Canon 5DSR Hands-On Field Test (With Canon XC10 Impressions) 

Great content Chris, and Levi ripping on the XC10 was fantastic! Lol

Some awesome shots there guys! Love the outro music too!

excellent review as always, guys , you are the reference as soon as I want to get a review on a camera , this is the place I always come.

I must say I was seriously impressed by the XC10-review..Levi is actually incredible in the way he's speaking - extremely fluent and comfortable to listen to :) Congratz guys, you brought up a new raw diamond to the screen - again ;)

You guys always delivers great reviews.

Another amazing video guys :) Great job!

This is the review we've been waiting for.

Sorry for my inadequate English. Thank you so much for not add any music when people are talking! For everyone who planning to make videoes like this, this is the way to do it!

I swear the more I watch your videos, the more I feel like packing up my bags and moving to Calgary. Awesome review as always :)

Another great, thoughtful review.

Great review guys

The Camera Store Your Reviews are great. I realy enjoy watching your Videos. I also learned a lot about shooting Video and changed many things in my personal gear because of that. Keep doing what you are doing because you held others with that out. It´s a shame i will never be able to visit your store because i´m from germany. Greatings and best wihes from there :)

Honest Review, good as always!

Thanks for the review with an unedited photo.

I walked by you guys filming this in BC! I am glad we asked what you were filming for. I am looking for a new camera for filming so this is perfect! :)

Great and honest review. Thanks

Dude you guys are one of the best reviewer in the business, I'm looking forward of your review on the Sony A7RII.

Great review.

Just wanted to call it out--Levi did a great job here, with his rundown on the XC10 as well as shooting (and editing?) this video.

Great to see the comparison with the Pentax. I've been watching you guys for years and love your vids. I would love to see another vid with the Pentax645Z, something in the style of your Roth & Ramberg vid perhaps and getting Nick Delvin involved would be sweet. Just a thought.. its never too late!

The XC10's image doesn't look very sharp for 4K, however this whole video did have a great look to it. The colours/grade and stable, smooth camera work were really cinematic compared to most of your guys' videos. Levi returned with a vengeance! Great job guys!

Great video guys. It was nice to see a review that included that XC10 as well. I was actually surprised because the video colors and quality looks very good. But, I wasn't surprised by any of the complaints you had with the camera. It just seems to be poorly executed in so many ways that could have been easily avoided. First of all, as a Canon user and magazine photographer, the 5DSR sounds like a good idea on paper for someone like me. I've been shooting with 18-, 20-, and 22- megapixel cameras for the most part, and really haven't run into any resolution problems -save for the occasional stubborn art director. LOL Realistically, the Nikon d800 and d810 really hit a sweet spot that I wish Canon would have attacked rather than going for all out resolution at the sacrifice of image quality beyond 400 ISO. This camera is very limited in its use, but will not doubt perform rather well in what it was designed for. Maybe the next iteration of the 5D or 6D will answer my wants or needs? Canon has a habit of building very focused or limited use cameras. Today all of its competitors seem to be making their cameras more usable in a wider range of scenarios. So I don't really get where Canon's heading with its product development, but I can say that I've been looking over my shoulders at Sony and Nikon. To be quite honest, with the release of the A7RII and the likelihood of a following Nikon model with a similar sensor, the appeal of this camera has dropped tremendously.

