Comments on: Canon – EOS R10 Mirrorless Camera with RF-S 18-45 f/4.5-6.3 IS STM Lens – Black

By: camdenk

camdenk — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 05:17:16 +0000

SUMMARY
I found the R10 to be a more than capable camera for the casual photographer looking to get into mirrorless. Personally, it’s an upgrade in every way from my T5i with its improved autofocus system, 4K video recording, and incredible shutter speed. Especially if you are interested in photographing wildlife, sports, and dog park adventures – you will find a lot of high-end features in this compact everyday package.
PROS
– Fast shutter speed
– High 24MP APS-C sensor
– Dual Pixel CMOS
– Compact body
CONS
– EF lens compatibility requires an adapter
– Not compatible with battery grip accessory
INTRODUCTION
I’ve been a long-time casual Canon DSLR user starting with the Rebel T3i and upgrading to the T5i many years ago which I’ve used happily for the past 7 years. The Rebel line has always had a consumer focus and with the release of the R10, I feel that folks that have been hanging on to their Rebel series cameras should finally make the jump and Canon makes it an easy decision given just how capable the R10 is for the everyday photographer.
A NOTE ABOUT LENS MOUNTS
The first thing you need to know if you’re a Canon DSLR user: Yes, the mirrorless bodies use a different lens mount, but Canon has several options starting at $99 that will adapt your EF lens so that you don’t have to shell out and rebuild your whole lens kit. I picked up the basic adapter, but Canon also has adapters with a built-in control ring and even a unit with a built-in filter if your willing to spend a bit more.
SPECS
The R10 is awesome for several reasons namely that it brings a lot of the “pro” features to an accessible price point. Firstly, the R10 has a sizable 24MP APS-C CMOS sensor. Since it uses an APS-C sensor the R10 is compact and easy to travel with. It also uses the Dual Pixel CMOS AF II which excels in capturing moving subjects. While it is using the cropped sensor, the combination of the Dual Pixel technology and 15fps mechanical shutter speed (faster than the R5) make it a great action camera for sports and snapping shots of wildlife or your pup at the dog park.
HARDWARE
The R10 body design as I mentioned is small and light thanks to the APS-C format sensor – great for throwing into your day bag or small hike pack. Even with the smaller body, it packs tons of features and capabilities. The back of the camera features an articulating LCD touch screen. You can utilize this screen as a viewfinder, but you can also utilize the built in OLED viewfinder which overall I find to be quite good. The usual I/O is here – micro-HDMI, 3.5mm microphone, remote control input and USB-C for data and charging. There is a hot shot mount for external flash as well as a built-in flash. The bottom features a 1/4”-20 screw hole for tripods/mounts and the battery/memory card door. Unfortunately, this door doesn’t seem to be removeable, so a battery grip attachment is out of the question for the R10. There is no in-body stabilization or weather sealing, so you’ll want to be conscious of using recording video on the go and in the rain – more on recording video later.
CONROLS
From the controls perspective I appreciate the flexibility that the thumb dial, pointer finger selector, and control ring (when using an RF lens) have when shooting full manual. Having all of these literally at your fingertips is especially useful on hikes when you might be subject to continuously changing lighting conditions as you go in and our of tree cover. Learning how to navigate through menus took some getting used to as the controls layout is quite a bit different from my T5i, but still logically grouped and organized in a similar fashion.
PHOTOS
Overall, I found the R10 to be a huge upgrade from my T5i and a very capable and spec heavy daily shooter for most. I took advantage of the 18-45mm lens included with the kit as it provides the slimmest package. Additionally, I used the adapter to take advantage of my EF lenses (both my 50mm prime and 18-135mm). The kit lens is both versatile for portraits and landscapes, but for range I utilized my 18-135. I found the dual pixel auto-focus system to be incredible versatile especially for moving subjects (see attached photos of my dog park adventure). The R10 has AI subject detection options to maintain focus on people, animals and cars. In my experience at the dog park, this worked great for animals and humans alike. Additionally, with the 24 MP sensor, images came out sharp with great detail. Low light performance was decent, but I did notice a fair amount of noise and autofocus did struggle when the scene was especially dark. That being said I would not say that low light photography is the focus of this camera.
VIDEO
One of the major benefits of mirrorless cameras over their DSLR cousins is the performance of video. Where as DSLRs historically struggled to capture video over long periods of time due to increasing sensor temperature and increasing image noise. The R10 can record oversampled 10-bit 4K 30fps and 1080p 60fps up to 120fps. Additionally, it can record 4k 60fps at a 1.56x crop which is a great capability to have if you have a wide enough lens and space between your subjects. Since this camera has no in body stabilization you should make use of the electronic stabilization, I found that while the enhanced further cropped in the image it did the best job at smoothing out my motion. Additionally, you can add a stabilized lens to further smooth out your video. The R10 has built-in stereo microphones which sound great for everyday use, though if video is your focus I would probably invest in a better external microphone.

