Canon EOS R5 Mark II NEW leaked specs: ISO 6?! 

You’ve now unlocked a new fear: having my camera stolen after photographing a wedding

Maybe it has dual output gain; high gain for shadows and low gain for mid-tones and highlights

Flash sync!! Nobody seems to mention this. It’d be great to have a higher synch speed

That dynamic range would be huge.

There are specs that say the R5 has 14.6 EV for dynamic range. I think it is more plausible that however that measurement was reached is the same way they are getting 16 for the rumor.

Interesting... seems to be more features than I expected... thanks a lot... now I have to work this into my budget.

Does this camera come with a stacked sensor?

Built-in memory sounds nice, but only if it is switchable. You need to be able to replace it after a few years.

you can buy a used A1 for $4200 and have been able for couple of years. Are there R5M2 features that make it significantly better than A1?

Re the possibility of 16 stops with software - how is this "smartphone technology never before offered by Canon" different from the HDR mode on my 70D from 2013 where 3 different exposures are captured as fast as possible and combined in camera ? I'm sure that a new camera would do it better, but isn't it basically the same thing ?

Does the flash work in the electronic shutter?

I’m looking forward to some of the subtle enhancements seen in Canon’s recent offerings - improved battery life, no 30min record limit, reduced rolling shutter, the ability to select slower burst shooting (R5 in electronic shutter is either Single shot or full 20fps, nothing in between!), maybe a quicker way to switch between photo & video like the switch on R6 ii. I agree that for cameras to succeed in today’s market, the wireless connectivity needs to get MUCH faster and the app connection needs to be way more stable!

Over sampled 4k at 60 or 120??

Please give us GPS, I had it on my 7DII, with the R5, I had to go back to putting a GPS receiver in the hot shoe. Using a cell phone is unreliable and uses too much battery. Extra dynamic range will be wonderful.

I find dynamic range to not be dramatic and I had to call Canon to see if IBIS was working at all. It was but I didn’t think it was effective.

Needs Oled color top display and option for larger text

Could they be extending the DR by capturing the image in log mode and applying a LUT in-camera?

I went to your website and I couldn't find any camera recommendations.

I would like menu systems that not only work in vertical orientation but upside down. Macro photographers often invert the camera on the tripod. Upside down should be a no-brainer even easier to implement vertical orientation.

Do you think the used r5 will be more available and cheaper once the r5 II comes out?

Lower base ISO? Modern Wi-Fi speeds? YES, YES!

Doesn’t Hasselblad X2D have 15 stops of DR?

Now tell us the truth you and Chelsea already have it in your hands?

How will this be different from the R6 MII - ?

did they get rid of the recording limit?

On your list of useable features: in-body image processing like smart phones. For example, they can auto correct their lens distortion, they should have auto aligned/blended focus stacking, auto align/blended panos, etc with RAW outputs.

What about cinema cemeras? don't they have a superior DR?

Great video. Thanks!

Would like more options for FPS in the electronic shutter.

Is the r6 getting a mark3?

No stacked sensor? Even the base z6iii has at least a partially stacked sensor

I'll keep my R5 m1 .. its all I'll ever need !

It’s a shame that a 2024 $4000 camera is not smart. I want computational photography capabilities that rival the iPhone 15 Pro’s. Particularly the ability to blend 100s of images pre and post clicking the shutter, masking in and out portions of each image to produce a single RAW with insane DR. No excuse for not having that in 2024 in any camera. I also want an iOS operating system in addition to all the smart features that you mentioned.

Tony said that he will do more testing when he gets a production Canon R5 Mark II, so he must already have the testing one.

I want all the other aspects he mentioned, security, wifi that doesn’t suck, encryption, menu usability enhancements, before an additional 10 frames per second and slightly better autofocus. He’s mentioned this over and over and is correct. Why can’t we lock our camera, even something as simple as a button combo to unlock would be very welcome. Id be happy with power on, and hitting FN1 3 times and ok on the back 1 to unlock or whatever combo we want, ability to register the camera serial with the manufacturer and a authentication to unlock it if we forget what the combo was leaving it on a shelf for 6 months. This gear is very expensive and it’s insane we don’t have security aspects to prevent theft at this point.

I THINK that the original R5 have 15 stops of DR (or at least advertised as that) so if they're saying the mark II will have 16 stops It might be just one stop increase Even if the usuable dynamic range is about 11.5, they simply won't say that

when will Canon RF 70-200mm F2.8L IS USM Z be available?

Hope u can have sound with eletronic shutter and more than 30 min recording

Thanks Tony - you just saved me $4k. I'm going to continue to shoot with my iPhone.

