News Canon EOS R1 and R5 Mark II Finally Announced!

[Tim Mayo]

Both the long awaited Canon EOS R1 and R5 Mark II have been announced today.

Here's Canon's launch video:

R1 Key Specs:

• 24.2MP stacked CMOS sensor
• 100% AF coverage with cross-type sensors
• Up to 40fps blackout-free shooting (JPEG+Raw)
• Pre-capture for photo and video (1/2 sec. for photos, 3 or 5 sec for video)
• Eye-controlled AF with improved eye detection
• Activity AF mode trained on specific sports
• Pre-registered person AF priority
• Blur/out-of-focus image detection
• In-camera processing with neural network noise reduction
• In-camera processing with AI upscaling
• 6K/60p internal Raw video capture
• DCI-4K capture up to 120fps
• Canon S-Log2 gamma profile

The Canon R1 is already available to pre-order from B&H Photo for $6,299.00. However it's not shipping until Nov 1st, 2024 which is quite the wait!

Pre-order at B&H Photo: https://bhpho.to/3LseYfl (aff link)


R5 II Key Specs:

• 45MP Stacked CMOS sensor
• Eye-controlled AF subject selection
• Up to 30fps continuous shooting with blackout free viewfinder
• In-body stabilization rated at up to 8.5EV correction, coordinated with lens
• Pre-burst capture (JPEG)
• 8K Raw video capture up to 60p
• Canon C-Log2 profile
• Waveforms and false color display
• AF trained by machine learning for specific sports
• AI-enhanced post-shot noise reduction or upscaling
• 1x CFexpress Type B, 1x UHS-II SD

The Canon R5 Mark II is already available to pre-order from B&H Photo for $4299.00 in the US. Shipping is expected from August 20th, 2024.

Pre-order at B&H Photo: https://bhpho.to/4d5T0dO (aff link)

Is anyone here tempted by then R1 or new R5 Mark II?

If I had money burning a hole in my pocket I could be tempted by the R5 Mark II but have no need for the R1 and would miss the megapixels of my R5.

Early Reviews

 

[Jake Shoots Birds]

I love my R5 and have noticed the limitations of a now 4 year old camera when I got my R7, let alone compared to what's coming out now. The Mark II was either going into my bag or it was going to be my ticket back to Nikon or somewhere else. It's not going to be the latter. I need more than specs to comment further, but if I'm forced to live with having to use their software or extract files in-camera to use the pre-burst I'm disappointed but not surprised - c'est la vie. I'm very much a dance with the one who brung ya guy. I've been putting away the coin for a year now. Wish they'd kept it under $4K, but that's not going to dissuade me.

And btw, I spoke with a Canon person about 2 months ago. They're very good at telling me things without telling me anything. Their comment at the time was, "The cameras are amazing, and the internet is going to hate them", and I loved that, because I knew exactly what that meant and saw it confirmed in a certain hairy gent's R1 video title in passing. Looking forward to the end of August.

 

[AntonLargiader]

The internet always thinks Canon should massively up the megapixels on the latest big sports body, then Canon only makes small increases (or none, like this time) and then the internet promptly forgets about it because the camera is so amazing.

It's really funny to go back and read the comments before the R3 numbers were finalized. "I won't be interested unless it's at least 30MP." "Needs to be at least 35 for me to buy it." Then it comes out at 24 and these people are all over it two weeks later.

 

[ctitanic]

I love the specs of the R1. I used to hunt high resolution cameras but no anymore. They tend to have a no so good low light performance compared with less MP cameras. In another hand, big raw files are harder to handle and they use more space. To me 24 MP is the sweet spot. I used to own a Sony 42 MP camera and ended using it in crop mode the whole time.

One more thought: the only and may reason of having a high MP camera is cropping. Just look at your 4K TV, that's the equivalent of 8.3 MP and I doubt that the majority of us print larger prints than your TV display size. If your main reason to get a high MP camera is cropping then just get a higher zooming lens to fill your display eliminating the need for cropping! Investing in lenses is always better than investing in camera gear.

 

[Jake Shoots Birds]

If your main reason to get a high MP camera is cropping then just get a higher zooming lens to fill your display eliminating the need for cropping! Investing in lenses is always better than investing in camera gear.

As always, depends on what you're shooting. I crop all the time with the 200-800mm. 45MP's is a nice sweetspot for me as a wildlife photographer.

 

[ctitanic]

As always, depends on what you're shooting. I crop all the time with the 200-800mm. 45MP's is a nice sweetspot for me as a wildlife photographer.

Hi Jake,
You will never be fully satisfied with your lens reach. You have an 800mm and you still cropping, going back to my comment, your next step is to get a 1200 mm lens

 

[ctitanic]

BTW, I crop all the time on my 20.1 MP R6. Nowadays there are tools to increase resolution of your pictures such as the Enhancement feature of LrC that works very well.

 

[ctitanic]

I found this about the R1.

"Canon likely anticipated complaints about the relatively low 24-megapixel resolution. In response, it unveiled a new feature called in-camera upscaling. It uses deep learning to quadruple image size to 96 megapixels in-camera after shooting, supposedly while maintaining apparent resolution."