By: Nataraj

Nataraj — Sat, 29 Oct 2022 16:46:05 +0000

Canon R10 is one of the best entry level mirrorless camera for a wider audience including Beginner Photographers and Content creators. Though this camera is classified as an entry level camera it is loaded with tonnes of customizable features. My previous camera was Canon T5i DSLR that was introduced in 2013 which really shoots some wonderful photographs and video which we use it for our YouTube channel where we get good feedback about the video quality even now. Since we were looking to upgrade to a 4K mirrorless camera for the content creation, we didn’t really wanted to go for a high end camera. We wanted to stick to the budget camera without compromising on some of the key features like 4K video, Auto-focus and compact design. So far I have been very satisfied with the R10 and I would certainly recommend this camera to everyone except amateur Wildlife/Sports photographers who can go for the sibling Canon R7 which was introduced around the same timeframe. I am really surprised by how Canon has stayed on the top in terms of introducing new models with innovative technology to stay atop of the competition.
Pros:
1. Overall Design – First looks were truly amazing. We own a Canon T5i DSLR and wanted to upgrade to a basic mirrorless camera for our YouTube cooking channel for better shooting performance and sleek design. R10 is so sleek, light weight (Camera without the lens weighs about 0.84 pounds and with the 18 – 45 mm lens it weighs around 1.21 pounds) and compact that it can be mounted on to the tripod easily. Having said that this camera is a great choice for vloggers, content creators and travelers especially who are outdoors and use a Gimbal for shooting. Since this a Beginner’s camera upon choosing different modes we get a very nice representation with pictures and explanation for each of the modes. In my old T5i there were no images and it was all old style with just plain text. But Canon has done a great job in explaining the different modes in a more easier way. This option can be turned off if you are are an expert.
2. Autofocus – Another feature that R10 shines is on Autofocus. With the Digic X processor, its really impressive how fast the autofocus is. Autofocus can be changed or selected by touching the LCD screen. The difference of Autofocus on my old T5i vs R10 was clearly visible. R10 has an excellent Autofocus system for both photos and videos. Autofocus is almost the same as the higher end R7 camera. Canon has done an excellent job with the autofocus considering the price point of this camera. One cannot ask for more.
3. Burst shooting speeds – This is one of the another features that makes Canon R10 a worthy buy. Being an entry level mirrorless camera, Canon has done an amazing job with the shooting speed. Thanks to the Digic X processor once again for making this possible. One cannot expect wonders with shooting speeds especially if you are a Professional Wildlife or Sports photographer. If so you should consider the higher end R7 camera that has both In built body stabilization as well as amazing burst shooting speeds.
4. APS-C Image Sensor – R10 has the same image sensor as the higher end mirrorless version R7 which was released around the same time frame.
