The New Canon EOS R5 C Video Oriented Mirrorless Camera
The Canon EOS R5 C, a more video oriented version of the popular Canon EOS R5 is officially announced. You will see tons of detailed reviews including ours soon but for starters, here is a pill-sized summary of the new Canon EOS R5 C:
What is good in Canon R5 C?
- Active Cooling ensures no overheating (also changes the menus)
- Unlimited Recording (no 30min limit)
- Dedicated Stills/Video Switch
- All the excellent stills shooting capabilities of the EOS R5 (except IBIS)
- Multi-Function Shoe as in Canon EOS R3 enables the use of new accessories such as an optional TASCAM CA-XLR2d-C XLR microphone adapter
- 12-bit Cinema RAW Light as on other Cinema EOS cameras such as as the C300 Mark III at up to 8K/60p (being first Canon camera to do this at 8K/60p)
- Ability to shoot 5.9K Raw video from a Super 35 crop and 2.9K capture from a Super 16 region of the sensor
- Addition of waveform and false color, a Timecode socket, capture HDR footage in the Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) broadcast standardability to capture HDR footage in the Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) broadcast standard
- Tally Light
What is not good in Canon R5 C?
- No Full-size HDMI port (Why Canon, why???)
- In-body Image Stabilization (IBIS) is removed (still has the electronic stabilization though)
- No built-in ND filters
- Big increase in body size, mainly thickness due to added Active Cooling
- At certain recording combination, the internal battery doesn't have enough power to operate the lens mount and only way to overcome this limitation by using an external power source such as DC Coupler DR-E6C, or not using alnes that requires power from the camera body.
- at $4499, it is $600 more expensive than the R5 C ( not a bad price though considering other Canon Cinema line camera prices)
- It would have benefited from 2 CF express card slots instead of 1 CF express and 1 SD
Here is a better view of how the total thickness of the R5 C increased compared to R5:
Canon EOS R5 vs R5 C Size Comparison TopView
Let's look at the specs comparison of the R5 C and the R5:
| FEATURE and SPECS COMPARISON | |  |  |
| Model | Canon EOS R5 C | Canon EOS R5 |
| Sensor Resolution | 45.0 MP | 45.0 MP |
| Announced Date | 2022-01-19 | 2020-07-09 |
| Camera Type | Pro Mirrorless | Pro Mirrorless |
| Sensor Type | CMOS | CMOS |
| Sensor Size | Full frame | Full frame |
| Sensor Sensitivity | ISO 100 - 51200( expands to 50-102400) | ISO 100 - 51200( expands to 50 - 102400) |
| Lens Mount | Canon RF | Canon RF |
| Image Stabil. | Digital only | Sensor-shift ( up to 8.0 stops) |
| Eye Tracking Focus | | |
| Weight | 770g | 738g |
| Dimensions | 142 x 101 x 111mm | 138 x 98 x 88mm |
| Weather Sealing | | |
| Focus Points | 1053 | 5940 |
| Min AF Detecting Range | -6eV | -6eV |
| Animal Eye Tracking | | |
| Focus Stacking | | |
| Focus Bracket | | |
| Minimum Shutter | 30 sec | 30 sec |
| Maximum Shutter | 1/8000sec | 1/8000sec |
| Maximum Shutter Electronic | 1/8000 sec | 1/8000 sec |
| Shutter Life | 500000 | 500000 |
| Continuous Drive | 12.0fps | 12.0fps |
| Max Video Reso | 8192 x 4320 | 8192 x 4320 |
| Video fps at Max | 30p,24/23.98p | 30p,24/23.98p |
| Video Formats | MPEG-4, XF-AVC, H.264, H.265 | MPEG-4, H.264, H.265 |
| High Speed Video | 120fps | 120fps |
| Max Video Color Depth | 10bit | 10bit |
| Storage Slot | 2 | 2 |
| UHS Support | UHS-II | UHS-II |
| UHS CFexpress | Type B | Type B |
| Battery Life | 320 | 320 |
| Battery Model | LP-E6NH | LP-E6NH |
| RAW Video | | |
| Webcam | | |
| Anti Flicker | | |
| Microphone Port | | |
| Headphone Port | | |
| Wifi | | |
| Weather Sealing | | |
| Timelapse | | |
| Screen Type | Fully articulated | Fully articulated |
| Top LCD | | |
| LCD Size | 3.20" | 3.20" |
| Screen dots | 2100000 | 2100000 |
| Touch Screen | | |
| Viewfinder | | |
| Viewfinder Type | Electronic | Electronic |
| Viewfinder Coverage | 100% | 100% |
| Viewfinder Magnification | 0.76x | 0.76x |
| Viewfinder Resolution | 5,760,000 | 5,760,000 |
| Selfie Friendly Screen | | |
| AF Joystick | | |
| Bluetooth | | |
| Price | Amazon, B&H Photo | Amazon, B&H Photo |
Read more detailed comparison of these two cameras here.
Price and Availability
The Canon EOS R5 C will be available in March 2022 for $4499, $600 more than the R5. If you do't need the actvie cooling system on the R5 C, just go for the already excellent R5.
Check prices of Canon EOS R5 at: B&H Photo / AmazonUS / AmazonCA / AmazonDE / AmazonES / AmazonFR / AmazonIT / AmazonUK / AmazonIN / AmazonAU
Check prices of Canon EOS R3 at: B&H Photo / AmazonUS / AmazonCA / AmazonDE / AmazonES / AmazonFR / AmazonIT / AmazonUK / AmazonIN / AmazonAU
Official Canon EOS R5 C Introduction Video: