Canon EOS R10

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Canon EOS R10 (one SD card slot, 15.0 oz./424g with battery and SD card, $979) and Canon RF-s 18-45mm IS STM. bigger. I got mine at B&H. I'd also get it at Adorama, at Amazon or at Crutchfield, or used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.

R10 body-only: $979 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

R10 & 18-45mm IS kit as shown: $1,099 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

R10 & 18-150mm IS kit as recommended: $1,379 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

The body sells for about $600 used if you know How to Win at eBay.

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Sample Images top

(more at High ISOs)

These are just snapshots; my real work is in my Gallery.

These are all shot hand-held as NORMAL (stairstep icon) JPGs. No tripods, FINE JPGs or RAW CR3 files were used or needed.

Solar Disc and Gull at Sunset, 6:44 PM, Thursday, 18 August 2022. Canon EOS R10, OWC ATLAS S PRO 256GB SDXC card, RF-s 18-45mm IS STM at 38mm (62mm equivalent) at f/8 at ¹/_3,200 at Auto ISO 100 (LV 17.6), Luminar Aurora HDR (now part of Luminar Neo) with my one JPG file to restore detail to highlights and shadows. bigger.

Island Sunset, 7:08 PM, Thursday, 18 August 2022. Canon EOS R10 in square-crop mode, OWC ATLAS S PRO 256GB SDXC card, RF-s 18-45mm IS STM at 21mm (34mm equivalent) at f/8 at ¹/₆₄₀ at Auto ISO 100 (LV 15.4), Luminar Aurora HDR (now part of Luminar Neo) with my one JPG file to restore detail to highlights and shadows. bigger.

Sunset and Boogie Board, 7:19 PM, Thursday, 18 August 2022. Canon EOS R10 in square-crop mode, OWC ATLAS S PRO 256GB SDXC card, RF-s 18-45mm IS STM at 45mm (73mm equivalent) at f/8 at ¹/₂₀₀ at Auto ISO 100 (LV 13.6), Luminar Aurora HDR (now part of Luminar Neo) with my one JPG file to restore detail to highlights and shadows. bigger.

Sunset and Cessna, 7:25 PM, Thursday, 18 August 2022. Canon EOS R10, OWC ATLAS S PRO 256GB SDXC card, RF-s 18-45mm IS STM at 45mm (73mm equivalent) at f/8 at ¹/₂₅₀ at Auto ISO 100 (LV 14.0), Luminar Aurora HDR (now part of Luminar Neo) with my one JPG file to restore detail to highlights and shadows. bigger.

Ideally I'd have the plane facing into the image rather than flying out of it. I'd either have the Cessna come around again heading North, but barring that I'd flip it so it faces in the other direction by putting it in a new layer and flipping it in Photoshop CS6 (from 2012), but since this is just a sample photo and not exactly going into my portfolio, tough. It's a free website, my rules.

Black BMW and Red Neon, 7:27 PM, Friday, 19 August 2022. Canon EOS R10, OWC ATLAS S PRO 256GB SDXC card, RF-s 18-45mm IS STM at 45mm (73mm equivalent) wide-open at f/6.3 at ¹/₄₀ at Auto ISO 800, -1 stop exposure compensation to keep the black car black (LV 7¾), Perfectly Clear, curves adjustment layer to increase contrast in Photoshop CS6 (from 2012). bigger.

This is what I love about my weightless R10 and tiny RF-s 18-45mm IS STM: it goes everywhere with me, so when something catches my eye, boom!, instant photo. In this case I snuck out of a pizza place and headed across the parking lot to In-N-Out to get a lemonade that the pizza place didn't have. I saw the neon turned into an "S" as I squeezed past the black car, and bingo, instant photo as I was trying to get back to the pizza place before I got busted.

Pizza, 7:45 PM, Friday, 19 August 2022. Canon EOS R10, OWC ATLAS S PRO 256GB SDXC card, RF-s 18-45mm IS STM at 18mm (28mm equivalent) wide-open at f/4.5 at ¹/₄₀ at Auto ISO 10,000 (LV 3.1), curves adjustment layers and masks to lighten the pizza in Photoshop CS6 (from 2012). bigger.

ISO 10,000 in no light with the slow RF-s 18-45mm f/4.5 ~ 6.3 IS STM? No problem, and you can see why I didn't want to miss my pizza!

P and POO on an unwashed Audi, 9:25 AM, Saturday, 20 August 2022. Canon EOS R10 in 4:3 crop mode, OWC ATLAS S PRO 256GB SDXC card, RF-s 18-45mm IS STM at 45mm (73mm equivalent) at f/8 at ¹/₁₀₀ at Auto ISO 100 (LV 12.6), curves adjustment layer in Photoshop CS6 (from 2012) to lighten. bigger.

Even at the small screen resolution I show here, I still can see every speck of dirt on this filthy car.

Mercedes SL500 Interior with Eucalyptus Wood (not mine), 9:39 AM, Saturday, 20 August 2022. Canon EOS R10, OWC ATLAS S PRO 256GB SDXC card, RF-s 18-45mm IS STM at 28mm (45mm equivalent) at f/8 at ¹/₈₀ at Auto ISO 100 (LV 12.4), Perfectly Clear. bigger or camera-original 24 MP © 5 MB JPG file.

Orange Camaro, 9:40 AM, Saturday, 20 August 2022. Canon EOS R10, OWC ATLAS S PRO 256GB SDXC card, RF-s 18-45mm IS STM at 45mm (73mm equivalent) at f/8 at ¹/₁₀₀ at Auto ISO 100 (LV 12.6), as shot. bigger.

Yellow Lamborghini, 9:52 AM, Saturday, 20 August 2022. Canon EOS R10, OWC ATLAS S PRO 256GB SDXC card, RF-s 18-45mm IS STM at 34mm (55mm equivalent) at f/8 at ¹/₄₀₀ at Auto ISO 100 (LV 14.6), as shot. bigger or camera-original 24 MP © 4 MB JPG file.

1955 Porsche Spyder, 9:52 AM, Saturday, 20 August 2022. Canon EOS R10, OWC ATLAS S PRO 256GB SDXC card, RF-s 18-45mm IS STM at 30mm (49mm equivalent) at f/8 at ¹/₂₅₀ at Auto ISO 100, -0.7 stops exposure compensation (LV 14.0), Perfectly Clear, perspective correction in Photoshop CS6 (from 2012). bigger or camera-original 24 MP © 5 MB JPG file.

Scuderia Ferrari Badge, 9:54 AM, Saturday, 20 August 2022. Canon EOS R10, OWC ATLAS S PRO 256GB SDXC card, RF-s 18-45mm IS STM at 45mm (73mm equivalent) at f/8 at ¹/₁₆₀ at Auto ISO 100 (LV 13.4), curves adjustment layer in Photoshop CS6 (from 2012). bigger.

1958 Corvette Rear Emblem, 9:18 AM, Saturday, 20 August 2022. Canon EOS R10, OWC ATLAS S PRO 256GB SDXC card, RF-s 18-45mm IS STM at 38mm (62mm equivalent) at f/8 at ¹/₃₂₀ at Auto ISO 100, -0.7 stops exposure compensation (LV 14.4), Perfectly Clear. bigger.

This emblem is only a couple of inches (70mm) across. It's probably larger than life on your screen. I'm impressed at how close my tiny RF-s 18-45mm IS STM focuses.

