Canon EOS R8 Mirrorless Camera with RF 24-50mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM Lens

Digital interchangeable lens, mirrorless camera

DIGIC X

(One) SD card slot
Compatible with UHS-II
Eye-Fi cards and Multimedia cards (MMC) are not supported.

Canon RF lens group (including RF-S lenses)
When using Mount Adapter EF-EOS R: Canon EF or EF-S lenses (excluding EF-M lenses)

Canon RF mount

Full-frame CMOS sensor (compatible with Dual Pixel CMOS AF)

Pixels Approx. 24.2 megapixels

Approx. 36.0 x 24.0 mm

Approx. 6.00 microm square

Approx. 25.6 megapixels

3:2 (Horizontal: Vertical)

RGB primary color filters

Installed in front of the image sensor, non-detachable

Self Cleaning Sensor Unit:
Removes dust adhering to the low-pass filter
Auto cleaning: At power off / Enable / Disable
Clean now

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

Manual cleaning (by hand) not supported

Compliant to Design rule for Camera File system 2.0 and Exif 2.31

JPEG (.JPG), HEIF (.HIF), RAW, C-RAW, Dual Pixel RAW, RAW burst (.CR3)
Movies: ALL-I (Time-lapse video only), IPB (.MP4)

The following file numbers can be set:
File numbering methods
Continuous numbering: The numbering of captured images continues even after you replace the card.

Auto reset: 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.

Manual reset: Resets the file number to 0001, and creates a new folder automatically.

Auto
Standard
Portrait
Landscape
Fine Detail
Neutral
Faithful
Monochrome

User Defined 1-3:
In Scene Intelligent Auto, [Auto] will be set automatically.
[Standard] is the default setting for [User Def. 1-3]

Auto (Ambience priority/White priority)
Daylight
Shade
Cloudy
Tungsten light
White fluorescent light
Flash
Custom (Custom WB)
Color temperature

Option between ambience priority and white priority settings, using SET button

Blue/amber bias: +/-9 levels
Magenta/green bias: +/-9 levels
Shifted from the color temperature 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

OLED color electronic viewfinder; 0.39-inch, approx. 2.36 million dots

Approx. 100% (at JPEG Large image quality, 3:2 aspect ratio, approx. 22 mm eyepoint)

Approx. 0.70 x / 33.0 Degree (3:2 aspect ratio, with 50mm lens at infinity, -1 m-1)

Approx. 22 mm (at -1 m-1 from eyepiece lens end)

Approx. -4.0 to +1.0 m-1 (dpt)

Maximum burst
Possible shots/Sec. until self-timer shoots
Focus Bracketing/ Multiple-exposure/HDR shooting/Multi Shot Noise Reduction/Bulb time/Interval timer
Shooting mode
AF method
AF operation
Image quality
Card
Drive mode
Metering mode
No. of remaining shots for focus bracketing, multiple exposures, or interval timer
Electronic level
Movie recording time available
Battery level

Image Stabilizer (IS mode)
Histogram (Brightness/RGB)
Quick Control button
Anti-flicker shooting
White balance/White balance correction
Picture style
Auto Lighting Optimizer
Still photo cropping / Aspect ratio
AF point (1-point AF)
AEB/FEB
View Assist
HDR PQ
Flash ready / FE lock / High-speed sync
Electronic shutter
Touch shutter / Create folder
AE lock
Shutter speed / Multi-function lock warning

Aperture value
Wi-Fi function
Wi-Fi signal strength
Bluetooth function
Exposure simulation
Magnify button
ISO speed
Highlight tone priority
Exposure compensation

Dual Pixel CMOS AF

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)

AF area: Horizontal: Approx. 90% x Vertical: Approx. 100%
Stills: Max. 4897 positions (83 x 59)
Movies: Max 4067 positions (83 x 49)

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)
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.)

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

Auto
People
Animals (dogs / cats / birds / horses)
Vehicles (motorsports cars or motorcycles / aircraft / trains)

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

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

Still Photo Shooting: EV -3 - 20 (at 73 Degree F/23 Degree C, ISO 100)
Movie Recording: EV -1 to 20

(1) Scene Intelligent Auto
(2) Hybrid Auto
(3) Special Scenes
(4) Creative Filters
(5) Flexible-priority AE
(6) Program AE
(7) Shutter-priority AE
(8) Aperture-priority AE
(9) Manual Exposure
(10) Bulb Exposure
(11) Custom Shooting Modes C1, C2, C3

Manually Set:
Normal - ISO 100-102400 (in 1/3- or 1-stop increments)
Expanded - L: equivalent to ISO 50, H: 204800

For [Highlight tone priority], the settable ISO speed range will be ISO 200 to 102400.
Expanded ISO cannot be set for HDR mode or during HDR PQ shooting.

ISO Auto range settings in still photo shooting:
Minimum Auto Range:
ISO 100-51200 (in 1-stop increments)

Maximum Auto Range:
ISO 200-102400 (in 1-stop increments)

User-set: +/-3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
AEB: +/-3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments

(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.

Electronically controlled focal-plane shutter:
(1) Electronic first curtain
(2) Electronic shutter

Electronic 1st-curtain shutter: 1/4000th sec - 30 seconds, in 1/3 or 1/2-step increments
Electronic shutter: 1/8000th sec - 30 seconds, in 1/3 or 1/2-step increments (1/16,000th possible, if user-set in Tv or M shooting modes)

Elec. 1st-curtain: 1/200 sec.

