Canon EOS R5 Sample Images – Test & Review

The Canon EOS R5 has some very high-end video features, but it’s also an outstanding stills camera. Here’s a selection of photos I’ve taken with it to give a sense of how it performs in everyday shooting conditions.

Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
Text & Photos By David Coleman
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The Canon EOS R5 is in Canon’s new R lineup of mirrorless cameras.

It has a 45-megapixel full-frame sensor, up to 12 frames per second mechanical shutter (and 20 fps electronic shutter), in-camera 5-axis image stabilization, and a bunch of technological tools to help squeeze the best image quality out of it. It also shoots up to 8K30 video, although I’ve mainly been using it for shooting stills.

Here’s a collection of photos I’ve taken with the R5 to give a sense of its stills performance under everyday shooting conditions. Under lockdown conditions, I haven’t been able to get out and about and shoot with as much variety as I’d like. But I hope these still provide something useful for anyone curious about the stills capabilities of this camera.

Canon EOS R5 Mirrorless Camera
  • 45MP Full-Frame CMOS Sensor
  • DIGIC X Image Processor
  • 8K30 Raw and 4K120 10-Bit Internal Video
  • 12 fps Mech. Shutter
  • CFexpress & SD UHS-II Memory Card Slots

Most of these were originally shot in RAW, using Canon’s newish CR3 format, which is the default on the R5. It’s a compressed RAW format, but it does so with impressive new compression technology that results in much smaller files with essentially (or even, actually) imperceptible impact on image quality. I routinely turn off in-camera image compression for most of my shooting, but for the purposes here, I wanted to leave it on the default setting. So far, I’ve come across no downside to using CR3.

Sample Images Taken with a Canon EOS R5

These were processed in Lightroom Classic, generally with only light processing of the RAWs.

You can click on each image to open a full-size version.

Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 30mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₁₂₅₀ sec at ƒ/8. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 160 and ¹⁄₅₀₀ sec at ƒ/11. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 74mm @ ISO 1000 and ¹⁄₈₀₀₀ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 4000 and ¹⁄₈₀ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 125 and ¹⁄₈₀ sec at ƒ/16. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 77mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₁₆₀ sec at ƒ/5.6. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 35mm @ ISO 6400 and ¹⁄₈₀ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 125 and ¹⁄₈₀ sec at ƒ/9. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 105mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₆₄₀₀ sec at ƒ/16. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 88mm @ ISO 1000 and ¹⁄₆₄₀ sec at ƒ/5. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 160 and ¹⁄₅₀₀ sec at ƒ/11. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 12800 and ¹⁄₁₅ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 1000 and ¹⁄₂₀₀₀ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 30mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₆₄₀ sec at ƒ/16. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 1000 and ¹⁄₆₄₀ sec at ƒ/20. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 47mm @ ISO 500 and ¹⁄₈₀ sec at ƒ/9. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 105mm @ ISO 160 and ¹⁄₂₅₀₀ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 90mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₂₅₀ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 105mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₂₀₀ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 1000 and ¹⁄₆₀ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 40mm @ ISO 160 and ¹⁄₁₂₅ sec at ƒ/8. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 200 and ¹⁄₆₀ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon RF 24-105mm F4 L IS USM Lens Zoom Range Example 7
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 160 and ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ sec at ƒ/8. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₅₀₀ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 160 and ¹⁄₆₄₀ sec at ƒ/8. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/11. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 400 and ¹⁄₆₀ sec at ƒ/22. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 160 and ¹⁄₃₂₀₀ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 640 and ¹⁄₆₀ sec at ƒ/7.1. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 56mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₃₂₀ sec at ƒ/8. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon RF 24-105mm F4 L IS USM Lens Zoom Range Example
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 105mm @ ISO 160 and ¹⁄₄₀₀₀ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₂₅₀ sec at ƒ/8. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 43mm @ ISO 160 and ¹⁄₃₂₀₀ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 89mm @ ISO 200 and ¹⁄₁₂₅ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 27mm @ ISO 160 and ¹⁄₃₂₀₀ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 105mm @ ISO 125 and ¹⁄₁₆₀ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 105mm @ ISO 320 and ¹⁄₁₂₅ sec at ƒ/6.3. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 105mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₁₆₀ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 800 and ¹⁄₈₀ sec at ƒ/11. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 87mm @ ISO 125 and ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/5.6. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₅₀₀ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 6400 and ¹⁄₆₀ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 83mm @ ISO 1000 and ¹⁄₈₀₀₀ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Canon EOS R5 Sample Image
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 105mm @ ISO 125 and ¹⁄₁₂₅ sec at ƒ/8. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 5000 and ¹⁄₈₀ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 2500 and ¹⁄₆₀ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 2500 and ¹⁄₆₀ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24mm @ ISO 2500 and ¹⁄₈₀ sec at ƒ/4. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel

Price & Availability of the Canon EOS R5

Canon has set an MSRP of the EOS R5 at $3899 for body-only. It also comes bundled with a 24-105mm ƒ/4 zoom lens with an MSRP of $4999.

Buy New

Check the current price and availability of the Canon EOS R5 at:

Canon EOS R5 Mirrorless Camera
  • 45MP Full-Frame CMOS Sensor
  • DIGIC X Image Processor
  • 8K30 Raw and 4K120 10-Bit Internal Video
  • 12 fps Mech. Shutter
  • CFexpress & SD UHS-II Memory Card Slots

Buy Used

The Canon R5 is a relatively new camera, so it will take some time for many copies to make their way into the used marketplace. But some good places worth checking out to see if they have some are:

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