QUICK PHOTO AND VIDEO TEST WITH THE EOS R5
The biggest question I have regarding the Canon EOS R5 is whether or not it will be able to produce quality YouTube video. I’ve been a photographer first for the past 15 but times are changing and I need a camera that can handle photo and video with ease in a way that allows me to deliver content to my clients or to my social media platforms that looks professional. The EOS R5 looks pretty amazing on paper but does it hold up in real world use? As I move more and more into the world of videography my expectations on the equipment I use is only going to increase.
The Photo Perspective:
From a photographer’s perspective I can confidently say that this camera is hands down the best photo camera I have ever used. In fact if someone were to propose that the R5 is the best digital full frame camera ever made I think that argument would have a lot of weight to support it. From the level of detail this new sensor can capture, the feel in hand to the incredible eye AF, to the high speed wireless connectivity to the new Canon RF lenses. The whole R system is pretty impressive. If this camera were to have come out 4 years ago I think the internet would have exploded. But it’s not 2015 it’s 2020 and consumers are just as interested in video features as they are photo features.
The Video Perspective:
When it comes to shooting video with the R5 things get a little heated. (pun intended) This camera over promises and under delivers leaving most video shooters feeling disappointed. Canon marketed this camera as being able to shoot 8k video, 4k 120 video and downsample 8k to 4k HQ video. A lot of people, myself included, pre-ordered this camera on the strength of those features. However the truth is all three of those video features will cause the camera to overheat and shut down after 20 minutes of use and worse than that the camera will have to stay tuned off for 2 hours to “cool down” before you can use any of those video features again. To any working professional in the video industry this makes all those key selling features unusable. What you do get with the EOS R5 is video up to Canon’s slightly soft 4k 60. So all the hype over this camera was just a lot of hot air. All it really can do consistently is regular 4k.
So can I create YouTube content with this camera, yes. Can I create the kind of content I was expecting to create with this camera, no. Is it a good camera? Well that’s complicated now. I’ll be discussing this topic in more detail as I do more tests with the camera. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and hit the bell icon to get notification when I post upcoming videos.