 

[Bucolic Old Sir Henry]

Already in conversation with my local photo shop for an R52. I love my R6, but the R62 wasn't hugely compelling given I've been looking for a few more MPs for landscapes and wildlife. Have a few dollars set aside, but for god's sake, don't tell my wife... ;-)

 

[ctitanic]

More information

Jeff Cable's Blog

Jeff Cable Photography Blog - Featuring photos from the Olympics, local events and everything in between.

blog.jeffcable.com

 

[Photofarmer]

Was gonna comment but dont wanna lose jake or ctitanic as mates

 

[ctitanic]

Was gonna comment but dont wanna lose jake or ctitanic as mates

Hey, my posts are more in the direction of informing than anything else. From my signature you can see that I have played in all teams and cameras to me are just a tool. I do not get tied to anyone of them.

Both cameras are far away from my pocket reach.

So go ahead mate, I'm curious to know your opinion.

 

[Jake Shoots Birds]

Hi Jake,
You will never be fully satisfied with your lens reach. You have an 800mm and you still cropping, going back to my comment, your next step is to get a 1200 mm lens

My next step is to wait for Canon to release a DX camera that has the list of features of the R7 with a buffer and processor to match the potential. I shot with a pair of Nikon D500's for 4 years after being offered and turning down permanent loan of a trunk load of Canon gear from a news photographer who took a new job that came with a closet full of company gear. Longest lens I shot with was a 500mm, so with 800mm I'm more than good. But I still crop.

 

[Jake Shoots Birds]

Was gonna comment but dont wanna lose jake or ctitanic as mates

Anything you say won't be something I haven't heard - including being told "real photographers get it right in the camera", and other such maxims from people who shoot something completely other than what I shoot. We all know what opinions are like, and we all have 'em, so fire away mate.

 

[Photofarmer]

Hey, my posts are more in the direction of informing than anything else. From my signature you can see that I have played in all teams and cameras to me are just a tool. I do not get tied to anyone of them.

Both cameras are far away from my pocket reach.

So go ahead mate, I'm curious to know your opinion.

was teasing
nothing turns me on for low light storm photography in new line up

 

[Bucolic Old Sir Henry]

was teasing
nothing turns me on for low light storm photography in new line up

Not even the pre-shoot feature? Press the shutter release when you see lightning, get the half second before? Saw that referred to, I think in the Jeff Cable article linked above...

 

[Photofarmer]

Not even the pre-shoot feature? Press the shutter release when you see lightning, get the half second before? Saw that referred to, I think in the Jeff Cable article linked above...

Triggers for that but the $$$$ tis becoming a elite hobby

 

[Bucolic Old Sir Henry]

Triggers for that but the $$$$ tis becoming a elite hobby

I suspect that if you do the inflation-adjusted numbers, it hasn't got much more expensive over the years. Good glass and the best cameras have always been expensive. But so are good bikes, cars, loudpspeakers/turntables etc etc... Have you seen the price of vinyl these days?

 

[Jake Shoots Birds]

was teasing
nothing turns me on for low light storm photography in new line up

Not surprising - but you got the R6 MkII already. And if you were lucky you passed because I suspect the MkIII is going to be amazing. I might need to grab one next year some time.

 

[RedCobra]

Not even the pre-shoot feature? Press the shutter release when you see lightning, get the half second before? Saw that referred to, I think in the Jeff Cable article linked above...

I have had Pre-shoot on my OMS Cameras for a while. For BIF it's a winner. The fact that Canon implemented it this time so it is RAW photos and not in a container that needs DPP to decode, was welcome to see. The only at .5sec preshoot is not as good though . On the OM-1 you can set how many frames you want before and after the shutter press.

 

[Photofarmer]

Not even the pre-shoot feature? Press the shutter release when you see lightning, get the half second before? Saw that referred to, I think in the Jeff Cable article linked above...

triggers can render some camera functions void wonder if that is case with pre shoot

 

[Photofarmer]

Not surprising - but you got the R6 MkII already. And if you were lucky you passed because I suspect the MkIII is going to be amazing. I might need to grab one next year some time.

A few canon buddies some R5 some R6 1 and 2 all agree if and when a R6iii comes out 2026 maybe could just well be canons best ever who knows

 

[Jake Shoots Birds]

The only at .5sec preshoot is not as good though

Is it "only .5 sec" or is it "minimum of .5 sec"? I've heard the second but not the first.

 

[Jake Shoots Birds]

A few canon buddies some R5 some R6 1 and 2 all agree if and when a R6iii comes out 2026 maybe could just well be canons best ever who knows

I'm hearing R6iii maybe early next year.

 

[Bucolic Old Sir Henry]

According to the head honcho at my LCD the R5iis are “imminent”, and the R1s will be August. Not long to wait…

 

[David Berry]

R5iis are “imminent”, and the R1s will be August.

The dates that I saw (Powerpoint presentation by Canon rep on announcement day) were:

• R5ii — 21 August 2024;
• R1— November 2024.

 

[Bucolic Old Sir Henry]

The dates that I saw (Powerpoint presentation by Canon rep on announcement day) were:

• R5ii — 21 August 2024;
• R1— November 2024.

Spoilsport.

 

[Bucolic Old Sir Henry]

FYI: R5ii Advanced User Guide PDF here: https://cam.start.canon/en/C017/manual/c017.pdf

 

[Photofarmer]

Wow gotta love you tubers. Shifting sheep for about a hour listened to a R5ii review. Makes canon R6ii redundant big statement but a caveat only had it for 13 hours and no low light hmmmm

 

[David Berry]

The R5ii and R1 sport Canon's new flash mount. Does anyone know anything about these mounts and the new Canon Speedlites?