EOS R5 with IBIS, '8K' video and 20fps shooting is coming...

According to the new Dpreview announcement, Canon has announced the development of the R5 - a flagship RF-mount mirrorless camera with built-in image stabilization, capable o

f 8K video and 20fps stills shooting. Beyond that, details are scant, but the new camera is expected to be released at some point this year.

Key specifications:

Completely newly designed CMOS sensor (40MP)

In-camera image stabilization,

20fps continuous shooting (silent shutter)

12ps continuous shooting (mechanical shutter)

8K video capture

Double memory card slots

Rumors have been swirling about an upcoming R-series camera for a while, and while Canon had already confirmed that IBIS was coming to the R lineup, we were skeptical about the '8K video' claim at first. This was for a few reasons, but principally the fact that the average consumer won't be able to view the footage at full resolution. However, it seems that the R5 will, indeed, offer some kind of 8K video capture option.

Canon's press release is rather non-specific when it comes to details, referring to the ability of photographers 'to extract high-resolution still images from video footage as well as process 8K video into higher-quality 4K video'. As such, it's possible that for practical purposes, the R5's main selling point will be 2X oversampled 4K, but we'll find out soon enough. The formidable amount of data generated by true 8K video capture (not to mention heat) would seem to present major technological challenges, but it's too early to say how (or if) Canon has dealt with them and I completely agree with Dpreview about that.