Conoco Sign, Tom's Welding, Route 66, Barstow, California, 4:26 PM, Friday, 26 January 2024. Canon EOS R10, Canon RF-S 18-150mm IS STM at 60mm at f/10, 1/320 at Auto ISO 100 (LV 15.0), Radiant Photo software. bigger.

Tom's Welding, Route 66, Barstow, California, 4:31 PM, Friday, 26 January 2024. Canon EOS R10, Canon RF-S 10-18mm IS STM at 16mm at f/8, 1/125 at Auto ISO 100, -0.7 stops exposure compensation (LV 13.0), Radiant Photo and Skylum Luminar Neo software. bigger.

The Pink Chair, Route 66, Barstow, California, 5:19 PM, Friday, 26 January 2024. Canon EOS R10, Canon RF-S 18-150mm IS STM at 18mm at f/6.3, hand held at 1/4 second at Auto ISO 100, -0.7 stops exposure compensation (LV 7.3), Radiant Photo and Skylum Luminar Neo software. bigger.

Ventura Circus, Route 66, Barstow, California, 5:40 PM, Friday, 26 January 2024. Canon EOS R10, Canon RF-S 10-18mm IS STM at 12mm at f/5.6, handheld at 1/4 second at Auto ISO 2,000 (LV 2.7), Radiant Photo. bigger.

I held my R10 upside down, as you can see in my shadow with my left hand pressing the shutter release up!!! I did this to raise the lens a few more inches so I could hold the camera more level for less distortion.

Ventura Circus, Route 66, Barstow, California, 5:54 PM, Friday, 26 January 2024. Canon EOS R10, Canon RF-S 18-150mm IS STM at 18mm at f/4, hand held at 1/8 second at Auto ISO 1,600, -0.7 stops exposure compensation (LV 3.0), Skylum Luminar Neo software. bigger.

DiNapoli's Firehouse, Route 66, Barstow, California, 7:15 PM, Friday, 26 January 2024. Canon EOS R10, Canon RF-S 18-150mm IS STM at 18mm at f/4, handheld at 1/15 at Auto ISO 320 (LV 6.3), Skylum Luminar Neo software. bigger.

Detour Ahead, Route 66, Barstow, California, 2:57 PM, Friday, 09 February 2024. Canon EOS R10, Canon RF-S 10-18mm IS STM at 18mm at f/14 at 1/320 at Auto ISO 100, -0.7 stops exposure compensation (LV 16.0), Radiant Photo and Skylum Luminar Neo software. bigger.

Tumbleweed and Sand at Last Light, Route 66, Barstow, California, 5:14 PM, Friday, 09 February 2024. Canon EOS R10, Canon RF-S 18-150mm IS STM at 32mm at f/11 handheld at 1/10 at Auto ISO 100, -1 stop exposure compensation (LV 10.4), Radiant Photo software. bigger.

Casa del Desierto and Freight Cars, Route 66, Barstow, California, 7:18 AM, Saturday, 10 February 2024. Canon EOS R10, Canon RF-S 18-150mm IS STM at 150mm wide-open at f/6.3, handheld at 1/200 at Auto ISO 100, -0.7 stops exposure compensation (LV 13.0), Radiant Photo software. bigger.

Motel Henning, Route 66, Newberry Springs, California, 12:16 PM, Saturday, 10 February 2024. Canon EOS R10, Canon RF-S 18-150mm IS STM with 55mm B+W Polarizing filter at 50mm at f/7.1 at 1/125 at Auto ISO 100, -0.7 stops exposure compensation (LV 12.6), Radiant Photo software. bigger.

Motel Henning and Jet Aeroplane, Route 66, Newberry Springs, California, 12:18 PM, Saturday, 10 February 2024. Canon EOS R10, Canon RF-S 18-150mm IS STM with 55mm B+W Polarizing filter at 18mm at f/7.2 at 1/250 at Auto ISO 100, -0.7 stops exposure compensation (LV 13.6), Radiant Photo software. bigger.

Roy's Motel Key, Route 66, Amboy, California, 4:05 PM, Saturday, 10 February 2024. Canon EOS R10, Canon RF-S 18-150mm IS STM at 81mm at f/6.3, handheld at 1/20 at Auto ISO 100 (LV 9¾), as shot. bigger.

Moonset Over Fueling Station, Route 66, Yermo, California, 6:09 PM, Saturday, 10 February 2024. Canon EOS R10, Canon RF-S 18-150mm IS STM at 150mm at f/7.1, handheld at 1/15 at Auto ISO 6400 (LV 3.6), Radiant Photo and Skylum Luminar Neo software. bigger.

Not bad: handheld at 1/15 at 240mm equivalent zoom!

Peggy Sue's Diner, Route 66, Yermo, California, 7:41 PM, Saturday, 10 February 2024. Canon EOS R10, Canon RF-S 10-18mm IS STM at 11mm wide open at f/5, handheld at a half-second at Auto ISO 500 (LV 3.3), Radiant Photo software. bigger.

Casa del Desierto, Route 66, Barstow, California, 7:53 AM, Sunday, 11 February 2024. Canon EOS R10 in square-crop mode, Canon RF-S 10-18mm IS STM at 10mm at f/22, handheld at 1/25 at Auto ISO 100, -0.3 stops exposure compensation (LV 13.6), split-toned print. bigger.

I deliberately had the sun shine directly into the lens and used Av exposure mode to select f/22 for the huge sunstar.

This is the same as the powerful 6×6 cm square format of HASSELBLAD, in this case equivalent to the ZEISS DISTAGON T✻ 40mm f/4.

Casa del Desierto, Route 66, Barstow, California, 7:59 AM, Sunday, 11 February 2024. Canon EOS R10 in square-crop mode, Canon RF-S 10-18mm IS STM at 18mm at f/10 at 1/160 at Auto ISO 100 (LV 14.0), Radiant Photo and Skylum Luminar Neo software, split-toned print. bigger.

This is the same as the powerful 6×6 cm square format of HASSELBLAD, in this case equivalent to the ZEISS DISTAGON T✻ 60mm f/3.5.

Santa Fe locomotive, Route 66, Barstow, California, 8:30 AM, Sunday, 11 February 2024. Canon EOS R10 in Square-Crop Mode, Canon RF-S 10-18mm IS STM at 15mm at f/10 at 1/200 at Auto ISO 100, -0.7 stops exposure compensation (LV 14¼), Radiant Photo software. bigger.

This is the same as the powerful 6×6 cm square format of HASSELBLAD, in this case equivalent to the ZEISS DISTAGON T✻ 50mm f/4.

Pipes, Route 66, Barstow, California, 9:51 AM, Sunday, 11 February 2024. Canon EOS R10, Canon RF-S 18-150mm IS STM at 18mm at f/10 at 1/125 at Auto ISO 100 (LV 13.6), split-toned print. bigger.

123 Crooks Avenue, Barstow, California, 10:14 AM, Sunday, 11 February 2024. Canon EOS R10, Canon RF-S 10-18mm IS STM at 10mm at f/10 at 1/640 at Auto ISO 100 (LV 16.0), Radiant Photo software. bigger.

Elmer's Bottle Tree Farm, Route 66, Oro Grande, California, 12:18 PM, Sunday, 11 February 2024. Canon EOS R10, Canon RF-S 10-18mm IS STM at 10mm at f/10 at 1/250 at Auto ISO 100, Canon 320EX flash (LV 14.0), Radiant Photo software. bigger.

