R5 Mark II First Impressions [for video]

[@Josh_Sattin]

Thanks Tyler! So much to explore and learn about this camera. I'm enjoying mine so far. Your footage looks great!

[@TylerEdwards]

Thanks Josh! Your footage looked great too! Really excited about this camera

[@TJIzzy]

Nice initial review! I compared mine to the R5C & was surprised that in RAW + Clog2 in post, they are basically the same. The SRAW vs 4K fine Intra is actually a huge difference if you zoom in to even 100%, the SRAW has artifacts all over. Hopefully they can eventually fix this.

[@TylerEdwards]

I’m sure it’s noticeable zoomed in, but then again my clients aren’t pixel peeping, so at no crop, if it looks good, that’s all I care about.

[@chavezbullycamp]

Basically meaning 4k fine is better then SRAW 4k..... Quality wise?

[@CineMuck84]

Be aware of silly moire patterns. They will appear easily in sraw

[@iabdulhaseeb]

​@@TylerEdwardsI'm confused basically I have plan of getting R6 mark 2 just 4 months used with RF 24-105 4L and RF 100 2.8 + 256 GB card 300MB/s In 3465 USD. On the other hand R5mark2 is 4265 USD. I also don't have any lens. There are 2 options first is buy the 2 lens with R62 or 2nd option is R52 with Rf50 1.8... later on I'll upgrade my lens 24-105.. is it worth to sacrifice more money. I want 4,5 years future safe. If you're in my place what you'll do?? Is it good offer or suggest me any other option!! I don't have any gear now .. I used to have 5dmark3 in 2016... But I changed my field as currently working in the restaurant business industry. I want to target small restaurants and small businesses for social media and products photography, as I have planned to give free 30 sec, 1 min reels for Snapchat, tiktok and Instagram. Just to build my portfolio on Instagram and other platforms. Plus I'll do street photography as I'm living an expat in Saudi Arabia. I belong to Pakistan.

[@jdavevisuals]

Thank you for your first impression. I can’t wait to see more

[@TylerEdwards]

Thanks for watching! More to come

[@kelaidiscope]

Great video. Thumbs up for full size HDMI and Folder Organization. I apprecate getting to watch you turn the gain all the way up and down, that was helpful. Hope you're well brother!

[@TylerEdwards]

Thanks man! Crazy how good it is in video!

[@lukecollinsfilm]

Hope you’re all good man, sending love and support

[@TylerEdwards]

I really appreciate your comment. It means a lot ❤️

[@zechenwei1139]

Hi Tyler! Thanks for the amazing video! In your eyes, how well does the R5ii’s image stack up against the Blackmagic? I currently own the blackmagic for video and another body to shoot stills and traveling. I am tempted to get the R5ii to replace both, but I’m unsure if I’ll see a big downgrade in video quality. What’s your opinions? How does Canon’s raw compare with BRAW?

[@TylerEdwards]

Image quality alone, blackmagic wins hands down and BRAW is way better than canon raw. If you need an all in one hybrid, the R5II is as good as it gets in my opinion.

[@zechenwei1139]

@@TylerEdwards thanks a lot!

[@KrisLuckPhoto]

It amazes me how Canon can't just have False Color overwrite view assist while its enabled haha. How do you feel about the video menu? I definitely preferred the R5 mark i for selecting frame rates/resolutions.

[@TylerEdwards]

Haha for real! I like it better than the R5, but honestly, i utilize C1-C3 a ton so I just set it and forget it

[@scottw6960]

Great video! Thanks. I was really surprised about SRAW as well. Just shot and looked at some test clips. Doesn't look line skipped especially when compared to the formats that are (regular non-fine 4K)

[@TylerEdwards]

SRAW does look really good!

[@LoganEdwards]

Here for you brother. +1 on a kick ass future.

