Canon EOS R5 C Body

The EOS R5C becomes the camera videographers wanted the R5 to be. The addition of vents and a cooling fan banished overheating in my tests with a pre-production model, allowing me to record single long clips limited only by memory or power. It also sports Waveform and Vectorscope monitors, can record audio with 120p clips, has dual base ISO, and extends 8k RAW to support 50 or 60p frame rates, albeit 60p requiring an external power supply. There’s also Canon’s accessory shoe supporting XLR adapters, a tally light and timecode port. That said, it’s still essentially a modified R5 and while that means you’re also getting 45 Megapixel photos at up to 20fps, you won’t be enjoying all the hardware dedicated Cinema cameras take for granted, such as a built-in ND filter, full-size HDMI port, and a wealth of mounting options. Plus it loses the R5’s IBIS. Ultimately the R5C can’t help but look and feel more like a standard EOS body that’s tweaked for video, but that’s reflected in the price, which given the capabilities is a relative bargain in pro video terms and still way cheaper than a Sony Alpha 1. So if you wanted an R5 for its video quality but couldn’t work around its limitations, the R5C is the camera for you.