DPReview TV: Canon EOS RP Review

The EOS RP is Canon's second full frame mirrorless camera, built around the new RF mount, and comes with an aggressive launch price of $1300. While there are some inevitable compromises to be made at this cost, Chris and Jordan discovered that there's a lot to like about this pint-sized full-framer.

Special thanks to The Rec Room

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[frankluo]

I have to say, after so many rants and negativities around EOS RP, you guys have done a fantastic job in giving non biased review. Thumbs up. Long time Nikon shooter I feel that's what Nikon needed the most to enlarge Z mount user base, not the Noct not the 1.2S line. A simplified Z6 with same sensor, crippled video specs, less weather sealing and a bit slower frame rate at high speed continuous, hopefully same battery, 24-70s combo for under $2000 and $1400 for the body alone.

[johnbhome]

Thank you for an excellent review. I just received my RP yesterday. I tried just just about all my lenses on this camera. They all worked fine including the 2 EF-S lenses I use on my 80D. The only problem I had was with my Sigma 50mm 1.4. It showed circles in the images I took. Today I will try this lens again turning off all lens corrections and hopefully those circles disappear. I read that the R had this same problem and turning off the pherifical on third party lenses solved it. Putting it another way I will upgrade to a few of the RF lenses but I am in no hurry. I know this camera has warts but they are warts I am willing to live with. Every camera has. There is no holy grail system out there. Full frame goodness in a light weight camera with excellent ergonomics for $1299.00 that can use existing glass with great results was just the ticket for me on my fixed income. I just turned 65 years young today with my first film camera being a MInolta X7. I've been around awhile. I am not sure who the marketing of this camera is for but it certainly ticked all my boxes and I have bought it. While everyone else out there is searching for their holy grail I will be happily out working my craft. Keep on keeping

[Yee]

@4:21 I like how DP Review has put up D750 and A7II as a comparison of ISO performance. I mean D750 and A7ii were released back in 2014 but somehow D750 still performs much better than either of Canon's full frame mirrorless cameras.

[jlofthou]

Really had me wondering if I've been saying "EOS" wrong all these years but fantastic video with really useful information. Greatly appreciate all the work put into it.

[georges]

Long time EOS M user here. Had a combination of an M3 and M6 and was shooting with both. At some point, the M3 just died on me and at first I was looking to replace it with an M50 II, but then I saw on the vendor's website that a brand new RP including the RF 50mm 1.8 lens was only about 900$, which somewhat stunned me. Full-frame with a great prime lens for noticeably less than a grand and no need to change my battery packs? Almost sounded too good to be true, but I took a leap of faith and ordered it. Best decision ever!

The camera and lens work really well together and even wide open, I get perfectly sharp and detailed pictures combined with a quick autofocus. The eye-tracking feature is also absolutely massive for me as a portrait photographer and although it isn't always perfectly on point, it still focuses on people much better than my M6 with a 32mm 1.4 ever did. Not to mention the superb low-light performance, especially when you switch from an APS-C to a full-frame.

All in all, this is the best camera to buy in terms of price-to-performance ratio and if you want to transit from APS-C to full-frame over time. I am in love with mine and cannot wait to see where this full-frame journey takes me.

Thank you for a great review.

[joshwozny]

I'm shooting on a Sony A6000 and I've been wanting to jump to full frame, so I've been looking at the A7III - but as a former Canon shooter, the price point on this was so tempting. I'm glad I watched this and discovered that it's basically a full frame Rebel.

[delarageaz]

What i really don't understand is, why is Canon making cheap cameras for amateur and beginners but the entire line up of lenses for it are incredibly expensive, very good but very expensive. If there is one thing i learned from selling cameras for 2 and half years now is that beginners and amateurs don't want to spend their money on lenses, even if you tell them that lenses are doing most of the work...

[chenigen]

Best review of the RP so far! I've really been on the fence about it. Thank you!

[MrNoipe]

Chris mentioned that you can't push or pull JPEGs. Sure you can, have you tried it in Lightroom? Works surprisingly well. Not as good as raw, but better than you would expect.

[guij]

you guys have the best review channel and are best reviewers, ,, dp review should be very very very happy to have you on board ...

[meikmeurer]

One of your best reviews ever! Can be you did not notice yourself, but when you do indoor footage for video we as your audiance can see how a camera is doing in low light. Most video footage you normally do is outdoors with only very short tests in low light…. But also the step by step topics in this review are just right to follow and get a well rounded impression. So thanks a lot and keep up the good work…. :-)

[Bloggerky]

Well done. As with so many new mirrorless offerings, the questions of "what are the lenses now" and "how much does a system cost by the time I buy glass" are central. Thanks.

[YuhasLol]

Great review. The video and stills coming from the RP look really crisp. This will make for a great travel photography camera. $1300 for a FF camera with great ergonomics and a flip out screen? Can't beat that!