[@TylerEdwards]

❤️

[@RayceMortensen]

Looking forward to further updates, super interested in lowlight capability! I'm definitely in need of a lower spec camera to hand off footage to churches faster! Currently own a Komodo and Komodo X, have been entertaining the idea of trading my Komodo for a canon body and just having the KX + a Canon. I've done a lot of work with the Fx3 and it's amazing but I don't know if I'd own one just due to me having canon glass. Been trying my best to not just fall into the cycle of constantly buying gear and using what I've got. Appreciate the time you put into youtube as well as your involvement on the facebook group!

[@TylerEdwards]

I need to do more testing but from what I’ve gathered, it’s a decent match to KX but the best b cam that I’ve used that isn’t red is the blackmagic 6k FF and in many cases I prefer the image of that over the KX!

[@DrClementShimizu]

Nice video. Keep your head up!

[@TylerEdwards]

🙏

[@michaelgroinger3659]

Thanks man, this is the first real world video for me besides all this unboxing and fancy YT studio guys! I also have it since two days and had my first job yesterday. Used is as B-Cam to my C70 and was really impressed. For sure you can't push the shadows as much as on the C70 but it's so much better than on the normal R5! Have you also tested in which modes you have the least problems with moire/aliasing?

[@TylerEdwards]

Ya the c70 shadows are something else! I definitely think the highlights hold up much better than the c70 though. I haven’t really tested specially for moire or anything.

[@topicruben]

Yup, it looks really good. Thanks for all the info, brother

[@TylerEdwards]

Thanks man! Glad to see you drop by. Hope all is good!

[@MatthewPolack]

Thanks Tyler.. with the recording time limits and file formats what is the best quality you think you can go to where overheating and camera turning off wouldn't be an issue? (1080p only..4k in a simpler format?) Ie. I would film the occasional long event like a wedding or a school concert.. so wondering if this camera could cope if I don't mind a bit of compromise on the really high end file formats? Thanks!

[@TylerEdwards]

Probably standard 4K (not 4K fine)

[@MatthewPolack]

​@@TylerEdwardsThat would be great.. I'm sure that's still pretty good! Thanks.. good work!

[@HuFilms]

Hi Tyler, nice vid and cool shots. I agree with you on the 4k s-raw. I didn't think that'd be a thing for me but it looks fab and much more efficient than the 8k. The lack of downsized high frame rate options in compressed codecs is a major setback, dunno why they couldn't have done it like the R5C which is great for frame rate options. Does it do a crop mode in higher fps? For example, the R5C will let you record in an S16 crop (which is a 3k image) in RAW at 120 fps. I love the shot of the girl at 4:52 by the way, sometimes I feel guilty about filming people in public with a long lens but you can get some lovely shots that way. I'm just picking up the 200-800 today and it'll be great for 'street videography' like this.

[@TylerEdwards]

I wouldn’t turn down non-line skipped HFR, but honestly, the sraw looks really good that it’s hard to complain too much. I just wish there was a 4K120 sraw option like there is in the Nikon Z8. No better frame rates in crop mode I don’t think but I also haven’t used crop mode yet either. Thanks for dropping by!

[@eccproductions]

LFG!!! Really solid video I been looking to get for weeks. Thanks for this. Where are you located?

[@TylerEdwards]

🙌🙌🙌 I’m based in Charleston SC!

[@Matt-Holdren]

Charlestons beautiful. I was there from 2015-2019

[@darkerarts]

How are you find the camera for panning? Is there a jelly effect?

[@CineMuck84]

Don‘t you miss an assignable button to toggle waveform on and off? For me it‘s annoying to block a huge portion of my composition (especially in the evf)

[@TylerEdwards]

that would be a nice feature to have

[@tiemji]

Thanks for sharing 👍

[@TylerEdwards]

Thanks for watching

[@daltonadkins3880]

I just picked up mine about an hour ago and I'm noticing a white circle that appears in the final video. I noticed it in some of the early preview videos people put out also. Have you noticed it?

