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 be 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.
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 now downside to using CR3.
These were processed in Lightroom Classic, generally with only light processing of the RAWs.
Sample Images
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This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 30 mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₁₂₅₀ sec at ƒ/8.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 160 and ¹⁄₅₀₀ sec at ƒ/11.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 74 mm @ ISO 1000 and ¹⁄₈₀₀₀ sec at ƒ/4.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 4000 and ¹⁄₈₀ sec at ƒ/4.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 125 and ¹⁄₈₀ sec at ƒ/16.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 77 mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₁₆₀ sec at ƒ/5.6.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 35 mm @ ISO 6400 and ¹⁄₈₀ sec at ƒ/4.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 125 and ¹⁄₈₀ sec at ƒ/9.0.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 105 mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₆₄₀₀ sec at ƒ/16.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 88 mm @ ISO 1000 and ¹⁄₆₄₀ sec at ƒ/5.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 160 and ¹⁄₅₀₀ sec at ƒ/11.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 12800 and ¹⁄₁₅ sec at ƒ/4.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 1000 and ¹⁄₂₀₀₀ sec at ƒ/4.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 30 mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₆₄₀ sec at ƒ/16.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 1000 and ¹⁄₆₄₀ sec at ƒ/20.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 47 mm @ ISO 500 and ¹⁄₈₀ sec at ƒ/9.0.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 105 mm @ ISO 160 and ¹⁄₂₅₀₀ sec at ƒ/4.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 90 mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₂₅₀ sec at ƒ/4.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 105 mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₂₀₀ sec at ƒ/4.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 1000 and ¹⁄₆₀ sec at ƒ/4.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 40 mm @ ISO 160 and ¹⁄₁₂₅ sec at ƒ/8.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/4.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 200 and ¹⁄₆₀ sec at ƒ/4.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 160 and ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ sec at ƒ/8.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₅₀₀ sec at ƒ/4.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 160 and ¹⁄₆₄₀ sec at ƒ/8.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/11.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 400 and ¹⁄₆₀ sec at ƒ/22.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 160 and ¹⁄₃₂₀₀ sec at ƒ/4.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 640 and ¹⁄₆₀ sec at ƒ/7.1.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 56 mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₃₂₀ sec at ƒ/8.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 105 mm @ ISO 160 and ¹⁄₄₀₀₀ sec at ƒ/4.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₂₅₀ sec at ƒ/8.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 43 mm @ ISO 160 and ¹⁄₃₂₀₀ sec at ƒ/4.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 89 mm @ ISO 200 and ¹⁄₁₂₅ sec at ƒ/4.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 27 mm @ ISO 160 and ¹⁄₃₂₀₀ sec at ƒ/4.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 105 mm @ ISO 125 and ¹⁄₁₆₀ sec at ƒ/4.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 105 mm @ ISO 320 and ¹⁄₁₂₅ sec at ƒ/6.3.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 105 mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₁₆₀ sec at ƒ/4.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 800 and ¹⁄₈₀ sec at ƒ/11.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 87 mm @ ISO 125 and ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/5.6.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 100 and ¹⁄₅₀₀ sec at ƒ/4.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 6400 and ¹⁄₆₀ sec at ƒ/4.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 83 mm @ ISO 1000 and ¹⁄₈₀₀₀ sec at ƒ/4.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 105 mm @ ISO 125 and ¹⁄₁₂₅ sec at ƒ/8.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 5000 and ¹⁄₈₀ sec at ƒ/4.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 2500 and ¹⁄₆₀ sec at ƒ/4.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 2500 and ¹⁄₆₀ sec at ƒ/4.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at 24 mm @ ISO 2500 and ¹⁄₈₀ sec at ƒ/4.
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