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Canon R5

Canon R5

Canon · Mirrorless Body

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Used price as of Jul 18, 2026 · active listings

Synthesized from 19 reviewer sources · Last updated 2026-07-15

What reviewers agree on

Synthesized from 19 reviewer sources for Canon R5. AF for video is the strongest axis: 59 positive, 28 neutral, and 19 negative across 106 sentiment markers.

Key Axes

Optical Performance
27 pos · 8 neu · 4 neg
“Now, that area has only gotten better with newer models, and actually cameras like the R6 III with a slightly lower resolution handle low light even better, but the R5 is still great for that kind of shooting, and again, it just makes it super versatile for being able to capture all kinds of…” — Park Cameras
Build Quality
3 pos · 4 neu · 1 neg
“it and I actually do find it quite effective but uh yeah it's no good if you can't even get it to calibrate yeah okay so you know Canon always like to keep things weather sealed the R5 Mark II is very well weather sealed but they always worry about the hot shoe so they got this new hot shoe” — Petapixel
Mount Compatibility
15 pos · 4 neu · 1 neg
“One advantage of obviously Canon mirrorless is with an adapter, we can use our older EF lenses.” — Duade Paton Why The
Price & Value
17 pos · 8 neu · 3 neg
“R6 Mark II the r10 the R50 something in that price category because I think you'll get more out of your money investing in a slightly less expensive camera and then using the money that you've saved to invest it into something like higher quality lenses but that's just my opinion so I hope you…” — Anthony Gugliotta The Best Camera For Hybrid Shooters
Weight & Portability
1 pos · 0 neu · 0 neg

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Distortion
0 pos · 0 neu · 1 neg
Vignetting
3 pos · 3 neu · 0 neg
Coma
5 pos · 2 neu · 0 neg
Color Rendition
17 pos · 7 neu · 4 neg
“level you know contrast levels look fantastic still color saturation levels look really good you can see you know that it's kind of growing in terms of the noise that's there in those shadows and so you are losing some smoothness and those areas for sure in here you know a little bit more noise but…” — Dustin Abbott
Filter Thread
2 pos · 0 neu · 1 neg
Dimensions
3 pos · 1 neu · 0 neg
“a small footprint and there's so many things in here that i've been waiting for in a camera for years well done guys seriously well done all right guys so that is it for me that's your first look at the canon eos r5 from someone that's been using it for a few weeks and had hands on for a” — Peter Mckinnon Hands On With The New
Handling
18 pos · 4 neu · 0 neg
“These Canons are fun to use, offer great handling, have terrific lenses, focus reliably.” — Gerald Undone
AF Noise
12 pos · 5 neu · 3 neg

Used Market

pre_owned$1620
open_box$2499
refurbished$1810

Prices as of Jul 18, 2026 — lowest active listing per condition.

Sources (19)

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