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CANON R5 FIRST IMPRESSIONS<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Review: Darren Lewis, Creative Scrum and ACPME Communications Officer
Camera: Canon R5
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While focussing on a bug back in June I took an almighty tumble down some steps. Mid-air panic \u2018Not my beloved 5D Mk IV and not my brand new 100-400 L series lens!’<\/span><\/p>\n

On hitting the deck, I stared into the lens hood. Phew! The glass seemed intact. I rested the camera on the floor and inspected the cut on my right hand. This sent me all wonky \u2013 far too much ketchup. Still, better me than my workhorse \u2013 especially as my bags were packed for a two-day shoot. Patched-up, I looked at the camera body. Eek! The LCD screen and back were completely stoved-in. No power. Simply trashed.<\/span>

Phone call to a friend and I borrowed his camera body for the shoot. This let me test my lens. It was fine.<\/span>

But what now? It was stupidly under-insured and I needed a replacement. Cue masses of reading and remembering Martin Parkers\u2019s review of the mirrorless Canon R5. How did it really measure up against the R6? Surely it would be much better with twice the megapixels? But then I knew a brilliant photographer that had traded in his 5D and raved about buying two R6s. Was 8k video a waste of time given most computers couldn\u2019t handle it? Did the 8k really cause the camera to overheat?\u2026<\/span>

I had a bag of lenses and every reason to stick with Canon. \u00a0Many 5 star reviews pointed to the new R5. But at well over 4K for the body\u2026 Yikes! <\/span>

Sometimes Lady Luck shines on you. A friend offered to purchase one for me at an enormous discount. I knew I\u2019d use it for work and, before I could talk myself out of it, I ordered a camera, a battery grip and an EF to RF lens adapter. Plus another battery and different memory cards (as my existing\u00a0ones wouldn’t fit).<\/span>

The camera and grip arrived quickly, but the adapter seemed to take forever. Canon were out of stock of all the models and the lead times were enormous \u2013 due to unforeseen demand more than the effects of Covid. I didn\u2019t want a third-party version, so I waited a few weeks and bought one as soon as it came into stock at an online camera store. <\/span>

What were my first impressions? Different arrangement of buttons, masses of customisation, bit smaller than the 5D but well-planted and solid (particularly when combined with the battery grip), handy flippable touch screen\u2026<\/span>

I know\u2026 Cut to the chase. How does it perform? <\/span>In a word: astonishingly.<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve popped a few sample jpgs into a gallery here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Firstly it\u2019s fast. Even paired with an f4.5 100-400 lens and a 1.4x converter the R5 focussed like a rocket.<\/span>

Secondly, it\u2019s easy to use. I\u2019m happy to admit that I chimp \u2013 after all I’m a designer first, then a photographer. The change from an optical viewfinder to a pin-sharp digital one didn\u2019t seem to cause a delay and the WYSIWYG display meant exposure and depth-of-field were there to see.<\/span>

Thirdly, the results were incredibly sharp. One of the first pictures I snapped (hand held) was my friend’s dog (above). I could zoom into every hair. The ‘industry-leading 8-stops’ of image stabilisation and new 45MP sensor were game changing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I’d read about eye-tracking of birds, but how about dragonflies in flight? There\u2019s no way I could have captured those with any of my previous cameras. They skit about in all directions and over water\/reeds rather than against blue skies. So I hiked to Pinkery Pond on top on Exmoor. Boom! If I could get them in frame and predict their flight for a second or two (that\u2019s the biggest challenge, especially up close) the camera would snap onto them. \u00a0

When a bat was hunting in daylight one afternoon (they sometimes do after wet nights without food) I ran to grab my R5. I could barely track it with my eye. It was a long way away, but I managed to get something recognisable.

It\u2019s still early days, but my R5 has been to schools for portraits and creative shots, out in the garden and I\u2019ve shot video with it in low light (mounted on tripod at a funeral and hand held at long-range on Exmoor in the wind).

It\u2019s a fantastic bit of kit. It seems well-built with weather sealing and a rugged construction. I just need to avoid falling down any more walls \u2013 I don’t bounce like I used to!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A good website for more techie details: https:\/\/www.dpreview.com\/reviews\/canon-eos-r5-review<\/a><\/p>\n

Darren<\/p>\n

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Find out more<\/span><\/h2>\n

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To discuss membership, sponsorship <\/b>opportunities<\/b><\/span>\u00a0or annual conference please contact\u00a0<\/b><\/span>
Jennie Mort, ACPME Administrator:\u00a001527\u00a0893675 |\u00a0admin@acpme.ac.uk
<\/a>Contact address: Seven Elms, Dark Lane, Astwood Bank, Redditch, Worcestershire B96 6HB

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Or feel free to contact members of our Board <\/strong><\/span>
Details\u00a0here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The Association of Creative and Print Managers in Education, a not for profit private company, limited by guarantee.\u00a0<\/span>Registered in England and Wales No. 10244428. Registered address: Seven Elms, Dark Lane, Astwood Bank, Redditch, Worcestershire B96 6HB<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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