Canon EOS R5 Mark II unconfirmed specifications

[Canon Rumors]

We're a week away from ending the torture of waiting for the Canon EOS R5 Mark II announcement. As you all know, Canon has locked this camera down pretty well, though not entirely. We do know most retailers have had their Canon NDA meetings with the camera present. However, no official specification sheet has been

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[Fbimages]

I sincerely hope they added the optical back button. It is a million times more useful than the eye tracking autofocus.

 

[ironfreak]

As considering R5 to be a hybrid camera, they should get rid of overheating at least in 4k modes in the R5 Mark II

 

[Emyr Evans]

And hopefully Pre-Capture

 

[Dhido]

I wonder if the BG-R10 grip will be compatible with the Mark II Version, it looks like the physical body will not change.

 

[sanj]

FANTASTIC. I do wish for 6k or 4k RAW video... Can that happen? 8k at times is too heavy.

 

[fiendstudios]

I wonder if the BG-R10 grip will be compatible with the Mark II Version, it looks like the physical body will not change.

Probably not since the venting will be different.

 

[t.linn]

It would be amazing if the DR turned out to be as good as claimed. I’m skeptical but I’d love to be wrong.

 

[koenkooi]

It would be amazing if the DR turned out to be as good as claimed. I’m skeptical but I’d love to be wrong.

If it is, it will likely come with a lot of asterisks in the manual, be prepared for a very narrow set of circumstances where it will work as advertised.

 

[Canon Rumors]

And hopefully Pre-Capture

I left that off, as I have seen it mentioned elsewhere. Yes, it'll have pre-capture.

 

[robinlee]

Any news about the CFe v4.0 on R5II?

 

[Steve Balcombe]

Four years after the original R5, it would be very disappointing (to put it mildly) if the Mark II didn't offer some big improvements. But 16 stops DR from a 45 MP stacked BSI sensor? That would be something.

 

[Mike9129]

Ill parrot what was said above, if we get 16 stops ill be very happy.

Even if its just in single shot mode at ISO100 mechanical shutter, it would be a fantastic tool to have.

 

[Quarkcharmed]

Ill parrot what was said above, if we get 16 stops ill be very happy.

Even if its just in single shot mode at ISO100 mechanical shutter, it would be a fantastic tool to have.

Most likely it'll be accompanied by a slow readout.

Also, I don't know how Canon measures the DR, but they'll probably have to make 16-bit raws in order to achieve 16 stops of DR.

 

[JonasGillmann]

Ill parrot what was said above, if we get 16 stops ill be very happy.

Even if its just in single shot mode at ISO100 mechanical shutter, it would be a fantastic tool to have.

I agree! 16 stops of DR would be a reason to upgrade from the R5 to the R5 II EVEN if you don’t care about video at all.

Well-implemented built-in GPS would be another good reason.

In terms of video I really hope to see at least 4K60p or 4K120p uncropped oversampled video from the entire sensor.
I wonder if there will be any 6K recording options besides the obvious 8K30p and 8K60p (which will hopefully also work without the active cooling grip)

 

[R.Schneider]

Improved battery I expect a full support of RF 400 AF speed. With current R5 AF Speed is limited due to not sufficient energy.

 

[koenkooi]

[...] In terms of video I really hope to see at least 4K60p or 4K120p uncropped oversampled video from the entire sensor.
I wonder if there will be any 6K recording options besides the obvious 8K30p and 8K60p (which will hopefully also work without the active cooling grip)

And I also hope we'll have to option to record audio for high framerate video! And cropped raw would be nice as well, the cropped 4k60 on the R5 was oversampled, having a bit more pixels would allow better stabilization in post for my shaky vids

 

[koenkooi]

I left that off, as I have seen it mentioned elsewhere. Yes, it'll have pre-capture.

I really hope it will have a better user experience than the current implementation, being locked out of the camera after each use of pre-capture makes it virtually useless for me. And that's not even taking the one-file-to-rule-them-all that only DPP4 can split properly into account!

 

[DSB]

The only thing I hope for video wise is 4K 120 fps that doesn't overheat.

Other than that, most exciting feature for me is the glowing buttons. I shoot a lot in the dark and I'd love that. Along with the option to keep the top lcd backlight turned on permanently, or at least for a few minutes, so I can actually see the info in the dark.

A usable ibis high res mode would be welcomed as well, since the current implementation is a joke.

 

[Aussie shooter]

I am going to play devils advocate here. Image quality is now basically irrelevant. DR, colour space etc. All brands and cameras are more than adequate and nobody will ever notice a difference. It is things like build quality, pre capture etc that make a difference but not very much of one anymore.