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As noted, the Canon EOS R5
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autofocus system as the EOS-1D X
Mark III. This is built around an
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algorithm that enables the camera
not just to detect and track the
human face and eyes, but also the
human head. If your subject is
wearing goggles or a helmet, or
they face away from the camera,
most systems don’t know what to
focus on. However, with Deep
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focus – which means that skiers,
motorcycle riders, American
football players and so on will
always have their heads in focus.
The R5 boasts two important
new tricks over the top-end 1D X
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possesses the next generation of
Canon’s fantastic Dual Pixel CMOS
AF technology. Secondly, this new
tech dovetails with additional Deep
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the cameras with Animal AF; just
like with human subjects, the R5
can now detect and track dogs,
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animals) by their faces, eyes and
bodies. Moreover, it can also track
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And, of course, the R5 marks the
agonizingly long-awaited debut offour-point sub-sampling and
introduce a layer of softness to
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quad-layer, 16-point sub-sampling
and combines it with a Gaussian
distribution technique to deliver
sharpness that Canon says
out-resolves the 5DS/R.
That 45Mp sensor is also the
muscle behind the much discussed
8K video mode. The R5 can
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“full readout”) Raw 8K video that
uses the entirety of the 35mm
sensor – and it does so internally
at up to 29.97fps in 4:2:2 12-bit
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H.265) in UHD as well as DCI. Its
4K capture is every bit as ferocious,
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in UHD or DCI) with external
HDMI recording up at up to
59.94fps. However, the R5 is much
more than just a video behemoth.
Since the 8K DCI video has a
resolution of 8192x4320, the R5
possesses a Frame Grab function
that enables you to take high-
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footage – and those stills have
5.1Mp more resolution than the
Canon EOS R! And it’s not just aCanon pro Robert
Marc Lehmann
used the R5 with
the new Canon
RF 100-500mm
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to capture this
action shot at
1/3200 sec, f/6.3
and ISO12,800CANON EOS R5
New Deep Learning Animal autofocus in the EOS R5 enables
you to track all types of fast-moving animals with ease