5. Shutter Mode – R10 has 15 FPS Mechanical shutter and 24 FPS Electronic shutter that makes this camera insanely fast making it suitable for Sports or Wildlife photographs but may not be best for professional Wildlife and Sports photographers.
6. Tracking subjects – It is possible for one to choose from a wide range of subjects that we want the R10 to capture which can be People, Animals (not just Dogs and Cats) and Vehicles.
7. Video shooting – R10 shoots video in 4K at 24 and 30 fps, 4K Crop Mode 60 FPS and FHD up to 120 FPS.
8. Creative filters – R10 comes with different modes like Grainy B&W, Soft Focus, Fisheye effect, Art Bold effect, Water painting effect, Toy camera effect, Miniature effect, HDR art standard, HDR art vivid, HDR art vivid, HDR art embossed which some people can use to reduce the time they spend on editing.
9. Photo Scene modes – Self Portrait, Portrait, Smooth Skin, Group photo, Landscape, Panoramic Shot, Sports, Kids, Panning, Close-up, Food, Night Portrait, Handheld Night Scene, HDR Backlight Control and Silent shutter
10. Movie Recording modes – Movie auto exposure(Shutter speed and aperture are auto – 4K at 24 and 30 fps and FHD at 24, 30 and 60 fps), Movie manual exp (Shutter speed and aperture are manually set – 4K at 24 and 30 fps and FHD at 24, 30 and 60 fps), HDR Movie(FHD only 30 fps)
11. Wireless connectivity – R10 comes with the options to connect to Bluetooth and Wifi. I tried transferring the photos over the Bluetooth and that saved a lot of time that people usually spend in transferring the photos from the SD card to the computer.
12. USB Type C charging – One can use the Power bank to charge the battery via the USB Type C port which will add some juice to the battery just in case you don’t have additional batteries.
13. Memory card – There is no memory card provided. It will be better if one opts for UHS-II cards instead of UHS-I cards to get the most out of the 4K videos.
Cons:
1. Lack of Image Stabilization – For Professional Sports, Wildlife photographers or anyone who is shooting fast action shots this camera may not be the best as it lacks some of the key features like in-body image stabilization.
2. Meager Battery – Canon has tried to retain the same LP-E17 battery. If you are someone who does lots of Outdoor photography or even indoor photography its better to have couple of more additional batteries so that you don’t run out of juice in the middle of your shooting. With the LCD screen one can shoot around 350-450 shots. But with the EVF this reduces to only around 210-290 shots. Its better to use the LCD screen instead of EVF to save juice on the battery.
3. Smaller lens collection – Although it is possible to use an adapter to help use the old DSLR EF lenses on this one, it would be nice if Canon starts introducing more RF lenses in the near future.
4. Issue with High Frame rate switching – If we are shooting on 4K with High Frame rate off, if we turn the High Frame rate on and then flip it back to Off once the shooting is complete the Movie format doesn’t revert back to 4K instead it will be on FHD. This might be frustrating as people might think they will be switched back to 4K only to realize they have been shooting on a completely different resolution. This is something Canon should correct it at least in the future.