[@TylerEdwards]

Dang that’s weird. I haven’t noticed it on mine

[@parrafilmsguy]

Seems to be an issue with the periphery illumination lens correction. I turned it off and it went away. Hoping it gets fixed soon.

[@pianofinger]

@@parrafilmsguythanks for the info. I just shot video for the first time with mine and hadn’t noticed any issues but now i know what to look for.

[@daltonadkins3880]

@@parrafilmsguy good to know I’ll give that a shot. Thank you!

[@joshkiddfilms1295]

@@parrafilmsguyif I recall correctly this initially was an issue on previous models as well. Feel like I remember that.

[@armandsaavedra5577]

great video, however you kind of triggered me when you said the r5ii is not much better than the r5 for stills. The r5ii has pre shooting, higher dynamic range, and better auto focus for stills.

[@TomislavMoze]

The DR is same in photo mode. The rest is true but not an important thing for most of the users. The AF still needs some work, in anima AF mode it struggles with my cat a lot.

[@TylerEdwards]

Hahaha of course there are improvements but I could care less about those things for how I work. Seems like most of those things are useful for sports and wildlife which i don’t really do.

[@kelaidiscope]

I want it!

[@TylerEdwards]

You make any camera look good so don’t feel like you’re missing out!

[@chrisjohnsonfilms]

How does it compare to fx3? On your r5 vs fx3 years ago you thought r5 looked videoish where fx3 had more film like look.

[@TylerEdwards]

I sold my fx3 to purchase the R5II so I can’t compare directly right now until I rent or borrow one but having graded a ton of fx3, the R5II seems to have more flexibility in the image with clog2 in addition to internal raw recording. Since I do stills for work as well, the R5II for me is a far superior camera than fx3 and I have zero regrets selling it.

[@iabdulhaseeb]

​@@TylerEdwardsI'm confused basically I have plan of getting R6 mark 2 just 4 months used with RF 24-105 4L and RF 100 2.8 + 256 GB card 300MB/s In 3465 USD. On the other hand R5mark2 is 4265 USD. I also don't have it

[@bladerealm124]

How do you find the 4k60 and 4k120 quality compared to other cameras like the Z8?

[@TylerEdwards]

I never used 4k60 on the z8 oddly, but I did use 4k120 NRAW quite a bit and I think that’s a huge miss on canons part with the R5II

[@iconikreviews5377]

Does it shoot cinema/film style video like the R5C?

[@TylerEdwards]

Yes

[@mrjeremyjeremyjeremy]

Can a vmoubt battery be used to power it? Would love to see a video of it rigged up!

[@TylerEdwards]

Yes. I’ve just been using usb-c out of the core nano x or smallrig batteries to power the r5ii

[@pslaathaug]

Nice! I'm working on mine, but agree with 100% of what you said.

[@TylerEdwards]

Right on!

[@movimox]

Thank you what about stabilisation ?

[@TylerEdwards]

Seems better than r5 but not by much. Still wobbles at 16mm

[@TJIzzy]

@@TylerEdwards Mine doesnt wobble at all I can see (35mm 1.4 vcm), but I saw stuff on forums of people saying their RF lenses that have IS inside were wobbling like crazy. Even their 24-70. Maybe there is something going on and it will be fixed later? Idk

[@RockyColaFizz]

I noticed on my R52 that if you switch from 4k fine and go to crop movie mode, and then Switch back to full frame mode it dumps you into 4k line skipped. Just beware of that. And I also notice that if you create C1 through C3 camera profiles it has a bug where it overwrites the Color profile from the last one you set. For example if you set C1 to Log, and C2 to Canon 709 profile, it will change your C1 setting from Log to Canon 709 as well. Really weird.

[@AutospeciLvAkumulatori]

WATCHING "4K VIDEO" ON SMALL PHONE SCREEN, VERTICALLY.

