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SUPERTEST

FEATURES

Dynamic range is a little more

impressive than from the EOS R, but

noise figures are slightly worse

VERDICT

FEATURES

BUILD & HANDLING

PERFORMANCE

VALUE

OVERALL

RF LENSES

Pick the right tools for your full-frame

mirrorless job

lthough the range of Canon

Mount Adapter EF-EOS R

converters are very good, they

do add extra size and weight to a

full-frame mirrorless body and lens

combination. That can seem rather

counter-productive when one of the

main strengths of a mirrorless system

is downsizing. Thankfully, there’s a

growing range of excellent native RF

mount lenses to choose from.

The natural first choice for most of

us is the highly versatile and

reasonably compact RF 24-105mm

f/4L IS USM standard zoom. The

top-drawer RF 28-70mm f/2L USM

combines spectacular performance

with an aperture that’s two f/stops

faster, but it’s comparatively

enormous, twice the weight and three

times the price. The superfast RF

50mm f/1.2L USM and RF 85mm

f/1.2L USM are also big and pricey. We

really like the compact RF 35mm f/1.8

Macro IS STM, which is great for

everything from landscapes and

architectural shooting to street

photography and close-ups. It’s also

well priced, as is the RF 24-240mm

f/4-6.3 IS USM superzoom.

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control lever on the back panel is

great for shifting the active AF area

around the frame. Crucially, the 5D

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slots, so you can create instant

backups as you shoot.

Dual Pixel AF enables excellent

autofocus performance in both

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lacks the EOS R’s additional

eye-detection mode. Naturally, you

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DSLR with the rear screen. There’s

a problem here in that the rear

screen has no vari-angle or tilt

facility, so the EOS R wins out for

shooting stills from tricky angles,

and for shooting movies. Speaking

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Dual Pixel AF in 4K capture.

Performance

For action sports and wildlife,

where you need to track fast,

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generally give you a better hit rate

than the EOS R. For outright image

quality, there’s practically nothing

to choose between the two

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image processor being two

generations older.

01

The viewfinder gives

full 100 per cent

frame coverage.

02

The top panel has a

large info display and

a row of direct-

access buttons.

03

A regular shooting

mode dial enables

quick access to

user-defined setups.

04

There are dual

CompactFlash

and SecureDigital

card slots.

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The 3.2-inch,

1620k-dot

touchscreen is

highly detailed.

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has a 30.4Mp image sensor

that generates higher-

resolution images than the bulky

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50.6Mp 5DS and 5DS R.

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than its mirrorless EOS R

counterpart, and 230g heavier, but

it packs in some handy extras. For

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61-point autofocus system is

competent at tracking fast and

erratically moving objects. A

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CANON EOS

5D MK IV £2499/$2799

For performance and versatility, this is the best DSLR

in Canon’s current range