Introduction top

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Smart and fast autofocus.

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The R10 is a great little compact camera for full-featured travel or just goofing around, and also a huge advance for sports and action along with the fancier EOS R7 — especially for birds and distant wildlife, where its cropped-sensor lets us shoot things a whopping 62% farther away than with full-frame cameras with the same lens. It has the same excellent menu system and controls as Canon's full-frame mirrorless cameras.

The R10, like the other Canon mirrorless cameras, has much better autofocus than anything from Nikon mirrorless, which as of 2024 all have pretty crappy autofocus for which Nikon's users are always praying for new firmware to fix — which it doesn't. Even the $5,500 Nikon Z9 often will hunt or not pick the right AF area, while all the Canons work well. Nikon's problem is that they can't always pick the correct AF areas in multi-area modes, while the Canons, like Sonys, just get it done. I don't like the colors I get from Sony and they have awful menu systems, so Canon is what I prefer. Did I just say that? Absolutely! I'm self funded so I can be brutally honest, unlike sites overloaded with ads.

Unlike the fancier EOS R7, this smaller R10 has a smaller battery and has no in-body sensor-shift Image Stabilization (IBIS) or Automatic Leveling. Otherwise the speeds and picture quality are pretty much the same. (Much more at EOS R7 vs EOS R10 Compared.)

The lack of in-body stabilization (IBIS) isn't that important because almost all of Canon's lenses are optically stabilized. IBIS only really matters with unstabilized lenses, which are most of Nikon's mirrorless lenses, but most of Canon's lenses are optically stabilized so IBIS isn't critical.

It's a tiny little thing:

Canon EOS R10 and Canon RF-S 10-18mm IS STM. bigger.

The EOS R10's (and R7's) small APS-C sensor is a huge advantage for distance shooting. You'd need a huge 160-650mm lens to get the same picture on full-frame as the basic RF 100-400mm lens gives on this R10. You would need a 115-325mm f/2.8 lens on a full-frame camera to make the same pictures as a 70-200mm f/2.8 lens gives on this R10. Canon makes no 120-300mm f/2.8 lenses; the Nikon 120-300mm f/2.8 costs four times as much as a 70-200mm f/2.8: $9,500.

The R10 shoots flawlessly at 23 FPS at full 24 MP resolution with full tracking autofocus and autoexposure.

The R10 has Canon's new all-digital Multi Function Shoe, which connects directly not to just digital microphones, but also to the pro-level accessories like the ST-E10 Speedlite Transmitter and AD-P1 Android Data Transmitter Adapter that were introduced along with the EOS R3. See these all at Accessories.

The tiny, collapsible Canon RF-s 18-45mm IS STM lens works great, but it doesn't zoom long enough for me. I greatly prefer the RF-s 18-150mm IS STM with over three times the zoom range and isn't much bigger. Either makes an exceptionally sharp combination on this camera, autofocus is super smart and fast and the photos look great as expected — and it really does shoot and track focus at the full 23 FPS with the electronic shutter.

I got my R10 at B&H. I'd also get it at Adorama, at Amazon or at Crutchfield, or used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.

R10 body-only: $979 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

R10 & 18-45mm IS kit as shown: $1,099 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

R10 & 18-150mm IS kit as recommended: $1,379 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

The body sells for about $600 used if you know How to Win at eBay.

New intro top

Canon's first EOS-R mirrorless camera with a built-in flash:

Built-In Flash!!! bigger.

blue ball icon © KenRockwell.com Canon's first APS-C EOS-R camera, along with the fancier EOS R7 announced the same day.

blue ball icon © KenRockwell.com Silent ¹/_16,000 electronic shutter, same as the fancier EOS R7 announced the same day.

blue ball icon © KenRockwell.com Dedicated AF/MF lever on the front for lenses that don't have their own. (If a lens has an AF/MF switch, the camera's switch is ignored.)

Good intro top

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Built-in flash.

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Silently runs at 23 FPS with full auto exposure and autofocus tracking. Bravo!

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Superior exposure of bright objects in daylight. Far better than Nikon which tends to underexpose light items outdoors, the R10 renders bright objects properly bright rather than the dull 18% gray of Nikon.

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com It has a new "Erase Scene Including Image" option first seen in the Canon EOS R3 when you hit DELETE for an image shot as part of a burst in any of the Continuous advance modes. This is very handy when you shoot a slew of images in a burst at 23 FPS and realize you just shot nothing, where you now can delete just that one burst. Sports shooters rejoice; this makes it much faster when you get back and start picking winners. (I and most sports and news pros use Photo Mechanic for sorting through the thousands of images we make with cameras this fast at any event.)

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Excellent rear control dial on top of the camera. Easy to move with a thumb compared to the usual big dial on the back or the weird thing on the back of the EOS R7.

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com ¹/₂₀₀ flash sync speed, ¹/₂₅₀ flash sync speed with electronic first-curtain shutter (flash doesn't work with electronic shutter).

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Bulb timer for timed exposures of any length.

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Shows your real-time buffer depth in the lower right of the finder, just above the [remaining card capacity which is shown inside brackets]. You'll se it drop as you blast away, and recover as files are written to your card.

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Charges or operates via USB-C PD power (you need a battery installed in both cases).

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Brilliant Fv exposure mode not found in any other brand of camera.

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Superb finder auto brightness control.

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Color histograms while shooting (not only on playback as with Nikon and Sony). You do have to enable them in a menu.

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com C1 and C2 preset shooting memories on the top mode dial.

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com AF/MF lever.

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com In-finder data displays rotate with the camera.

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com 4:3, 1:1 square and 16:9 crop modes.

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Touch screen lets you select focus areas as you're looking through the finder. It also works for setting the menus and entering text.

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Wi-Fi.

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Bluetooth.

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Made in Japan.

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com 100% U.S.A.-based high-quality technical support at (800) OK-CANON.

Canon EOS R10. bigger.

Bad intro top

red ball icon © KenRockwell.com Some rolling-shutter effect in Electronic Shutter mode. No problem in regular mode.

red ball icon © KenRockwell.com Mechanical shutter sounds relatively crappy; not a smooth glide like a Nikon F6, Contax G2 or LEICA IIIf — but 15 FPS doesn't come quietly from any mechanical shutter (use the silent electronic shutter if you prefer).

red ball icon © KenRockwell.com There's no fixed time limit to video file lengths, but depending on what kind of video you're shooting you could be thermally limited. Canon rates it for 30 minutes rolling after a 5 minute cool-down at 4K at 29.97 FPS. At more reasonable settings it ought not to be a problem.

red ball icon © KenRockwell.com Bare sensor left unprotected with power off.

Missing intro top

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com No File Name (custom prefix) option.

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com No Auto Level mode.

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com No in-body sensor-shift Image Stabilization. Works great with stabilized lenses, which are most lenses.

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com No battery percentage or shots-per-charge counter, just a three segment battery icon.

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com Nice LOCK button on top (which I've never used) is not reprogrammable so I can use it for anything.

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com No sensor dust cover with power off.

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com No pulled ISOs slower than ISO 100, which is too bad because at this camera's extremely high linear resolution it could benefit it from ISO 50 and ISO 25 settings in good light or with a tripod.

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com Flash doesn't work with electronic shutter (works great with the other shutters).