[@TylerEdwards]

AWESOME

[@scottmh]

For film makers I wouldn’t even consider this camera. The Z8 has reached a peak in terms of what a hybrid camera can achieve. The R5C too with its many downsides such as the lack of IBIS, terrible AF and battery life. Now that red will ditch rf, it’s time to go Sony or Nikon. Canon is not gonna be the leader in hybrids.

[@TylerEdwards]

I used the z8 for a few months and although it is a great camera, the R5II is better for video with much better codec and color space options and way better AF. It also lacks a MI shoe to be able to utilize for audio like on R5II and Sony bodies. If Nikon puts R3D with RWG/L3G10 is their mirrorless bodies, that will certainly change the conversation. But for now, no, the Z8 is not peak hybrid based on my experience.

[@scottmh]

@@TylerEdwards how is any of the r5ii codecs superior to the ProRes in the Z8 which is oversampled? The digital noise in the r5 is terrible the 4k raw has horrible artifacts. The r5c has a far superior image to that of the r5ii for video. Try rendering any of the raw video footage with the slightest NR applied to get rid of that digital noise and you’ll be looking at 3-5 fps export speeds on a fully specced out MBP. That’s terrible. The compressed raw of Nikon does much better in terms of usability.

[@TylerEdwards]

@@scottmh prores hq is great but impractical in most cases. That leaves nraw (which is good) and h265 4:2:0 compressed which is weird. R5II has a great 10-bit 422 codec with 4-channel audio. Also, the rec2020 color gamut is such a weird choice for Nikon. Canon cinema gamut is a much larger color space which does make a difference. The Z8 is a fantastic stills camera and I’d probably get it over the r5 for that and it has some great video specs, but I did not enjoy using it for video. Have you shot with the r5II on an actual project? I’ve used all three cams mentioned on actual projects and R5II checks many more boxes for me. R5c is great but it isn’t better-again this is coming from personal experience using both cameras. There’s definitely more to like about the R5c in terms of video centric I guess a more important question is what is your experience using all of these cameras personally? Maybe the z8 is better for your workflow 🤷‍♂️

[@scottmh]

@@TylerEdwards anything 10 bit is easy to grade if exposed properly. ProRes is the easiest codec by far for all M1 Mac and above to edit. The only thing the z8 lacks is a great AF in video. Canon makes everything great around the sensor but the sensor. I’ve used it on one project and to me it’s another crippled canon move. I shoot mostly 50fps and above and the image isn’t all that good as its line skipped. The hardware simply doesn’t allow for enough cooling / power delivery. Add to that the complete lack of 3rd party lenses, it’s not looking like the hybrid of hybrids. What bothers me the most is that the r5c produces a much nicer image and that’s crazy, given they’ve had 5 years to upgrade. I use a hybrid as a b cam to my red. Whenever the red is too big or too slow I rely on it and I’d much rather rely on my r5c than the r5ii. I was really hoping for an upgrade but this isn’t it. With red being bought by Nikon and that future reds will have a z mount, I’d much rather invest in that system than a crippled canon one.

[@adamfalgout6601]

I Custom mapped buttons to enable false color *shrug*

[@TylerEdwards]

same but it is useless if using view assist. we need to be able to map a button to toggle view assist at minimum.

[@NicanorVillanueva8]

sraw 4k 60 is unusable moire artifacts etc

[@TylerEdwards]

It’s more than usable. Are you saying that from personal experience or just the KZbin videos that zoom in at 300% and complain about it? 😂 I’ve used it plenty and it hasn’t been an issue.

[@rMr.big13]

Dynamic range is worst that the original R5….🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️canon sucks

[@TylerEdwards]

No it isn’t 😂

[@joshkiddfilms1295]

@@TylerEdwardsprobably referring to the slight drop at lower ISOs when using electronic shutter for photo. Just a trade off of stacked sensor. Z63 by Nikon also has this issue. I feel like the applications where it’s even noticeable and matters are few and far between.