The Canon EOS R5 II isn’t just a new version of the company’s popular R5 mirrorless camera; it’s the spiritual successor to the EOS 5D series of ‘affordable’ full-frame digital cameras. That includes the EOS 5D Mark II, the world’s first Full HD video-capable DSLR, a model that reset the market’s expectations for video capabilities on ‘photography’ cameras, and which, according to several Canon insiders we’ve talked to over the years, gave Canon the confidence to expand more aggressively into the digital cinema market.
Many of the R5 II’s headline-grabbing specs have centered around the camera’s photo capabilities, but it shouldn’t be a surprise that the EOS R5 II is for filmmakers as much as it is for stills shooters. In the following slides, we’ll examine what the camera offers to movie shooters.
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After nearly 25 years of operation, DPReview closed on 10 April 2023. This difficult decision was part of the annual operating plan review that parent company, Amazon, shared earlier this year.
Over the course of 25 years, DP Review built up a reputation as being one of the most informative places to go for information about that new camera or lens you’re after. DP Review began as an independent reviews site based in the UK in 1998, the brainchild of Philip and Joanna Askey, but it was eventually purchased by Amazon in 2007 and relocated over to Seattle in the USA in 2010.
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