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com I don't see options to modify the frame rates of the various HIGH+, HIGH and LOW advance mode options. No big deal; they're right as I want them by default.

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com No automatic brightness control for rear LCD.

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com No 3.5mm headphone jack.

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com No Canon Log video option.

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com No Linear PCM audio option (AAC only, which is fine).

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com No ability to save and recall camera settings to or from a card.

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com No rear LCD smudge resistance, to it tends to get cruddier than on other cameras like the R7. No big deal, a fuzzy microfiber towel takes care of it.

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com Like most cameras, no illuminated buttons.

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com Charges or operates via USB-C PD power, but won't charge or power if you use a USB-A to USB-C cord; you have to have USB-C on the other end.

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com Not threaded to use a standard threaded cable release.

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com No GPS. Use the app if you like.

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com Menus don't rotate when held vertically (Shooting displays do rotate).

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com No advance mode lever.

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com No always-responsive instant manual-focus override unless you enable this in a menu, after which it still only works half the time.

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com No shutter speed dial.

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com No ISO dial.

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com Like most cameras except iPhone, no FIND mode in menu system.

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com Playback images don't rotate as you rotate the camera (as iPhones do).

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com Like most cameras, simple ON/OFF menu entries still require selecting that item, clicking up or down to select the other OFF or ON option, and then hitting OK to register your selection. You can't simply toggle them directly at the menu listing as you can in the Z9 or an iPhone.

EOS R10 and RF-s 18-45mm IS STM. bigger.

Specifications top

(Intricate details at pages 9 ~ 13.)

I got my R10 at B&H. I'd also get it at Adorama, at Amazon or at Crutchfield, or used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.

R10 body-only: $979 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

R10 & 18-45mm IS kit as shown: $1,099 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

R10 & 18-150mm IS kit as recommended: $1,379 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

The body sells for about $600 used if you know How to Win at eBay.

Lens Compatibility specifications top

Canon EOS R10. bigger.

Works with Canon RF (full-frame) and RF-s (APS-C) lenses.

Works with EF (full-frame) and EF-s (APS-C) lenses if used with an EF to RF adapter.

It won't work with EOS-M lenses. Those are a completely different and smaller system with only an 18mm flange distance, which is shorter than the 20mm EOS-R and RF flange distance. The RF mount pokes out 2mm too far to use an EOS-M lens.

Image Sensor specifications top

Canon EOS R10. bigger.

24.0 MP CMOS.

14.8 × 22.3 mm (APS-C 26.76 mm diagonal).

3.72 µm pixel pitch.

3:2 aspect ratio.

1.62× crop factor.

Ultrasonic cleaner.

The sensor has the usual slow readout, so the electronic shutter has the usual rolling shutter effects and you can't use flash with it. Of course the regular shutter works great.

ISO specifications top

ISO 100 ～ 32,000, pushable to ISO 51,200 (H).

No pulled (slower) ISOs.

Auto ISO specifications top

Adjustable for high and low limits from ISO 100 to ISO 32,000 in full stops.

Auto ISO minimum shutter speeds adjustable either to track the zoom setting (and adjustable ± 3 stops from there) or settable in full stops from ¹/_4,000 to one second.

Image Sizes specifications top

6,000 × 4,000 pixels native (Large, 24,000,000 pixels or 24.0 MP).

3,984 × 2,656 (Medium, 10.6 MP).

2,976 × 1,984 (Small 1, 5.9 MP).

2,400 × 1,600 (Small 2, 3.8 MP).

Cropped Aspect Ratios

4:3, 1:1 square and 16:9 crops from the above.

Still Formats specifications top

JPG or HEIF and/or raw, dual pixel raw, raw burst or C-raw.

sRGB and Adobe RGB.

Video specifications top

Frame Sizes and Rates

4K (3,840 × 2,160) full-gate downsample from 6K at 23.976, 25 or 29.97 FPS.

4K (3,840 × 2,160) direct pixel-for-pixel crop at 50 or 59.94 FPS.

1,920 × 1,080 at 23.976, 25, 29.97, 50, 59.94, 100 or 119.88 FPS.

File Formats

H.264/MPEG-4 AVC in an MP4 file.

8- or 10-bits.

All-I, IPB or IPB light.

Audio specifications top

Recorded only along with video.

AAC.

S - t - e - r - e - O microphone built in.

3.5mm mic-in jack with plug-in power overrides built-in mic.

NO 3.5mm headphone jack.

Autofocus specifications top

Phase detect ("Dual Pixel").

Covers the entire frame.

31 × 21 zones (651 total) for stills, or crops down to to 31 × 17 (527 total) in 16:9 for movies.

LV -4 to +20 with f/1.2 lens (non-DS), center point, stills. This means LV -1.5 ~ +20 with an f/2.8 lens.

LV -3.5 to +20 with f/1.2 lens (non-DS), center point, video. This means LV -1 ~ +20 with an f/2.8 lens.

Settable to prioritize people or animals or vehicles, or settable to no particular priority.

Light Meter specifications top

384 zone (24 × 16) Evaluative, center-weighted, 6% partial or 3% spot.

LV -2 to +20, stills.

LV 0 to +20, video.

Finder specifications top

0.39" OLED.

4:3 aspect ratio.

2,360,000 dots.

0.59 × magnification with 31mm (50mm equivalent) lens.

0.95 × magnification with 50mm (81mm equivalent telephoto) lens.

28º diagonal apparent angle.

Auto brightness control.

-3 ~ +1 diopters.

22 mm eyepoint rated, just like the EOS R7, but since the R10 has less magnification I find that it has much more real-world eye relief than the R7.

Shutters specifications top

Mechanical Shutter

¹/_4,000 ～ 30 seconds and Bulb.

¹/₂₀₀ flash sync speed.

99 milliseconds lag time.

Electronic First-Curtain Shutter

¹/_4,000 ～ 30 seconds and Bulb.

¹/₂₅₀ flash sync speed.

50 milliseconds lag time.

Silent Electronic Shutter

¹/_16,000 ～ 30 seconds (no Bulb).

It jumps directly from ¹/_8,000 to ¹/_16,000, there are no intermediate speeds of ¹/_10,000 or ¹/_12,500.

NO FLASH SYNC.

50 milliseconds lag time.

Electronic shutter won't work with flash, HDR, multiple exposures, Multi Shot Noise Reduction, AE Bracketing, HDR PQ, anti-flicker, Dual Pixel RAW or with the Digital Lens Optimizer set to High.

The sensor has the usual slow readout, so the electronic shutter has the usual rolling shutter effects and you can't use flash with it. Things can bend while panning, and if used under flickering light like dimmed LEDs you may see banding, and on the red carpet at Cannes you might see random bright bands on your subject lit by other people's flashes.

Remote Releases specifications top

Use the free app to control the R10 over Bluetooth

~ or use any of the ~

Bluetooth Remote Control BR-E1 or

RC-6 Infrared Remote Controller RC-6 or use the

2.5mm socket for the Canon RS-60E3 or similar 2.5mm remote cords.

Still Frame Rates specifications top

To 23 FPS with tracking autofocus and autoexposure with electronic shutter.

To 15 FPS with tracking autofocus and autoexposure with mechanical or first-curtain electronic shutter (exposure and white balance locked if shot with flash).

I tested them, and yes it really runs at 23 or 15 FPS with tracking AF and auto exposure.

