Canon EOS R5 HANDS ON first looks review vs R6 vs 5DIV vs A7rIV

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Speculation over its got 45 megapixels
yep 45 megapixels now confirmed and for
those who want the too long didn’t watch
version it cost three thousand nine
hundred dollars or four thousand two
hundred pounds for the body alone it
doesn’t have any cooling fans and it
goes on sale at the end of July 2020
but do stick around because I’ve got
loads to show you in this video I’m
Gordon from camera labs and after months
of teasing Canon has finally unveiled
the complete specifications of its
full-frame EOS r5 millas camera and they
even let me try one out in person for
this hands-on first looks review as a
pre-production model I’m not allowed to
share photos or movies from it yet but
in this video I will demonstrate the
built-in stabilization and focusing in
action show you around the controls port
slots and menus confirm and quashing
numerable rumors and compare its size
weight and features to a buncha rivals
there’s tons of information here and
remember it’s all based on actually
having used the camera in person as well
as having extensive briefings with canon
so sit back and enjoy my hands-on first
looks on one of the most highly
anticipated cameras in a very long time
canons launching the eos r5 alongside
the more affordable r6 in here on the
left
and while the r5 employs more magnesium
alloy in its construction not to mention
having more sophisticated top controls
both actually share a lot of features in
common full-frame sensors with built-in
stabilization claiming up to eight stops
of compensation 12 frames percent
mechanical or twenty frames per second
electronic bursts uncropped 4k up to 60
P with dual pixel autofocus fully
articulated screens joysticks and dual
card slots albeit twin SD on the r6
versus SD and CF Express on the r5 if
you interested in the EOS r6 check out
my separate hands-on video all about it
but in the meantime it has a 20
megapixel sensor and cost 2500 US
dollars or British pounds many of you
will be wondering how the r5 physically
measures up to the EOS 5d Mark for DSLR
so here’s the DSLR on the left clearly
giving the r5 on the right some design
inspiration the 5d 4 is clearly larger
in every dimension though and 150 grams
heavier too for the body alone the r5
grip is of
shorter but still felt very comfortable
in my hands and Callen claims to where
the ceiling is to the same level as the
5d for thanks to its optical viewfinder
the 5d for unsurprisingly enjoys longer
battery life though with two to three
times more shots per charge for all the
sony owners out there here’s the r5
again on the right next to the a7 mark
three on the left now the a7 three is a
much more affordable model than the r5
but it is roughly similar in size and
shape to the other a7 models and that
allows us to make her physical
comparison here this time it’s the sony
that’s a little smaller than the canon
particularly in width and it’s a little
lighter too personally speaking though
the r5 felt more comfortable in my hands
and i also preferred its controls
handling and user interface and finally
here’s the r5 next to the original eos
are that launched canons full-frame
mirrorless system the eos are on the
left has quite a different head shape
doesn’t it and a number of control and
feature differences but they’re actually
very similar in size the r is a little
bit lighter but remember it misses out
on built-in stabilization both models
felt similar in my hands but i preferred
the more traditional controls of the r5
including its rhythm wheel and joystick
both models share the same degree of
weather sealing okay now let’s have a
look at the r5 in more detail from the
rear and top you’ll see while canon has
adopted some elements from the ESR
including its information screen and
mode control its sensibly opted to
include a rear thumb wheel and an AF
joystick both transform the usability
over the ESR in my view and also make
for an easy transition for existing
Canon DSLR owners if you’ve not seen
that ESR before the r5 inherits the
backlit top screen and mode control
where you press the mode button then
turn the chunky wheel around to switch
between program manual shutter and
aperture priority bulb and custom modes
pushing the info button on the rear
toggles between photo and video modes
after which you again use the dial to
switch between the various movie options
around the back is a 3.2 inch screen
with 2.1 million dots and i’m delighted
to report canon has stuck with a fully
articulated side hinge design that’s