Great review Chris - as always -and what a beautiful place you are doing your test at :-) On a personal note I'm really happy that the 5dsr is so much like the 5d3 - It's nice that you basically can go from one camera to the other - set the custom functions the same way - and just shoot. All this bs about dynamic range - for x sake - back in the "slide film days" we had 5 stops - the canon have 12.5 and the Nikon 14 - if you know your craft that is more than enough to capture stunning landscapes and superior studio work. If Canon should come up with a mirrorless high-end-system they need to redesign it all the way from scratch - but at the same time they should avoid to piss of the existing costumers - and I don't see any Canon shooters cry over the 5dsr. I read people ranting about it - but most likely they are never going to buy that camera, or any other high-end camera, so big deal. Anyway - one of the huge benefit with all the resolution is that it gives you something to work with when you do retouching - something else than pixels, that is. And even when using the softer not recommended lenses there will still be image and not pixel to retouch - and that is great. In the studio - with studio flash light and good metering the results are really great - it may not be medium format - but properly executed shoots from the 5dsr will satisfy even the most demanding costumers. I have compared the shots I have made with my 5dsr with my old studio work from slides shot with Hasselblad and Fuji GX680 on ISO 50 slide film and the 5dsr is not shamed. A fellow photographer showed me his shots of the same motif with the 5dsr and with the Phase One IX 260 - there was a difference at 100% but not a 25.000 USD difference. I'm keeping my 5d3 along with my 5dsr as I still consider the 5d3 a very good camera and a back up camera that works the same way as your main camera is always great.. I'm sure that people with the Nikon 810 and the new Sony will have an equally great time with their cameras - and I'm positive that you would have a hard time picking out what camera took what picture in a blind test of the 3 cameras. I'm not a fan boy but just a long time canon shooter - I have tried Nikons lot's of times but the ergonomics and functionality just don't work for me - and recently I have also tried mirrorless - as for now the Canon as a tool works better for me - does the Sony have features I would like on the Canon - probably yeas - but not in an amount that it will make me change system.

What tripod is that?

If I lived in Canada or the States I'd purchase my equipment from you guys, as usual great content.

I concur about the general "feel" and color of this review: it looks much nicer than the previous ones shot on either Panasonic or Sony cameras. No washed-out skin tones. Reds look punchier and the greenery is very pleasant. This is nice to know when you take into considering they shot the review almost at dusk? A nice first outing for the XC10.

I'll take the superior sharpness of the 5dsr/Otus combo over better dynamic range of the Pentax. Don't need to push shadows more than a couple stops. If i need more, bracketing is easy.

I decide my opinion about this camera, Im just waiting to see if they announce the Canon 5d mark 4!

The new guy is good. He deserves a nice welcome.

Hi Chris. Can you tell us, or show us how the 5DSR performs in photographing buildings and other cityscape type features? Like you did in your most excellent 7D review please.

why you don´t stop the 2,8 down to 4?? wouldn´t it be sharper than the recommended f4? you have to use the same aperture or its like comparing apples with eggs

wow a lotta people (even canon themselves) says the 5ds is for landscapes/studio, but ive shot wildlife and weddings with it and after using the 5dsr, i think its an splendid camera for also wildlife and most general photography (replacing my 1d iv) and my 5diii is now mostly left at home cause the 5dsr does a lot of things well or even better then my 5diii, and yes most of the time i dont use an tripod or an zeiss otus, cause the images still looks superb on an 24-105l or tammy 24-70! :-)

The video is really nice. Colors are rich. Better than the washed out look TCS videos have had for the last few months. Very nice.

Still happy with my 5D Mark III.

I really enjoyed your series comparing the Canon 5D Mark III to the Nikon D800/800E, any thoughts on a video or videos comparing the Canon 5DSR to the Nikon D810?

Nice video. I think the audio levels were really really low though, but other than that very good!

Couldn't wait for this review!Does anyone know any good film cameras that shoot video,no digital cameras.Thanks again.

I own a 5DSR for my studio photography and that's what pays the bills. For travel Ijust love hte Olympus MFT system.

so many great cameras in market and im shooting my youtube videos with sony dsc wx 220 :)

Hi your camera tests are the best on youtube in my opinion, simply great thank you. But in this case i wonder how can you forget to mention the image stabilisation on the Canon XC10? Its a fast run and gun camera and image quality and so on are just acceptable. What i need to know is how good the camera is on fast unstabilized shots and onboard microphone. i think most people that have tested this camera never understood what it was intended for. Image quality wise i am not impressed at all but honestly thats not always the most important thing for a working setup. I am looking for a fast portable camera for journalistic work. I guess there may better alternatives out now. Something that actually works, does not have ridiculous rolling shutter, does not overheat and has a usable image stabilisation for handheld shots. Most sensible priced 4K cameras dont offer all of that in one body. Please let me know what camera does all that in this price range.

There's an error on the 5Ds and 5Dsr when shooting in Live View and in MF mode whilst using the magnification frame. The metering system doesn't follow the magnification frame... The metering system is stuck to the centre of the LCD. Oddly it works fine whilst in AF mode but as a landscape photographer i don't use AF mode... There's no problem with the mark 2 and 3 regarding this issue!