Highest Possible Speeds	Mechanical Shutter	Electronic First-Curtain	Electronic Shutter
High +	15 FPS*	15 FPS*	23 FPS
High	6.3 FPS	7.7 FPS	15 FPS
Low	3 FPS	3 FPS	3 FPS
Use flash?	Yes	Yes	No

* While Canon says (page 8) you'll have locked exposure and white balance, my R10 tracks exposure and focus just fine. It also works fine with flash if your flash can keep up at these settings.

Buffer (Burst) Sizes specifications top

Rated 21 to 460 shots at 15 FPS or 17 to 70 shots at 23 FPS depending on settings and card speed (see page 9).

The R10 usually shows your buffer depth in the lower right of the finder, just above the [card capacity which is shown inside brackets].

Oddly no matter what card or settings I use, I can't get an actual or indicated depth greater than 35 shots.

Flash specifications top

Built-in Flash

YES!!!

The R10, at least as of September 2022, is Canon's only EOS-R system body with a built-in flash. Bravo!

External Flash

The R10 has a dedicated hot shoe with digital data connections.

E-TTL II.

It works well with all Canon EX- and EL-series flash.

¹/₂₀₀ flash sync speed with mechanical shutter.

¹/₂₅₀ flash sync speed with electronic first curtain shutter.

FLASH DOESN'T WORK WITH ELECTRONIC SHUTTER.

No Prontor-Compur (PC) terminal; use a hot-shoe adapter for corded sync.

LCD Monitor specifications top

Flipping LCD, Canon EOS R10. bigger.

3" (76 mm) diagonal.

1,040,000 dots.

3:2 aspect ratio.

Flips out 180º as shown, at which point it can flip up 180º as shown, or down 90º.

Transparent plain plastic cover.

No anti-smudge coating.

No anti-reflection coating.

Connectors specifications top

Connector Covers, Canon EOS R10. bigger.

From Top Left:

3.5mm powered Mic input.

2.5mm socket for the Canon RS-60E3 or similar 2.5mm remote cords.

From Top Right:

HDMI Micro D (not CEC).

USB-C 3.2 gen. 2; also charges from USB.

Wi-Fi specifications top

IEEE 802.11b/g/n.

NFC specifications top

Not found.

Bluetooth specifications top

Old 4.2.

GPS specifications top

None; use the app on your phone to tag the locations.

Storage specifications top

Bottom door covers battery and SD card slot. bigger.

One SD card slot.

Works with SD (up to 2GB), SDHC (up to 32GB) and SDXC (up to 2TB) cards.

Up to UHS-II compatible.

Quality specifications top

Made in Japan.

Power & Battery specifications top

Battery

LP-E17 rechargeable Li-Ion battery included.

CIPA rated for 290 shots with the EVF, or 450 with the LCD in the default finder mode I use.

CIPA rated for only 210 shots with the EVF, or 340 with the LCD, in the high-FPS "smooth" finder mode.

LP-E17 Battery. bigger.

What looks like a green sticker is actually a hologram that will look different from different angles:

LP-E17 Battery. bigger.

7.2V, 1,040 mAh.

1.30 x 0.55 x 1.94."

33 x 14 x 49.4mm.

1.59 oz./45g.

Battery Meter

3-segment icon.

Charging

Charges in-camera via USB-C.

Battery Charger LC-E17. bigger.

Back, Battery Charger LC-E17.bigger.

LC-E17 folding plug 100-240V 50-60 cps charger included in USA.

In other areas you may get the LC-E17E charger with a detachable cord.

2.65 x 1.09 x 3.63."

67.3 x 27.7 x 92.2 mm.

3 oz./85g.

Rated 2 hour charge time.

AC Adapter

Optional AC Adapter AC-E6N and DC Coupler DR-E18.

Size specifications top

3.46 × 4.82 × 3.28 inches HWD.

87.8 × 122.5 × 83.4 millimeters HWD.

Weight specifications top

14.968 oz. (424.2 g) with battery and one SD card, actual measured weight.

Rated 15.14 oz. (429 g) with battery and one SD card, or 13.48 oz. (382 g) stripped.

Operating Environment specifications top

0º ～ 40º C (32º ～ 104º F).

0 to 85% RH.

Canon's Model Numbers specifications top

R10 body-only: 5331C002.

R10 & 18-45mm IS kit as shown: 5331C009.

R10 & 18-150mm IS kit as recommended: 5331C016.

Included (USA Version) specifications top

EOS R10 body.

ER-R10 strap.

ER-SC2 hot shoe cover.

RF-5 body cap.

LP-E17 battery and terminal cover.

LC-E17 folding plug universal charger.

Basic printed manual in English, Spanish, French, Japanese and Chinese (use this online guide for all the details).

1-year warranty paperwork.

Announced specifications top

Tuesday, 24 May 2022 at 12:18 AM NYC time.

Promised for specifications top

Late 2022.

Actually starts shipping specifications top

I received my R10 and RF-s 18-45mm IS STM combo at the very beginning of August 2022.

Price, U. S. A. specifications top

It sells for about the same used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.

August 2022 (Introduction)

R10 body-only: $979 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

R10 & 18-45mm IS kit as shown: $1,099 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

R10 & 18-150mm IS kit as recommended: $1,379 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

It sells for about the same used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.

Box, Canon EOS R10 and Canon EF-s 18-150mm IS STM kit. bigger.

Side of Box, Canon EOS R10 and RF-s 18-45mm IS STM kit. bigger.

Back of Box, Canon EOS R10 and RF-s 18-45mm IS STM kit. bigger.

Accessories top

Canon RF and RF-s Lenses.

I got my R10 at B&H. I'd also get it at Adorama, at Amazon or at Crutchfield, or used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.

R10 body-only: $979 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

R10 & 18-45mm IS kit as shown: $1,099 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

R10 & 18-150mm IS kit as recommended: $1,379 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

The body sells for about $600 used if you know How to Win at eBay.

Included Accessories

LP-E17 battery.

LC-E17 folding plug charger.

RF-5 body cap.

ER-R10 strap.

ER-SC2 hot shoe cover.

Optional Accessories

Lenses

Canon EOS R10 and RF-S 10-18mm IS STM. bigger.

Canon EF and EF-s Lenses (use with EF to RF adapter).

Flash

Canon Flash.

Canon OC-E3 Flash Shoe Extension Cord.

Canon ST-E10 Speedlite Transmitter

Self-powered and self-connecting when slipped into the "Multi-Function" hot shoe.

This is a wireless radio transmitter used to trigger Canon flash with radio triggers.

Remote Releases

RS-60E3 Wired Remote Release

Canon RC-6 Wireless Infrared Remote Release

Canon BR-E1 Wireless Bluetooth Remote Control

Data Transmitter

Canon AD-P1 Android Data Transmitter Adapter

This phone-holding gizmo slips in the Multi Function shoe and allows you to transmit whatever you just shot directly to wherever it needs to go.

Microphones

Canon DM-E1D Stereo Mic

Canon DM-E1D Stereo Mic — Fur Included!

Use this one! It's self-powered and self-connecting when slipped your camera's "Multi-Function" hot shoe.

90º or 120º stereo or mono settings.

Furry windscreen included.

Canon DM-E1 Programmable Analog Microphone

Corded shoe-mount microphone. Less expensive, but needs a cord.