[Kamukix]

Quick comment on the "dynamic range issue" with the Canon RP, while the camera definitely does NOT have the ability to do the awesome ISO invariant kinda tweaking of some of my other bodies (Nikon D810, Fujifilm X-T3, etc, etc, etc)...it can still capture a very solid amount of dynamic range in a single image and it's not hurting me I just have to (as usual) know what I'm doing and prioritize what's most important in the photo like I would for the others so I'm not always shooting to push shadows by 3-5 stops.

Also if you're shooting landscape work then it's not a problem at all to just shoot bracketed exposures which the RP does just fine haha. (also it has Focus bracketing which is pretty cool though I haven't spent real time with it just yet)

The current sale price had me totally rethink whether or not I'd ever try one out, and I just received it this past weekend for $999 with the kit lens (that I'll sell immediately off as soon as I know the camera won't have a problems in the 30 day return window) even though I'll not use that lens for more than making sure the camera works properly then I put it back in the box as I don't like it much. Selling that lens off makes the already body only deal of $899 even more insane at about $780...it's a crazy deal.

I took it out into the field for the first time this weekend to run it through it's paces, and after setting the camera up for portrait work the night before...I almost completely forgot that it was a new camera I was using at all. The results were excellent, and the camera performed very very well the entire day of shooting. I shot roughly 712 photos (incl. bursts) and went through 1.5 batteries though I purchased and charge enough to have 4 batteries if needed.

Other than wishing I had a better eyecup on this thing (looking for a replacement), I gotta say that I'm very very happy with it's performance. I used the Canon 100mm f/2, Tamron 45mm f/1.8, Canon RF 35mm, and the Canon 24-105mm STM this weekend all without problems. It was nice being to use the 100mm f/2 without a thought to the autofocus because the EyeAF worked amazingly(!) well enough that I didn't have to move the focus point ONCE during the entire day. My other cameras are a lot faster (well the Fuji bodies and older Nikon bodies anyway...not the D810 by that much) and yes the RAW files are better to dramatically underexpose with, but this little RP is earning it's keep it seems. I think it just might be time to decide to just keep the thing and sell that kit lens early so I can't back out haha.

I expected a train wreck of a camera and to send it back within 2 or 3 days, but that was not what happened at all.

[MartianCitizen]

I love seeing you guys work and do your stuff....balanced, honest, and pull no punches review....I own the canon ae1, for memories only. The t5i, still going strong with the wife. And finally, i own the xt2. It's so disappointing when canon constantly pulls features for purposes of market targeting for their perceived and specific customer base. Which appears to be dwindling per their own ceo's admission. However, what great hooks they have in their products. dpaf, canon color, touchy flippy screen, great menu system, awesome L glass, durable bodies ( even the plastic ones ). When you examine their marketing logic it makes perfect sense. Provide the basics, plant the hook in new fish, and, theoretically of course, you have a customer for life. It's great when it works. At the same time, as photographers improves their skill set, individuals begin to want more. And this is where canon begins to fall flat. The problem is, this is also the smallest target audience, pro-sumers, and professionals begin to dwindle in numbers. Canon caters to beginners, mid-range, and eventually the pros. Don't get me wrong, canon has great pro equipment, but it always appears as of late to be lagging behind the competition in improved features. Even their beginner products are showing this. Although I will never know the thinking of the inner sanctum of canon, it does leave us, the former canon hopeful, formulating our own conspiracy theories.
As always, keep up the good work and keep em flying....
Now where did i park that saucer...hmmmm.

[Yankeededandy]

I fit the picture as target customer for the RP: Amateur, had a 6D before and some 2.8 EF zoom lenses from Tamron. Why I switched? Because the RP is way easier to operate than any other full frame camera I know. I finally kicked the automatic modes and shoot in manual only. The two dials make it possible to change aperture and exposure while looking through the EVF. The touchscreen is flipped out and with my left thumb I move the focus points around at the same time. THAT's the real advantage of the RP compared to other cameras (and the 6D). On a down side: The missing weather sealing might be an issue, since I travel a lot. That's going to be a risk. The dynamic range didn't prove to be a major issue so far, bringing out shadows in raw files turned out more than decent and not worse, than with the 6D. One warning though: If you're using 3rd party EF lenses with the adapter, test the compatibility first. I had an older Tamron 70-200 F2.8 where the autofocus didn't work. With newer glass, no issue though.

[kentmemories]

thanks for very useful review.. Seems competitors are still ahead in many departments

[MariNate]

The m50 is the best canon camera considering price and ability. 600 for essentially the same features as this camera. Of course you have better lowlight performance, but no 24fps is enough to pass alone.

[JonathanBarrow]

Im going to love Camera Conspiracies comments on how Jordan crapped on the camera and his lack of enthusiasm

[Constantinos_Pournaras]

The eos rp is awsome for its price. I use this camera proffesionaly with adapter for ef lenses and it works like native. Also i use native rf lenses.