Canon EOS R5 Mark II: Everything You Need to Know!

📸 Today is an incredibly exciting day because Canon has just launched the EOS R5 Mark II! In this video, I react to the official specs and share my thoughts on this highly anticipated camera. Spoiler alert: I just bought the Canon EOS R5 Mark II the moment it was launched!

Canon R5 Mark II

Join me as I dive into the confirmed features and discuss why I decided to upgrade immediately. From the impressive 45MP BSI Stacked Sensor to the new autofocus algorithms, I cover everything you need to know about this camera. Plus, I share my initial impressions and what I’m most excited about.

Features
Completely NEW Canon designed full-frame back-illuminated stacked CMOS 45MP sensor.
Fast sensor read-out speeds allow for up to 30 fps electronic shutter performance.
New focus system upgrades include eye control focus, and the ability to maintain focus on a subject even when obscured briefly.
Capture video and stills simultaneously with no interruption.
Action Priority uses data to interpret the scene and predict the main subject to lock focus on it
in action scenarios.
People Priority Shooting for registering up to 10 people the camera can recognize and
prioritze focus of.
Capture 8K RAW at 59.94/50.00 fps, and can Canon LOG 2.
Features the same 0.5-inch 5.76 million dot OLED EVF found in the EOS R3.
Video Menus now use Cinema EOS terminology.
Three optional battery grips are available to expand your capabilities.

Should you upgrade? Watch the video to find out if the Canon EOS R5 Mark II is worth the investment for your photography and videography needs.

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[robmcd]

I’ve not seen a JG video in years. YouTube must see you as an authority on this topic John for it to recommend it to me . Well done John. I’m probably more interested in the R6iii over the R5ii … my R5 is still so good.

[bobrob]

Another great video, John. As exciting as new gear is, it doesn’t seem like there’s enough there for me to upgrade from my current r5 and r5c setup for what I do. But I will be very interested to hear your thoughts once yours comes in!

[tdurrshoots]

Thanks for the review John! I’m currently looking for my second camera to tag along with my Canon R6.

[GaryHughesOfficial]

Cool breakdown with some interesting points not covered elsewhere. Do you know if it has the old 59:59 limit?

[bobsykes]

Looking forward to your thoughts after you’ve used it for a while in your work. Nothing like the viewpoint of a photographer who puts the dinner on his table with a given tool to know its real strengths and weaknesses. From everything I’ve seen, it’s the new RF lenses that make the whole system interesting.

[janplexy]

Who is here watching but already ordered R5mk2? 😀

[cesarponce]

I have to say your video are very instructive and detailed. I've been subscribe to your channel for over a year and find it very entertaining, I've been using Canon for over 30 years since film was out there. I have the Canon R5 and I have to said that camera is a "WOW" of a camera. I hope You when you get your new R5 II do more videos details of the new features of the camera in still and video. Thank you for your education.

[rickjbradbury]

If it had higher resolution for stills I may of been interested but then at the current silly prices I doubt I would of pulled the trigger.

Will be sticking with my 5DsR and 5D4 bodies for some time yet. Would like something that will shoot 4k video with out MJPEG or a crop but for what I do on YouTube now and again it's just not worth dropping any money at this point.

No doubt it will be a workhorse for many though.

[jackhowdeshell]

Thank you for your overview and look forward to you getting one in your hands. Best part of the announcement for us thrifters is the soon to be flooded used market on the R5's and R3's! 😂

[josephchan]

Thanks for the info on speed on RAW. The camera looks good.

[-piece]

What’s the difference between 1st curtain electronic vs electronic? I shoot 1st curtain electronic in my R5 because it seems faster than mechanical. Is it?

When I compare it to electronic, I noticed that it makes a “shutter” noise and it doesn’t give me the banding I get in electronic. Are they equal in fps?

[whiterock]

Yeah I'm on the fence, being a videographer and photographer it definitely checks off a lot more...but all my photographer buddies are like nope, don't want to spend $4299....now if they had a photo only version for like $2500 it would sell like hotcakes....they just don't want to pay for the video features they'll never use. Though I wish canon would come out with their own XLR adapter for the hotshoe because I have read a lot of bad reviews on that tascam being DOA, or dying a few months in...so just doesn't seem reliable. Where on the Panasonic the XLR1 and now XLR2 adapters are top notch and even support 32-bit on the gh7.

[jaekim]

do you know what DR is with this camera? 16 stops as rumored?

[paigeofstylez]

Blessings. Can you and James Quantz do another collab 🫡

[CloudStrife]

Always upgrade. Every single time. Gear acquisition every single time. Newest things newest shinys now now now.