| main performance |
| Product model |
EOS R8 |
| Listing date |
February 2023 |
| product type |
Microsingle |
| Operation mode |
Full manual operation |
| Sensor type |
CMOS image sensor (supporting full pixel dual core CMOS AF) |
| Sensor size |
Full frame (36 * 24mm) |
| Effective pixel |
24 million 200 thousand |
| Image resolution |
L (large): about 24 million pixels (6000 × 4000), M (middle): about 10.6 million pixels (3984 × 2656), S1 (small 1): about 5.9 million pixels (2976 × 1984), S2 (small 2): about 3.8 million pixels (2400 × 1600), RAW/C-RAW: about 24 million pixels (6000 × 4000) ※ rounded to 100000 |
| Applicable objects |
Mid end stage |
| Lens characteristics |
| Lens type |
Canon RF/RF-S series lens ※ EF/EF-S lens can be supported by installing bayonet adapter (RF VR lens, EF-M lens, CN-E lens are not supported) |
| Lens description |
Actual focal length: f=24-50mm |
| Lens mount |
Canon RF bayonet |
| Focus mode |
AF (auto focus), MF (manual focus) |
| Focus Area |
Auto focus area:
Fixed point auto focus, single point auto focus, extended auto focus area (up, down, left, right), extended auto focus area (around), flexible area auto focus 1, flexible area auto focus 2, flexible area auto focus 3, entire area auto focus
Available auto focus area in auto selection: 1053 area at most |
| Number of focus points |
Up to 4897 |
| Focus Range |
When an object is detected: an area about 100% in length × 100% in width; when an object is not detected: an area about 90% in length × 100% in width ※ Focus coverage may vary depending on the settings of the lens used and the aspect ratio |
| Display function |
| panel type |
touch screen |
| Display Size |
3 inches |
| Display pixels |
About 1.62 million points |
| LCD screen characteristics |
Visual field rate: vertical/horizontal about 100% (when the recording image quality is L and the aspect ratio is 3:2)
Angle adjustment: opening angle: about 0~175 °, rotation angle: about 0~90 ° forward/about 0~180 ° backward
Brightness adjustment: manual (level 7)
Display performance: power saving and smooth |
| Menu Language |
29 kinds (including simplified Chinese) |
| Viewfinder type |
Electronics |
| Viewfinder Description |
Monitor size: 0.39 inch
Points: about 2.36 million
Visual field rate: about 100% in vertical/horizontal direction
Magnification: about 0.70 times (- 1m-1, aspect ratio 3:2, focus on infinity with 50mm lens)
Eyespot: about 22mm (- 1m-1 from the end of eyepiece lens)
Diopter adjustment range: about - 4.0~+1.0m-1 (dpt)
Brightness adjustment: automatic/manual (level 5)
Tone adjustment: blue/amber direction: ± 2 levels, magenta/green direction: ± 2 levels
Depth of field preview: with
Optical viewfinder analog view auxiliary: with |
| Shutter performance |
| shutter type |
Electronically controlled focal plane shutter/roller shutter, using image sensor
Electronic front curtain shutter, electronic shutter, mute shutter |
| shutter speed |
Electronic front curtain shutter: 1/4000-30s, door B; Electronic shutter: 1/16000 s, 1/8000 ～ 30 s, B gate (shutter speed of 1/16000 s is only limited to Tv and M mode, high-speed continuous shooting+, RAW continuous shooting The maximum shutter speed is 1/8000 s when the exposure is maintained when the HDR mode, focusing surrounding or changing the aperture), the flash synchronization speed of the electronic front curtain shutter is 1/200 s, and the electronic shutter cannot perform flash synchronization ※ The setting range is different when shooting short films |
| flash lamp |
| External flash lamp (hot shoe) |
support |
| Other flash performance |
Flash metering: E-TTL II automatic flash
Flash exposure compensation: adjust in 1/3 or 1/2 level between ± 3 levels
Continuous priority mode: available when using flash that supports continuous priority mode
Flash control: flash function settings, flash customization function settings |
| Exposure control |
| Exposure compensation |
Manual: adjust in 1/2 or 1/3 steps between ± 3 steps, auto surround exposure: adjust in 1/2 or 1/3 steps between ± 3 steps (can be combined with manual exposure compensation) |
| Metering mode |
Use image sensor for real-time metering, 384 partition (24 × 16) metering |