ideal whether you’re facing the camera
or taking photos at high or low angles
whether in the landscape or portrait
orientation and when it’s flipped out
you can also configure the viewfinder
eye sensor to switch off if desired the
fully articulated screen and great touch
interface a key benefits can and
continues to have over Sony although I
do know some people personally prefer
vertically tilting screens as expected
canons equipped the r5 so you find it
with a high resolution five point six
nine million dollar panel that support
1600 by 1200 pixels a naught point seven
six times magnification this matches the
resolution of the Lumix s and Sony a7r
Mark for view finders and delivers a
really detailed image that’s fantastic
for confirming focus note the cheaper r6
opts for the three point six nine
million panel that’s used on the
originals are on the left hand side
you’ll find a bunch of ports including
three-and-a-half millimeter microphone
and headphone jacks a PC sync port for
external lighting a new SBC and micro
HDMI ports the USB C port runs at 3.1
gen2 speeds and could be used for
charging and operation with a compatible
power delivery source and it’s
interesting to see Canon finally switch
from mini HDMI to micro HDMI which do
you prefer
you can also use the r5 as a webcam over
HDMI it provides a clean output up to 4k
or directly over USB using Canon USA’s
be to plugin for Windows from the front
you’ll notice another flap to the lower
right of the lens mount which hides the
n3 type remote port while on the
opposite side is a new custom function
button the r5 also features two point
four and five gigahertz Wi-Fi whereas
the r6 is 2.4 gigahertz only both the
EOS r5 and r6 have learned from the
mistake of the original ESR and now
offer twin memory card slots on the r5
there’s a UHS 2 SD slot and a Type B CF
Express slot CF Express is necessary if
you’re filming
8k raw or 4k 120 P and also allows the
longest burst speeds but SD memory cards
can be used for everything else
apparently including a K and 4k 60p
although both of those will need to be
set to IPP compression if you’re
recording onto an SD card you can also
record video to both cards
simultaneously although if you’re
filming 8k raw on the CF Express card
it’ll be the IPP version that goes onto
the SD cannons developed a new LP e 6nh
battery pack for the EOS r5 and r6
that’s the same physical size as the
earlier LP e6n pack but with around 15%
longer life canons claiming 490 shots
with the screen all 320 views in the
viewfinder that high resolution panel is
hungry regardless of who deploys it and
you can also use it on earlier models to
slightly boost their lifespan the are
six squeezes a handful more shots per
charge but certainly takes a decisive
lead for mirrorless cameras here with
the a7 are for claiming 670 shots with
the screen or 530 with the viewfinder
which shares the same resolution as the
r5 but maybe drives it a bit differently
meanwhile the optical viewfinder on the
5d mark 4 let’s see take 900 shots per
charge for longer battery life the new
BG are 10 grip works on both the r5 and
the r6 it takes two batteries and
provides portrait controls when it’s
attached to the camera you can charge
both batteries over the USBC connection
Canon also offers a new WFT R 10 B grip
but for the r5 only this again takes two
batteries provides portrait controls but
also adds much improved Wi-Fi
transmission with 802 11 AC 2×2 MIMO
support and two Gigabit Ethernet port
for wide connectivity this grip brings
the r5 closer to the networking
capabilities of the flagship 1tx mark 3
okay now on to the full-frame sensor now
confirmed to have 45 megapixels a
resolution chosen to allow a K video
capture in the DCI shape without any
cropping and also easy scaling down to
4k in 1080p in photo terms it may be
numerically lower than the 50 megapixel
5d s and 5d s are but Canon explain to
me the use of a new low-pass filter
actually allows the r5 to slightly out
resolve those models even the 5d sr
which had a filter canceling optical
path as a quick aside you’ll notice the
shutter curtains closed when powered
down like the ESR but unlike the RP and
most of the mirrorless cameras which
leave their sensors visible on the r5
and r6 you can now choose whether the
shutter is left open or closed at power
off when closed it keeps dust from the
sensor but remember the shutter curtain
are actually more delicate and easy to
damage than the sensor with its
protective filter so you choose
in terms of pure photo resolution in the
35 millimeter format though Sony’s a 7
or more for remains comfortably ahead
