Canon EOSR8-BODY EOS R8 Mirrorless Camera Body
Step Up to Full-Frame
The EOS R8 camera combines high-performance full-frame capabilities with a lightweight and compact design for creators ready to step up their content creation. With a 24.2 megapixel full-frame CMOS image sensor, RF mount allowing access to various creative lenses, and powerful stills and video functionality, the EOS R8 camera helps you capture stunning imagery to empower your creative vision.
Key Features
- Step up to full-frame with Canon’s lightest full-frame RF Mount mirrorless camera featuring a 24.2 million pixel CMOS image sensor and DIGIC X Image Processor.
- An affordable and compact camera with built-in 0.39” 2.36 million dots OLED EVF up to 120 fps refresh rate and 3.0” 1.62 million dots vari-angle LCD touchscreen.
- Dual Pixel CMOS AF II covering up to 100% x 100% area with 1,053 AF zones with automatic subject detection of people, animals, and vehicles using deep learning technology,
now including aircraft (jet planes and helicopters), trains, and horses.2
- Uncropped 4K movie at up to 60 fps that is oversampled from 6K, Full HD High-frame rate movie recording at up to 180 fps4, and Canon Log 3 or HDR PQ. Max movie record time of 2 hours5 and UVC / UAC for webcam and streaming7.
- Achieves high image quality such as improved resolution at low ISO speeds and low noise at high ISO speeds, wide dynamic range of still pictures, and significant improvement in rolling shutter compared to previous Canon cameras when shooting fast-moving subjects and quick panning.
- In-camera compositing including Moving Subject HDR, Depth Compositing, Panoramic Shot, HDR Night Scene, and HDR Backlight control.
- Supports smartphone connection via USB-C7, built-in Wi-Fi®, and Bluetooth® technology.
Features - The Lightest Full-Frame Canon EOS Camera1
Weighing less than a pound (body only), the EOS R8 camera is incredibly lightweight and compact while offering a high-quality full-frame imaging experience, utilizing the RF lens mount and providing access to a catalog of high-performance creative lens options. This offers photographers and content creators a convenient and portable camera in a comfortable, ergonomic package for travel, hiking or everyday shooting.
- High Image Quality Featuring a 24.2 Megapixel Full-Frame CMOS Sensor
The EOS R8 camera captures stunning, detailed images with speed and accuracy, even in low light, due to the Canon-developed 24.2-million-pixel CMOS image sensor and DIGIC X Image Processor. The full-frame sensor allows for improved resolution at low ISO speeds and low noise at high ISO speeds, wide dynamic range of still pictures, and significant improvement in rolling shutter compared to previous Canon cameras when shooting fast-moving subjects and quick panning.
- In-Camera Compositing
With its built-in image processing, the EOS R8 camera provides in-camera compositing including Moving Subject HDR, Depth Compositing, Panoramic Shot, HDR Night Scene, and HDR Backlight control so you can capture creative imagery that is challenging with conventional single-shot techniques.
- High-Speed, High-Precision Autofocus
Dual Pixel CMOS AF II is a highly responsive system that covers up to approximately 100% x 100% of the picture area, breaking the image into up to 1,053 automatically-selected AF zones during Whole Area AF. This enables outstanding AF coverage on the EOS R8 camera, and the compositional freedom to focus sharply on a subject nearly anywhere in the frame.
- Accurate Subject Detection and Tracking
Developed using Deep Learning Technology, horses, trains, and airplanes are detectable, in addition to conventional subjects like people, animals including dogs, cats and birds, and vehicles — cars and motorcycles — especially in a motorsports environment2, 3. For more ease of use, Auto mode is now available, in which the camera automatically selects the type of subject without the need to switch the Subject Detection setting in the menu. The EOS R8 camera will continue to track the movement and continuously focus on the subject.
