Back in April, Canon announced the video specs of the EOS R5 with much hubris.
The camera was indeed intended to shoot reliably in 8K and 4K alongside Cinema EOS cameras…
According to Canon themselves.
Back in April, Canon announced the video specs of the EOS R5 with much hubris.
The camera was indeed intended to shoot reliably in 8K and 4K alongside Cinema EOS cameras…
According to Canon themselves.
DPReview has released their Canon EOS R5 and R6 test of overheating, using the final production models. Technical editor Richard Butler remarks “Lack of dependability makes them a poor choice for much professional video work”.
Read moreOpinion on DPReview’s Canon EOS R5 overheating test in 4K
I would also like to address Canon’s two most important camera releases of the decade, the EOS R5 and R6. After a faltering launch, with my sources saying that new shipments are delayed until November, only a very small number of cameras are currently with distributors and retailers. This first batch was shipped before the full furore over overheating, which revealed the EOS R5 and R6 to be basically defective products that don’t do as claimed by Canon’s advertising. Now, businesses and viruses are one thing but we need to talk about ethics and morality too. Can Canon executives look in the mirror this weekend and honestly be satisfied to put these two defective cameras out into the world without any adjustments or hardware changes?
Here’s what they told me today about the Canon EOS R5 release.
Read moreWill Canon recall the EOS R5? I asked retailers today, and the picture is grim
More bad news about the R5. Every minute that you spend taking photos with it reduces the time you can shoot HQ video. Today I shot photos for 1 hour in 30C summer weather, and by the end of it, I switched to video and the overheat warning was on and 0 mins remaining due to heat.
July 26, 2020
This light usage in summer weather by Gerald Undone (one of the very few to properly test the camera, including Canon themselves?) further demonstrates the seriousness of the EOS R5’s overheating defect and could be grounds for a product recall.
As we have seen from field-tests of both cameras, overheating nightmares demonstrate this just isn’t the case even on short shoots in high quality 4K 24p. The reliability issues are so serious that paid professional work is a complete gamble in 4K on both models.
Even the EOS R6 with the lower 20 megapixel sensor at the lowest frame rate (4K 24p) suffers repeated shut downs on a short shoot. In my opinion, this is a problem for Canon so severe it may even result in a full product recall and a class action lawsuit.
Read moreOpinion: Canon EOS R6 and R5 heat problems risk full product recall, class action lawsuit
In a historic interview granted only with the EOSHD YouTube Channel, a Canon colour science engineer finally sat down to talk about the EOS R5 overheating issues.
Read moreMedia alert! A Canon engineer on 8K and overheating