| white balance |
Automatic (atmosphere priority), automatic (white priority), preset (daylight, shadow, cloudy day, tungsten filament lamp, white fluorescent lamp, flash), user-defined, color temperature (about 2500-10000K), with white balance correction and white balance surrounding exposure functions ※ Support flash color temperature information transmission
White balance correction: blue/amber direction: ± 9 levels, magenta/green direction: ± 9 levels
White balance surrounding exposure: adjust by 1 level between ± 3 levels |
| Sensitivity |
ISO sensitivity (recommended exposure index):
Still image shooting: set manually within the ISO 100~102400 range (in 1/3 level or whole level), which can be extended to L (equivalent to ISO 50), H (equivalent to ISO 204800) ※ ISO 200~102400 when highlight tone priority is enabled. Under HDR mode or during HDR PQ shooting, it is not possible to set the extended ISO sensitivity for short film shooting: set manually within the ISO 100~25600 range (in 1/3 level), which can be extended to H (equivalent to ISO 32000~102400) ※ When the highlight tone priority is enabled, it is ISO 200~25600. When Canon Log 3 is enabled, it is manually set within the ISO 800~25600 range (in 1/3 level), and can be extended to L (equivalent to ISO 100~640), H (equivalent to ISO 32000~102400). ※ Extended ISO sensitivity cannot be set when shooting HDR short films, HDR PQ short films, creative filter short films, and digital zoom.
ISO sensitivity setting: still image shooting: ISO sensitivity range, automatic range, minimum shutter speed Short film shooting: ISO sensitivity range, automatic upper limit |
| Other exposure performance |
Metering mode:
Still image shooting: evaluation metering (linked with all automatic focusing points), local metering (about 5.9% of the area in the center of the screen), spot metering (about 3% of the area in the center of the screen), central key average metering short film shooting: use the image sensor for central key average metering or evaluation metering ※ Automatic setting according to the focusing mode
Metering brightness range:
Still image shooting: EV - 3~20 (23 ℃, ISO 100); short film shooting: EV - 1~20 (23 ℃, ISO 100)
AE lock: AE lock
Anti flicker shooting: available when taking still images
High frequency anti flicker shooting: with
Multiple exposure times: 2~9 exposures
Multiple exposure control: addition, average, bright, dark |
| Shooting performance |
| Short film shooting |
Focus brightness range: EV - 4.5~21 (F1.2 lens, central auto focus, 23 ℃, ISO 100, single auto focus, full HD 29.97 frames/s) ※ RF lens coated with DS (smooth defocus) is excluded
Short film servo auto focusing: with
Short film servo auto focus characteristics: tracking sensitivity, auto focus speed
Record format: MP4
Video format: H.265/HEVC (Canon Log 3 on, or HDR PQ on); H. 264/MPEG-4 AVC (Canon Log 3 off, HDR PQ off)
Video signal recording dynamics: full dynamic 0-255 (Canon Log 3 off, HDR PQ off), full dynamic 0-1023 (HDR PQ on), full dynamic 128-1020 (Canon Log 3 on)
Color sampling method:
YCbCr 4:2:0/8 bit (Canon Log 3 off, HDR PQ off), YCbCr 4:2:2/10 bit (Canon Log 3 on or HDR PQ on)
Color space: Rec ITU-R BT.709 (Canon Log off, HDR PQ off), Rec.ITU-R BT.2100 (HDR PQ on), Rec.709/Rec.2020/Cinema Gamut (Canon Log 3 on)
Record size: 4K UHD (3840 × 2160), full HD (1920 × 1080)
Frame rate: NTSC system: 179.82P/119.88P/59.94P/29.97P/23.98P; PAL system: 150P/100P/50P/25P ※ 179.82P/150P/119.88P/100P is full HD high frame rate video clip
Compression method: ALL-I (for editing), IPB, IPB (light)
Bit rate/memory card performance (write/read speed):
