Canon EOS R8 Mirrorless Camera (Body Only)

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 lens group (including RF-S 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

Screen Size

Approx. 36.0 x 24.0 mm

Pixel Unit

Approx. 6.00 micro m 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

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

Dust Deletion Feature (Contd.)

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 time or digital tele-converter is set

Manual cleaning (by hand) not supported

Recording System

Recording Format

Compliant to Design rule for Camera File system 2.0 and 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:
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.

File Numbering (Contd.)

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

Picture Style

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]

White Balance

Settings

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

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 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

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 x / 33.0 Degree (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)

Viewfinder Information

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

Viewfinder Information (Contd.)

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

Viewfinder Information (Contd..)

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

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)
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.)

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)

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

Flash

Built-in Flash

No

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 Degree F/23 Degree C, ISO 100)
Movie Recording: EV -1 to 20

Exposure Modes

(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

ISO Speed Range

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)

ISO Speed Range (Contd.)

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

Exposure Compensation

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

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

Shutter Speeds

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)

X-sync Speed

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

Shutter Release

Soft-touch electromagnetic release

Self Timer

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

External Speedlight

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

HDR Shooting (HDR PQ)

Disable / Enable

Still Photo HDR PQ

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

Movie HDR PQ

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

HDR Mode

Off / Moving sub. / Dynamic range

Continuous HDR Shooting (still images)

1 shot only / Every shot

Video Shooting

Shooting Times

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.

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

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.

Quick Control Screen

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

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
(5)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

Connection Method

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

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.

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

Customization

Available Functions

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

Customize Buttons

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

Customizable Dials

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

My Menu Registration

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

Video Calls / Streaming

USB Video Class (UVC)

Yes

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.

HDMI Out Terminal

HDMI micro OUT terminal (Type D)

Clean HDMI Output

Provided

Microphone terminal

3.5mm diameter stereo mini jack

Headphone terminal

Compatible with 3.5mm diameter stereo mini-plug

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.

Start-up Time

Approx. 0.4 sec.
Based on CIPA testing standards.

Operating Environment

Working Temperature Range

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

Working Humidity

Range 85% or less

Battery

Battery Info

Required, included

Battery Material

Lithium ion

Battery Type

Non-universal

Battery Quantity

1

Physical

Dimensions (W x H x D)

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

Weight

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)

KEY FEATURES

• 24.2MP Full-Frame CMOS Sensor
• 4K60p 10-Bit Internal Video, Canon Log 3
• 2.36m-Dot OLED Electronic Viewfinder
• 3.0" 1.62m-Dot Vari-Angle Touchscreen
• Dual Pixel CMOS AF II
• 40 fps Electronic Shutter
• Movie Digital IS
• Vertical Movie Mode
• Microphone Input, Headphone Output
• Multi-Function Shoe, Wi-Fi & Bluetooth

BOX CONTENTS

• Canon EOS R8 Mirrorless Camera
• Canon LP-E17 Lithium-Ion Battery Pack
• Canon LC-E17 Charger for LP-E17 Battery Pack
• Canon R-F-5 Camera Cover
• Camera Strap
• Shoe Cover