Canon EOS 1D X Mark II vs. Canon EOS R5 C

Camera Comparison, Reviews and Tests

Detailed comparison and review of Canon EOS 1D X Mark II and Canon EOS R5 C. With our comprehensive overview, you can simply compare design, sensors, proximity characteristics, memory capacities, but also other key features of both cameras and easily decide which one is the right choice for you. Our goal is to help you identify the main differences between products and find the camera that best fits your needs and expectations.

Camera Specifications Comparison

Canon EOS 1D X Mark II vs. Canon EOS R5 C Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Canon EOS 1D X Mark II Canon EOS R5 C
Product Type Digital camera - 4K - SLR with Live View mode, movie recording Digital camera - 8K - mirrorless system
Lens Included Body only Body only
Height 16.76 cm 10.1 cm
Width 15.8 cm 14.2 cm
Depth 8.26 cm 11.1 cm
Weight 1.34 kg 680 g
Weight Details - Camera body only: 680 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 770 g
SENSOR Canon EOS 1D X Mark II Canon EOS R5 C
Sensor Resolution 20.2 Megapixel 45 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type CMOS CMOS
Total Pixels 21,560,000 pixels 47,100,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 20,200,000 pixels 45,000,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size Full Frame (36 x 24 mm) Full Frame (36 x 24 mm)
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) 59.94 fps 60 fps
Sensor Dust Reduction Yes Yes
Sensor Features Self Cleaning Sensor Unit, Dust Reduction (image sensor vibration) Self Cleaning Sensor Unit
Image Stabiliser - Electronic (5-axis)
PROCESSOR Canon EOS 1D X Mark II Canon EOS R5 C
Image Processor - DIGIC X
LENS Canon EOS 1D X Mark II Canon EOS R5 C
Lens Mounting Type Canon EF Canon RF
FOCUSING Canon EOS 1D X Mark II Canon EOS R5 C
Auto Focus TTL phase detection Dual Pixel CMOS AF II
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 61 1053
Auto Focus Features Predictive Focus Control Focus Peaking function
AE/AF Control Predictive AI Servo AF, Zone AF Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF, Zone AF, Head Detection AF, Animal detection AF, Vehicle-tracking AF
Face Detection - Eye Detect AF, face-priority AF function
VIEWFINDER Canon EOS 1D X Mark II Canon EOS R5 C
Viewfinder Type Optical - fixed eye-level pentaprism Electronic - OLED
Viewfinder Colour Support - Colour
Viewfinder Diagonal Size - 0.5"
Viewfinder Resolution - 5,760,000 pixels
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage 100% 100%
Optical Viewfinder Magnification 0.76x 0.76x
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range -3 to +1 -4 to +2
Viewfinder Information Shutter speed, exposure compensation, AE lock, flash charge completion, aperture, white balance, metering system, battery status, flash compensation on/off, highlight tone priority, ISO sensitivity, memory card status, FE lock, AF status, AF point -
Field of View Crop Factor 1.0 1.0
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Canon EOS 1D X Mark II Canon EOS R5 C
ISO (Max) 51200 102400
Native ISO 100-51200 100-51200
Extended ISO (Max) 102400 (H1), 204800 (H2), 409600 (H3) 102400
Extended ISO (Min) 50 50
Light Sensitivity ISO 100, ISO auto, ISO 200-51200, ISO 400-1600 ISO 50, ISO 102400, ISO 100-51200, ISO auto (100-25600), ISO auto (200-51200)
Exposure Metering Evaluative, multi-spot, centre-weighted, spot Evaluative, centre-weighted, partial (5.8%), spot (2.9%)
Exposure Metering Zones 216 384
Exposure Modes Programme, bulb, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority, E-TTL II program flash Bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority, E-TTL II program flash
Bracketing Modes - Focus bracketing
Special Effects Neutral, Faithful, monochrome, landscape, portrait, Standard, Fine Detail Neutral, Faithful, monochrome, landscape, portrait, Standard, Fine Detail
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Cloudy, tungsten light, Flash, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (daylight white) Cloudy, tungsten light, Flash, daylight, shade, 2000K - 15000K (100K steps), fluorescent light (white)
Shutter Type Mechanical electronically-controlled Mechanical, electronic
Max Shutter Speed 1/8000 sec 1/8000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 30 sec 30 sec
Exposure Compensation ±5 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps ±3 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps
Auto Exposure Bracketing 3 steps in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps 3 steps in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps
X-sync Speed 1/250sec 1/250sec
Exposure Range EV 0-20 (ISO 100) EV -3-20 (ISO 100)
DISPLAY Canon EOS 1D X Mark II Canon EOS R5 C
Type 3.2" LCD display 3.15" LCD display
Touch Screen - Yes
Display Format 1,620,000 pixels 2,100,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Built-in Rotating
Display Features Display brightness control Display brightness control, anti-smudge coating
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Canon EOS 1D X Mark II Canon EOS R5 C
Digital Video Format H.264, MOV, AVC XF-AVC, Cinema RAW Light, MP4
