EOS R5 Mirrorless Camera (Body Only), Full-Frame Hybrid Camera, 8K Video, 45 Megapixel CMOS Sensor, DIGIC X Image Processor, Up to 12 FPS, RF Mount, Black

The elephant in the room is the cost and video issues. I don't do video so I don't care about that aspect and Canon has fixed some of the issues with the latest firmware releases. As for the cost, there is no getting around it. For those able/willing to accept it, you will be getting a great camera. I was an old DSLR snob for the longest time but I haven't touched my DSLRs since I got this. I primarily shoot wildlife (birds) and landscape images. The shots I get with the R5 are incredible. I opted for the R5 over the R6 knowing that I would occasionally need to crop in for some bird images. I am able to maintain quality when cropping. The eye detection is truly amazing. I am continually surprised at how well the camera detects the birds from great distances through brush and busy backgrounds. That being said, there are times where I will revert to spot focusing since the camera will sometimes miss eye focus. The autofocus is also great for locking onto birds in flight. As a long time hobbyist, I could never hope to focus quick enough. The R5 eye detection allows me to capture images I would normally not get. I also use the camera to take pictures of my son's soccer games. I can track player movement, focus on specific players in a group, capture fast moving sequences. At 12 fps in mechanical mode, I am able to stop action with ease. I did use electronic shutter and it is smooth like butter. You are essentially taking a very fast stop action video. The problem is that you don't realize how many pictures you are capturing when you hold down the shutter button. You can fill a card pretty quickly in electronic mode. I only shoot to the SD card slot and have never filled the buffer during a game. Again, this is an expensive camera but it is worth the price tag for my uses. Great image quality. Incredible eye detection autofocus. Good image quality at high ISO (not a lot of noise). Ability to use my old EF lenses with an adapter with no loss in image quality or autofocus speeds. I have used the R5 with RF lenses and they do add another level of quality and decrease weight. I am just not ready to sell all my old EF lenses to invest in a pure RF system.

The Canon EOS R5 is hands down the most impressive camera I’ve ever used. As a hybrid shooter who does both photography and video, this camera checks every box and then some. Let’s start with the image quality—the 45MP sensor delivers stunning detail, dynamic range, and color. Whether I’m shooting portraits, landscapes, or events, the files are sharp and incredibly flexible in post. Autofocus is blazing fast and insanely accurate, especially with Eye/Face Detection. It locks on and tracks subjects like magic, even in challenging lighting. For video, the 8K recording is mind-blowing, and the 4K HQ mode looks cinematic and crisp. Canon's color science shines here. Overheating concerns were way overblown—it performs just fine in real-world use with proper settings and breaks between clips. In-body stabilization (IBIS) is a major win—handheld shots look rock-steady, and paired with RF lenses, the results are buttery smooth. The fully articulating touchscreen and dual card slots are also major conveniences. Yes, it’s an investment, but if you're a pro or serious enthusiast, the R5 is worth every penny. It’s fast, versatile, and absolutely reliable. Canon nailed it with this one.

This camera is still a beast in 2025. The quality is so good. It’s easy to use for me and is value for your money. I have not had any problems with how it functions and the WiFi connection to my devices is pretty good.

A great camera and still excellent in 2025! Autofocus and eye detection is fast and is a significant upgrade to my older cameras such as the Lumix G9 and Canon RP. Build quality is solid and the grip fits my hand well. I am in no means a pro but as a hobbyist this camera will fit my needs for portraits, street, and landscape photography for years and years! That 45 megapixel pixel sensor will definitely be great for landscape and portraits. I got this on Black Friday for a decent price and absolutely happy about this purchase! Paired this with the 24-105 F4 L lens and I’m very satisfied with the results.

I wish I could give this camera more than 5 stars--it's been fantastic. I am a birdwatcher and have always enjoyed photographing nature, so a few years ago I started out with a Canon SX70. I've used that for several years (and am still using it) but recently wanted something that would capture more detail such as feather structures, etc. I have also become interested in spiders and macro photography. So while I'm not a professional photographer, I wanted a better camera as I was pushing the SX70 as far as it would go, especially in low light conditions where I found it had chromatic abberations at times. Enter the Canon EOS R5. I've only had the camera for a month and am still working with it to find the best settings for what I do, but the quality of the photos is amazing (especially considering that I'm not a great photographer and have no real idea what I'm doing). It is so worth the money. I've move the focus to the back buttons (I highly recommend this and watching the youtube videos by Brent Hall for the most important settings for wildlife photography) because I've found that while I set the focus to use animal eye detection, I use spot focus more than animal eye because I'm often photographing small birds in challenging situations such as swamp/forest or marshlands. In those situations, the animal eye focus often focuses on the twigs or reeds instead of on the bird. So I set up the * button for animal eye focus and left the AF ON button for spot focus while the shutter button simply meters and takes a photo. Oddly enough, what I find is that I use the animal eye focus to find the bird amidst the reeds or twigs and then use the spot focus to actually focus on the bird while I take the photo. It sounds weird, but it works for me and wouldn't work if I had left the focus on the shutter button. The point is that I have three custom modes and set up C1 with the settings that work for me, as well as setting up the back button focus, which means I can get some amazing shots. Just the other day, I was in the marsh and caught a brief glimpse of a common yellowthroat. I used the back button spot focus and thought for sure that I would only have a blurred photo of the bird before it flitted away, but when I looked, the bird was perfectly in focus. The camera and especially the lenses are much, much heavier than my old SX70 and it can be a little unweildy, but it has given me the extra resolution and detail that I sorely needed. I am also happy to have less/no chromatic aberrations. So far, I've been using solely Canon lenses and they've all worked very well. I am extremely pleased to have a camera now that I can "grow in to." I've also been interested in astrophography and the R5 is also capable of that, so I have additional uses for it as well as nature photography. It is an extremely versatile and well-built camera. It's solid and is definitely the way to go when taking a step up from other less powerful cameras.

