EOS R5

Runs a used R5 with an R6 II, pushing both to ISO 6400 cleanly, and calls the R5 a video monster great for portraits.

“The R5 is still a video monster, great for portraits.”

Loves their R5 and plans to keep it for seven years or more.

“I love my R5. Plan on keeping it for at least 7+ years”

Upgraded to the R5 last month and finds it unbelievable.

“I made this same upgrade last month. It’s been unbelievable.”

Found more shadow noise in R5 files than the R6 Mark II's, though its low-ISO resolution is phenomenal.

“I noticed much more noise in the shadows of the R5 files compared to the R6ii.”

Uses the R5 and R6 together and shoots all wildlife on the R5 for its cropping room.

“For me the R5 and R6 are the perfect 1-2 punch.”

Loves their R5 and has got a lot done with it over the years.

“Love my R5 and I got so much done with it over the years.”

Owns two R5s and has missed many shots because they are slow to wake from sleep, plus short battery life.

“It's the same on both my R5's drives me nuts.”

Moved from a 5D Mark IV to the R5, whose focus and ISO invariance make the 5D IV seem outdated.

“I went from 5d4 to R5 and it makes the 5d4 seem like complete garbage (mostly in the focus department)”

Moved from a 90D to the R5 and found the autofocus incredible.

“From 90D to R5? Again, night and day.”

Their R5 covers all their needs, so they'll keep it until it breaks.

“For my use the R5 already covers all my needs 100% so I'll stay with it until it breaks in half.”

Owns a Canon R5 and prefers its colours and dynamic range to Sony's.

“I own a Canon R5 now”

Finds their R5's skin tones quite warm, needing correction in post.

“For instance- I have an R5, and it definitely has some pretty warm skin tones.”

Couldn't get into Sony and moved to the R5, which they've been incredibly happy with.

“I got the R5 and I’ve been incredibly happy ever since.”

Took a long time to adjust to the R5 after a 5D III; its photos are beautiful but editing them feels different, and Capture One and AWB tweaks helped.

“the fotos that comes out of the R5 are objectively beautiful, but to edit them is just different.”

Loves using their R5 with a 100-500mm lens for bird photography.

“I love my Canon R5 with a 100-500 mm lens for bird photos!”

Original R5 owner says AF works amazingly with all their EF lenses.

“I have the R5 mk 1 and the AF works amazing across all my ef lenses.”

Switched from Nikon to the R5 for eye AF and loves it, praising Canon's menu system, though Adobe colour profiles are weak and Capture One works better.

“I switched to the R5 (and absolutely love it)”

Finds their R5's colours always a little too purple or green even after profile and calibration tweaks in Lightroom.

“I have the R5 and the colours always look a little too purple or green.”

Event and portrait shooter has put about 500k actuations on their R5 and says it's not bad at all; only lack of local service has them considering an upgrade.

“My R5 has around 500k shutter actuations and I am thinking of upgrade.”

Bought a refurbished R5 after an R8 and calls it incredible and more camera than they'll ever need.

“I picked up the R5 refurbished a couple months ago. It’s been an incredible camera.”

Switched from Fuji to a mint used R5 for $1,800 and has been very happy.

“saw a mint Canon R5 with less than 7k shutter for $1800 usd and I just had to jump on it. Been very happy”

Owns the R5 and R5 II and still prefers the R5 for photography because it is much less noisy in low light.

“still prefer the R5 for photography. For me the photography UX is the same except the R5 is much less noisy in low light.”

After five years with the R5 they feel they've reached its limits for video and want C-Log2.

“I have been shooting with my R5 for 5 years and I feel like I have reached the limits of the camera in terms of video quality.”

Moved from a 5D Mark IV to the original R5 and found a stark difference, especially in autofocus.

“The difference is stark, especially when it comes to autofocus.”

Their original R5 beats the 5D III in AF, image quality and colour, but battery life is much worse and the mode dial is awkward.

“blows the 5d3 out of the water in almost every respect”

Owns the original R5 and finds it a really good photo camera, though they haven't used it much for video.

“i own an r5 and it it working really well, not used it much for video but really great photo camera, i would say go for the r6iii if you”

Moved from an R6 Mark II to the original R5 for megapixels and constantly misses the R6 Mark II's low-light ability and autofocus.

“i constantly miss the low light ability and autofocus of the r6ii. R5ii has better AF than my camera, but it has worse low light”

Regrets buying the original R5 most, struggling with its colours and white balance throughout ownership.

“r5 is the camera I regret buying the most.”

Their brand-new original R5 worked beautifully at a wedding until the flash went on, then repeatedly froze with Err 70.

“As soon as I started using a flash (I have a godox and attached it to the camera), it would take some shots then freeze/shutter wouldn’t fire.”

Shoots weddings with their original R5 and it works amazingly, especially for video.

“I shoot weddings with my R5 and it works amazing.”

Their original R5's shutter died in the middle of a wedding.

“Of course in a middle of wedding... went to my backup (EOS R).”

Their original R5 had a shutter Err 20 at under 100k actuations; Canon repaired it for about $400.

“I got the error20 on my R5 earlier in the year. Had less than 100K activations.”

Their original R5 is great for architecture and landscapes but struggles with fast, chaotic subjects.

“I own the r5 myself and its a great body for architecture, landscapes or anything thats not too fast or chaotic.”

Never felt the need to upgrade from their original R5.

“R5 and buy glass forever is my plan. Never felt the need to upgrade a body after this.”

Their original R5 often shows Err 20 and needs a restart.

“My R5 gives me an err 20 all the time.”

Their original R5 hunts a bit more than their R8 in clubs but works well; they dislike its older AF menu.

