
+active area, it is used as the valid area: on raw.pixls.us 7883/7884 the render matches the camera JPEG
+(high-pass correlation 0.99, was -0.13 with a black band on the left). No other of the 110 CC0 CR3s changes.
+
 The decoder is independent Rust code shared by desktop, CLI and WebAssembly;
 it has no operating-system imaging dependency or external decoder. Its sources
 are the public prose descriptions and patents cited in