Canon’s EOS R5C is a hybrid cinema digicam with 8K video and 45-megapixel stills | Engadget

Canon has revealed the EOS R5C, a brand new member of its cinema digicam line that appears like a sensible choice for images, too. It strongly resembles Canon’s EOS R5 mirrorless digicam, however has a giant hump in again to accommodate an energetic cooling system. As such, it affords many of the advantages of the EOS R5 with not one of the overheating points when taking pictures 8K or excessive body charge 4K video. 

On the video facet, the EOS R5C can shoot 8K at as much as 60fps in Canon’s 12-bit RAW LT format utilizing your complete width of the sensor, a giant step up from the 8K 30p RAW out there on the R5. Better nonetheless, it may possibly work at that setting “indefinitely,” whereas the R5 is restricted to simply 20 minutes at 8K 30p because of overheating points. It can even deal with RAW 6K/60p with a Super 35mm crop and shoot 4K at as much as 120 fps with no crop and full AF functionality. The latter might use line-skipping just like the EOS R5, nonetheless.

It additionally helps ProRes RAW output to an exterior recorder through the HDMI port at as much as 8K/30P. “Proxy data can also be simultaneously recorded to an SD card in-camera, helping to provide efficient post-production operations,” Canon stated. Unfortunately, it makes use of micro HDMI relatively than a full-sized port — not best for a devoted cinema digicam. 

Unlike the R5, nonetheless, the R5C would not have in-body stabilization — so any optical shake discount for stills or video will solely be out there through supported lenses. However, the optical lens stabilization can work in live performance with Canon’s digital stabilization, with a 1.1x picture crop.

On the images facet, the full-frame 45-megapixel sensor is a giant plus, as is the 20 fps taking pictures pace in digital shutter mode (12 fps with the mechanical shutter). It makes use of Canon’s Dual Pixel autofocus system for each stills and video, together with eye/face detection and topic monitoring, so it ought to provide the identical wonderful AF efficiency because the R5. When you flip the digicam over to photograph mode, all of the menus and button settings change accordingly. 

It comes with a 3.2-inch variable-angle flip out LCD monitor and 5.76 million-dot viewfinder, the identical because the EOS R5. While you get Canon Log 3 for improved dynamic vary, the Log 2 choice discovered on different Canon cinema cameras is not out there. Other options embody twin card slots (one CFexpress and one SD UHS-II), animal eye detection (cats, canines, or birds), automobiles detection, a multifunction shoe for microphones and different equipment, a timecode terminal for multi-cam shoots and a DC coupler to supply steady energy.

The EOS R5C will arrive in March for $4,499, a $600 premium over the R5. It’s a fairly fascinating mannequin as it may possibly do greater than some Canon cinema digicam fashions for lots much less cash and is way smaller, in addition. At the identical time, it would give photograph/video hybrid shooters critical pause in the event that they’re seeking to purchase Sony’s $6,500 A1 hybrid.