With a view to enchantment to a wider viewers, the corporate has now launched its most inexpensive full-frame mirrorless digicam — the EOS RP. This digicam was introduced in early February, and by the tip of the month, it was already accessible in India. The EOS RP is a trimmed-down model of the EOS R, not solely when it comes to options but in addition its bodily measurement. The physique alone is priced at Rs. 1,10,495, which isn’t too unhealthy for a full-frame digicam in a compact physique. It’s time to search out out if it’s any good.
Canon EOS RP design
The physique of the EOS RP immediately offers you a DSLR really feel. Nonetheless, not like most full-frame DSLRs, this one could be very gentle at simply 485g. The physique is effectively constructed and the plastics really feel sturdy, however this digicam doesn’t really feel as premium because the EOS R. The dials on the highest are bit extra fundamental as effectively.
You don’t get a secondary show or the brand new ‘Mode’ button. As an alternative, the EOS RP contains a conventional mode dial and two extra dials for altering settings. This isn’t essentially a nasty factor, since there’s not a lot of a studying curve with this digicam. You additionally get a devoted button for video recording, a swap to lock the controls, and a multi-function button for fast entry to drive modes, white steadiness, and so on, identical to on the EOS R.
The Canon EOS RP has a well-recognized button structure
The digicam has an honest collection of ports. You get particular person microphone and headphone sockets, a Micro-HDMI port, USB Sort-C, and a flash sync terminal. The rear button structure is similar to that of the EOS R, however one factor that’s lacking is the programmable multi-function bar, however we didn’t miss it an excessive amount of. Despite the fact that we discovered it helpful on the EOS R, the absence of it on the EOS RP didn’t actually impede our workflow when capturing.
The OLED viewfinder is smaller than the one on the EOS R and its decision is a barely decrease too, at 2.36 million dots. Nonetheless, we discovered it fairly succesful in most lighting situations. The EOS RP doesn’t get a really snug eye-piece although, which is one thing we missed. There’s an IR sensor, utilizing which the digicam mechanically switches between the viewfinder and LCD once you convey the digicam to your face or transfer it away.
The EOS RP has a single card slot, which is positioned alongside the battery compartment, on the underside of the physique. It helps quick UHS-II SD playing cards, which is nice. The handgrip is pretty chunky, and we felt assured sufficient dealing with this digicam when capturing. There’s additionally a lot of rubber cladding unfold throughout the remainder of the physique to help in ergonomics. The three-inch LCD on the again has a 1.04 million dot decision. Contact response is nice, and contact enter works within the menus in addition to in stay view mode.
The digicam has a wide selection of ports
Sadly, the lightness of the physique doesn’t depend for a lot when you slap on an RF lens. Canon despatched us the 24-105mm RF lens together with the digicam, which pushes the entire weight of the system to over 1kg. The mix can also be very front-heavy, which makes capturing for lengthy hours fairly fatiguing. Pretty much as good as the brand new RF lenses are, we might use just a few lighter (and extra inexpensive) zoom choices within the RF household.
Canon EOS RP specs and options
The Canon EOS RP contains a 26.2-megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor and is powered by the identical DIGIC 8 picture processor that the EOS R makes use of. It has Twin Pixel autofocus (AF) with 4,779 selectable AF factors, an ISO vary of 100-40,000 (expandable all the way in which to 1,02,400), 5fps burst capturing with One-Shot AF or 4fps with Servo AF, and a most shutter velocity of 1/4,000 seconds. Similar to the EOS R, the EOS RP doesn’t have in-body stabilisation, so for stills, you’ll must depend on the stabilisation within the lens. For video, there’s digital stabilisation.
This digicam may also shoot 4K video however there are just a few small catches. Similar to the EOS R, your body is closely cropped (about 1.6x). Additionally, on the EOS RP, Twin Pixel AF doesn’t work at this decision. As an alternative, the digicam falls again to distinction detection AF, which is horribly gradual. Full-HD movies might be shot at as much as 60fps and there’s HDR video help too, however at a decrease body charge.
