Canon EOS R8 Mirrorless Camera Body

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Canon EOS R8 Mirrorless Camera Body

  • Canon EOS R8 Mirrorless Camera Body
  • Camera Cover R-F-5
  • Strap ER-EOSR8
  • Battery Charger LC-E17
  • Battery Pack LP-E17
  • Battery Pack Cover
  • Shoe Cover
  • Printed Materials

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Canon EOS R8 Mirrorless Camera Body

The EOS R8 camera combines high-performance full-frame capabilities with a lightweight and compact design for creators ready to step up their content creation. With a 24.2 megapixel full-frame CMOS image sensor, RF mount allowing access to various creative lenses, and powerful stills and video functionality, the EOS R8 camera helps you capture stunning imagery to empower your creative vision.

24.2 Megapixel Full-Frame CMOS Sensor

The EOS R8 camera captures stunning, detailed images with speed and accuracy, even in low light, due to the Canon-developed 24.2-million-pixel CMOS image sensor and DIGIC X Image Processor. The full-frame sensor allows for improved resolution at low ISO speeds and low noise at high ISO speeds, the wide dynamic range of still pictures, and significant improvement in rolling shutter compared to previous Canon cameras when shooting fast-moving subjects and quick panning.

In-Camera Compositing

With its built-in image processing, the EOS R8 camera provides in-camera compositing including Moving Subject HDR, Depth Compositing, Panoramic Shot, HDR Night Scene, and HDR Backlight control so you can capture creative imagery that is challenging with conventional single-shot techniques.

High-Speed, High-Precision Autofocus

Dual Pixel CMOS AF II is a highly responsive system that covers up to approximately 100% x 100% of the picture area, breaking the image into up to 1,053 automatically-selected AF zones during Whole Area AF. This enables outstanding AF coverage on the EOS R8 camera, and the compositional freedom to focus sharply on a subject nearly anywhere in the frame.

Accurate Subject Detection and Tracking 

Developed using Deep Learning Technology, horses, trains, and airplanes are detectable, in addition to conventional subjects like people, animals including dogs, cats and birds, and vehicles — cars and motorcycles — especially in a motorsports environment. For more ease of use, Auto mode is now available, in which the camera automatically selects the type of subject without the need to switch the Subject Detection setting in the menu. The EOS R8 camera will continue to track the movement and continuously focus on the subject. 

Head, Face, and Eye Detection

The EOS R8 camera can locate and focus upon a person’s head, face, or eye when the Subject Detection menu is set to People. This allows for more ease of use, fast acquisition of your subject, and improvements to accuracy when capturing videos or still images, even in difficult shooting situations where many cameras may struggle to detect a subject. Additional control is now available for detecting the subject’s left or right eye – which can be also programmed to a Custom Button making it easy to focus on the preferred eye in the moment.

Animal Detection 

Effectively track the whole body, face, or eye of cats, dogs, birds, and now horses, for speed and precision — regardless of the animal’s size, posture, or orientation of the face.

Ample Features for Video Creators

With video recording features such as 6K oversampled uncropped 4K movie at up to 60 fps, Full-HD High-frame rate movie recording at up to 180 fps, and Dual Pixel CMOS AF tracking, the EOS R8 camera makes it easy to step up your video content.

Continuous Movie Recording That Exceeds 30 Minutes

The EOS R8 camera can continuously record 4K UHD or Full HD video for up to 2 hours at 29.97 fps, allowing you to set up your video and keep your project rolling without worrying about it stopping.

HDR PQ / Canon Log 3

Though the EOS R8 camera can record impressive video straight out of camera, content creators looking to take the next step in their imaging journey have the choice of two powerful video recording options in HDR PQ or Canon Log 3 video recording. With HDR PQ recording a 10bit color file is recorded that does not require additional editing, this 10bit HDR file is compatible with HDR displays such as TVs, monitors and smartphones which display your video with even more color accuracy and dynamic range than standard displays. For creators who like to edit their video files, Canon Log 3 is available, creating a 10bit log file which allows for powerful recovery of highlights and shadows as well as creative color grading capability.

Vertical Movie Mode and Aspect Markers

Movie rotation information can be set during or after movie recording, allowing videos to be played in vertical composition when viewing on a smartphone. The Aspect Markers Function displays visual markers for different aspect ratios that may be desired for posting the same file to various social media sites. This display provides consideration for proper composition for the different deliverable files that can be created when editing.

