Canon’s New Cinema Cam Puts a 45MP DSLR and 8K Video Into a Single Chunky Body

The video capabilities of digital cameras have improved dramatically through the years, however there are nonetheless many good causes to go for a devoted camcorder, together with menu methods streamlined for video and longer report occasions. With its new EOS R5C, nevertheless, Canon takes one step nearer to creating the right all-in-one digital shooter with each wonderful nonetheless seize and video seize capabilities in a single physique.

Based on the Canon EOS R5 that was launched within the Summer of 2020, the R5 C is described as a “true hybrid” shooter by Canon and whereas it seems to ship on that declare, it’s nonetheless not with out a few compromises.

A brand new three-way energy change lets the digicam be shortly and simply switched between video and picture modes, whereas button labels throughout the digicam are labeled both in white for photo-specific features or grey for video. In picture mode, the EOS R5 C contains nearly all the options and capabilities of the older R5—options like a 45-megapixel CMOS sensor, an ISO vary of 100 to 51,200 (that’s additional expandable to 102,400), steady full-resolution capturing at as much as 12 frames per second with its mechanical shutter, or as much as 20 FPS with a silent digital shutter, 1,053 computerized autofocus zones, in addition to good autofocus capabilities that may monitor eyes, heads, faces, in addition to the identical options on animals.

For the EOS R5 C, Canon has omitted the R5’s mechanical in-body picture stabilization, so the hybrid shooter as a substitute has to depend on a mix of digital stabilization methods in addition to in-lens mechanical stabilization, which is able to end in some minor cropping.

The most blatant distinction between the EOS R5 and the brand new EOS R5 C is the latter being blessed with an prolonged physique to accommodate an “active cooling system.” One of the largest challenges with including video capabilities to digital nonetheless cameras is that they’re usually engineered to be as compact as attainable to facilitate capturing in hand, however that doesn’t depart a lot room for warmth dissipation, and recording video at excessive resolutions generates lots of warmth. For the EOS R5 C, Canon has compromised on the R5’s total measurement with extra followers and venting, nevertheless it permits the hybrid to shoot 8K video at 60 frames per second for so long as the storage—both inside or exterior—has capability remaining.

At 8K resolutions the EOS R5 C can seize on to Canon’s Cinema RAW Light format at 12-bit when utilizing an SD card within the digicam, however when utilizing an exterior recorder, 8K video may also be captured to Apple’s ProRes RAW format at as much as 30 FPS. When stepping all the way down to 4K, the EOS R5 C can enhance its seize pace to 120 FPS for capturing high-speed motion with full autofocus and topic monitoring capabilities, and the digicam will nonetheless report audio to a separate .WAV file whereas most video cameras able to high-speed images require an exterior audio recorder for use.

The Canon EOS R5 C is scheduled to be launched someday in March with a $600 value bump over the EOS R5 to $4,499.