Hi i'm curious to know wich camera did you use to shot you talking in the nature :)

can you please list the lenses you used on the DS R and wha tyou recommend as the lenses to use? thanks!

0:52 You have 2 goals tonight? But it is broad daylight!! :oooo

dunno why some ppl complaining about body design. I think current body style of 7D-5D3-7D2-5Ds/R ergonomically almost perfect, just hope that new 7D2 joystick will end up on 5D4 body ;)

I want to start getting into videography and am currently doing some research on what camera I should buy. I want to make car videos which would be composed of a lot of in car perspective shots as well as exterior tracking shots. It would primarily be filmed in daylight and include a lot of wide scenery clips, but I would still like to have a camera with lowlight capability. Any advice on a what camera I should get. It's a bit overwhelming right now as this kind of thing is a bit foreign to me. I'm currently looking at the the A7s and the Canon 60D and 70D. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Woah!, we live in such a beautiful country! Is there a way we can look at those files up close?

Where is the comparison with D810 or A7R? Especially on the DR/noise part of things?

HOLY CRAP that Zeiss...

Esa cámara, la XC10, está mega pinche!!!! :D

Pentax 645 'ZED'. Good job Chris!!

I'm interested to know which camera&lens combo makes higher quality photos: Leica M 240 with LEICA APO-SUMMICRON-M 50mm f/2 ASPH or a Canon 1DX Mark II with a 55mm Otus?? Which ever has better image quality is my next camera and lens. Thanks!

Hey guys, which camera should I get? I'm troubled between choosing EOS 5D Mark IV or 5DSR or is there another camera I should look to? (I'm mainly going to do landscape, portraits, close-ups, night photos..ect but Portraits as a priority)

Is it true that the 5DSR is noisier at base ISO (100) and has less dynamic range than its competitors (Pentax K-1, Nikon D850, Sony A7R, etc)?

What is the focus like on this thing? honestly.

The 5DSR actually still has a low pass filter. It just uses software to cancel out the affect like the D800 and D800e.

As cool as cropping is, you do have to be ok with carrying larger lenses, the heavier body of a full frame, and better support equipment.

Good to see Levi back in the studio after all those red carpets for the Paper Towns movie.

hey guys.. just started shooting photos.. and i was wondering who's photographer did you mention on the last part of the video? thanks..

#TeamD810

The video seems lower quality than your usual work, which I believe is mostly shot on the GH4, right? The Canon has a different look for sure. I'm not a fan.

this is a full frame?

and what about 645d? can you tell couple words about comparising between 5dsr and 645d?

The XC10 did pretty well in this video. Looks very detailed with the shrubbery... no "artifacting" effect.

6:26... why was f5.6 1/5 on sigma but f6.3 1/1600 on canon lens?

I want one

Dunno... this camere can't convince me at all. I mean... it's a tripod camera so you won't use high ISO anyway, but how can the dynamic range be bad at low ISO? D810 isn't good at high ISO either but the amount of shadows and highl you can recover at low ISO is just stupidly high, and that's so important for landscape. I'm so curios about the A7r II, guess if that's gonna be as good as it's hyped it will be a game changer!

May I ask what's the tripod and head you used?

How can I buy this camere

We are all honest professionals, use Canon, Nikon or Sony is a mere detail. We deliver to our customers a clean work and well done. This type of video is pure marketing work in order to bill money ... now created a God called Dynamic Range. I use Canon since 1992, already were so many bodies and lenses that lost count. I never had any disappointment or complaint. I have friends who use Nikon and likewise had no problems because Nikon also makes good cameras. We are all honest professionals and use good equipment.

Wow keren banget...........

Maybe they should learn how to use the XC10 first before they crap on it. It's obvious by Levi's statments at the end that he doesn't know what to do with it. Every other video footage I have seen of the XC10 is tack sharp, either they got a crap one or they don't know how to use it...because their footage is very soft.

Can you share your thoughts about XC-10 vs RX10II for video capture. Both shoot 4K internally, both have fixed zoom with similar ranges etc. I went for a RX10II because it was cheaper, didn't need CFast and had f2.8 across the motorised zoom range.

What is photographer that he say around 8:00 ?

You guys should do a camera review, high.

point of interest: crazy bug kamikaze @ 6:36

D810 is better than 5DSR?

