It’s not just the sensor that affects a camera’s performance but its image processor too, and here the playing field is dead level. The EOS R brings other enhancements and features too, but if outright resolution is all you’re interested in, the EOS R’s advantage is fairly marginal. The eye tracking system works also in the movie mode.īoth cameras have full-frame CMOS sensors, but the EOS R has slightly higher resolution at 30.3 million pixels versus 26.2 million pixels in the EOS RP. Maybe it is not as perfect as in the recently showed Sony A6400, but it is just enough for the static portrait photography. It is also worth to mention that the eye tracking system works in the serial mode and in the permanent AF measurement. Professionals for years used EOS 5D MARK III with a very similar sensor and their work was outstanding. Purists may complain about the narrowed down dynamic range, but let’s not overdo it. First of all the image sensor has 26 megapixels (EOS R – 30 megapixels), and it is based on the same system as SLR EOS 6D MARK II. Looking for more crucial differences? We need to look inside and stop for a moment to see the construction. While the EOS RP is small, many of Canon’s RF lenses are not, and we’re almost sure that the EOS R will feel a better-balanced camera with many of these new lenses. But small size and light weight aren’t everything. The EOS R is not just wider, taller and fatter than the EOS RP, it’s also 175g heavier. The EOS RP measures 132.5 x 85.0 x 70.0mm and weighs just 485g, body only, while the EOS R comes in at 135.8 x 98.3 x 84.4mm and 660g. This is where the differences between the EOS RP and the EOS R are most obvious. Unfortunately, when it comes to Autofocus, the “R” model wins it without any doubts. But it is possible to get used to it, easier with narrowing the AF point control to one quarter of the screen. One may complain about it, especially given the lack of a joystick. We mean the AF point control – while looking through the viewfinder the frame shows with visible delay relative to the movement of a finger on the screen. There is one flaw that shows immediately. Autofocus sharpens the acuteness in only half a second. We get 4779 active (up to f/11 value) phase detection points (5655 in the EOS R), covering 88% horizontal frame and 100% vertical frame, sensitive up to -5EV (-6EV in the “R”). The AF system is also weaker than the EOS R’s, but it is still one of the best available on the market. 1.04m is still a standard resolution so we wouldn’t complain about it. It looks like a big difference, but it really shows only with the 100% enlargement. The R had a 3,15-inch screen with 2.1m resolution, while the RP has a 3-inch screen with 1.04m points. Even though it is, according to its specification, weaker than the one in the R, it’s hard to see the difference with the naked eye. The rotated LCD touchscreen in the RP is – as always in Canon’s products – great: light and reacts immediately. ![]() Lower resolution is visible when you compare the two models, but we can’t say it writes off working with the viewfinder of the RP. The viewfinder is light, contrastive and doesn’t smudge. ![]() But the difference is not so visible and the zoom in the EOS RP is just enough. The RP model has also smaller electronic viewfinder (0,39 of an inch vs 0,5 of an inch zoom 0,7 vs zoom 0,76) with a slightly smaller resolution – 2 360 000 points vs 3 000 000 points. But let’s face it: the battery should not be such a disappointment. Of course it is possible to arrange and eventually someone will present the battery grip adjusted to the model. One will need to have one or two spare batteries, as the specification says about 250 photographs achievable with the battery fully charged. Everyone remembers that battery was not the EOS R’s strongest point, so… its weaker version in the EOS RP causes a problem. Its capacity is twice smaller than the LP-E6N’s (1860 mAh), used in the EOS R. ![]() The EOS RP gets the LP-E17 (1000 mAh) type, known from the EOS-M line. What is the biggest – and at the same time the most disturbing – difference? Unfortunately, the battery. The EOS R comes out ahead of the EOS RP in most respects – but at $2299, is it worth the $1000 difference in price? The two cameras actually have a lot of differences under the hood, in everything from autofocus to sensor characteristics. Canon has just released its full-frame mirrorless EOS RP camera for $1299, and it’s the best moment to take a look at how it looks against the Canon EOS R.
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