The digicam may also output 8-bit 4:2:2 video over HDMI, but it surely doesn’t help Canon’s C-Log recording format just like the EOS R does. One other function that’s lacking is a dust-prevention curtain for the sensor. This was very helpful on the EOS R, because it helps you to confidently change lenses when out within the area with out worrying about mud coming into the digicam.
The EOS RP has a tilting, touchscreen LCD show on the again
Wi-fi connectivity is much like what we noticed on the EOS R. There’s built-in WI-Fi and Bluetooth for connecting the digicam to a smartphone. This allows you to switch pictures wirelessly and use your cellphone as a viewfinder for distant capturing.
Canon EOS RP efficiency and battery life
In our ISO check, the EOS RP received off to a great begin. The picture stayed sharp until about ISO 1,600 with barely any noticeable artefacts. The sharpness degree dipped a bit as soon as we received to ISO 6,400 and particulars additionally took a little bit of a success, which is obvious from the shaved areas of the pencils. Pushing the ISO additional noticed a gradual degradation intimately and picture high quality.
At ISO 25,600, there was seen noise within the shadow areas, and the sides of the pencils weren’t as effectively outlined as they need to have been. At ISO 40,000, the picture was gentle and particulars had been poor. There was additionally a lot of noise within the picture.
The ISO efficiency is similar to what we skilled with the Canon EOS R. In low-light photographs, it’s greatest to limit the ISO to 12,000 or beneath, for those who’re planning on cropping your photographs later.
Canon EOS RP ISO check
In daylight landscapes, the EOS RP captures glorious particulars and publicity is dealt with properly. Even when capturing beneath vivid daylight, there’s a great steadiness of shadow element and highlights aren’t overexposed. Smaller objects within the distance exhibit good element, which is seen once you zoom in all the way in which. Colors additionally look vigorous and pores and skin tones are dealt with effectively.
The Canon EOS RP may also shoot HDR stills, which captures a number of exposures and combines them for a dramatic impact. You’ll be able to select how a lot you wish to fluctuate the publicity degree by between the completely different photographs, and likewise add results to get an inventive look.
Macros look superb too, with sharp edges across the object in focus, glorious color copy, and good bokeh, even with the f/4 lens that we had been utilizing for this assessment. You get a wide selection of focus choices, together with a face and object monitoring mode. This works very effectively, and the digicam does a great job staying locked in your topic.
There’s Eye AF too, which works decently effectively so long as you might be comparatively near your topic. With the EOS RP, Eye AF now additionally works in Servo AF mode, which wasn’t the case with the EOS R.
Canon EOS RP pattern: ISO 640, f/4, 1/60, 53mm (resized for internet, faucet to see full-sized picture)
Canon EOS RP pattern: ISO 100, f/7.1, 1/200, 56mm (resized for internet, faucet to see full-sized picture)
Canon EOS RP pattern: ISO 160, f/4, 1/60, 29mm (resized for internet, faucet to see full-sized picture)
Canon EOS RP HDR pattern: ISO 100, f/6.3, 1/640, 24mm (resized for internet, faucet to see full-sized picture)
Canon EOS RP pattern: ISO 100, f/5, 1/640, 105mm (resized for internet, faucet to see full-sized picture)
Burst capturing just isn’t this digicam’s sturdy go well with, as 5fps is nearly satisfactory. That too, that is solely with single-shot AF, which implies the main focus is locked solely within the first body. Switching to Servo AF drops the velocity all the way down to round 3-4fps, which isn’t very helpful when capturing shifting objects. The digicam does have an excellent body buffer for burst capturing although, because it saved 161 frames with room for extra, in our check.
Nonetheless, it additionally took some time to seize this a lot, for the reason that burst charge isn’t that prime. After some time, it does get tiring holding the shutter button down. In case you time your photographs effectively sufficient, you would possibly have the ability to seize some good photographs utilizing burst mode. Because of the decently excessive decision of the sensor, you possibly can afford to make some very heavy crops and nonetheless get a usable picture.