90º or 120º stereo or mono settings.

Windscreen included.

Canon DM-E100 Stereo Analog Microphone

Corded shoe-mount microphone. Much less expensive, but needs a cord.

One fixed stereo pattern.

Windscreen included.

Getting a Legal U. S. A. Version top

I got my R10 at B&H. I'd also get it at Adorama, at Amazon or at Crutchfield, or used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.

R10 body-only: $979 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

R10 & 18-45mm IS kit as shown: $1,099 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

R10 & 18-150mm IS kit as recommended: $1,379 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

The body sells for about $600 used if you know How to Win at eBay.

This section applies in the U. S. A. only.

Canon EOS R10 and RF-S 18-150mm kit USA Warranty Card. bigger.

Your R10 must include a U. S. A. warranty card like the one shown above from Canon U.S.A., Inc. It should be on top inside your box as you open it. The serial number on the card must match the serial number on the bottom of your R10 (and lens if you got it as a kit).

If you have no card or the serial number doesn't match, you got ripped off with a gray market version from another country. This is why I never buy anyplace other than from my personally approved sources. You just can't take the chance of buying elsewhere, especially at any retail store, because non-U. S. A. versions have no warranty in the U. S. A., and you probably won't be able to get firmware or service for it — even if you're willing to pay out-of-pocket for it when you need it!

Shifty dealers may include copies of a card from a legitimate U. S. A. product in a gray-market box, hoping you won't check serial numbers and catch their fraud. A card with the wrong serial number means nothing other than that you have no warranty coverage.

The serial number on the box doesn't have to match, but it should. It will be hidden someplace on the sticker with all the bar codes. If not, it means a shady dealer took things out of boxes and was too sloppy to put them back correctly — and it means you got a used lens if anyone other than you took it out of the box.

If a gray market version saves you $600 the risk might be worth it, but for $200 or less I wouldn't risk having no warranty or support.

Always be sure to check yours while you can still return it, or just don't buy from unapproved sources or at retail so you'll be able to have your camera serviced and get free updated firmware as needed. Get yours from the same places I do and you won't have a problem.

Performance top

Overall Autofocus Manual Focus Auto ISO

Auto White Balance Color Rendition Ergonomics

Exposure Finder Flash High ISOs Lens Corrections

Long Exposures Mechanics Shutters Stabilization

Rear LCD Playback Data Power & Battery

Clock Accuracy

I got my R10 at B&H. I'd also get it at Adorama, at Amazon or at Crutchfield, or used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.

R10 body-only: $979 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

R10 & 18-45mm IS kit as shown: $1,099 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

R10 & 18-150mm IS kit as recommended: $1,379 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

The body sells for about $600 used if you know How to Win at eBay.

Overall performance top

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com The R10 is a great little camera for travel and landscapes and portraits and everything, and exceptionally good for birds and distant sports where you need the longest and fastest possible lens.

Autofocus performance top

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Autofocus is fast, smart and accurate.

Far better than Nikon, when set to All-Area AF mode it's excellent at finding the subject, focusing on it, and tracking it if you're in SERVO AF mode. It's better than even the Nikon Z9!

Manual Focus performance top

Manual focus is swell, but you do have to move a switch to select it. You can't just grab the lens' focus ring with most RF lenses unless you've first enabled this in a menu.

Auto ISO performance top

Auto ISO has all the usual adjustments for minimum and maximum ISO, and auto or manual selection of minimum shutter speed, and has ±3 stops of shift for the auto-selected minimum shutter speed.

Auto ISO won't select shutter speeds below about ¹/₆₀ to ¹/₁₂₅ regardless of how you have it set in Fv exposure mode; use any of the other exposure modes so Auto ISO can work at slower shutter speeds if you like.

In Program mode in light dim enough for Auto ISO to be increasing ISO at your set slowest shutter speed, sadly shifting the program will shift both the aperture and shutter speed without changing the ISO. Ideally shifting the program in this situation should change the aperture and ISO without shifting away from your preferred slowest shutter speed, but instead shifts the actual shutter speed while keeping the ISO the same; not really AUTO ISO at that point.

Auto White Balance performance top

Auto White Balance is great, as we take for granted today.

Color & Tonal Rendition performance top

Color rendition is how pictures look in the real world, which has nothing to do with color accuracy measured in a lab. Color rendition is dependant on how a maker programs all the color matrices, curves, and look-up tables to generate color from the data read from the sensor, and varies widely between makers once you set a camera away from its defaults. I never shoot at defaults.

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com I love what I get from my R10, which is the same as I get from my other digital Canons.

If you shoot raw then your colors and tones aren't created until you process the raw data later in software, and your choice of software will have as much effect on your images as the camera itself.

It's like pianos: anyone can talk forever about how pianos are made, but to most ordinary players the subtle variations between different samples of a Steinway Model D are eclipsed by their own limitations in playing, but when you're a virtuoso even subtle differences become obvious to the seasoned master. That's why when you buy, or choose a Steinway for your tour as a Steinway Artist, you go to Steinway's Astoria factory and pick from among several samples of the same model which suits your style best. To a master, the subtle details are everything, just like subtle differences in color rendition between different brands of camera. Art is not the duplication of reality; art is the expression of imagination.

I'm a working artist, not some online tweaker, YouTuber or tech blogger. Color is my life. I'm pickier about color than almost anyone; I see things most people don't.

This is just me; your preferences and results will vary.

Ergonomics performance top

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Ergonomics are generally superb.

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Excellent power switch, much better than the power switch of the EOS R7.

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Canon's usual excellent EOS menu system.

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Excellent rear control dial is actually on top of the camera, and easy to move with a thumb compared to the usual big dial on the back. While it's a wheel, it works linearly as far as your thumb is concerned. I greatly prefer this to having to move my thumb in little circles on the back of the camera when cranking around. Those circles belong elsewhere, not on the back of a camera.

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Touch screen lets you select focus areas at the same time as you're looking through the finder. It also works for setting the menus and entering text.

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Dedicated AF/MF lever on the front for lenses that don't have their own. (If a lens has an AF/MF switch, the camera's switch is ignored.)

gray ball icon © KenRockwell.com The menu system, like most cameras, still requires us to click a simple on-off item in the menu, deliberately select on or off and then hit OK, rather than letting us select on or off right in the menu listing.

red ball icon © KenRockwell.com The bottom door has no spring; you have to pull it open because it won't pop open on its own. (The locking catch is spring-loaded, just push the door closed to lock.)

red ball icon © KenRockwell.com There's a "crapscreen" that appears every time I move the mode dial. I have to tap OK or the shutter button to get past the junk screen (showing what the mode does) before I can see or shoot. To make it go away, MENU > WRENCH 2 > Mode guide > Disable.

red ball icon © KenRockwell.com The battery goes in four ways, only one of which is correct. It should be keyed so it only goes in one way: the correct way.

red ball icon © KenRockwell.com Combined battery and card door on the bottom, no separate card door on the side.

Exposure performance top

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Exposure is excellent as we expect today in mirrorless.

Much better than Nikons which now underexpose bright objects in daylight, exposure is excellent in the R10 as I'd expect.

Finder performance top

The finder is swell, sharp and bright.

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Auto brightness control is excellent, naturally giving the correct brightness in all conditions from darkness to daylight. Bravo!

