EOS R8 Overview

Digital interchangeable lens, mirrorless camera

DIGIC X

(One) SD card slot
• Compatible with UHS-II
• Eye-Fi cards and Multimedia cards (MMC) are not supported.

Canon RF lens group (including RF-S lenses)
When using Mount Adapter EF-EOS R: Canon EF or EF-S lenses (excluding EF-M lenses)

Canon RF mount

Full-frame CMOS sensor (compatible with Dual Pixel CMOS AF)

Approx. 24.2 megapixels

Approx. 36.0 x 24.0 mm

Approx. 6.00 μm square

Approx. 25.6 megapixels

3:2 (Horizontal: Vertical)

RGB primary color filters

Installed in front of the image sensor, non-detachable

(1) Self Cleaning Sensor Unit
Removes dust adhering to the low-pass filter.
• Auto cleaning: At power off / Enable / Disable
* Automatically performs the sensor cleaning during Power OFF/ON.
• Clean now
* Performs cleaning immediately. After the cleaning ends, the camera automatically restarts (Power OFF to ON).
(2) Dust Delete Data acquisition and appending
• The coordinates of the dust adhering to the low-pass filter are detected by a test shot and appended to subsequent images.
• The dust coordinate data appended to the image is used by the EOS software to automatically erase the dust spots.
• Not available with RF-S/EF-S lenses, in cropped shooting, during focus bracket shooting, in RAW burst mode, multiple-exposure shooting, or HDR mode, or when Multi Shot Noise Reduction or the interval timor or digital tele-converter is set.
(3) Manual cleaning (by hand) not supported

Compliant to Design rule for Camera File system 2.0 and Exif 2.31*
*Supports time difference information in Exif 2.31

JPEG (.JPG), HEIF (.HIF), RAW, C-RAW, Dual Pixel RAW, RAW burst (.CR3)
Movies: ALL-I (Time-lapse video only), IPB (.MP4)

The following file numbers can be set:
1. File numbering methods
a. Continuous numbering
i. The numbering of captured images continues even after you replace the card.
b. Auto reset
i. When you replace the card, the numbering will be reset to start from 0001. If the new SD card already contains images, the numbering will continue from the last recorded image in the card.
2. Manual reset
a. Resets the file number to 0001, and creates a new folder automatically.
* When manually resetting the file number, folders can also be renamed.

Simultaneous recording of any combination of RAW/C-RAW and JPEG/HEIF image-recording quality is supported.

Selectable between sRGB and Adobe RGB

(1) Auto
(2) Standard
(3) Portrait
(4) Landscape
(5) Fine Detail
(6) Neutral
(7) Faithful
(8) Monochrome
(9) User Defined 1–3
• In Scene Intelligent Auto, [Auto] will be set automatically.
• [Standard] is the default setting for [User Def. 1–3].

(1) Auto (Ambience priority/White priority)
(2) Daylight
(3) Shade
(4) Cloudy*1
(5) Tungsten light
(6) White fluorescent light
(7) Flash
(8) Custom (Custom WB)
(9) Color temperature*2
*1: Effective also in twilight and sunset.
*2: With an EX / EL-series Speedlite having the color temperature information transmission feature, the color temperature setting changes to match the color temperature when the flash is fired. Set to approx. 6000 K if the flash unit does not have the color temperature communication feature.

Option between ambience priority and white priority settings, using SET button

Blue/amber bias: ±9 levels
Magenta/green bias: ±9 levels
• Shifted from the color temperatue of the current WB mode.
• Blue/amber and magenta/green shift can be set at the same time.
WB Bracketing available, up to ±3 levels Blue/amber or magenta/green, via Quick Control Dial

OLED color electronic viewfinder; 0.39-inch, approx. 2.36 million dots

Approx. 100% (at JPEG Large image quality, 3:2 aspect ratio, approx. 22 mm eyepoint)

Approx. 0.70× / 33.0° (3:2 aspect ratio, with 50mm lens at infinity, –1 m–1)

Approx. 22 mm (at –1 m-1 from eyepiece lens end)

Approx. –4.0 to +1.0 m-1 (dpt)

(1) Maximum burst
(2) Possible shots/Sec. until self-timer shoots
(3) Focus Bracketing/ Multiple-exposure/HDR shooting/Multi Shot Noise Reduction/Bulb time/Interval timer
(4) Shooting mode
(5) AF method
(6) AF operation
(7) Image quality
(8) Card
(9) Drive mode
(10) Metering mode
(11) No. of remaining shots for focus braketing, multiple exposures, or interval timer
(12) Electronic level
(13) Movie recording time available
(14) Battery level
(15) Image Stabilizer (IS mode)
(16) Histogram (Brightness/RGB)
(17) Quick Control button
(18) Anti-flicker shooting
(19) White balance/White balance correction
(20) Picture style
(21) Auto Lighting Optimizer
(22) Still photo cropping / Aspect ratio
(23) AF point (1-point AF)
(24) AEB/FEB
(25) View Assist
(26) HDR PQ
(27) Flash ready / FE lock / High-speed sync
(28) Electronic shutter
(29) Touch shutter / Create folder
(30) AE lock
(31) Shutter speed / Multi-function lock warning
(32) Aperture value
(33) Wi-Fi® function
(34) Wi-Fi® signal strength
(35) Bluetooth® function
(36) Exposure simulation
(37) Magnify button
(38) ISO speed
(39) Highlight tone priority
(40) Exposure compensation
(41) Exposure level indicator