“i see that the r5 does hunt a little bit more than my r8 but its totally fine and really works well.”

Much happier after going back to Canon with the original R5.

“I switched back to Canon with the R5, and I'm slowing building up my lens collection and much happier.”

Owns and loves the original R5, and recommends it unless someone doesn't need 45MP and wants SD-card redundancy.

“I have and love the R5 mark i”

Their R5 has been through rain, mud, dust and gravel chips and has never needed a service; they call the build strong.

“Run up and down hills with heavy telephoto lenses mounted. Never needed to service it, still works perfectly.”

Prefers their original R5 to their R8; it feels just right and, despite an older sensor, gives much better photos.

“Honestly I hardly touch my R8 as I find the R5 Mark 1 just right and despite an older sensor the photos are way better.”

After a year with the R5 and RF 100-500, they started noticing the limits of its autofocus for action.

“I’ve had an r5 and rf 100-500 for a year and after a while I started to notice the limitations of the r5 autofocus.”

Unhappy with their R5's rolling shutter for birds and action, so it's now just for portraits.

“I was not happy to see rolling shutter with my R5 with birds and action sports.”

One of their favourite things about switching to the R5 is eye-detect AF, which makes low-angle shots easy.

“One of the things I like best about switching to the canon R5 is the eye focus.”

Five months into photography, they added an R5 to their R10 and have no regrets so far.

“Started with a Canon R10 five months ago and kept adding gear as I figured out what I enjoy shooting. I recently picked up an R5 as well. No regrets so far.”

A month with the R5 and RF 24-105 f/4 for portraits, street and landscape; they love the pairing.

“Been loving this pair, it’s a great camera and all around lens!”

Moved from a 5D Mark III to the R5 two years ago and found it quite a leap forward.

“I went from 5D3 two years ago and upgraded to R5. Quite a leap forward.”

Moved from a 5D Mark IV to the R5 and finds its 45MP great for birding.

“Really liking the experience so far in the 45 megapixels has been great for birding!”

Found the R5's battery life shockingly bad next to their 5D Mark IV and immediately bought a grip and two spares.

“It is shockingly bad, compared to 5Dmk4. My battery anxiety had been so bad I instantly bought the grip and 2 more batteries”

Finds tracking much better on the R5 once it's set up.

“I found it so much better tracking on the r5.”

Their R5 only gets hot recording video; for photography it's fine.

“My R5 only gets hot when recording video, photography is fine.”

Enjoys their R5, especially because the adapter lets them use all their EF lenses.

“I enjoy my R5 especially since the adapter lets me use all of my EF lenses.”

Their 2020 R5 could easily serve another five years as a primary body.

“My R5 is from 2020 and it could definitely go another 5 years as a primary body, no sweat.”

Shoots the R5 for work almost daily and it has never failed them; they would buy another when it dies.

“I use an R5 for work and shoot almost daily and its never failed me once and will buy another R5 when it dies. Its a fantastic camera.”

Loves the R5's top screen for changing shutter speed and aperture at awkward angles without the EVF.

“I love my top screen on the r5 for quickly changing the shutter speed and aperture if I'm holding the camera at a weird angle and not using the evf”

Bought their R5 used, and it still looks and works like new apart from two small dents.

“I bought my R5 used and it still looks and works like a new one, apart from 2 small dents in the plastic.”

Shot the R5 for two years and found its colours plasticky, preferring the R6 Mark II's skin tones.

“The R5 colors felt plasticky to me. I shot it for two years.”

Has shot the R5 for years and loves it, calling it almost perfect, though they've now ordered an R6 Mark III.

“That's indeed an almost perfect camera. I've been shooting with one for years now. Love it to pieces.”

Owns an R5 and prefers several things about their partner's R6 Mark II, including no R5-style overheating.

“I have the R5 and my partner has the R6ii and it has several things I prefer, and none of the overheating of the r5.”

Bought a like-new R5 for $1,800 and loves it: cropping room, nice colours, AF that has never failed, and fast CFe cards.

“I use an R5 and a R8 2nd body and I absolutely love my R5.”

Owns the original R6 and the R5, and finds the R5's EVF alone a step up.

“I have both the OG r6 and r5. The evf alone is a step up with the r5.”

Their R5 intermittently throws an error at power-on and mid-shoot across lenses and batteries.

“Got the same error on my R5 with a bunch of different lenses and batteries.”

Moved from a 5D II and III to a used R5 and is blown away; it's a body they can grow into and will carry more.

“Upgraded from the absolute dinosaurs of the 5Dmk2 and mk3 to an R5 and I’m blown away.”

Loves the R5, their first serious camera.

“Love the Canon EOS R5, My first serious camera.”

A few months after moving from a 6D, the R5's autofocus is amazing for people, though it struggled at a night fire show.

“Overall though, it’s a huge upgrade in AF.”

Finds the R5's autofocus so good they don't know what they'd do going back to a 5D Mark IV.

“I agree with the autofocus in the R5.”

Rented an R5 for a weekend and found its autofocus and articulating screen huge improvements over their 6D.

“The auto focus and the articulating screen were huge improvements over the 6d.”

Upgraded to the Canon R5 but was disappointed with how its files edit.

“Little bit cautious about it since I was disappointed with how the R5 files edit after upgrading to it.”

Moved from the 5D Mark III to the R5 for professional work; it's better, but they miss the 5D Mark III's soul.

“The R5 is a better camera for sure, but I miss using the 5DMK III, it had more soul.”

Used three R5s with big RF lenses for events, but the weight was crushing their back.

“I would usually wear 2 of them for event assignments or weddings but the weight was crushing my back after just an hour or so.”