The Real Difference between Canon EOS R5/R6

While Sony haven’t introduced the long awaited A7SIII at this moment, which Canon EOS R new models are you prefer ? Here are a short summary for the two camera difference.

Sensors

Canon EOS R5 features a 45 megapixel high resolution sensor, offer enough resolutions for commerical and high demand shooting situation.

Canon EOS R6 feature a 20MP sensor , said to be close -related to EOS 1DX III

Both camera sensor include an anti-aliasing filters, it seem that Canon Still believes they do have a role to play , especially wedding photographers.

In-body image stabilization

Both cameras used the same image stabilization system, rated up to 8EV, depending on the lens used. At this moment, Canon did not tell the IS performance of EF lens in R5

Both camera use a five-axis sensor-shift system that works s with the IS system in RF lenses.

Continuous shooting

Both cameras can shoot at 12 fps with their mechanical shutters or 20 fps in e-shutter modes.

At 20 fps, EOS R5 write at least 84 Raws + Large/Fine JPEG files to a CFexpress card, increases to 170 shots if you just shoot JPEG. In 12 fps mode you’ll get 90 Raw + Large/Fine HEIFs, 160 Raws with JPEGS and 180 Raw files.

The R6’s with a fast UHS-II card is 140 Raw + Large/Fine HEIF files. Move to Raw+JPEG and it increases to 160 shots in a burst, or 240 if shooting Raw.

C-Raw the numbers more than double, and shooting C-Raw, HEIF or JPEG only will see you get over 1000 shots in a go

EVF and LCD

The R5 has the latest 5.76M dot OLED EVF, paired with a 2.1M dot rear LCD. The R6 has a 3.68M dot EVF and slightly smaller 3.0" 1.68M dot LCD.

It must be note that the EVE optics to give a solid 0.76x magnification and 23mm eye-point

Video

The R5’s sensor is designed to shoot 8K video at up to 30p It also includes the option to internally record Raw video, It can also shoot 4K/120p from the full width of the sensor

The R6, meanwhile, shoots 4K footage at up to 60p. It uses what is effectively a 16:9 crop from what would be a full-width DCI capture, which means it’s slightly cropped-in (it’s a 1.07x crop). It benefits from the same impressive stabilization capabilities.

Both cameras have headphone and mic sockets and offer both focus peaking and zebra exposure indicators. Like the R5, the R6 can capture C-Log or HDR PQ video as 10-bit 4:2:2 H.265 files and has view assist modes for both.

Battery life

Both share the latest 16Wh LP-E6NH battery and can use older LP-E6-type batteries

The R5 is rated at 320 shots per charge through the viewfinder and 490 shots using the LCD, in default mode. Shifting to the higher refresh rate mode sees these drop by around 30% to 220 and 320 shots, respectively.

The R6 posts slightly better results: 380 shots per charge using the viewfinder in standard mode and 510 via the LCD. Again there’s about a 30% reduction if you engage the faster viewfinder mode, with the endurance dropping to 250 and 350 shots per charge for the EVF and LCD.

Dual Pixel Raw

R5-only feature is Dual Pixel Raw

Wi-Fi

R5 has both 2.4 and 5GHz radios, while the R6 is only compatible with the slower 2.4GHz networks.

Autofocus system

Both have the latest iteration of Canon’s Dual Pixel AF system, with 100% coverage

The R6’s AF is working in light as low a -6.5EV when used with an F1.2 lens, or -5EV in video mode. The R5 is rated down to -6EV in stills and -4EV in video, again with an F1.2 lens attached.

Cards

R5’s 8K video and 45MP produce a lot more data than the R6, in this case Canon has equipped the camera with a CFexpress slot, in addition to a UHS-II SD card slot.

The R6’s lower pixel count means a fast UHS-II card is sufficient for both stills and video.

Price

R6 has a lot in common with the more expensive R5. Of course there’s a price to be paid for the R5’s extras: specifically a recommended retail price of $3899, compared to the R6’s $2499.