Dual Pixel CMOS AF

AF area: Horizontal: Approx. 100% x Vertical: Approx. 100%
(100% x 100% AF coverage in Face Detect + Tracking AF; coverage can vary, depending upon lens being used)
Stills: Max. 1053 zones (39 x 27)
Movies: Max. 1053 zones (39 x27)

AF area: Horizontal: Approx. 90% x Vertical: Approx. 100%
Stills: Max. 4897 positions (83 x 59)
Movies: Max 4067 positions (83 x 49)

EV –6.5 to 21 (with an f/1.2 lens,* center AF point, One-Shot AF at room temperature, and ISO 100)
* Except RF lenses with a Defocus Smoothing (DS) coating.

4K: EV –4.0 to 21
Full HD: EV –4.5 to 21
(with an f/1.2 lens,* center AF point, One-Shot AF at room temperature, ISO 100, and
29.97 / 25.00 fps.)
* Except RF lenses with a Defocus Smoothing (DS) coating.

• Spot AF
• 1-point AF
• Expand AF area: Above/below/left/right
• Expand AF area: Around
• Flexible Zone AF 1
• Flexible Zone AF 2
• Flexible Zone AF 3
• Whole area AF

• Auto
• People
• Animals (dogs / cats / birds / horses)
• Vehicles (motorsports cars or motorcycles / aircraft / trains)
* Certain types of animals or vehicles may not be detected, depending on shape and appearance

Auto:
• Selects the eye closer to the camera (as detected from the angle of the face).
• At the same distance from the camera, selects the eye closer to the center of the image.
Right Eye:
• Prioritizes the subject’s right eye.
Left Eye:
• Prioritizes the subject’s left eye.
Disable

Real-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

Still Photo Shooting: EV -3 – 20 (at 73°F/23°C, ISO 100)
Movie Recording: EV –1 to 20

(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

Electronically controlled focal-plane shutter
(1) Electronic first curtain
(2) Electronic shutter
* Not equipped with a mechanical first curtain.
* When set to [Electronic], the camera makes no mechanical shutter sound. (An electronic shutter sound can be configured in [Beep] and [Volume: Shutter volume]). Note that the camera may make sounds other than the shutter release sound, such as sounds for aperture adjustment or the lens focus drive, or beeps. Moreover, using long exposure noise reduction with shutter speeds of 1 sec. or longer involves a mechanical second-curtain shutter, which produces a mechanical sound.
* Bands of light may be displayed and captured images may be affected by light and dark banding when shooting under fluorescent lighting or other flickering light sources with the camera set to [Anti-flicker shoot.: Disable].

Electronic 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)

Elec. 1st-curtain: 1/200 sec.

Soft-touch electromagnetic release

10-sec. delay, 2-sec. delay, Continuous

Disable / Enable
* Can be used in conjunction with Auto Lighting Optimizer.

Off / Moving sub. / Dynamic range
* [Dynamic range]: For each shot, three images are captured consecutively at different exposures (standard exposure, underexposure, and overexposure).
* [Moving sub.]: Output of a wide gradation without causing motion blur due to image composition by one exposure is possible.
* [Moving sub.]: Minimum ISO speed is ISO 800.
* When [HDR mode] is set, [Picture Style] options are limited to [Standard] and [Monochrome], and maximum shutter speed is 1/8000 sec.
* [Moving sub.]: [Electronic] shutter mode may increase subject distortion (due to rolling shutter).
* Shooting JPEG or HEIF images is supported.
* Can be set in conjunction with HDR shooting (HDR PQ), which enables shooting with a wide dynamic range ([Dynamic range]: up to approx. 3000 nits; [Moving sub.]: up to approx. 3000 nits).

1 shot only / Every shot
* Not available when set to [Moving sub.].

Dual Pixel CMOS AF; Movie Servo AF available in AF Menu

±3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments

Yes (Count up, Start time setting, Movie recording count, Movie play count, HDMI time code on/off, HDMI rec. command on/off, Drop frame enable/disable)

TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor

3.0-inch (screen aspect ratio of 3:2)
2.95 in./7.5cm diagonal (2.44 in./6.2cm width, 1.65 in./4.2cm height)

Approx. 1.62 million dots

Approx. 100% vertically/horizontally

Manually adjustable to one of seven brightness levels

Supported for AF Point selection; Touch AF; Touch Shutter; Menu selection; Quick Control Menu; Magnified View; Volume Touch Sounds: 0 (silent) to 5

Anti-smudge coating not provided.
Anti-reflection coating not provided.

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Approx. 5.22 x 3.39 x 2.76 in. / 132.5 x 86.1 x 70.0mm
• Based on CIPA standards.

Approx. 1.01 lbs. / 461g (including battery, SD memory card; without body cap)
Approx. 0.91 lbs. / 414g (body only; without battery, card or body cap)