Soft-touch electromagnetic release

10-sec. delay, 2-sec. delay, Continuous

No

Canon Multi-function accessory shoe
Optional Canon AD-E1 adapter required for conventional shoe-mount flashes and accessories

Ambience priority, standard, flash priority

+/-3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments

E-TTL each shot / E-TTL 1st shot

Disable / Enable

Recording format: HEIF
Bit depth: 10 bit
Color sampling method: YCbCr 4:2:2
HDR specification: ITU-R BT.2100 (PQ)

Recording format: mp4
Bit depth: 10 bit
Color sampling method: YCbCr 4:2:2
HDR specification: ITU-R BT.2100 (PQ)

Off / Moving sub. / Dynamic range

1 shot only / Every shot

4K UHD 59.94 fps: 30 min.
4K UHD 29.97 fps: 2 hr. 00 min.
Full HD 29.97 fps: 2 hr. 00 min.
Full HD 179.82 / 150.00 fps: 20 min.
Full HD 119.88 / 100.00 fps: 30 min.

Dual Pixel CMOS AF; Movie Servo AF available in AF Menu

+/-3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments

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)

3 or 5 seconds; user-selectable

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)

29.97 (set to NTSC); 25.00fps (set to PAL)

TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor

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)

Approx. 1.62 million dots

Approx. 100% vertically/horizontally

Manually adjustable to one of seven brightness levels

Supported for AF Point selection; Touch AF; Touch Shutter; Menu selection; Quick Control Menu; Magnified View; Volume Touch Sounds: 0 (silent) to 5

Anti-smudge coating not provided.
Anti-reflection coating not provided.

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)

White areas without image data blink in single-image display.

Brightness / RGB

The Quick Control screen can be accessed by pressing the Quick Control button during shooting, recording, or playback.

Users can customize setting items shown on the Quick Control screen.
Items shown: Up to 11
Edit layout / Reset settings / Clear all items

(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)

Except protected images:
(1) Select images to erase
(2)Select range
(3)All images in folder
(4)All images on card
(5)All found images (only during image search)

Direct printing from camera not supported

Compliant to DPOF Version 1.1

Equivalent to IEEE 802.11b/g/n Standards

DS-SS modulation (IEEE 802.11b)
OFDM modulation (IEEE 802.11g/n)

2.4 GHz band
Frequency: 2412 to 2462 MHz
Channels: 1 to 11 channels

(1) Camera access point mode
(2) Infrastructure mode

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)

The camera can be controlled via Wi-Fi or USB, with Canon EOS Utility software installed in a compatible Mac or Windows computer.

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 Specification Version 4.2 compliant (Bluetooth Low Energy technology)

GFSK modulation

Smartphone - up to 10 devices; BR-E1 remote controller - 1 unit

Dial direction during Tv/Av; Control ring rotation direction; Customize buttons; Customize dials

Functions can be assigned to the following camera controls:
Shutter button (half-press)
Movie shooting button
Multi-function button
AF-ON button
AE Lock button
AF point button
Up key
Left key
Right key
Down key
SET button
Lens function button
Speedlight menu direct button

Functions can be assigned to the following camera controls.
Main dial
Quick control dial
Control ring

Up to six top-tier menu items and Custom Functions can be registered.
Up to five My Menu tabs can be added.

Yes

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.

HDMI micro OUT terminal (Type D)

Provided

3.5mm diameter stereo mini jack

Compatible with 3.5mm diameter stereo mini-plug

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.

Automatic battery check with 4-level display when the power switch is turned ON.

Approx. 0.4 sec.
Based on CIPA testing standards.

32-104 Degree F (0-40 Degree C)

Range 85% or less

Required, included

Lithium ion

Non-universal

1

Approx. 5.22 x 3.39 x 2.76" (132.5 x 86.1 x 70.0mm) (Based on CIPA standards.)

Approx. 1.01 lbs (461g) (including battery, SD memory card; without body cap)
Approx. 14.6 oz (414g) (body only; without battery, card or body cap)

24-50mm

f/4.5 - f/6.3

RF Mount

Canon EOS R-series, full-frame and APS-C (focal length equivalent to approx.38-80mm when used on an APS-C camera)

11.8" (0.3m) at 24mm; 13.8" (0.35m) at 50mm

0.11x (at 24mm); 0.19x (at 50mm)

Approx. 12.2 x 8.1" (309 x 206mm) at 24mm
Approx. 7.2 x 4.9" (184 x 123mm) at 50mm

Approx. 84 Degree 00' - 46 Degree 00'

8 elements in 8 groups

(Two) Aspheric lenses

Canon SSC (Super Spectra Coating)

58mm

7

4.5 stops correction with In-lens Optical Image Stabilization (7.0 stops correction with EOS R5 in-body coordinated Image stabilization)

Canon STM (Leadscrew type STM)

Yes (Supports both ONE SHOT AF and SERVO AF with compatible EOS R-series cameras)

(Horizontal x Vertical)
EOS R - Approx. 88% x 100%
EOS R5 - Approx. 100% x 100%
EOS R7/R10 - Approx. 100% x 100%

Dual-function Manual focus ring / Control Ring (selected using camera menu)

Electronic ring system
Full-time Manual focus possible
No physical limit to ring rotational angle

Yes; AF/ CONTROL/ MF

Yes; AF/ CONTROL/ MF

Yes
Distance scale available in EVF or Live View LCD screen of compatible EOS R-series cameras

None

None

Wide: Approx. 2.7 x 3.7" (69 x 93.98mm)
Tele: Approx. 2.7 x 5.3" (69 x 134.62cm)

Approx. 7.4 oz (210g)

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