Image Recording Format JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG, C-RAW, HEIF, RAW + HEIF
Max Video Resolution 4096 x 2160 8192 x 4320
Audio Signal Format - Linear PCM, AAC LC
Microphone Operation Mode Mono Mono
MEMORY Canon EOS 1D X Mark II Canon EOS R5 C
Memory Card Slot CompactFlash Card SD card, CFexpress
Supported Memory Cards CompactFlash SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDHC UHS-II Memory Card, SDXC UHS-II Memory Card, CFexpress
Memory Card 64 GB CFast 2.0 -
Memory Card Included Yes No
Image Storage JPEG 5472 x 3648
JPEG 4368 x 2912
JPEG 3648 x 2432
JPEG 2736 x 1824
RAW 5472 x 3648
RAW 4104 x 2736
RAW 2736 x 1824
8192 x 5464
5808 x 3872
4176 x 2784
2400 x 1600
5088 x 3392
7280 x 5464
5152 x 3872
3712 x 2784
2112 x 1600
8192 x 4608
5808 x 3264
4176 x 2344
2400 x 1344
5456 x 5456
3872 x 3872
2784 x 2784
1600 x 1600
Video Capture H.264 - 4096 x 2160 - 59.94 fps
H.264 - 4096 x 2160 - 50 fps
H.264 - 4096 x 2160 - 29.97 fps
H.264 - 4096 x 2160 - 25 fps
H.264 - 4096 x 2160 - 24 fps
H.264 - 4096 x 2160 - 23.98 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 119.9 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 100 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 59.94 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 50 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 29.97 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 25 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 24 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 23.98 fps
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BATTERY AND CHARGING Canon EOS 1D X Mark II Canon EOS R5 C
Battery Type Canon LP-E19 Lithium Ion Canon LP-E6NH Lithium Ion
Details Canon LP-E19 Li-ion rechargeable battery (included) Canon LP-E6NH Li-ion rechargeable battery (included)
Canon LP-E6N Li-ion rechargeable battery (optional)
Canon LP-E6 Li-ion rechargeable battery (optional)
CONNECTIONS Canon EOS 1D X Mark II Canon EOS R5 C
Interface Composite video/audio, HDMI, USB 3.0 HDMI, USB 3.1, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.0
Connectivity Features - Remote control via mobile devices, remote live view, Wireless Image Transfer, wireless video upload to cloud server, wireless image upload to cloud server
Print Standard Direct print, DPOF support, Exif Print support, PictBridge support DPOF support, Exif Print support
Flash Terminal Hot shoe, PC terminal Hot shoe
Connector Type USB 3.0
Composite video/audio output
HDMI output (19 pin mini HDMI Type C)
Microphone
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (USB Type-C)
HDMI output (19 pin micro HDMI Type D)
Audio line-in / microphone (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
Headphones (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
Remote control
Timecode in/out
FEATURES Canon EOS 1D X Mark II Canon EOS R5 C
Features - SMPTE Colour Bars, zebra pattern, waveform monitor
Self-Timer Delay 10 sec, 2sec 10 sec, 2sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 4 frames per second, 5 frames per second, 13 frames per second, 16 frames per second 8 frames per second, 3 frames per second, 20 frames per second, 12 frames per second, 6 frames per second, 3.9 frames per second, 6.8 frames per second, 9.2 frames per second, 5.1 frames per second, 4.9 frames per second
Additional Features Audio recording, RGB primary colour filter, auto power save, digital noise reduction, depth-of-field preview button, digital image rotation, camera orientation detection, histogram display, AE lock, AF lock, FE lock, GPS ready, LCD live view mode, highlight point display, Dust Delete Data system, face detection, mirror lock, Auto Lighting Optimizer, in-camera RAW processing, peripheral illumination correction, Chromatic Aberration Compensation (CAC), NR Slow Shutter, distortion control, High ISO NR, Quad Active Mirror Stopper, touch pad control Sharpness control, histogram display, colour control, cropping an image, resizing an image, saturation control, highlight point display, Dust Delete Data system, Pre-Rec function, built-in cooling fan, USB charging, in-camera RAW processing, peripheral illumination correction, HDR image enhancement technology, Bayer mosaic RGB filter, Noise Reduction control, fast motion recording, silent shooting, distortion correction function, simultaneous multi-format recording, Optical Low Pass Filter (OLFP), diffraction correction, slow motion recording, chromatic aberration correction, Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG) recording, 4:2:2 10-bit internal rercording, tally light, 12-bit RAW, Canon Log 3, Perceptual Quantisation (PQ) recording, Black Gamma control
OTHERS Canon EOS 1D X Mark II Canon EOS R5 C
Included Accessories Battery charger, body cap, neck strap, eyecup, interface cable, cable protector Battery charger, body cap, shoulder strap, USB cable, cable protector
Software EOS Digital Solution -
Max Operating Temperature 45 °C 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature 0 °C 0 °C
Service & Support - Limited warranty - 2 years
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