When shooting 8-bit video (Canon Log 3 off, HDR PQ off): 4K UHD (59.94P/50P)/IPB: about 230Mbps/UHS speed grade U3 or faster; 4K UHD (59.94P/50P)/IPB (light): about 120Mbps/UHS speed grade U3 or faster; 4K UHD (29.97P/25P/23.98P)/IPB: about 120Mbps/UHS speed grade U3 or faster; 4K UHD (29.97P/25P/23.98P)/IPB (light): about 60Mbps/speed class C10 or faster; 4K UHD delay video (29.97P/25P)/ALL-I: about 470Mbps/memory card with speed higher than 60MB/s; Full HD (179.82P/150P)/IPB: about 180Mbps/UHS speed grade U3 or faster; Full HD (179.82P/150P)/IPB (light): about 105Mbps/UHS speed grade U3 or faster; Full HD (119.88P/100P)/IPB: about 120Mbps/UHS speed grade U3 or faster; Full HD (119.88P/100P)/IPB (light): about 70Mbps/speed grade C10 or faster; Full HD (59.94P/50P)/IPB: about 60Mbps/speed grade C10 or faster; Full HD (59.94P/50P)/IPB (light): about 35Mbps/speed level C6 or faster; Full HD (29.97P/25P/23.98P)/IPB: about 30Mbps/speed level C6 or faster; Full HD (29.97P/25P/23.98P)/IPB (light): about 12Mbps/speed class C4 or faster; Full HD delay video (29.97P/25P)/ALL-I: about 90Mbps/memory card with speed higher than 30MB per second; |
| continuous shooting |
Continuous shooting speed:
High speed continuous shooting+: up to about 40 shots/s (electronic shutter), up to about 6 shots/s (electronic front curtain shutter) High speed continuous shooting: up to about 20 shots/s (electronic shutter), up to about 6 shots/s (electronic front curtain shutter) Low speed continuous shooting: up to about 5 shots/s (electronic shutter), up to about 3 shots/s (electronic front curtain shutter) ※ Automatic exposure, flash exposure The white balance is fixed as the first picture. When full pixel dual core RAW is enabled, only low-speed continuous shooting can be used. The maximum continuous shooting speed may be reduced due to the shutter speed, aperture value, aperture status in continuous shooting, flash shooting, anti flicker shooting, battery type, battery power, temperature, use of built-in Wi Fi, subject, light conditions (shooting in dim scenes, etc.), lens type, internal cache full (unable to shoot temporarily) and other conditions.
Maximum number of shots:
Electronic front curtain shutter: high-speed continuous shooting+JPEG large: about 1000 (more than 1000); HEIF large: about 1000 (more than 1000); RAW: about 85 sheets (about 1000 sheets); C-RAW: about 1000 (more than 1000); RAW+JPEG large: about 70 (about 570); Large C-RAW+JPEG: about 180 (about 1000); RAW+HEIF large: about 69 (about 87); C-RAW+HEIF large: about 140 (about 170) Electronic shutter: high-speed continuous shooting+JPEG large: about 120 (more than 120); HEIF large: about 120 (more than 120); RAW: about 51 (about 56); C-RAW: about 98 (more than 100); RAW+JPEG large: about 50 (about 54); Large C-RAW+JPEG: about 89 (about 100); RAW+HEIF large: about 35 (about 42); C-RAW+HEIF large: about 89 (about 100) ※ The value is based on the 32GB SD memory card meeting Canon test standards. The values in the brackets are based on the UHS-II 32GB SD memory card that meets Canon test standards. HDR shooting (HDR PQ) is off when RAW+JPEG, and HDR shooting (HDR PQ) is on when RAW+HEIF. ※ Test conditions: single autofocus, high-speed continuous shooting+, ISO 100, standard photo style under the electronic front curtain shutter. ※ The maximum number of shots varies according to the shooting conditions (aspect ratio, JPEG/HEIF image quality, subject, memory card brand, ISO sensitivity, photo style, custom functions, etc.). |
| Recording/audio system |
Audio format: IPB: AAC (through C.Fn4: audio compression)/linear PCM, IPB (light): AAC
Built in stereo microphone, external stereo microphone terminal, adjustable recording level, wind sound suppression function, attenuator function, audio noise reduction |
| Shooting mode |
Still image shooting: scene intelligent automatic, hybrid automatic, special scene mode (portrait, group photo, scenery, panoramic shooting, sports, children, pan, macro, food, night portrait, handheld night scene HDR backlight control, silent shutter), creative filter mode (grain black and white, soft focus, fisheye effect, watercolor effect, toy camera effect, miniature landscape effect, HDR standard painting style, HDR rich painting style, HDR oil painting style HDR relief painting style), flexible priority auto exposure, program auto exposure, shutter priority auto exposure, aperture priority auto exposure, manual exposure, B-gate exposure, custom shooting modes (C1, C2), short film shooting: scene intelligent auto exposure HDR short film, creative filter short film (dream, nostalgia, memory, clear black and white, miniature landscape), short film automatic exposure, shutter priority automatic exposure, aperture priority automatic exposure, manual exposure, custom shooting mode (C1, C2) |
