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Canon EOS R5

Colour notes and matched recipes for this body.

Sensor
Full frame
Resolution
45 MP
Crop factor
1×
Base ISO
100
Mount
Canon RF
RAW format
.cr3
Released
2020

Editing notes

Canon's reputation for skin tones is deserved and shows up as a warmer, more magenta-leaning default rendering than Sony or Nikon. Frequently needs *less* warming than other bodies; over-warming Canon files is the most common editing mistake with them.

Looks that suit these files: Portra-ish 400, Golden hour, teal shadows.

The files it writes

The Canon EOS R5 records RAW as .cr3. C-RAW makes files roughly 40% smaller by discarding data permanently. Invisible in normal grading, visible in a deep shadow recovery — worth choosing deliberately rather than leaving on.

What a .cr3 file actually contains — compression, bit depth, embedded previews and which software reads it.

Deconstruct a Canon EOS R5 edit

Open a photograph and its .xmp sidecar in the Studio to watch the edit replayed stage by stage — then publish the recipe here, next to the notes above.

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