Finally, we found the time to put the new Canon EOS R1 through its paces in our standardized lab test. This top-of-the-line flagship camera surprised us in quite a few ways – curious to hear more? Then read on … We reported about the announcement here, but just to repeat: the EOS R1’s long feature list includes a full frame 24MP sensor with 6K 60P RAW video recording, 4K 120P, C-log2 and C-log3 color space, XF-AVC-S and XF-HEVC-S, Cinema EOS file structure, simultaneous stills shooting while recording video, and even a tally lamp. It also boasts an overhauled DualPixel intelligent AF system, an 8.5-stop in-body image stabilizer, and a new level of AI in-camera integration (currently only for stills). The Canon EOS R1 in the CineD Studio. Image credit: Cined We were quite curious to see how it would compare to the EOS C400 in terms of lab test results, so let’s get going. Again, many thanks to my dear colleague Florian Milz, who helped me shoot and analyze this test! Rolling shutter of the Canon EOS R1 As usual, we are using our 300Hz strobe light to get the sequence of black and white bars, typical for the read-out nature of rolling shutter sensors. Let’s start with Canon CRAW 6K at 25 fps: Wow, we are getting a solid 8.3ms (less is better) – a very good result for 6K readout! The same 8.3ms are also obtained for 4K fine full frame readout. This is also slightly better than the...
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