In low gentle, the EOS RP captures first rate element, supplied you don’t push the ISO too excessive. The Twin Pixel autofocus continues to be fast however we did discover a little bit of searching when capturing in extraordinarily darkish situations. Low-light landscapes is usually a little grainy. At ISO 40,000, images might nonetheless be usable however we wouldn’t advocate cropping them as particulars are very gentle.
Canon EOS RP HDR pattern: ISO 40,000, f/4, 1/60, 28mm (resized for internet, faucet to see full-sized picture)
Canon EOS RP HDR pattern: ISO 400, f/4, 1/80, 65mm (resized for internet, faucet to see full-sized picture)
Canon EOS RP HDR pattern: ISO 40,000, f/4, 1/5, 24mm (resized for internet, faucet to see full-sized picture)
Video efficiency is nice at 1080p. The Twin Pixel AF gives easy transitions between topics, clips are crisp and detailed, and colors are effectively represented with good dynamic vary. You’ll be able to regulate the extent of monitoring and autofocus sensitivity relying on whether or not you desire a fast or a gradual focus-shift impact. The touchscreen works effectively for framing your photographs, and you’ll even use it as a touchpad when utilizing the EVF.
The EOS RP may also shoot 4K video however with some huge compromises. For starters, it could possibly solely do 25fps, so footage appears to be like a bit uneven for those who’re shifting about. There’s no stabilisation, and your body is cropped fairly closely. The worst half although is which you could solely use distinction detection autofocus, which is painfully gradual, even beneath ample gentle. In low gentle, movies have seen noise and pictures lack good sharpness. The ISO can also be restricted to 25,600 when capturing at 1080p and 12,800 when capturing at 4K.
Canon has printed a fairly conservative battery life score of simply 250 photographs per cost when utilizing the LCD. Nonetheless, we simply managed to shoot round 480 stills and a dozen brief video clips on one cost, which we weren’t anticipating. The digicam ships with an exterior battery charger, however you can too use a Sort-C energy supply to cost the battery contained in the digicam itself. Canon recommends utilizing its PD-E1 USB energy adapter for in-body charging.
Verdict
The Canon EOS RP is the corporate’s most inexpensive full-frame mirrorless digicam, and that makes this form of sensor much more accessible to a wider set of customers. It has its strengths, corresponding to the sunshine physique, easy-to-master controls, a useful touchscreen, and superb picture high quality beneath good gentle. Canon’s Twin Pixel autofocus works brilliantly for stills and 1080p video, and with an non-obligatory adapter, you need to use your present Canon lenses with the brand new RF mount.
Nonetheless, we really feel that the worth of this digicam in India continues to be a bit too excessive. For roughly the worth of simply the physique, you can discover loads of good APS-C cameras (with lenses) such because the Sony A6500 and Fujifilm X-T3. In case you issue within the 24-105mm lens, the worth shoots as much as practically Rs. 2,00,000. That’s some huge cash, particularly contemplating you can get the Sony A7 III with a 28-70mm lens for just Rs. 1,52,999 online. For the sake of differentiating this digicam from the EOS R, Canon has held again fairly just a few options from the EOS RP, the largest one being Twin Pixel autofocus when capturing 4K movies.
The EOS RP is a enjoyable digicam to make use of and we love its simplicity. You probably have present Canon lenses, then all you want is an EF mount adapter and you need to use them with this digicam, saving you the price of new RF lenses. Nonetheless, it’s actually exhausting to disregard the opposite choices — each APS-C and full-frame — which might be accessible at round this value, most of which supply higher options in comparison with the EOS RP.
Value (MRP):
- Rs. 1,10,495 (physique solely)
- Rs. 1,99490 (physique + RF24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens)
Professionals
- Mild and durable physique
- Good high quality stills in daylight
- Dependable autofocus system
- Absolutely articulating LCD touchscreen
- Respectable battery life
Cons
- Not effectively suited to 4K video capturing
- Gradual burst capturing
- Present RF lenses makes the physique heavy
- A bit costly
Rankings (out of 5)
- Construct/ design: 4
- Picture high quality: 4
- Video high quality: 3.5
- Efficiency: 3.5
- Worth for cash: 3
- Total: 3.5