The R10 has the same finder OLED specifications as the fancy EOS R7 and the basic EOS RP, which means fewer pixels than any of the EOS R3, R5, R6 or R, and it works just the same.

Better than the EOS R7, the R10's lower finder magnification lets us see the sides and corners more easily without them being covered by the side of the eyepiece as too often happens with the R7!

Flash performance top

Just lift up the flash and it's ON!

The built-in flash is a lifesaver, both for impromptu fill-flash for people and photos of almost everything, as well of course as a built-in master to trigger simple slave flashes. I don't see any commander mode for complex Canon-brand flash systems; I use its manual output mode to trigger my professional studio strobes with a Wein L8 Micro Slave.


No Flash. bigger.	With Built-in Flash. bigger.

A disadvantage is that the camera locks up and shows a flashing BUSY along the bottom as the flash recycles (charges) before each shot. Unfortunately the R10 isn't smart enough to just shoot and calculate exposure and white balance with no flash as it's recycling; instead it locks up and makes you wait. Don't like it? Don't use the built-in flash; I'd much rather have this flash and maybe have to wait than have no built-in flash as with every other Canon mirrorless.

How to use the flash.

High ISO Performance performance top

Complete Images details dark detail performance top

As seen at normal image sizes below, the R10 pretty much makes the same images from ISO 100 to ISO 800. It gets a bit redder (in Auto White Balance) at ISO 1,600 and more so as the ISO climbs.

ISO 25,600 and 51,200 (H) get softer and blotchier, but still usable if you really, really need it.

My biggest concern is the the various ISOs don't match in color balance, getting redder at higher ISOs. Other cameras today are usually more consistent.

There's no mystery to comparing cameras; I shoot this same test at all the ISOs of every other camera I review so you can see for yourself.

Click any for the camera-original 24 MP © LARGE FINE JPG files (about 12 MB each):

Click any for the camera-original 24 MP © LARGE FINE JPG files (about 12 MB each):

600 × 450 Pixel Crops (11.6× magnification) High ISOs details dark detail performance top

What we see at the high magnifications below is that fine details go away as the ISO increases. This happens with all cameras (and our own eyes) and is an artifact of the noise reduction working harder as the ISO increases.

In the R10, the most detail is at ISO 100 as expected, and becomes softer at every higher ISO. This is normal and how noise reduction works in every camera.

By ISO 1,600 most of the detailed scrollwork between the clock numbers is gone.

By ISO 12,800 the minute marks are mostly gone.

By ISO 25,600 all the detail is gone from the clock face, leaving only the numbers.

It's normal for details to go away at higher ISOs in all digital cameras, however in the R10 even at ISO 20o there's less detail when you look very closely here.

If these 600 × 450 pixel crops are about 3" (8cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same high magnification would be about 23 × 35" (2 × 3 feet or 59 × 88 cm).

If these 600 × 450 pixel crops are about 6" (15cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same extreme magnification would be about 46 × 70" (3.8 × 5.8 feet or 1.18 × 1.8 meters).

If these 600 × 450 pixel crops are about 12" (30cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same insane magnification would be about 93 × 140" (7.7 × 11.6 feet or 2.3 × 3.5 meters).

Click any for the camera-original 24 MP © LARGE FINE JPG files (about 12 MB each):

Click any for the camera-original 24 MP © LARGE FINE JPG files (about 12 MB each).

Dark-Area 600 × 450 Pixel Crops (11.6× magnification) High ISOs details dark detail performance top

Here are different crops from the same images as above, now showing the dark grillwork of the fireplace.

Higher ISOs greatly reduce the details in the shadows, as we expect.

Note how the most detail in the fine screen is at ISO 100. Even ISO 100 is high for an APS-C sensor with this much resolution and you'll see places in the ISO 100 image where the screen has been removed by noise reduction.

I wish the R10 had ISO 50 and ISO 25 settings to improve fine shadow detail, but no one asked me. No one else other than my iPhone makes ultra-high (linear) resolution cameras that go to ISO 25 for the best performance.

The mesh screen is starting to go away even at ISO 100, and gone by ISO 3,200.

The diagonal lines between bricks behind the grill are starting to go away at ISO 400, and mostly gone by ISO 1,600.

The iron bars are getting hard to see by ISO 6,400, and pretty much history by ISO 25,600.

Again, it's normal in all digital cameras for details to go away at higher ISOs.

If these 600 × 450 pixel crops are about 3" (8cm) wide on your screen, then the complete image printed at this same high magnification would be about 23 × 35" (2 × 3 feet or 59 × 88 cm).

Click any for the camera-original 24 MP © LARGE FINE JPG files (about 12 MB each):

Click any for the camera-original 24 MP © LARGE FINE JPG files (about 12 MB each).

Lens Corrections performance top

The EOS R10 has options to correct for falloff (Peripheral Illumination Correction), Distortion and a Digital Lens Optimizer which corrects for a suite of other aberrations.

Falloff and the Digital Lens Optimizer are ON by default.

Distortion correction is OFF by default, except for some lenses that force it ON.

If you turn off the Digital Lens Optimizer, you are then offered à la carte ON/OFF options for Chromatic Aberration Correction and Diffraction Correction.

Long Exposures performance top

Mechanical Quality performance top

It's the usual for little cameras:

Metal

Strap lugs, hot shoe, lens mount, tripod socket.

Plastic

Everything else, except the glass, screws and electronics. The rear LCD cover seems like plastic.

Rubberized outer leather-grained coverings.

Serial Number

Serial Number, Canon EOS R10.bigger.

Sticker glued into a recess on the bottom.

Date Code

None found.

Noises When Shaken

Mild clicking.

Made in

Shutters performance top

The mechanical shutter sounds crappy and harsh, but hey, this little beast runs at 15 FPS at up to ¹/_4,000. Fast shutters are noisy, slow ones (like a LEICA IIIf with a ¹/₅₀ flash sync) are much quieter.

The electronic shutter is silent, but you can't use flash, HDR, multiple exposures, Multi-Shot Noise Reduction, AE Bracketing, HDR PQ, anti-flicker, Dual Pixel RAW or with the Digital Lens Optimizer set to High.

The electronic shutter has the usual rolling shutter effects. Things can bend or tilt if they are moving across your image along the longer image dimension (left-to-right when shot horizontally).

If used under flickering light like dimmed LEDs you may see banding, and on the red carpet at Cannes you might random bright bands on your subject lit by other people's flashes.

Image Stabilization performance top

There is no in-camera sensor-shift Image Stabilization, and the R10 works great with every stabilized Canon lens, which unlike Nikon, is most of them.

RF 18-150mm IS at 18mm (28mm equivalent) on unstabilized R10

% Perfectly Sharp Shots	1	1/2	1/4	1/8	1/15	1/30	1/60	1/125	1/250
Stabilization ON	0	17	50	100	100	100	100	100	100
Stabilization OFF	0	0	0	0	17	62	100	100	100

I see a 2⅔ stop real-world improvement.

RF 18-150mm IS at 35mm (55mm equivalent) on unstabilized R10

% Perfectly Sharp Shots	1	1/2	1/4	1/8	1/15	1/30	1/60	1/125	1/250
Stabilization ON	0	5	0	33	100	85	100	100	100
Stabilization OFF	0	0	0	0	17	7	50	83	100

I see a 2⅔ stop real-world improvement.

