Canon R5 MKII High ISO Performance -Noisy or Not?

The Canon R5 MKII performance in low light and high ISO -10,000 - 51,200 ISO

Now that DXO PureRaw 4 has support for the Canon R5 MKII, we can fully evaluate its performance in low light and high iso.
Join us as we test the ISO performance from 10,000 ISO up to 51,200 ISO and see how well the camera performs as far as noise, color, and fringing. See if the Dynamic Range is good or not with a full tool suite for our workflow.

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00:00 - Intro
00:30 - Bad Light VS Low Light
03:00 - LR Issues and DXO PureRAW 4
07:30 - Barrow 10K ISO Examples
12:05 - High ISO Evaluation
26:34 - Conclusion
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My name is Scott West and I am a nature and wildlife photographer located in Alaska. I am very lucky to live in a place surrounded by amazing landscapes and even more amazing wildlife.

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[lisabowker]

Great video!
How do you go with high contrast scenes? It’s easier with an entire scene being low light but what about when you have to consider highlights and they are an important part of the image. If preserving the highlights you have to lower your exposure. It’s recovering the shadows that has been a real problem for me. Ends up a mess. I use DXO as well.

[rodrigoshariff]

Great info for those of us thinking about buying this camera. Thanks for sharing.

[yuxhxh]

Great video, are these noise & DR test photos using a mechanical shutter? Or an electronic shutter? tks!

[VABrowneMDPhD]

This is a very useful review in real world conditions. Thanks for dispelling myths. The fall colors are gorgeous!

[christoswart]

Awesome video! It helped a lot with my research... Because I'm about to buy my first "higher end" camera. Thinking of pairing it with the "newish" RF 200-800. What's your thoughts on this, or do you think I should go for a second hand 500mm f4 EF? I'll add more lenses as I go, but for wildlife photography in South Africa I need a big lens first😂, we don't really get close to the big and hungries here... 😂

[ericvaughan]

Great video Scott and real world test. Thank you for pointing out issues with the new faster sensors and how it affects DR performance. It really surprises me how many content creators just bash the R5 II for being worst in IQ over original and a lot of them are Canon shooters. You wouldn't believe how many comments I have seen on other reviews where Nikon shooters said how terrible the R5 II is and what horrible release from Canon. Then went on to say how much better the DR is on Z8 & Z9, it's laughable. I know your pretty much Nikon shooter so I really love how you can still give the R5 II a unbiased review. I guess maybe they just don't get it, all of these camera's made from any manufacture are amazing and they all have things they do better and worst than the competition. There is no perfect camera and never will be, which is fine. But I look at it this way, is it perfect for ME and if I can say yes then that is the best camera for me. But you also mentioned an interesting fact about the Nikon Z8 & Z0 when it got released, how it didn't get the bashing on IQ like Canon did. Can you let me know why do you think content creators do that, especially Nikon shooters? Are they just in such a competition with Canon that they just have to try and tear Canon down every time they come out with a new camera? I don't see Sony shooters doing that nearly as much. I would love to hear your take on that. Again thanks and I can't wait for your next video.

[theflyingdutchman]

hi Scot

what lens did you use on decR5 MK II in this video. The RF 200-800?

[mvp_kryptonite]

Excellent stuff! Great to see the sensor working well!

[camerasutra]

I’ve been saying and showing the same on my channel however, there are many people that still live in denial. The sensor in this camera has come up very long way. Especially being stacked.

[mikebrownhill]

I find Lightroom profiles for most Canon cameras are a bit off - too much contrast and the colours aren't quite right. I get better results by building my own linear profile for each camera and using those. It's more work - sometimes quite a lot more work - to rebuild contrast, exposure and colour, and that's before any creative edits. But the difference is night and day - I have much more control over tone and colour. With the Lightroom profiles, I often have to dial back contrast and saturation, but linear profiles allow me to build the amount I want from a very low base. As for DXO = I would not be without it for noise removal. I don't always like the sharpening results - it can sometimes look a bit "wormy" in areas of detail. If I run across that, I just dial it back and I'm usually very happy. Thanks for the video.

[ricktelesrp]

Man! thanks a lot! your video make take the decision to buy it!

[DerPhiL]

Hi :)! Do you use the DX Plugin for LR before editing the photos?
What clothes you can recommand to lay down into wet ground? :)

[johnclark]

Thank you Scott. A really great and useful video. I live in the North East of England (UK) and while we don't have the stunning scenery you have in Alaska we certainly get our fair share of low and bad light. Really reassuring to see what excellent results you get when high ISO can't be avoided. Thanks again. John Clark

[MichaelAnderson-lk]

What do you use for max iso when doing auto iso?

[cybeliometalbest]

Thank you so much for your work and your very objective opinion on the Canon R5 II. It's always great to hear well-founded points of view, and your video really brings clarity to aspects that spark a lot of debate. I have a question: have you used the paid Neural Network Image Processing Tool in DPP4? No one seems to ever talk about this feature, and I'm wondering why.

[HotGates]

Great video Scott, Is the R5II vs Z9/Z8 on the way?

[jereXIX]

Thanks for this! I’ve been starting to consider getting an editing app and will give this a serious look. Shooting with a R7.

[BibaTheGreat]

Hi, which do you recommend more z8 180 600 or r5 200 800 ? I currently use an em1 mark ii 300 f4. I'm looking for an upgrade..

[JGZphotography]

I own both the R5 and R5ii, and I've noticed that in bright sunlight, using the same settings as you did for ISO 51200, the noise is quite unacceptable in RAW until I apply the AI denoise feature in the newly updated Adobe Camera Raw V. 17. The outcomes were akin to your samples, and I do not use DXO. The final touch-up in Photoshop Beta 26.1 yielded excellent results. However, the results become skewed when using high ISO in low light, as shadow details turn murky, particularly when cropped beyond 60%. Nonetheless, I am quite satisfied with the noise ratio enhancements in the new Canon series. It's worth mentioning that the R3 exhibits less noise due to its lower megapixel density, which allows more light per pixel, thus better countering sensor noise.

[furballphoto]

Yes! I had the same issue with Lightroom as well and am working on switching to another program.