Our quick take

Canon EOS RP - 4.0 / 5

Design: Who is the RP for?

  • Canon EOS RF lens mount 0.39-inch, 2.36m-dot OLED viewfinder (0.7x mag) 3-inch, 1.04m-dot vari-angle LCD touchscreen HDMI, USB, mic & headphone ports Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support 485g with card and battery 1x SD card slot (UHS-II) Dedicated mode dial

Performance: A watered-down EOS R?

  • Dual Pixel CMOS autofocus (88% horizontal and 100% vertical coverage) 4,779 autofocus positions, via multi-direction selector or touchscreen Zonal, AF expansion, Spot AF, Face Tracking and Eye AF options 5fps continuous shooting (4fps with focus tracking) 13 special scene modes (including silent shooting) LP-E17 battery: 240-250 shots per charge Shutter speeds: 30-1/4000sec, Bulb

Image quality: Think 6D MkII

  • Digic 8 processor 26.2-megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor ISO 100-40,000 (expanded L: 50, H1: 51200, H2: 102400) 4K video (24/25p); Full HD (60, 50, 30, 25fps) [29m 59s max]

To recap

The RP is the step-down model to the EOS R, but we find the more affordable camera a better handler on account of its layout and size. However, limited battery life, some mis-balanced issues when using larger lenses, and 4K crop in video capture are all niggling issues.