Photo Plus - UK (2020-09)

The Canon Magazine 75

Performance

Okay, let’s deal with the issue

everyone’s talking about right

away: yes, shooting anything above

standard 4K 30p video will cause

the Canon EOS R5 to heat up

internally, thus necessitating

recording limits to prevent

overheating. Shooting 4K 30p,

causes no overheating issues

whatsoever, so you can shoot as

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limitations will be incurred the

more demanding your video

settings. So shooting 4K 60p will

cause the camera to overheat in

about 35 minutes, while shooting

8K 30p will result in overheating in

about 20 minutes – after which you

will need to allow the camera to

cool down before recording again.

If you regularly shoot video

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issue. While it’s unusual for

productions to shoot single

20-minute takes, the overheating

issue is cumulative – so if you shoot

a series of shorter videos, or if you

take a lot of photos, the camera

The ability to

activate HDR PQ

mode enables you

to shoot HEIF files

10-bit images with

quadruple the data

of JPEGs, and with

HDR properties

WHILE THE limitations on recording video

certainly mean that you can’t shoot as freely

as you would like, due to overheating issues

as discussed above, the video capabilities of

the Canon EOS R5 really are remarkable.

If you only film occasionally, or you only

shoot in 4K 30p, you’ll have no problem,

but if you shoot 4K 60p or above then

you’ll need to tread carefully.

However, it’s worth persevering with

because the R5’s 8K video is simply

jaw-dropping, with four times the resolution

of regular 4K footage! Canon Ambassador

Ivan D’Antonio – one of Italy’s most

promising filmmakers, having already picked

up numerous international awards for his

short films, commercials and music videos

• said of the R5 and its 8K video mode:
  “As the R5 captures full-frame uncropped 8K
  video it means then in post you can crop and
  re-frame video, then pan and zoom.” He also
  explained that, “The thing I find really useful
  for video is the ability to change AF
  responsiveness and speed. If you set them
  properly it really does look like you had a
  human puller with.”

PROFESSIONAL MOVIE-MAKING MACHINE

Though 8K is limited to about 20 minutes of filming

(at 23°C / 73.4°F) the results are incredible

CANON EOS R5

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