What is canon planning on the video cameras? With Olympics in July maybe some of the prototypes will be used there. I am sure Chelsea and your daughter need a trip to Paris to see the Olympics, and you could go there to brush up on your French.

Imagine being able to speak to your camera to change settings between shots, once it has trained on your voice and finger print.

3:20 …Lumix (& Olympus?) does this internal too for a long time.

4:33 Also they misuse the term EV. It should be LV. LV measures the light. EV is just the combination of the shutter speed and the aperture. With ISO 100 you should expose a specific LV value with the same EV value.

Maybe a DGO sensor?

Tony great the way you explained about dynamic range i.e. bucket. You're absolutely fabulous

There is a new camera that is vertical-first. It's called the Pentax 17. (Joking)

It is shocking that 2 days before a new R camera announcement that no one has really leaked any pics or real information. Everything is still speculative… really odd.

The Live ND of Olympus/OM System and the Sigma FP's ISO 6 work the same way. Computational frame averaging to increase dynamic range. It's a really nice feature for getting super clean images despite the sensor size or shadow illumination levels!

14:14 Minolta´s Maxxum (Dynax) 7 has a rotating menue for vertical shooting. It´s a film-camera.

love your videos. I'm curious about how long it takes for a digital camera sensor to degrade and affect image quality. thanks

With all the continued rumors still waiting for the announcement to determine if I will update my current R5 or just add the R5 II so I have two Canon RF mount bodies to use. I also own Sony and an A1 and A7RV but I don’t shoot video so not sure I want to continue to buy into RF mount without some significant differentiation in some way. Too bad no dual CFexpress type B. So my stills benchmark are the A1 and A7RV right now so what will it do better? Thank you and take care.

About that Dynamic Range figure of 16? Almost certainly that's 'Video' dynamic range, not 'Still Image' dynamic range! The difference... Posted Still Image dynamic range is generally measured stopping at a black floor Signal-to-Noise-Ratio (SNR) of 1:1, where the black/shadow image data and noise data reach parity; i.e. image data and noise data are equal. Conversely, Posted Video dynamic range is generally measured stopping at a black floor Signal-to-Noise-Ratio (SNR) of 1:2, where the black/shadow noise data is *2 times* the image data. The reason?... In video we normally view a stream of image frames, and the human eye/brain interprets this as continuous. The effect is that the frames somewhat blur together, which helps to reduce the visual appearance of noise; we just don't perceive the noisiness as much. That's why video dynamic range is generally expressed as better than still image dynamic range on the same camera and in the same conditions.

I have been waiting for the price drop for r5.

I’m an amateur photographer and see no reason to upgrade to the R5 Mark II. I would love to see some of the upgrades that you proposed. I would pay to get those.

Planning to upgrade to an R5mk2 from my R6 once the R5-2 is available. Agree on most of the usability features, but if they do add internal memory I hope they don't remove the 2nd card slot. If there's a problem with a memory card its easy to swap to another card... if there's a problem with internal memory, thats likely to be an expensive repair. Also if you fill up the internal memory you can't swap it out to a "new card" if you're storing photos redundantly. I do wish they'd add security features though... would definitely pay for that, heck they could make it a subscription service like lojack or something...

Hello Tony, how is Chelsea?. enjoying your content from Nigeria.... Though I am shooting with Canon 600D, that's my capacity for now.... Stay blessed.

6:04 A pixel doesn't store light. The well capacity is a measure of how much charge can be stored, which only indirectly is a measure of how much light a pixel has "captured." Consult your favorite solid-state physics or modern semiconductor devices textbook for a fuller discussion.

Dude, no way they'd only charge $4k for 16 true stops of DR... (unless sales on bodies with the current spec/price ratio are plunging or predicted to plunge?)

Didn’t the d850 do something like that? Exposures stacking?

We’re talkin’ about caaahhhmras man! - Gerald Undone

In regards to veritical shooting, why don’t they make round sensors?

Internal memory like the Hasselblad X2D would be great on a Canon.

According to DXO Mark, the R5 has a dynamic range of 14.6EVs. It looks like you listed the DR of the 5DS-r instead by mistake.

Umm. 16 stops of -EV is the same amount of stops, regardless if your lens is f1.8 or f11. Your argument that maybe they shot with an f1.8 lens to get more stops of -EV for their focus is off. That would mean that they autofocused in an even darker environment than if they shot at a higher aperture like f11 or f16.

I think 8k60 will be limited to the cooling grip maybe?

What about a comparison of the R5 II to the Sony A7RV? I feel like that would be apples to apples considering the price.

Not global shutter?