- Head, Face, and Eye Detection
The EOS R8 camera can locate and focus upon a person’s head, face, or eye when the Subject Detection menu is set to People. This allows for more ease of use, fast acquisition of your subject, and improvements to accuracy when capturing videos or still images, even in difficult shooting situations where many cameras may struggle to detect a subject. Additional control is now available for detecting the subject’s left or right eye – which can be also programmed to a Custom Button making it easy to focus on the preferred eye in the moment.
- Animal Detection
Effectively track the whole body, face, or eye of cats, dogs, birds, and now horses, for speed and precision — regardless of the animal’s size, posture, or orientation of the face2.
- Ample Features for Video Creators
With video recording features such as 6K oversampled uncropped 4K movie at up to 60 fps, Full-HD High-frame rate movie recording at up to 180 fps4, and Dual Pixel CMOS AF tracking, the EOS R8 camera makes it easy to step up your video content.
- Continuous Movie Recording That Exceeds 30 Minutes
The EOS R8 camera can continuously record 4K UHD or Full HD video for up to 2 hours at 29.97 fps, allowing you to set up your video and keep your project rolling without worrying about it stopping5.
- HDR PQ / Canon Log 3
Though the EOS R8 camera can record impressive video straight out of camera, content creators looking to take the next step in their imaging journey have the choice of two powerful video recording options in HDR PQ or Canon Log 3 video recording. With HDR PQ recording a 10bit color file is recorded that does not require additional editing, this 10bit HDR file is compatible with HDR displays such as TVs, monitors and smartphones which display your video with even more color accuracy and dynamic range than standard displays. For creators who like to edit their video files, Canon Log 3 is available, creating a 10bit log file which allows for powerful recovery of highlights and shadows as well as creative color grading capability.
- Vertical Movie Mode and Aspect Markers
Movie rotation information can be set during or after movie recording, allowing videos to be played in vertical composition when viewing on a smartphone. The Aspect Markers Function displays visual markers for different aspect ratios that may be desired for posting the same file to various social media sites. This display provides consideration for proper composition for the different deliverable files that can be created when editing.
- Movie Digital IS
Record stable videos efficiently with minimum equipment, even when shooting handheld, with Movie Digital IS 5-axis image stabilization6. Camera-shake vibrations are reduced even more through coordinated control of Movie Digital IS when using a RF lens featuring optical image stabilization.
- UVC Livestreaming
UVC/UAC compatibility allows the EOS R8 camera to be used as a web camera to stream live video in Full HD, without additional computer software, to applications such as Zoom™, Microsoft Teams™, Skype™, and similar video conferencing software7. Thanks to the full-frame image sensor, you’ll be able to have versatility in your exposure, as well as strong background separation when using bright aperture lenses for video conferencing, or livestreaming content.
- Vari-Angle Touchscreen LCD
Featuring a 3.0-inch, 1.62 million dot Clear View LCD II Vari-angle Touchscreen LCD, the EOS R8 camera makes it easy to compose and shoot from virtually any angle. With touch and drag functionality, you can intuitively and swiftly move the autofocus point on the touch-panel LCD.
- Precise Electronic Viewfinder
The EOS R8 camera is equipped with a high-precision 0.39-inch OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) EVF with approx. 2.36 million dots and a 22mm eyepoint which displays a bright image and extensive shooting information. The EVF supports up to a 120 fps refresh rate and has been designed to provide a bright, sharp and colorful 100% view of the subject at hand. There’s also an Optical Viewfinder (OVF) Simulation setting, which provides a higher dynamic range viewfinder image for outstanding viewing in harsh, contrasty lighting situations.
- Shoot, download and share with Wired and Wireless Communications
The EOS R8 camera supports both wired and wireless connections to your smartphone via its USB Type-C7 port, built-in Wi-Fi®, and Bluetooth® technology, making it easy to upload and share movies and photos to your favorite social network services.