| Storage parameters |
| Memory card type |
Single card slot, SD/SDHC/SDXC memory card (compatible with UHS-II memory card) |
| file format |
Record format: compatible with Design rule for Camera File System 2.0 and Exif 2.31 ※ Support TDOA information
Image type: JPEG (8-bit), HEIF (10 bit), RAW (14 bit, Canon original), can record RAW+JPEG or RAW+HEIF at the same time
Automatic image brightness correction: automatic brightness optimization
Noise reduction: can be applied to long exposure and high ISO sensitivity photography
Highlight tone priority: with
Lens aberration correction: peripheral light amount correction, distortion correction, focusing breath correction, digital lens optimization, chromatic aberration correction, diffraction correction ※ Some lens distortion correction cannot be closed |
| Battery performance |
| Battery type |
LP-E17 |
| Endurance |
Battery shooting capacity:
Using electronic viewfinder: about 220 in power saving mode at 23 ℃/about 150 in smooth mode; Using the LCD monitor on the back: about 370 in the power saving mode at 23 ℃/about 290 in the smooth mode ※ Using the new fully charged battery LP-E17 instead of the multi-function boot accessory
Shot time:
Shoot at 23 ℃ for 4K for about 40 minutes and full HD for about 2 hours ※ Use the new battery LP-E17 with full charge, do not use servo focusing and do not cut |
| Other parameters |
| Product interface |
Type-C
HDMI
3.5mm headphone connector |
| Wireless function |
WiFi4（IEEE 802.11b/g/n）
Bluetooth 4.2 |
| Other performance |
Image sensor:
Dust removal function: automatically add dust removal data
Recording system:
Full pixel dual core RAW: with
Recording function: photos, videos
Create/select folder: with
File name: preset code
Document number: continuous number, automatic reset, manual reset
Photo style: automatic, standard, portrait, scenery, fine details, neutral, reliable settings, monochrome, user-defined 1-3
Still image capture:
Auto focus operation: single auto focus, servo auto focus, AI auto focus
Object detection: with (automatic, human, animal, vehicle)
Eye detection: automatic, right eye and left eye
Preview autofocus (continuous autofocus): with
Focus brightness range: EV - 6.5~21 (F1.2 lens, central auto focus, 23 ℃, ISO 100, single auto focus) ※ RF lens coated with DS (smooth defocus) is excluded
Auto focus configuration tool: CASE 1-4, CASE AUTO
Servo auto focus feature: tracking sensitivity, acceleration/deceleration tracking
Auto focus auxiliary light: with
HDR shooting (HDR PQ):
Record format: still image: HEIF, short film: MP4
Color depth: 10 bits
Color sampling method: YCbCr 4:2:2
HDR specification: ITU-R BT.2100 (PQ)
Drive mode: single shot, high-speed continuous shot+, high-speed continuous shot, low-speed continuous shot, self timer: 10 seconds, self timer: 2 seconds, self timer: continuous shot
Playback:
Image display format: no shooting information, basic information, detailed information, index display (4/9/36/100 images)
Highlight warning: over exposed highlight areas flash
Automatic focus display: with
Grid line display: 3 types
Enlarged display: about 1.5~10 times (15 levels adjustable)
Image retrieval: search criteria can be set (score, date, folder, protection, file type)
Image browsing method: 1, 10, specified number of images, shooting date, folder, short film, still image, protection, scoring, and the first image of the scene
With image rotation, image protection, scoring, short film playback, short film editing
4K single frame capture:
The captured frame can be saved as JPEG image (the frame captured from HDR PQ short film can be saved as HEIF image) ※ The image quality of the captured frame is different from the still image captured directly |
| work environment |
Operating temperature range: 0 ℃ - 40 ℃
Operating humidity range: 85% or less |
| Appearance design |
| body color |
black |
| Overall dimension |
About 132.5 × 86.1 × 70mm |
| Product weight |
About 414g (body only), about 461g (including battery and memory card) |
| Camera accessories |
| Packing list |
Camera x1 |
| Warranty Information |
| warranty policy |
National joint insurance, enjoying three guarantees service |
