Canon EOS R Review — Is it Still Usable?

Discover if the Canon EOS R is still a usable camera nowadays! This review explores its capabilities for YouTubers and video creators, revealing key features and performance insights.

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[mostfrequencies]

the touch bar is not useless, when using a gimbal you can adjust your iso on the fly without having to turn any dials on the camera, with the gimbal on. It's amazing for that purpose alone.

[arjunsapkota]

I still use my EOS R with Canon 24-70 f2.8 and Samyang 85mm f1.4. I can't complain about anything. It's a professional camera, that produces amazing results. If only it had a dual card slot :)

[kaizen]

Still shooting the EOS R I bought back in 2019. Mostly landscapes from a tripod. Does a fantastic job.

[MagnitudeReviews]

Earlier this week on canon's website for just like a 24hr window, they put up new refurbished models of the Canon R body for only $899 and it included a free battery grip (which retails for $250). I was one of those people who snatched it up.

My current camera body is the RP so I grabbed the R as an upgrade cuz that price is irresistible. Tho I do plan on making the R a backup body of mine when I get enough funds to purchase the new Canon R6 Mark II, which I'll probably purchase sometime in the next 6 months or so.

[inSurfersParadise]

I bought the R6 as a long overdue upgrade from the 5D mk II. It promised a world of improvement. It was sensational for stills and a world of frustration for video. I wasted a solid six months trying to understand its logic, its foibles, it’s "can do this but not that" compromises. It became a hot mess of frustration, too many buttons, too much second guessing, too much camera overriding, getting in the way, undermining my choices. I sold it. Bought a cinema camera, it’s a dream to film with. I rarely have wasted footage now. Still use the 5D2 for photographs, it’s still great.

But there were things I loved about the R6. 
Shooting stills from the waste using the flipped out touch screen is a magic style of shooting portraits with all sorts of benefits. It created a defining look to my shots. EF and RF lenses, cool. Low light legend. Same batteries, bonus. The focusing options. Yeah, I miss those.

And things I truly disliked about the R6. The IBIS, destroyed more footage than it saved (and you can’t just use a stabilised lens with the IBIS off @#$%^!!!!). Almost the same megapixel sized sensor. The crazy layout and amount of buttons with baffling user logic. The micro HDMI port. Screen too small for filming. Frustrating menus for filming. Trying to do everything with an OS that feels like DOS. The R6 is a genius camera with multiple personality disorder.

The EOS R appears to have everything I loved about the R6 and nothing that I disliked. A primary photography camera with 20 years ahead of it. Handy, quality video back up. Massive array of legacy lenses before it. And an old price.

[speecher]

I've had my R for 3 to 4 years now, exclusively for photography, which it handles more than capably. Lack of IBIS has never resulted in not capturing a photo I wanted, made even easier now that I've added two RF lenses to my collection (24-70mm f/2.8, and 70-200mm f/2.8). I don't hate the touch bar, but wouldn't miss it either (left tap - eye detect on/off, right tap - histogram on/off, center - focus mode). It did fall off a mountain trail with me. I ended somewhat scratched up, but no harm to the body of the camera, so no complaints about body build.

[JakeFosmirePhoto]

I always loved this camera. If it weren't for the lack of dual card slots it would be such a good professional choice. The sensor is gorgeous and the autofocus is totally adequate.

[auxmike]

I bought the R for 899USD on the canon USA site refurbished during a Christmas sale!
They included the battery grip and a canon camera bag, too!

[sentoneYYC]

Touch Bar for me is standard ISO, extremely useful. Is close to the thumbs resting position so if you need to change the Iso on the fly it takes no time.

[donaldmartin]

very nice to see a honest person, not these sales person pushing negative information. The canon eos r5 has a overheating issue and the newer equipped with internal fan.

[Pholiant]

Thank you for the video. Adding from my end. The touch panel is not fully useless. I set it up to adjust ISO with sliding, left touch - auto ISO, right touch - 100 ISO (I mostly shoot with it, but people who e.g. shoot with 400 ISO, can set it there). This brought flexibility when light conditions change, I immediately switch between my preferred sensibility and automatic to keep the shutter speed and aperture. Of course, I use the lock function for the sensor panel not to touch it unintentionally by mistake

[ohLyln]

Dude I cannot believe you are under 1k subs. the quality of this video, in content and production is amazing. Keep it up!

[stephenweltonppc]

Bought a new EOS R in January 2023. Had it out on a rainy day, took it apart back in the car (removed the lens, opened the compartments and removed battery and SD card), to make sure there was no water anywhere. Just had to wipe a couple of drops off the lens barrel. It was working fine the next day. Couple days later, got Error Code 001 and had to send it to Canon for repair. Heard nothing for 3 weeks, then they said there was moisture damage, not covered by warranty, and it would cost a little over $800 to fix. That's $1000 after shipping and taxes. Supposedly, I'll get it back sometime later this week or next, over 2 months after sending it in. Can't say I'm impressed by the weather sealing or Canon service.

[garydeverson]

Also excellent for Architectural Photography because of the excellent sensor and not forgetting that Tilt Shift lenses are manual, so why pay for better auto focus

[zencollectiongallery]

This review so make sense, every single points you mentioned are so true.For the reels, Videos for smartphone R6, R5 produce too much big size files.I can go R5 financially but I would like to keep R because the file size and my main works are for FB, Instagram contents normally so

[ronrotunno]

I use this camera for astrophotography (modded) and it’s an absolute steal in 2023 for that purpose.

[jansteinke]

A awesome video, helped me a lot to make my decision :)

[lionelchanis]

I have a EOS R6 and the EOS R is still my work horse camera for photography till this very day becuz of it's 30 megapixel.

[kevinbatts]

The EOSR is still a beast of a camera for the money. You can find these used under 1k. It is an even better photo camera as well. I just sold mind mainly because I needed 10bit otherwise it was perfect for professional work as a C Camera or hybrid.