Movie Digital IS 

Record stable videos efficiently with minimum equipment, even when shooting handheld, with Movie Digital IS 5-axis image stabilization6. Camera-shake vibrations are reduced even more through coordinated control of Movie Digital IS when using a RF lens featuring optical image stabilization.

UVC Livestreaming

UVC/UAC compatibility allows the EOS R8 camera to be used as a web camera to stream live video in Full HD, without additional computer software, to applications such as Zoom™, Microsoft Teams™, Skype™, and similar video conferencing software. Thanks to the full-frame image sensor, you’ll be able to have versatility in your exposure, as well as strong background separation when using bright aperture lenses for video conferencing, or live streaming content.

Focus

Focus TypeAuto and Manual Focus

Imaging

Sensor Resolution24.2 Megapixels
Lens MountCanon EOS RF
Image StabilizationYes
Sensor TypeCMOS
Camera FormatFull Frame
Sensor SizeFullFrame

Exposure Control

Shutter SpeedElectronic 1st-curtain shutter: 1/4000th sec – 30 seconds, in 1/3 or ½-step increments Electronic shutter: 1/8000th sec – 30 seconds, in 1/3 or ½-step increments (1/16,000th possible, if user-set in Tv or M shooting modes)
Exposure CompensationUser-set : ±3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments, AEB: ±3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
Metering RangeStill Photo Shooting: EV -3 – 20 (at 73°F/23°C, ISO 100), Movie Recording: EV –1 to 20
Interval RecordingInterval 2 sec – 99:59:59; Number of frames 2–3,600; Movie recording size 4K/Full HD; Auto exposure fixed @ first frame/auto for each frame; Beep per frame recorded (volume setting 0/silent – 5)
Self TimerYes
Metering MethodReal-time metering from CMOS image sensor (384 [24x16] metering zones) (1) Evaluative metering (AF point-linked) (2) Partial metering (approx. 5.9% of the area at the center of the screen) (3) Spot metering (approx. 3.0% of the area at the center of the screen) (4) Center-weighted average metering
Exposure Modes(1) Scene Intelligent Auto (2) Hybrid Auto (3) Special Scenes (4) Creative Filters (5) Flexible-priority AE (6) Program AE (7) Shutter-priority AE (8) Aperture-priority AE (9) Manual Exposure (10) Bulb Exposure (11) Custom Shooting Modes C1, C2, C3
Continuous ShootingHigh-speed Continuous Shooting +: One-Shot AF /Servo AF -Electronic 1st curtain: 6.0, Electronic Shutter:40 High-speed Continuous Shooting: One-Shot AF /Servo AF -Electronic 1st curtain: 6.0, Electronic Shutter:20 Low-speed Continuous Shooting: One-Shot AF /Servo AF -Electronic 1st curtain: 3.0, Electronic Shutter: 5.0 Self-timer: 10 sec.: Yes (Both Electronic 1st curtain & Electronic Shutter) 2 sec.: Yes (Both Electronic 1st curtain & Electronic Shutter) Continuous shooting: Yes (Both Electronic 1st curtain & Electronic Shutter)

Video

Live StreamingYes, features UVC/UAC compatibility

Viewfinder

Viewfinder Eye PointApprox. 22 mm (at –1 m-1 from eyepiece lens end)
Viewfinder typeElectronic
Viewfinder Coverage100%
Viewfinder MagnificationApprox. 0.70× / 33.0° (3:2 aspect ratio, with 50mm lens at infinity, –1 m–1)
Viewfinder Size0.39-inch, approx. 2.36 million dots

Flash

Flash Connection
  • Hot Shoe
  • Wireless

Interface

WirelessBluetooth/Wi-Fi
Memory Card SlotSD

Physical

BatteryCanon LP-E17 battery pack With the AC Adapter AC-E6N + DC Coupler DR-E18, AC power is possible (AC Adapter Kit ACK-E18 can also be used. USB Power Adapter PD-E1 supports in-camera charging of Battery Pack LP-E17 when the camera is turned off and can supply power when the camera is turned on.
SeriesEOS
ColorBlack
Mount Type1/4"-20 Female

Miscellaneous

Lens IncludedBody Only

Features

Camera Features
  • Touch Screen
  • Wifi

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