Nothing but good things to say about this R5 and the new RF lenses so far. My kit was dated with everything over 10 years old. I didn't see a good reason to upgrade and make the transition to newer lenses or bodies until R5 and more RF lenses started to show up later in 2020. Having transitioned, I can say the R5 with the RF lenses performs extremely well. If you are coming from older gear as I was (5D Mark II, lenses from 10+ years ago) the first most obvious improvement is with AF performance. The percentage of keeper images I get is significantly higher with the R5. A few AF settings customizations and the AF is almost too good to believe at times. It just works and almost always does what you want it to. It's easy to customize quick button or dial changes between AF modes for different situations with the R5. After just a few shoots and customized settings I felt I had total control of everything for any quick situation change. Image quality is great but that's expected. Dynamic range and low-light performance probably aren't the best in the world at 45 megapixels on the Canon sensor, but it is improved over older Canon generations. I like the balance of higher pixel count/detail/sharpness and low-light performance. It's perfect for my use case. Battery life isn't great. But with a battery grip and two of the newer batteries, I haven't managed to need to swap batteries during a long day shooting/hiking/birding/landscaping hundreds of images etc. If it overheats on you, it means you should have bought an 8K video camera with a built in cooling fan. You are doing it wrong. The R5 is one of the world's best stills cameras for stills photographers that can also shoot some pretty video. And boy is it pretty if you know how to use it!

The future of mirrorless cameras is here. Coming from a 5D Mark IV and other dslrs I was very used to using an OVF. But the R5’s EVF is large, bright, sharp and as a bonus, I don’t need to wear glasses with nearsighted vision when looking through the EVF. Autofocus is lightning fast and there’s minimal lag and blackout when using mechanical shutter at 12 fps. If you’re concerned about the stop motion effect in the EVF when tracking from the EOS R, this camera is worlds better due to faster processing from Digic X processor. IBIS is a game changer and works amazing with adapted EF lenses. I was able to handhold at ISO 100 using an adapted 24-70 f2.8 ii indoors! With the same lens on the 5D4, I had to use a minimum of ISO 6400 to get a sharp image. This opens a whole new world in terms of low light photography and stabilization for EF and RF lenses that don’t have IS in the lens. In terms of handling, the body feels lighter than the 5D4 and the grip is a bit less beefy which is comfortable in my hand. The joystick is back as well as the rear wheel. I do wish the rear wheel was bigger. I do not use video much so don’t need to record 8k for extended periods of time. If overheating is a concern for you, you may want to look into a dedicated video camcorder. As for stills, this is a near perfect camera for me. In terms of battery life I was able to take about 650 pictures before the battery died and I was using 120hz for the viewfinder and reviewing the menu settings a lot. This is about double the CIPA rating so I’m happy with it despite being lower than the 5D4 but that’s excepted bc mirrorless camera uses more battery. Overall, I’m very impressed with this camera, and it’s a big upgrade and worthy successor to the 5D Mark IV.

There is nothing left to be desired with this camera. I use it to shoot both photo and video content for some of the largest corporations in the world as well as very high end weddings. I have used many different cameras over my career from different brands and I always come back to Canon. I had the 5D mk IV before this one, and thought that I didn't need to upgrade because it's such a fantastic camera, and yet, the R5 blows it out of the water. The eye detection autofocus is so good, that I don't even have to look at my camera, because I know it will nail the shot almost every time. Sometimes, I put my camera on a tripod and take photos of myself to test the light. I use the Canon Camera Connect app from my phone to take the photo, and I never have an out of focus picture no matter what pose I use. The color science from Canon is unmatched in my opinion. Nuff said there. Then there is the video. It's insane! The HQ 4k (down res from 8k) using the light IPB profile is ridiculous. The files are so sharp. You can zoom in so far without losing quality, and the file sizes are tiny and easy for my computer to edit. This is definitely a huge upgrade over the 5D mk IV's MJPEG files which in 4k, my computer could barely handle, even with proxy files. Finally, there is the dynamic range. You really cannot mess up with this camera. Even in the most extreme lighting conditions, if you expose for your highlights, you can almost always recover the shadow detail very easily. They say a better camera does not make you a better photographer, and that may be true, but this one sure makes my job a lot easier.