By: MrBill250

MrBill250 — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 01:14:31 +0000

Canon lists the OS R10 as an advanced beginner and content creator camera. It is more capable than beginner cameras and costs a bit more to reflect that. But I feel it is a bargain as you get much more in a surprisingly light, compact, and easy to use body.
The R10 has a fast autofocus that keeps up with moving subjects, better than many cameras I tried. The 15fps mechanical and 23fps electronic shooting speeds for brief periods before slowing. It slows down much faster shooting in RAW format vs. JPEG, I suspect a limitation in the speed writing to the UHS card and/or a lack of cache slows the shutter speed down. This fast shutter speed help ensure getting that crucial shot, say when shooting a child’s sporting event. The R10 has an eye and subject tracking feature that tracks people, animals, and vehicles within the image to keep the focus on your moving subjects. This is again, also an excellent feature for sporting events and vlogging.
The video supports uncropped 4K at 30p. The camera itself digital Image Stabilization to reduce camera shake and leave you with a smooth looking video. Video clips can extend beyond the 30-minute limit of other cameras if your battery and SD card have the capacity. The multi-function Hot Shoe on top supports external Microphones as well as optional lights and external flashes. There is a microphone input for an optional external microphone, but curiously there is no headphone jack to monitor your audio when shooting videos.
As a longtime Canon SLR user, I find it a great second camera to have on hand. With its familiar controls, it’s an easy camera for other family members to use. The R10 is smaller and lighter than Canon EOS 70D, which had received some groans on who had to carry it in the past. The R10’s small size and weight server to make it an excellent travel camera. Whether it’s a vacation or creating content on the go, the R10 much less fatiguing to carry around all day than my Canon 70D. The Canon R10 has a Plasticky feel/look that struck me odd at first at this price point, but it is light and about as small as a SLR can get. After carrying it around for several hours, I became OK with it.
Despite being smaller, there is a deep grip well on the right side that provides a good purchase on the camera. Its comfortable to hold with good balance. Supporting a long telephoto lens on the camera is not a problem. The controls are laid out logically and easy to use as is the menu structure. The articulating touchscreen rotates and flips so you can view it from behind, below, above and in front of the camera.
If you are already in the Canon Camera eco system as I am, the addition of a Canon EF/EF-S Lens mount adapter is a no-brainer. The adapter allows the use of Canon EF & EF-S Lens on the R10. Having several Canon EF lenses and one EFS lens, this provided me with allot of extra value. There is also a much wider selection of focal length and speeds in EF and EF-S lenses available now than with the new RF lenses. Available lenses are big factors to consider when looking at a replacement camera.
• Canon 2971C005 = Simple Adapter allows EF/ EF-S lens with a Canon R series camera
• Canon 2972C002 = As above but adds a Programmable Control Ring that can be programmed in the menu to add an easy to access function when shooting manually such as shutter speed, ISO, aperture, white balance, etc. *This is the one seen in my pictures.
• Canon 3442C002 = Drop-in Filter Mount Adapter EF-EOS R with Circular Polarizing Filter.
• Canon 3443C002 = Drop-in Filter Mount Adapter EF-EOS R with Variable ND Filter.
The last two adapters do not have a control ring but are great options. One set of filters cover all your EF/EF-S lenses regardless of the diameter of this front lens filter size.
Another consideration for the R10 is if you have many EF-S lenses. The EF-S image is sized for a CPS-C sensor, so they are a good match for the R10. With the R10, both EF and EF-S lenses will work perfectly well without the image being cropped as they will on other R series cameras with a larger sensor. The EF lens supports a larger Full Frame image which work on both Full Frame and CPS-C image sensors.
With the R10, Cannon introduced a line of less expensive RF-S lenses. Like the EFS-S lenses, these have a smaller image sized for the CPS-C sensor. If you think you may one day progress to a more advanced Full Frame camera, it may be worth spending a bit more to go with Full Frame lenses.
With the smaller CPS-C sensor, lenses have a higher rating than they do with a Full Frame camera. For example, a 75-300MM lens used on an CPS-C translates to be about 120-480mm
The camera has Wi-Fi which allows you to share photos and videos to your phone and social media with the EOS Utility or to a PictBridge-compatible printer. The camera can also be controlled remotely Wi-Fi.
The OLED screen viewfinder (no more mirror) is super clear, but it seems a bit small. I have a little trouble with image acquisition, getting the image situated and ready to shoot. It takes a bit longer to adjust to the small image after when other cameras have a larger viewfinder image.
Picture and video quality are great in normal and bright light. But shooting in low light with the R10 leads to very dark pics. Also, when shooting manually if the ISO gets cranked up to 1280 or beyond, the picture gets noisy fast.
I find the R10 to be a very capable photo/video camera ready to travel, capture memories or make content. There are a few minor shortcomings, but they are minor and can be overcome. This is a quality camera at a fair price and worth checking out. Especially if you have Canon EF, or EFS-R lenses from another camera. and other.

By: Fordman9870

Fordman9870 — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 09:17:45 +0000

