Canon EOS R8

The Canon EOS R8 is an entry-level full-frame mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera launched by Canon in April 2023. It inherits many key features of the Canon EOS R6 Mark II and is smaller and lighter than the Canon EOS RP.

The Canon EOS R8 was announced on February 8, 2023 and launched on April 18, 2023, together with the Canon EOS R50, with a suggested retail price of US$1,499 (body only).

Features
The Canon EOS R8 is offered as a body only or in a body-and-lens kit package with a Canon RF 24-50mm f 4.5-6.3 IS STM zoom lens at a suggested retail price of US$1,699.

Image features
The Canon EOS R8 features a 24.2 megapixel full-frame dual pixel CMOS. The camera features the DIGIC X. The EOS R8 does not have in-body image stabilization, however, a lens with optical lens-based stabilization can be used.

ISO
The EOS R8 maximum sensitivity of ISO is 102 400 (expandable to ISO 204 800) and down to ISO 100 (expandable to 50), and in video it can capture up to ISO 25 600 (expandable to 102,400)

Shutter
The camera has an electronic shutter that shoots up to 40 frames per second and an electronic first curtain shutter that eliminates rolling-shutter and shoots up to 6 frames per second.

Focusing
The EOS R8 uses Canon’s Dual Pixel CMOS AF II system to capture and record and offers 100% horizontal and 100% vertical with Face + Tracking and Auto Selection modes and 100% horizontal and 90% vertical with manual selection and large zone modes. It has 4897 AF points.

Video
The camera can record up to 4k UHD (3840 × 2160) 59.94 frames per second with 10-bit color and support for HDR and C-Log3 profiles. It can shoot up to 180 fps in Full HD giving the option for slow-motion. It also offers 3–5 seconds pre-record capability, which adds 3–5 seconds of footage before pressing the shutter.

Ergonomics
The EOS R8 weighs 414 g (461 g with card and battery), which makes it the lightest full-frame camera on the market. Its design is based on its predecessor Canon EOS RP.

On the back it has 7.5 cm (3.0’’) Clear view LCD II screen with resolution of approximately 1.62 million pixels and a touchscreen. It has 0.39 inch OLED color EVF that has a resolution of 2.36 million dots (1024 × 768) and .70 magnification. The viewfinder is same as its predecessor Canon EOS RP.

Lenses
The EOS R8 uses Canon's RF lens mount. It is possible to use older EF and EF-S lenses with the use of an EF/EF-S to RF adapter. At launch it had 38 native lenses available. It has a Full Frame sensor, a focal length multiplier of 1× so lenses will provide their original focal length on R8.