CANON EOS R5

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past six months, you’ll be well aware of the enormous expectations swirling around Canon’s newest full-frame mirrorless camera, the EOS R5. First, there was the announcement that it would shoot 8K video, then there was confirmation it would be 8K at the full width of the sensor along with a 20fps drive speed and Animal Eye AF.

The slow release of the headline specifications meant that by the time of its release in July, 2020, hype was at fever pitch. This noise has since gotten louder with tech reviewers and bloggers all over the world spending thousands of hours closely scrutinising the R5’s video capabilities (and shortcomings) in particular.

However, we wanted to focus on the EOS R5 from a stills image perspective. For this review, we used the EOS R5