The Canon R10 is a great starter camera for a beginner, and even up to an intermediate user. I have owned many Canons and Lenses from consumer glass to L pro lenses.
The new mirrorless camera works great with older lens (EF/EF-S) with an adapter. After several test shots with both old a new RF lenses, there were no differences in the auto focus or tracking that I could tell. The same result were achieved when recording the focus on my lens’s was spot on, even when the focus was tracking an object coming towards the camera or side to side.
The sensor is an APC sized cropped sensor with a Digic X processor. This processor is lightning fast in processing your pictures.
The camera body is smaller than the D series but still fits into medium size hands just fine, the size and weight is saved via the removal of the Mirror mechanics.
Without getting to much in detail, the specs are heavy on the R10: Dual pixel CMOS AFII, -4EV low light focus, 2.36 million dot EVF, 15FPS mechanical continuous, ISO up to 32,000, 23FPS continuous electronic shutter, 7.5cm 1.04 million dot touch screen, Digic X processor, 4K/30p oversample, 4K/60p smoother motion video, live stream YouTube (while connected to a hotspot or WiFi)
In the box: The Camera came with a strap, battery, charger, R10 body and an 18-45 RF lens F4.5-6.3 Image stabilization. Great for Vloging, close up photos, or even selfies. The Image stabilization will allow you to take low light pictures better than a standard lens. Granted it won’t be much before your movement will make a low light picture blurry. For those occasions, I would recommend a tripod. But for Vloging the lens is perfect and can be hand help with smooth video even when walking.
The colors captured in the multifocal points is impressive, I had a 50D and when I reviewed my pictures, I almost always had to process them after the fact with lightroom. But with the R10 my processing time has been cut in half. I was amazed at how well my pictures turned out. Most pictures needed little to no touching. I took some of my landscape photo’s and ran them through some of my basic edit and was amazed that I couldn’t tell the difference between edited and non-edited.
As far as speed of focus. It is top notch. I used the camera at a local NHRA event that saw speeds of 338 MPH. The camera was able to nail a sharp picture at speed while having great bokeh with the background. The pictures really popped.
I used the green zone for my pics, as I didn’t want to miss anything. But a few were manual. I looked at the settings that the green zone offered and built off of that. The camera still has the creative zone that can be used via the touch screen. Preset zones are, Auto that has a ton of preset effects. The Dial also includes; creative filters, video (4K), two creative buttons you can preset yourself, Bulb for long exposure, Manual to make your own settings, Aperture Value to set what type of background focus you want, Shutter priority to slow down or speed up the shutter for smooth water falls to freeze the action type pictures, Program mode where the camera does the shutter and aperture settings and you can do the rest. flexible priority to set your own back ground like shutter, aperture, and ISO or and one of them for creative pictures.
The button and dials are laid out perfectly and can be accessed with taking your eye off the picture, the dial, video record, ISO, focus lock, shutter, F-stop are on the right side on top. The rear has a nub joystick, the info button, Menu, review picture, settings dial, AE lock, AF point selection.
Should you need to transfer a picture to your smart phone to post on social media, your phone will connect via BT for the transfer. It took about 3 seconds to transfer a full resolution pic. Less than a second to transfer a reduced size image, perfect for posting. Be sure to shut off the WiFi/Bluetooth when done or it will drain your battery.
The built-in flash is a nice touch when needed I found that up to about 7 feet the flash worked as it should without over doing it with hot spots or blown out areas. For shots like this I always use the histogram in the info session to make sure nothing is too dark or light when manually adjusting for photos.
The battery was more than sufficient for a long day of shooting, as far as video it will record for about 55 minutes before needing recharged.
For people new to these camera types, I would recommend searching up Fro Knows Photo, he has tons of videos and event a setup for this camera as well as others.
If you are in the market for a great starter/vlogging camera the R10 is very versatile. You can vlog then turn around and go to the zoo or game and take pictures. You won’t need a huge back pack with extra equipment. I would maybe pick up a 70-200 lens and you will be good to go. Should you need a better flash, many companies make a flash suitable for your cameras hot shoe, I would ask the guys at BestBuy to set you up.
Practice, Practice, Practice in all settings before you attempt to use this and expect great photos, your camera is only so smart. You need to know how to use if in occasions such as; indoor low light, indoor with florescent light, outdoor cloudy, sunny, low light. If you get familiar with this camera and a few lenses. I would stack this up against Cameras that are considerably more.
Before setting out, make sure you have plenty of cards and batteries. Don’t skimp! Get genuine canon batteries and big-name memory cards. Look out for fakes.
If you like Vlogging or just walking around with an all around great mirrorless camera this is your camera.
I would recommend this to family and friends.

By: ChristopherS

ChristopherS — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 05:33:00 +0000

Im not a professional photographer. Just a hobbyists but i think thats the beauty of this camera. When you first get the camera you can take stunning images in raw with the auto setting. Then learn as you go. So far i have leared a great deal about the fundamentals of photography and im now comfortable making my own adjustments. For the money this camera packs a punch and can do many things more expensive cameras can do. 4k videos look great. Inbody image stabilization crops in the image a bit but is nessasary if your not using a tripod. Speaking of cropping, this is a cropped sensor not a full frame. If your not familiar with what that is you should go watch a YouTube video and make sure your comfortable with that. A full frame alternative for the same price is the cannon RP. But keep in mind the R10 has newer feature and a faster shutter than the RP. Along with a ton of other new features with the updated platform.