the Canon EOS R8 Digital Mirrorless Camera's 24.2MP CMOS sensor and DIGIC X image processor! Its expandable ISO range of 100 to 204800 is perfect for any lighting condition - from bright sunlight to low light settings - letting you take breathtaking photos no matter where you go. What’s more – it also records 6K oversampled UHD 4K 60p video, Full HD 1080 180p slow motion playback and supports 10-bit shooting up to 2 hours straight at 29.97fps so your adventure never has stay on pause. With the lightning-fast DIGIC X image processor, you can capture all those moments that slip away in a second! Whether it's 40 fps of continuous shooting or pre-shooting support primed to snap 0.5 seconds before your finger pushes down on the shutter release button - this camera is prepared for any shot at anytime
Lens mount RF mount
Image processor DIGIC X
Compatible lenses RF/RF-S lenses
(EF/EF S lenses with EF-EOS R)
IMAGE SENSOR
Screen size Full frame
Effective pixels (max. approx. megapixels) 24.2
RECORDING MEDIA
Card slot Single slot
SDXC/SDHC/SD (UHS II compatible)
STILL PHOTO RECORDING
Image quality JPEG
JPEG / HEIF / RAW / C-RAW / Dual Pixel RAW
Digital tele-converter Yes
Maximum burst (approx.)1 Electronic 1st curtain
JPEG Large/Fine
1,000 or more
RAW
1,000 or more
Electronic shutter
JPEG Large/Fine
120
RAW
56
MOVIE RECORDING
MP4 recording Yes
Movie recording size 4K UHD (Fine)
Yes (6K-4K) (60p)
Full HD
Yes
Movie cropping 4K UHD
Yes (60p)
Full HD
Yes (60p)
Video compression format
ALL-I
Yes (for time lapse movies)
IPB (Standard) / IPB (Light)
High Frame Rate movies Full HD (180p) / Full HD (120p)
Canon Log Canon Log 3
Yes
HDR PQ
Yes
HDR movies
Yes
Time-lapse movies 4K / Full HD / Retention of settings in case of auto power off before recording
HDMI output for movie footage Yes
Time code Yes
Pre-recording Yes
Built-in microphone Stereo / Audio noise reduction
Headphones Audio monitoring
Yes
Digital zoom Yes
Maximum recording time per recording Normal movies
2 hr.
High Frame Rate 180p
20 min.
High Frame Rate 120p
30 min.
Overheat control (in movie recording) Yes
WHITE BALANCE
Shoot to set white balance Yes
IMAGE CREATION AND IMAGE PROCESSING
Picture Style Yes
Clarity Yes
Auto Lighting Optimizer Yes
Highlight tone priority Yes
Long exposure noise reduction Yes
High ISO speed noise reduction Yes
Lens aberration correction (still photos/movies) Yes
Focus breathing correction (movies) Yes
AUTOFOCUS
AF operation One-Shot AF / AI Focus AF (still photos) /Servo AF / Movie Servo AF
AF area (AF method) Spot AF / 1 point AF / Expand AF area: Above, below, left, right / Expand AF area: Around / Flexible Zone AF 1 , 2 & 3 / Whole area AF
Focusing area 2,3
Full-frame
mode 100
4 Horizontal: approx. 100%, Vertical: approx. 100%
mode 90
Horizontal: approx. 90%, Vertical: approx. 100%
mode 80
Horizontal: approx. 80%, Vertical: approx. 80%
mode 40
Horizontal: approx. 40%, Vertical: approx. 60%
1.6×(cropped) mode 60
Horizontal: approx. 80%, Vertical: approx. 80%
(APS-C) mode 40
Horizontal: approx. 64%, Vertical: approx. 80%
No. of AF areas available for auto selection (max. zones) 1053
Focusing brightness range *Except RF lenses with a Defocus Smoothing (DS) coating Still photos (center AF point, One Shot AF, at room temperature, ISO 100)
EV-6.5 to 21 (using an f/1.2 lens)
Movies (4K, center AF point, One Shot AF, at room temperature, ISO 100, and 29.97 fps)
EV-4.0 to 21 (using an f/1.2 lens)
Movies (Full HD, center AF point, One Shot AF, at room temperature, ISO 100, and 29.97 fps)
EV-4.5 to 21 (using an f/1.2 lens)
Subject detection Auto / People / Animal Dogs, Cats, Birds, Horses / Vehicles Motorsports cars, Motorsports, Motorcycles, Aircraft, Trains / None
Limit subject to detect Yes
Eye detection Yes (Auto) / Right eye / Left eye
Left/right eye detection Yes
Whole area tracking Servo AF Yes
Available AF area modes
Whole area AF mode
Movie Servo AF setting Subject detection AF: Prioritize detection
Yes
Subject detection AF: Restrict detection
Yes
Servo AF characteristics (in still photo shooting) Yes
Orientation-linked AF point Area+pt / Pt only
Yes / Yes
Touch & drag AF settings Yes
Tap to select subject to detect
Yes (supported in all AF areas)
Relative sensitivity
Yes
Electronic full time MF Yes
AF for close up demos Yes
VIEWFINDER
Type Electronic (EVF)
Screen size 0.39 inch
Dot count (approx.) 2.36 million dots
Electronic viewfinder refresh rate (max. fps) 119.88
Coverage (approx. %) 100
Magnification (approx. ×; 50mm lens at ∞∞, 1 dpt) 0.70
Eyepoint (approx. mm) 22
Dioptric adjustment (approx. dpt) -4.0 to +1.0
Brightness adjustment Yes
Fine-tuning colour tone Yes
Display fading/black-out Yes
SCREEN
Dot count (approx.) 1.62 million dots
Screen size 3.0 inch
Brightness adjustment Yes
Angle adjustment Vari-angle
