With Canon R5 II, you can record your videos at a highest resolution of 8192 x 4320 at 60p,30p,24/23.98p fps with bit rates up to 2600 mbps and save in MPEG-4, H.264 and H.265 formats. This means that Canon R5 II provides an impressive 8K video, highest resolution that is available in the market today. This is a new technology that hasn't became mainstream like 4K yet, but still gives the user a lot of room for cropping or sampling down to 4K or lower if needed.
A great advantage of Canon R5 II while shooting video at resolution of 4K is that there is no crop factor so you can use your lens at its actual focal length.
No Video Recording Limit Canon EOS R5 Mark II doesn't have the 30 minutes max video recording limitation that many cameras have, so you can keep recording non-stop until either your storage is full or battery is depleted or the camera over-heats.
Photo/Video Mode Switch Canon EOS R5 Mark II has a dedicated Photo/Video Mode Switch which lets the user switch between these two modes quickly.The menus and the settings of the camera are adjusted according to the chosen mode. This makes the . Canon EOS R5 Mark II an ideal camera for hybrid use in the field.
Dual Native ISO Canon EOS R5 Mark II sensor has a dedicated Dual Native ISO that are set to ISO 800 and 3200. Setting the R5 Mark II ISO to one of these values during video recording will result in less noise compared to the ISO values between these two.
High-Speed Video R5 Mark II features a high speed mode where it captures videos at 120fps which helps to create slow motion videos. If you shoot a video at a frame rate of 120fps and play it back at 24fps, the video will be 5x slower and longer than normal.
Microphones, Speaker and Headphone Connections Canon EOS R5 Mark II has a built-in Stereo microphone and a Mono speaker. Canon R5 II also has a port for an
external microphone and a
headphone port for connecting external headphones which makes the Canon R5 II a very suitable camera high quality videography.
RODE Wireless PRO 2-Person Clip-On Wireless Microphone System/Recorder with Lavaliers (2.4 GHz) Also Read:
Recommended Microphones for the Canon R5 II
If you are getting into videography and want to know what are the must-have video accessories for your camera, read our article: Essential Videography / Filmmaking Accessories for your Camera
Electronic Video Stabilization Canon R5 II also features an Digital Video Stabilization mode where videos are stabilized in-camera while you are shooting. Keep in mind that this effect may crop your videos a little bit and doesn't help stabilizing still images. This kind of video stabilization effect can be replicated by using some of the advanced video editing softwares in your PC.
To get the most effective and natural-looking stabilization in your videos, you can consider using a Gimbal stabilizer such as the DJI RS 4 Pro Gimbal Stabilizer Combo below. Check
Recommended Stabilizers for the Canon R5 II for a full list of gimbals.
DJI RS 4 Pro Gimbal Stabilizer Combo
