The Canon R5C Owners Club

Ron777 said:
That is interesting. I have never used the Tascam adapter without batteries. But in regards to the Tascam vs the mix pre, while the Tascam attaches to the camera via the hot shoe, how do you mount the mix pre? I own several Sound Devices preamps, the latest being the '888', but they get slung from a shoulder in a carry case, and that results in dangling cable/s that invariably get caught on something.
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The MixPre D was designed to be used under a DSLR. It has a 1/4 20 mount on the bottom along with a a 1/4 20 screw on top. It also has a high volume, mic level stereo output that generally is the right level to allow the camera preamps to run at near unity levels. I actually usually use the MixPre on a Noga Arm attached to my tripod, though. I use it for almost all of my interviews because the preamps are nearly transparent, the limiters are fantastic, and the volume LED's are very easy to see.
 
So I have the Tascam hotshoe interface for the R5 C. Quick question just to clarify: So it's NOT possible to disable the internal mics with the Tascam connected? None of the audio settings in the canon OS are available when the Tascam is connected. Kinda weird. I have to go in post every time to disable the internal mic.
 
Jeffy2k as far as I can tell the answer is no. If you go on the official Canon USA forum and search 'R5 C' you'll see a thread where it's being discussed and a Canon admin rep confirms all this and that they are aware that some people are not feeling it. Hopefully that and the battery drain situation get address in a future firmware update.
 
The only means of defeating the R5c's internal mic—at the current time—is to attach the Tascam adapter and mic, while at the same time connecting a mic to the camera via its 3.5mm jack. This is a consumerish approach for a camera that Canon is marketing to pros. As for the menu settings being grayed out, I and others have not been able to determine what has to happen for them to become live, and Canon Tech Support has not been able to offer an explanation either.
 
Ron777 said:
The only means of defeating the R5c's internal mic—at the current time—is to attach the Tascam adapter and mic, while at the same time connecting a mic to the camera via its 3.5mm jack. This is a consumerish approach for a camera that Canon is marketing to pros. As for the menu settings being grayed out, I and others have not been able to determine what has to happen for them to become live, and Canon Tech Support has not been able to offer an explanation either.
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Ah! That is a pretty bad solution, but it works, and for that I am grateful. It's one less step I have to do in post, even though it feels a bit jerry-rigged.
 
When the C300mkII came out (late 2016) the camera would always record the slate mic to channels 3/4.

It bugged me and I commented about it here at the time; people replied that any editor worth their salt would understand what was happening and know to disable them in post.

Anyhow several months later Canon did provide the ability to disable the slate mic in the menu as a firmware update (and this option was on the C300mkIII at launch).

Just noting as Canon has form here.
 
I own and use a C300 MK III, and you are correct, it does allow the defeat of its slate mic. But we are more than "several months" beyond the release of the R5c, and Canon should have responded to the numerous posts regarding the inability to defeat its internal mic. Deleting tracks 3&4 in post is what I have been doing, but it is a nuisance that we should not be faced with.
 
Hey fellow CanonUsers, just wanted to mention here as a last resort (I know not everyone checks the marketplace) that the C200B I'm selling is going to be recycled soon.

11 hours on the clock, pretty much brand new.

If you can use it as a B cam (or A cam if the R5 C isn't in the budget), please LMK/message me. Still such an incredible cinema camera with images indistinguishable compared to the latest offerings.

And ND filters. :love4:
 
I haven't had much time with the R5C yet but ran into the first weird thing with it. I was shooting some semi stop motion miniature stuff and use the Laowa 24mm probe lens. The R5C wouldn't allow me to trigger a photo. The lens is EF with a cannon EF/RF adapter and I didn't have any other EF glass handy to test if it was the adapter that didn't allow photos or the lens itself.
 
FrameFarmMedia said:
I haven't had much time with the R5C yet but ran into the first weird thing with it. I was shooting some semi stop motion miniature stuff and use the Laowa 24mm probe lens. The R5C wouldn't allow me to trigger a photo. The lens is EF with a cannon EF/RF adapter and I didn't have any other EF glass handy to test if it was the adapter that didn't allow photos or the lens itself.
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You have to turn on the "release shutter without lens" in the camera menu. All of the Canon cameras have this feature that you have to turn on in order to use lenses that don't have electronics.
 
I remain disappointed that there hasn't been a peep from Canon about the R5c's internal microphone issue, and with the passing of time I am less than hopeful that they will ever offer a solution.
 
R5 isn't on the list either. But much older Canon cameras are.

And I am bleeping hot about it.
 
Usually I'd say it's due to some conspiracy theory, but on this one I would speculate it has something to do with the sensor. The non-cinema camera Canon RAW like on the R5, R5 C, 1DX Mark III and R3 is beyond noisy. We all know about noise reduction not being applied (or shouldn't be) when a camera is in a RAW mode, but something is wrong here. (I thought this for a while.)

If you switch the cameras to another mode, the motion pictures are, per usual, gorgeous - no noise at all at high ISOs. But I'm wondering if Netflix techs didn't think that was good enough and saw some deeper issues.

Their cinema cameras behave differently. (And I know the R5 C has an EOS badge, but it may be nothing more than a recycled R5, sensor, process, IDK.)
 
NorBro said:
If you switch the cameras to another mode, the motion pictures are, per usual, gorgeous - no noise at all at high ISOs. But I'm wondering if Netflix techs didn't think that was good enough and saw some deeper issues.)
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It could be, but the FX3 has netflix certification. And it has undefeatable noise reduction, I believe. I doubt that the R5C has more processing and monkey business going on than the FX3.

Also, as far as I know, Netflix certification doesn't have THAT much to do with image quality. You need a certain amount of dynamic range, I believe, and certain bit-depth and bitrate requirements. But beyond that, it's mostly a checklist of necessary features. I don't think it relies on a subjective assessment of a camera's capabilities?
 
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