Touch-based menu magnification Yes
DISPLAY SETTINGS (APPLIES TO BOTH VIEWFINDER AND SCREEN)
Display simulation Yes
Optical viewfinder simulation (view assist) Yes
Focal length display / SA variable amount Yes
Recording emphasis Yes
Aspect marker Yes
SHOOTING MODE
Still photo shooting mode A+/Hybrid Auto/Special scene mode/Creative filters/ Fv /P/Tv/Av/M/B/C1/C2
In Special scene modes Panoramic shot
Yes
Movie recording mode A+/Special scene mode (HDR movie)/Creative filters/P/Tv/Av/M/C1/C2
EXPOSURE CONTROL
ISO speed (still photos) Normal
100 to 102400
ISO expansion (max. ISO equivalent)
L: 50, H: 204800
ISO speed (normal movies) Normal
4K
100 to 25600
Other than above
100 to 25600
Expansion for faster speeds (max. ISO equivalent)
4K 60p
H: 51200
Other than above
H: 102400
Metering brightness range Still photos (at room temperature, ISO 100)
EV-3 to 20
Movies (at room temperature, ISO 100)
EV-1 to 20
Anti-flicker shooting (in still photo shooting) Yes
High-frequency anti flicker shooting (in still photo shooting/movie recording) Yes
False colour (in movie recording) Yes
Zebra display (in movie recording) Yes
SHUTTER
Shutter mode Mechanical shutter
―
Electronic 1st-curtain
Yes
Electronic shutter
Yes
Shutter speed (sec.) Mechanical shutter
―
Electronic 1st-curtain
1/4000-30
Electronic shutter
High speed continuous shooting +
1/8000-30
Other than above
1/16000-30
X-sync speed (sec.) Mechanical shutter
―
Electronic 1st-curtain
X-sync at 1/200 sec.
Electronic shutter
―
Durability 100,000 cycles (with electronic 1st curtain)
Silent shutter function Yes
Shutter at shutdown Open
MULTIPLE-EXPOSURE SHOOTING
Multiple-exposure shooting Yes
Images to merge JPEG (Large Fine, Large Normal)
HDR SHOOTING
HDR mode (still photos) Dynamic range / Moving subjects / Setting simultaneously with HDR PQ
FOCUS BRACKETING
Focus bracketing Yes
In-camera depth compositing / Cropped depth compositing Yes
RAW BURST MODE
RAW burst mode Yes
IMAGE STABILIZATION (IS MODE)
Compatible with lens optical IS Yes
Camera in-body IS ―
Coordinated control ―
Movie digital IS Yes
DRIVE
Continuous shooting speed (max. approx. shots/sec.) High speed continuous shooting +
Mechanical shutter
―
Electronic 1st-curtain
6
Electronic shutter
40
High-speed continuous shooting
Mechanical shutter
―
Electronic 1st-curtain
6
Electronic shutter
20
Low speed continuous shooting
Mechanical shutter
―
Electronic 1st-curtain
3
Electronic shutter
5
High-speed display Yes
TIMER SHOOTING
Timer shooting Bulb timer / Interval timer / Movie self-timer
FLASH
External flash E-TTL balance / Evaluative (Face Priority) / Continuous flash control / Continuous shooting priority mode (CSP) / Speedlite menu direct button / Quick flash group control
PLAYBACK
View from last seen Yes
Erasure of all continuous images Yes
IMAGE PROCESSING AFTER SHOOTING
RAW image processing Yes
RAW image processing of RAW burst images Yes
Cloud RAW image processing Yes
HEIF-JPEG conversion Yes
Batch conversion Yes
Playback creative filters Yes
Creative Assist Yes
Frame grab from 4K movies Yes
QUICK CONTROL FUNCTION
Feature guide Yes
Quick Control screen Conventional setting screen
Yes
Print order (DPOF) Yes
Photobook Set-up Yes
CUSTOMISATION
Quick Control customisation Yes
Button/dial customisation Yes
APPEARANCE AND CAMERA CONTROLS
Still photo shooting/movie recording switch Yes
Multi-function lock Yes
Multi-function button Yes
Cross keys Yes
Main dial Yes
Quick control dial 1 Yes
EXTERNAL INTERFACE
Digital terminal USB Type-C
HDMI output terminal Type D
External microphone input terminal Yes
Headphone terminal Yes
Remote control terminal E3
Multi-function shoe Yes
POWER SOURCE
Battery pack LP-E17
Battery information Yes
USB power support Charging
Yes
Powering the camera
Yes
AC power source AC-E6N / DR E18
Number of available shots (approx., with power saving, at 23℃℃/73°F) Viewfinder
290 5
Screen
370 5
Power saving Yes
Screen dimmer Yes
Overheating warning Yes (icon / indicator)
COMMUNICATION FUNCTIONS
Standards Bluetooth
Ver. 4.2
USB
Equivalent to SuperSpeed Plus USB (USB 3.2 Gen 2)
Built-in Wi Fi (wireless LAN) Equivalent to IEEE 802.11b/g/n
WPA3-Personal support Yes
Remote control shooting with BR E1 (Bluetooth connection) Yes
Support in all drive modes
Yes
Start/stop movie recording during still photo shooting
Yes
Reduce/magnify with Movie digital zoom
Yes
Video calls/streaming (USB connection) Yes
EOS Utility (wireless LAN/USB connection) Yes
Camera Connect USB connection
Yes
Wireless LAN connection
Yes
Saving firmware upgrade files to a card
Yes
image.canon/Canon Photo Upload Service (wireless LAN connection) Yes
DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT
Dimensions (approx. width×height ×depth, based on CIPA standards) 132.5×86.1 ×70.0mm
Weight (approx., including battery and card) 461g
