Photo Plus - UK (2019-09)

The Canon Magazine 105

DSLRs vs MIRRORLESS

FEATURES

There’s very little to choose between the

EOS R and 6D Mk II for noise and

dynamic range

VERDICT

FEATURES

BUILD & HANDLING

IMAGE QUALITY

VALUE

OVERALL

CANON EOS RP £1399/$1299

It’s certainly slim and lightweight for a full-frame camera,

but feels a little lacking in features

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The thinner RP has a smaller

battery and, coupled with the need

to drive an electronic rather than

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slimness and smallness of the body

also makes handling feel a little

awkward with RF lenses, most of

which are comparatively large and

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a handful, in a good way. The RP

also loses the info screen from the

top panel, and many of the direct-

access controls for shooting

parameters that are featured in the

competing DSLR.

Performance

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par with those of the M5 and M50.

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burst rate of 5fps is slower than in

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continuous AF. Autofocus itself is

quick and accurate, but not as fast

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based shooting. The RP can shoot

4K video but, as with the 250D and

M50 APS-Cs, there’s a crop factor

and Dual Pixel AF is unavailable.

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The camera is

supplied with an EF

lens adapter.

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The RP is svelte but

lacks an info display

on the top panel.

03

There are few access

buttons, the camera

relying more on the

Quick menu.

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The 0.39-inch

2360k-dot OLED

viewfinder is the

same as that of the

M50 and M5.

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It matches the 250D,

M50 and 6D Mk II

with its vari-angle

touchscreen.

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image sensor and a

similar set of core

features, the EOS RP is

very much the new mirrorless

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at enthusiast amateur

photographers, and similarly

priced to its DSLR sibling. You’d

expect a mirrorless camera to be

more slimline but, in this case, the

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That’s good news if you like to

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comes with compromises.

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Full-frame Canon DSLR or mirrorless cameras have a distinct advantage over their APS-C

format competitors when you want a shallow depth of field

DEFOCUSED DELIGHTS

hereas APS-C format cameras can boost

your effective telephoto reach, full-frame is

better when you want a tight depth of field.

With no 1.6x crop factor, the ‘actual’ rather than

‘effective’ focal length can result in a much

shallower zone of focus. For example, shooting with

a 50mm lens on an APS-C camera gives a similar

effective focal length as using an 85mm lens on a

full-frame body, but is much more effective for

blurring the background.

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Be more shallow with full-frame APS-C: 50mm f/1.8 FULL-FRAME: 85mm f/1.8