All of us need security features starting from camera lock.

Sorry the suggestion of internal memory and only one card for pro level R5 would send me shopping for something other than Canon for the first time in 20 years. Not being able to off load my back up copy of my photos instead of pulling the cards would be a major deal breaker.

I would appreciate a square sensor so that the choice of portrait vs. landscape would shift to post-processing.

You want a camera with vertical first? Sounds like what you need is a Pentax 17!

why cant we get 6K/75fps

I’ve seen a parent use an unmarked canon at our soccer game I went up to him and he immediately put it away 😅

I can watch Tony say "Breaking news" all day....

One of the rumors a while ago mentioned it might have 16 bit color. Guess that isn't true.😢

I hope it is a great camera like the first version. I feel like most brands are coming with marginal improvements.

Thanks...

The anti-theft sounds like a great idea on paper, and maybe it needs to start someplace, but how would it work in practice? You buy a new camera with some anti-theft device - some thief comes up and grabs it (or takes it from your car, whatever) then they run away. When they get home they open up the camera bag, realize they can't sell it, and throw it in the dumpster. You still don't have a camera and have to buy another one. Yes, it is nice to know that your images will not show up someplace but you are still going have the hassle of police reports, insurance claims, ordering a new camera etc. So... yes we need to get the ball rolling, but until all of the other non-anti-theft cameras are off the street EVERY camera is a target to get stolen. Maybe we could just focus on making it harder to sell stolen cameras?

i have 14,8 stops DR on my a7s3 arw files

It won't be even £4000 in the UK I bet. Canon will not only use a $1 to £1 exchange rate they will add another £300 at least on top. They won't be able to justify that any more than they could when I asked them to for the original R5. I'll be sticking with my R5 and next time I want to upgrade I'll either wait for the Mkiii to come out or wait until I can get the Mk ii as a grey import for a significant saving like I did with my R5 & R6 Mk ii........or I'll change systems!

If Sony planes to answer with an a1ii in the next 6 months it is strange that the price of an a1 don't go down at all.

So R5ii is basically a Z8 (3 year old tech). I have a feeling canon will have some type of features that haven’t been talked about yet

No pre-capture?

I'd like 16:9 video recording without a cropp.

DGO sensor is what's coming and it will greatly increase the dynamic range. Question is, how will they manage the processing requirements of a DGO sensor...

16 stop DR in RAW? - No

I have an R5. I would upgrade if it has over 13 stops of dynamic range, 4k60HQ, no record limit or overheating, full size HDMI and 10 Bit Wide DR.

So if the R5 Mark II will have 16 Stops of dynamic range then how much dynamic range will the R1’s 24 Megapixels with bigger buckets have !? lol 🤔

I just want anything which makes image quality better. I have a 5Dr. It is 50M pixels. How about a hi res camera or anything which improves image quality. I don’t need high frame rates.

Actually being on par with phone cameras on the software side with the image stacking would be amazing. I don't really get why that hasn't been done 10 years ago. My 6D II has GPS and I also don't get why that isn't a standard feature, its really useful, especially for vacations.

I don't understand the desire for internal storage at the expensive of the second card slot. By always leaving a card in the second slot and never removing it you basically have "built-in" storage that can be upgrade over time as the cost of cards come down in price or replaced in situations of failure. Built-in internal storage means that it can't be easily replaced or upgraded without a tear-down of the camera. In the case of modern Hasselblad that have internal storage, they are expensive slow-paced cameras that wont see the same level of read/write wear and tear of the storage that bodies like the R5ii or R1 would see. One of the common steps when experiencing weird stability issues with a camera is to use different cards.

You out of all people should know not to compare manufacturer claimed dynamic range vs 3rd party tested as the methods used to test are drastically different. Find how much DR did Canon claim for the R5 and compare to the claim for the R5ii to get a more accurate number.

Sony's A77 had twilight mode which combined 6 images for clean low light shooting.

The bandwidth required for 8k60fps is like 1.9gigapixels per second, so I would really hope that there's some slow-mo modes on R5mk2 like a 1920x1080 960fps is around that same amount of bandwidth.

I bet the 60FPS will be via a power supply. Otherwise this would outdo the R5C

The only REAL Key feature is whether or not the R5ii has a Properly STACKED Large MP sensor.

Looks like the new R5ii looks disappointing. High cost with small gain.

Did you run out of W's and have to use upside down M's for your thumbnail? 😅

You have been making the same thoughtful case for safety features in cameras for years, alongside many other photographers I'm sure, so it's disappointing that nobody has listened yet.

I wish the camera manufacturers would listen to the Northrups' suggestions.