- Built-in Bluetooth® Capability
Bluetooth® pairing helps you connect the camera to compatible smart devices using the free Canon Camera Connect app. This low-energy wireless connection helps preserve battery life, while providing remote control of the camera. It also sends continuously updated GPS location data from your phone, letting you geotag what you've captured so you know precisely where you captured the photo.
- Built-in Wi-Fi Capability
Enable wireless functions, such as remote live view, file viewing and transfer, by connecting to Wi-Fi quickly and seamlessly. Using the Canon Camera Connect app, you can also transfer files to your mobile device to browse and share on social media.
- USB-C Connection
The EOS R8 camera can be connected to a computer or smartphone via USB-C7. All Canon Camera Connect app features that can be used with Wi-Fi are now available when the camera and smartphone are connected via USB, using a compatible cable for your device.
Specifications Type
- Type: Digital interchangeable lens, mirrorless camera
- Image Processor: DIGIC X
- Recording Media:
- (One) SD card slot:
- Compatible with UHS-II
- Eye-Fi cards and Multimedia cards (MMC) are not supported.
- Compatible Lenses:
- Canon RF-S/RF lens group (excluding EF, EF-S and EF-M lenses)
- When using Mount Adapter EF-EOS R: Canon EF or EF-S lenses (excluding EF-M lenses)
- Lens Mount: Canon RF mount
Image Sensor
- Type: Full-frame CMOS sensor (compatible with Dual Pixel CMOS AF)
- Effective Pixels: Approx. 24.2 megapixels
- Sensor Size: Approx. 36.0 x 24.0 mm
- Pixel Size: Approx. 6.00 µm square
- Total Pixels: Approx. 25.6 megapixels
- Aspect Ratio: 3:2 (Horizontal: Vertical)
- Color Filter System: RGB primary color filters
- Low Pass Filter: Installed in front of the image sensor, non-detachable
- Dust Deletion Feature:
- (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
Recording System
- Recording Format: Compliant to Design rule for Camera File system 2.0 and Exif 2.31*
- *Supports time difference information in Exif 2.31
- Image Format:
- JPEG (.JPG), HEIF (.HIF), RAW, C-RAW, Dual Pixel RAW, RAW burst (.CR3)
- Movies: : ALL-I (Time-lapse video only), IPB (.MP4)
- File Numbering:
- 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.
- RAW + JPEG / HEIF Simultaneous Recording: Simultaneous recording of any combination of RAW/C-RAW and JPEG/HEIF image-recording quality is supported.
- Color Space: Selectable between sRGB and Adobe RGB
- Picture Style:
- (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].
White Balance
- Settings:
- (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
- Auto White Balance: Option between ambience priority and white priority settings, using SET button
- White Balance Shift:
- 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
Viewfinder
- Type: OLED color electronic viewfinder; 0.39-inch, approx. 2.36 million dots
- Coverage: Approx. 100% (at JPEG Large image quality, 3:2 aspect ratio, approx. 22 mm eyepoint)
- Magnification / Angle of View: Approx. 0.70× / 33.0° (3:2 aspect ratio, with 50mm lens at infinity, –1 m–1)
- Eye Point: Approx. 22 mm (at –1 m-1 from eyepiece lens end)
- Dioptric Adjustment Range: Approx. –4.0 to +1.0 m-1 (dpt)
Autofocus
- Focus Method: Dual Pixel CMOS AF
- Number of AF zones available for Automatic Selection:
- 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)
- Selectable Positions for AF Point
- AF area: Horizontal: Approx. 90% x Vertical: Approx. 100%
- Stills: Max. 4897 positions (83 x 59)
- Movies: Max 4067 positions (83 x 49)
- Focusing brightness range (still photo shooting)
- 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.
- Focusing brightness range (in movie recording):
- 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.
