Canon EOS R8
- Type
- Mirrorless
- Mount
- Canon RF
- Sensor format
- Full frame
- Resolution
- 24.2 MP
- Announced
- February 7, 2023
- Launch price
- $1,499
Specifications
Sensor and image
- Resolution
- 24.2 MP
- Largest image size
- 6,000 × 4,000 px
- Sensor format
- Full frame
- Sensor size
- 35.9 × 23.9 mm
- Sensor type
- CMOS
- ISO range
- 100 to 102,400
- Extended ISO range
- 50 to 204,800
- In-body stabilization
- No
Autofocus
- AF system
- Dual Pixel CMOS AF II
- AF points
- 1,053
- Subject detection
- People, Animals, Vehicles
- AF low-light limit
- -6.5 EV
Shutter and burst
- Mechanical shutter
- No
- Fastest shutter speed, electronic
- 1/16000 s
- Slowest shutter speed
- 30 s
- Flash sync speed
- 1/200 s
- Burst rate, electronic
- 40 fps
Video
- Video modes
Resolution Max. frame rate Crop Note 4K UHD (3,840 × 2,160) 60 – uncropped, 6K oversampled Full HD (1,920 × 1,080) 180 – high frame rate 179.82 fps, max shutter 1/200 - Internal bit depth
- 10-bit
- Log profile
- Yes
Viewfinder and display
- Viewfinder
- Electronic (EVF)
- Viewfinder resolution
- 2.36 million dots
- Viewfinder magnification
- 0.7x
- Viewfinder coverage
- 100%
- Screen
- 3 in, 1.62 million dots
- Touchscreen
- Yes
Body and battery
- Dimensions (W × H × D)
- 132.5 × 86.1 × 70 mm
- Weight with battery and card
- 461 g
- Body-only weight
- 414 g
- Weather sealing
- Yes
- Battery
- LP-E17
- Shots per charge (screen)
- 370 shots
- Shots per charge (viewfinder)
- 220 shots
Storage and connections
- Card slots
- SD/SDHC/SDXC UHS-II
- Wi-Fi
- Wireless LAN (IEEE802.11b/g/n) 2.4 GHz
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 4.2 (low energy)
- USB
- USB Type-C (SuperSpeed Plus USB 3.2 Gen 2)
- HDMI
- HDMI Micro out (Type D)
- Microphone input
- 3.5 mm stereo mini jack
- Headphone output
- 3.5 mm stereo mini jack
Market and price
- Announced
- February 7, 2023
- Launch price
- $1,499 (US)
Features stated by the manufacturer
- 8.3-megapixel frame grab from 4k movie
- Canon log 3
- Focus breathing correction
- HDR pq
- Multi-function shoe
- RAW burst with pre-recording
- USB streaming (UVC/UAC)
Manufacturer data: global.canon, canon-europe.com, usa.canon.com
Last checked: October 25, 2026 (against the manufacturer data) · How we check
Size and weight
- Width × height × depth
- 132.5 × 86.1 × 70 mm
- Weight with battery and card
- 461 g
- Weight, body only
- 414 g
Manufacturer data: global.canon, canon-europe.com, usa.canon.com
The front view is schematic, only width and height are to scale.
Check the shutter count
The shutter count of the Canon EOS R8 can be read from a camera JPEG (checked with JPEG files). The model writes it into JPEG files only, not into RAW files, and counts electronic and mechanical releases together. Open the tool