The Sony AX100 4k camera is cheaper than the XC10, yet better. Full manual controls, switchable ND filters, great codec that grades good, very good in low light.

I have the 5dsr and I shoot handheld with electronic flash in a studio environment and it is nearly flawless in this manner though of course sometimes the auto focus is off. I found by dear the best mode is to go to Center spot focus. About lenses. Every lens I own is improved by this camera. Perhaps I am able able to crop without all the ghastly processing that I see from smaller sensor cameras when cropping I am free to do all sorts of things with near impunity as the only thing that could stand in the way is mis focus or poor lens quality and I simply do mot have these issues at all. I essentially crop or compose to a standard size of 24 by 36 inches and could easily double this size with great results. Okay, dynamic range is more limited. Shadows tend to go velvet black all too easily so one must work within its dynamic limitations but in a studio it is not hard to control. 99% of the features in this camera hold no interest to me.

There are a lot of people talking about the noise in the shadows on the 5Ds, even the Fro who is not an authority at all in photography mentioned the 5Ds has a grain and noise even at ISO 100, whats your opinion on this? Cant wait for somebody, maybe a magazine, make a real review about this controversial camera.

5dsr + Otus. Now I have drool all over my keyboard.

The 5DS R may not be a medium format camera, but it does have a lot of pixels for those who need it. Depending on how my work goes, maybe I'll even get one in the distant future. Really though, I'd much rather see the 5D IV with better dynamic range and low light performance. The XC10 on the other hand is sounding like a flop. One thing I'd like from Canon is a lens roadmap and a listening ear. The slow innovation is painful and for me, the lack of high performance APS-C f2.8 zooms from Canon is making me want to jump ship to Fujifilm; I just don't have the money and Fujifilm doesn't have a large enough lens lineup and support yet.

I was expecting some comments on the XC10 skintones. Chris looked quite orange and plasticky to me. Colors looked good otherwise. Was that due to the color grading or the camera?

Please teach your cameraman not to underexpose footage and to use some flatter settings. Final results are to contrasty. Even with T2i you can achieve better dynamics.

Would like to see the comparison 645Z/5DSR without that ton of sharpening mask on the Canon file.

Honestly, DR when photographing landscapes (which lets be honest, most will buy this camera for) is not really an issue, there is a technique called bracketing? Just have a look at some of the amazing scape toggers on 500px that use Canon MKIII's and 6D's and get amazing DR and tonality in their shots. If you are shooting weddings, then it becomes problematic, but how many wedding toggers use MF cameras.

Why u said so many times u gonna need a tripod ?

Great review. Sorry to say but the Video did look VERY soft.

So, if you are going to buy a camera like this, just get a Sigma SD or DP series camera. Its basically the same thing, for 1/5th the cost.

What is that black tripod Chris is using? Does anyone know?

Damn, Levi is adorable...

Honestly, the 5DS(r) is looking more and more like a camera maybe they shouldn't have released without some more work, and certainly not before the Mk IV, which is the camera most people are really waiting for. If you pay almost $4K for this camera, shame on you... lol On the XC10 "It's not as bad as I expected. So there's a win for Canon"

d810

I keep hearing that you can't hand hold this camera. I actually own the 5dsr, and I've had no issues hand holding this camera and getting fantastic results, even at 100% zoomed in. I will say though, if your camera technique is weak, you should increase your shutter speed.

I need this camera please send me

Chris, what happened to Jordan? Did he quit?

5DSR VS A7RII Shootout

By DXO measurements, 5dsr improves on the DR compared to 5d3. this is also expressed by many user, with the camera showing cleaner shadows. As for lenses, curious to see where he found the list of lenses not recommended by canon for this camera. Some of his statements makes me question his understanding of resolution and detail. as it turns out, any lens will resolve more on a high density sensor, and just about any sensor benefits from a higher resolution lens. And finally, depending on the final output, this may or maynot be visible. for a far better explanation and testing of resolution of various lenses on 5ds, 5dsr, and 5d3, take a look at lensrentals.com blog.

What's up with the kids review... he says it's not as bad as I thought it would be. So he picked it up already deciding it would be bad? He doesn't even mention it's meant to be used as a B or C camera.

6:36 was that a bird?