- Available AF Areas:
- 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
- Available Subject Detection
- 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
- Eye Detection
- 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
Exposure Control
- Metering Modes:
- 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
- Metering Range:
- Still Photo Shooting: EV -3 – 20 (at 73°F/23°C, ISO 100)
- Movie Recording: EV –1 to 20
- AE Lock:
- (1) Auto AE lock
- AE is locked as soon as subjects are in focus using One-Shot AF when set to selected metering mode in [C.Fn2: AE lock meter. mode after focus].
- (2)User-set AE lock
- Use the AE lock button (update by pressing the button again) in Fv, P, Tv, Av, and M mode.
- Enabled in all metering modes.
Shutter
- Type: 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].
- Shutter Speeds:
- 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)
- X-sync Speed:
- Elec. 1st-curtain: 1/200 sec.
- Shutter Release: Soft-touch electromagnetic release
- Self Timer: 10-sec. delay, 2-sec. delay, Continuous
Image Stabilization (IS mode)
- Image Stabilization
- On / Off
On IS lenses without an Image Stabilizer switch, lens IS is activated and deactivated in conjunction with the camera’s IS mode setting.
External Speedlite
- Accessory Shoe: Canon Multi-function accessory shoe
- • Optional Canon AD-E1 adapter required for conventional shoe-mount flashes and accessories
- E-TTL balance: Ambience priority, standard, flash priority
- Flash Exposure Compensation: ±3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
- Continuous flash control: E-TTL each shot / E-TTL 1st shot
HDR Shooting and Movie Recording
- HDR Shooting (HDR PQ): Disable / Enable
- * Can be used in conjunction with Auto Lighting Optimizer.
Video Shooting
- Video AF: Dual Pixel CMOS AF; Movie Servo AF available in AF Menu
- Exposure Compensation: ±3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
- Time Code: 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)
- Movie Pre-recording (On/Off): 3 or 5 seconds; user-selectable
- * Pre-recording does not apply to High Frame Rate or time-lapse movie recording.
- Time-lapse Movie Setting: Interval 2 sec – 99:59:59; Number of frames 2–3,600; Movie recording size 4K/Full HD; Auto exposure fixed @ first frame/auto for each frame; Beep per frame recorded (volume setting 0/silent – 5)
- Time-lapse Playback Frame Rate: 29.97 (set to NTSC); 25.00fps (set to PAL)
LCD Screen
- Type: TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor
- Monitor Size:
- 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)
- Dots: Approx. 1.62 million dots
- Coverage: Approx. 100% vertically/horizontally
- Brightness Control: Manually adjustable to one of seven brightness levels
- Touch-screen Operation: Supported for AF Point selection; Touch AF; Touch Shutter; Menu selection; Quick Control Menu; Magnified View; Volume Touch Sounds: 0 (silent) to 5
- Coating:
- Anti-smudge coating not provided.
- Anti-reflection coating not provided.
- Interface Languages:
- 29 (English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Ukraine, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Vietnamese, Hindi, Romanian, Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Simplified/Traditional Chinese, Korean, Malay, Indonesian, Japanese)
Playback
- Highlight Alert: White areas without image data blink in single-image display
- Histogram: Brightness / RGB
Quick Control Function
- Function: The Quick Control screen can be accessed by pressing the Quick Control button during shooting, recording, or playback.
Image Protection and Erase
- Protection:
- (1)Single image (select image)
- (2) Select range
- (3) All images in a folder
- (4) All images on card
- Image browsing and image search can be based on ratings.
- Ratings-based image selections also possible with DPP.
- (5) All found images (only during image search)
- Erase:
- Except protected images
- (1) Select images to erase
- (2) Select range
- (3) All images in folder
- (4) All images on card
- All found images (only during image search)
Direct Printing
- Compatible Printers: Direct printing from camera not supported
DPOF: Digital Print Order Format
- DPOF: Compliant to DPOF Version 1.1
Wi-Fi®
- Supporting Standards: Equivalent to IEEE 802.11b/g/n Standards
- Transmission Method:
- DS-SS modulation (IEEE 802.11b)
- OFDM modulation (IEEE 802.11g/n)
- Transition Frequency (Central Frequency):
- 2.4 GHz band
- Frequency: 2412 to 2462 MHz
- Channels: 1 to 11 channels
- 5.0 GHz band: Not supported
- Communication with a Smartphone:
- Images can be viewed, controlled, and received using a smartphone.