with its 61 megapixel sensor this
captures images with 9500 and four by
six thousand three hundred thirty six
pixels versus 8,192 by five thousand
four hundred sixty-four in the r5 and
both the Sony and the Lumix s1 are enjoy
additional pixel shifting modes to
further boost the resolution or reduce
color artifacts and that kind of
capability is not yet available on the
Canon I really hope that they can add
this with a firmware update I will be
directly comparing the resolution and
the dynamic range of all these cameras
in my final review in the our 5s quality
menus you can choose to record any
combination of JPEG and RAW files with
compressor also available as first seen
on the 1 DX mark 3 you can also enable
HDR p/q to switch jpeg to the 10 bit hit
format if preferred and i’ve got a
separate video all about how canon
implements 1/2 if you’re interested new
to the r5 is portrait lighting found
under dual pixel RAW processing in
playback this allows you to actually
simulate the position of a lighting
source on war files after the event and
here you can see it being used to lie to
my face from below the shadow cast
originally by my hat as he pushed the
lighting around using the touchscreen
you can see the position of the digital
simulated light in the upper left hand
corner and a live preview applied to the
actual image and you can of course then
save this as jpg when you done I’ll be
testing this lots more in my final
review but in the meantime it looks a
lot more useful than the minor
perspective shifts the 5d for allowed on
dual pixel RAW processing both the r5
and r6 of far shooters able to fire off
long bursts at 12 frames per second
using the mechanical shutter and
slightly faster than the a7r Mark for 10
frames per second and here’s how it
sounds pathologies of Alenia in
conditions the buffer depends on the
format and the card type will Canon
quoted 350 JPEG or a 180 RAW images when
you’re using a CF Express card
there’s also silent shooting with nella
tronic shutter up to 20 frames per
second with autofocus although I can’t
comment on rolling shutter yet the r5
and r6 become canons first
interchangeable lens cameras with
in censorship stabilization or Ibis for
short and the company is making
ambitious claims with up to eight stops
of compensation depending on the lens it
automatically works alongside optical
stabilization on RF and EF lenses with
is but don’t assume these models will
always deliver superior results than
unstabilized lenses the unstabilized
RF 50 mil 1.2 supports seven stops of
compensation while the RF 28 to 70 f2
claims the maximum eight both due to
their imaging circles to illustrate the
effect of ibis on an unstable ice lens I
recorded the HDMI output of a
pre-production R 5 fitted with the RF 50
mil F 1.2 first here’s the view without
any stabilization where my handheld
wobbles are quite apparent then in the
menu I’ll enable is mode and after
returning to life you just look at how
much more stable it looks you can also
see the servo AF refocusing easily as I
move the camera back and forth now this
is a pre-production body and it may
improve further on final models but I
was still very impressed by the Ibis on
the r5 and it absolutely transforms use
of unstabilized lenses for both photos
and video cannons also improve the
autofocus capabilities of the r5 and r6
enough to now refer to them as dual
pixel AF 2 the coverage is 100% across
the frame it’ll work down to light
levels of minus IXY V on the r5 or minus
6.5 UV on the r6 long as you give him an
F 1.2 lens and here you can get an idea
of speed when using the RF 50 mil F 1.2
again this may improve with final models
face and eye detection have both been
improved with the r5 and r6 able to
recognize and track eyes from much
further away as seen in this clip that I
filmed with the new RF 85 millimeter f/2
lens animal eye detection is also
available and works with dogs cats and
birds even birds in flight which is
something I look forward to testing with
Brighton seagulls and now to movies an
area where the r5 takes the lead over
all rivals at the time I made this video
at least until sony confirms the specs
of its next models the headlines are
impressive too when most cameras stop at
4k 30p or only offer 4k 60p with a crop
or some other limitations the r5 gives
you uncropped 4k at 60 P for half-hour
clips or uncropped 4k 120
for seven and a half minutes some
cameras allow 4k up
6k war over HDMI to an external recorder
but the r5 trumps all of them with 8k
raw up to 30 P recorded internally for
clips up to around 20 minutes and I saw