- Remote control of the camera using a smartphone is possible depending on the Camera Connect specifications.
- Images can be sent to a smartphone.
- NFC connection: Not supported
- Supported images: JPEG, HEIF, RAW/C-RAW, MP4 video files
- Transcoding while sending: Size to send (original / reduced size); Quality to send (original / compressed)
- Remote Operation Using EOS Utility: The camera can be controlled via Wi-Fi® or USB, with Canon EOS Utility software installed in a compatible Mac or Windows computer.
- Print from Wi-Fi® Printers: Not supported.
- Send Images to a Web Service:
- image.canon: Video files (MP4) and JPEG, HEIF, RAW or C-RAW still images can be uploaded to image.canon servers.
- From image.canon, images can be sent to specific social media and 3rd-party cloud image services.
Bluetooth®
- Standards Compliance: Bluetooth Specification Version 4.2 compliant (Bluetooth Low Energy technology)
- Transmission Method: GFSK modulation
- Bluetooth Pairing: Smartphone — up to 10 devices; BR-E1 remote controller — 1 unit
Interface
- USB Terminal: Equivalent to SuperSpeed Plus USB (USB 3.2 Gen 2)
- For PC communication
- Terminal type: USB Type-C
- Shared with terminal for in-camera charging with USB Power Adapter PD-E1.
- Video Out Terminal: HDMI micro OUT terminal (Type D)
- *Supports 4K 60p output, and (to HDR TVs) HDR PQ video output.
- * HDMI CEC not supported
- * Images may not be displayed unless [For NTSC] or [For PAL] is set correctly for the TV video system.
- Clean HDMI output: Provided
- Microphone input terminal: 3.5mm diameter stereo mini jack
- Headphone terminal: Compatible with 3.5mm diameter stereo mini-plug
Video Calls / Streaming
- USB Video Class (UVC): Available
- * The camera is accessible to software (such as Zoom™, MS Teams™, Skype™, etc.) on a computer once connected via USB.
Power Source
- Battery: Canon LP-E17 battery pack
- With the AC Adapter AC-E6N + DC Coupler DR-E18, AC power is possible (AC Adapter Kit ACK-E18 can also be used).
- USB Power Adapter PD-E1 supports in-camera charging of Battery Pack LP-E17 when the camera is turned off and can supply power when the camera is turned on.
- Battery Check: Automatic battery check with 4-level display when the power switch is turned ON.
- * Can be checked on the screen and in the viewfinder.
- Start-up Time: Approx. 0.4 sec.
- Based on CIPA testing standards.
Operating Environment
- Working Temperature Range: 32–104°F / 0–40°C
- Working Humidity Range: 85% or less
Footnotes:
- 1 As of February 7th, 2023.
- 2 Effectiveness varies depending on the subject. In some cases, the camera may detect a subject other than a dog, a cat, a bird, and a horse (a zebra) as a targeted animal.
- 3 Some vehicles may not be detected depending on condition in some cases. In addition, the camera may detect entity as vehicle other than cars, motorcycles, trains, and airplanes for tracking.
- 4 High Frame Rate movie recording not available with RF-S or EF-S lenses or with movie cropping enabled.
- 5 Up to 20 minutes at Full HD 179.82/150.00 fps, and up to 30 minutes at 119.88/100.00 fps. Video may stop due to battery level, card capacity, or temperature.
- 6 When Movie Digital IS is activated, the field of view becomes narrower.
- 7 A compatible cable is required for wired USB communication (not included).
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