and heard no evidence of any vents or
fans either and before you ask dual
pixel autofocus is available in all
movie modes from 1080 to 8k after the
long-winded and often confusing menus of
the one TX mark 3 I’m delighted to
report canons redesign the movie quality
options of the r5 with a surprisingly
simple approach and I’ll show you the
power menus first followed by the NTSC
ones it’s very easy to switch it in the
menus there’s three rows with resolution
and aspect ratio at the top letting you
choose between 8k 4k and 1080 with 8k in
4k available in the sixteen by nine UHD
or the wider DCI cinema shape from the
middle row you choose the frame rate
from 24 to 60 P while on the bottom row
you choose compression from raw all I
and two flavours of IP B depending on
the quality and other settings various
options may become grayed out and
unavailable for example 12 bit raw is
only available in 8k in the DCI shape
there’s no raw in any other format
although you can record 1080p in 10 bits
elog 1 or pasty rpq I’m pleased to
report 24 P also appears to be available
at all resolutions including 1080 now a
que may be excessive for most
videographers but ironically it may be
photographers that end up using it the
most it allows you to effectively
capture and subsequently frame grab 35
megapixel images in bursts that are
taken up to 30 frames per second
many videographers will however adore
the chance to film uncropped 4k at 120 P
with autofocus or be recorded without
sound and automatically slowed in-camera
by 4 times I personally can’t wait to
try this mode out on the r5 there’s
actually surprisingly few gotchas
he will be an issue in 8k but early
reports claim he should get around a 20
minute clip out the r5 before a
cool-down is required
raw may be available in 8k but sadly not
in any low resolution formats and 120 P
is currently only available in 4k not
1080 although I’ve already put in a
request for it both a Cairo and
for k120 also demand CF Express cards
which aren’t exactly cheap right now but
4k 60 can still be recorded to sd memory
cards in IP be cannons even finally
included separate patents to more easily
judge over exposure now I have a lot
more testing to do for my final ESR 5
review but first impressions are
certainly looking very strong indeed
Canon really does appear to report
everything you can think of into this
camera with the minimum of caveats other
than an understandably high asking price
for around 4 grand you’re getting what
Canon claims is its best quality sensors
to date built-in stabilization 12 and 20
frames per second bursts 8k raw 4k at
120 P a fully articulated touchscreen
and high res viewfinder packed into a
body that takes all the boxes in terms
of traditional handling controls and
connectivity other than needing to
invest in CF Express to exploit the most
demanding video modes along with
grabbing yourself a spare battery
there’s no major deal-breakers here as
long as you can afford it of course I
think canons been sensible with its
launch price of the r5 which is actually
not much more than the 5d Mark 4 when it
was first announced but there’s no
getting away from Sony’s a7r Mark 4
which is already cheaper without the
inevitable discounts that are bound to
follow Plus while the video maxes out at
4k 30p on the sony has enough for most
people and crucially it takes
high-resolution photos and has a longer
battery life now Canon realizes this
which is why it’s also made a more
affordable version with the eos r6 that
model lacks 8k raw video 4k 120 and
drops the resolution to 20 megapixels in
order to me a price of around
two-and-a-half grand now this becomes a
tempting option for a much broader group
although it will now need to compete in
an even fiercer mid-range full-frame
market that’s dominated by cheaper
models like Sony’s a7 mark 3 there’s
also the fact that Sony hasn’t announced
any new a7 bodies for a while so who
knows what it has on the way as an
all-rounder though it’s hard to think
what else Canon could have squeezed into
the sr5 as it really does seem to do
pretty much everything you could one
apart from a bigger battery a pixel
shift mode and raw or 120 PV do at low
resolutions I can’t personally ask for
more is the r5 everything you wanted or
is it lacking a key feature how about
the price less than you expected or more
than you hoped
are you gonna buy one or are you tempted
by the r6 let me know what you think in
the comments thanks for watching and
I’ll see you next time Oh
and once my final review is ready you’ll
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next time bye bye