RF 18-150mm IS at 70mm (115mm equivalent) on unstabilized R10

% Perfectly Sharp Shots	1/2	1/4	1/8	1/15	1/30	1/60	1/125	1/250	1/500
Stabilization ON	0	0	17	50	33	83	100	100	100
Stabilization OFF	0	0	0	17	17	33	0	67	100

I see a 3 stop real-world improvement.

RF 18-150mm IS at 150mm (240mm equivalent) on unstabilized R10

% Perfectly Sharp Shots	1/2	1/4	1/8	1/15	1/30	1/60	1/125	1/250	1/500
Stabilization ON	0	0	29	71	50	43	50	100	100
Stabilization OFF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	100

I see a 1 stop real-world improvement, although if I wasn't so picky about the perfect sharpness level, the optical stabilizer is working very hard and well down to 1/15, or a wishy-washy 4 stop improvement.

This lens stabilizes much better on the stabilized R7 at 150mm because it's such a tiny lens with such high magnification that the stabilization system needs to be able to correct for a lot of shift or offset, and the optical-only system runs out of room that adding in-camera stabilization restores.

Rear LCD Monitor performance top

Flipping LCD, Canon EOS R10. bigger.

It's the usual little 3" flippy screen, no news here.

It's neither anti-refection or anti-crud coated, so it does get greasy fast, much faster than an iPhone.

Playback performance top

It's all the usual from Canon, however I did notice a slight delay in response to forward/back clicks when selecting different frames.

Gone are the days when the images didn't pop-in fully sharp for a half a second as we swapped between images, but they still take a slight moment to respond. Most people won't notice — but I do.

Data performance top

Files

Cards are correctly titled as "EOS_DIGITAL."

JPG files vary in size with image complexity.

LARGE FINE (quarter-circle icon) JPGs run about 12 MB, all depending greatly on subject complexity.

LARGE NORMAL (stairstep icon) JPGs run about 2 ~ 12 MB, with a median value of about 4.5 MB — again all depending greatly on subject complexity.

JPGs are tagged as 72 DPI.

The ISO values read directly in Photo Mechanic form ISO 100 ~ 51,200.

Power & Battery performance top

Shots per charge

There is no precise percentage indication or shot counter; just a basic three-segment bar graph.

I get thousands of shots if I'm shooting rapid sequences. While it's only rated for 290 shots, it seems like I get way, way, way more than that in actual use. Mirrorless cameras give the fewest shots per charge if shot one-by-one, played-back and then fiddle with a setting for each shot, and give the most shots per charge if all you do is make long, continuous bursts and don't spend time in menus and playback. Ultimately you get about the same number of hours of operation per charge with mirrorless, so you can use that time looking and fiddling, or just shooting.

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Power control is excellent. I leave the power switch on all the time, and it just goes to sleep as it needs to and is always ready to shoot by tapping the shutter — and the battery lasts a long time!

Charging

It won't work with a USB-A (old style) to USB-C cord; you have to use a USB-C to USB-C cord and USB-C PD source, be it a wall adapter or USB-C PD power bank or solar panel or power outlet in your car.

Of course you can use the included LC-E17 folding plug external charger.

Using a USB-C PD source the R10 draws a measured 5½ W (1.1A at 5V) while charging the dead-reading battery when first received. It consumed a measured 8.7 Wh in 1½ hours to charge it.

It draws 14mw when done.

Operating

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com It runs from the battery, or from a USB-C PD source. You still need a battery to run from the USB-C PD source.

It runs from USB-C at 9V, and goes back into charge if the camera goes to sleep.

I measure it drawing:

2.06 W playing images (2.3 W at maximum brightness).

2.9 W at idle with the screen on.

3.5 W while composing with a half-pressed shutter.

4.3 W composing with SERVO AF tracking.

5.1 W shooting at 3 FPS with the electronic shutter.

5.3 W shooting at 3 FPS with the mechanical shutter.

7.5 W shooting at 23 FPS with the electronic shutter.

8 W shooting at 15 FPS with the mechanical shutter.

Clock Accuracy performance top

green ball icon © KenRockwell.com Every sample is different, but mine is about average, gaining about 9 seconds per month (300 mS per day or 2 minutes per year).

This matters when you shoot multiple cameras (or this camera and an iPhone) and then sort all the images based on capture time as I do to compare the similar views of each scene.

The app probably lets you synchronize this to GPS.

Compared top

Canon EOS R, RP, R5 & R6 compared

I got my R10 at B&H. I'd also get it at Adorama, at Amazon or at Crutchfield, or used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.

R10 body-only: $979 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

R10 & 18-45mm IS kit as shown: $1,099 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

R10 & 18-150mm IS kit as recommended: $1,379 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

The body sells for about $600 used if you know How to Win at eBay.

See EOS R7 vs. EOS R10.

Canon EOS RP vs EOS R

Sony vs. Nikon vs. Canon Mirrorless

The R10, like the other Canon mirrorless cameras, has much better autofocus than anything from Nikon mirrorless, which as of 2022 all have pretty crappy autofocus for which Nikon's users are always praying for new firmware to fix — which it doesn't. Even the $5,500 Nikon Z9 often will hunt or not pick the right AF area, while all the Canons work well. Nikon's problem is that they can't always pick the correct AF areas in multi-area modes, while the Canons (and Sonys) just get it done. Most of the time Nikon's AF works well enough so casual reviews won't notice it, but as the months roll on and you actually own and shoot these everyday, too often Nikon either just hunts or tries to focus on the wrong thing and misses shots, and even once is too much. I don't like the colors I get from Sony and they have awful menu systems, so I prefer Canon. Did I just say that? Absolutely! I'm self funded so I can be brutally honest with what's on my mind.

The oldest and cheapest Rebel T100 and Rebel T7 lack the processing power for modern lens corrections, which can lead to distortion, color fringes and horrible high ISO performance.

The newer and more expensive Rebel SL3 has the processing power for lens corrections and excellent high ISO performance - but all three of these cheapest models have equally crappy autofocus performance.

The Rebel T8i and R10 have the processing power power for lens corrections and excellent high ISO performance, and also have excellent autofocus performance.

	T100	T7	SL3	T8i	R10
Announced	2018 February 26	2018 February 26	2019 April 10	2020 February 13	2022 May 24
Resolution	18 MP APS‑C	24 MP APS‑C	24 MP APS‑C	24 MP APS‑C	24 MP APS‑C
ISO Max	12,800 (H)	12,800 (H)	51,200 (H)	51,200 (H)	51,200 (H)
Sensor Cleaner	NO	NO	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lens Corrections	NO	NO	YES	YES	YES
Lens Mount	Plastic	Metal	Metal	Metal	Metal
Built-in Flash	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Diopter Adjustment?	NO	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dedicated Power Switch	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rear LCD	Small and crappy	Good	Good	Good	Good
Autofocus Sensors	9	9	9	45	651
Autofocus Performance	Crappy	Crappy	Crappy	EXCELLENT	EXCELLENT
Included lens	EF-s 18-55mm III	EF-S 18-55mm IS II	None	None	None
Price w/included lens 1/2023	$379	$479	$649	$749	$879

User's Guide top

I got my R10 at B&H. I'd also get it at Adorama, at Amazon or at Crutchfield, or used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.

R10 body-only: $979 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

R10 & 18-45mm IS kit as shown: $1,099 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

R10 & 18-150mm IS kit as recommended: $1,379 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

The body sells for about $600 used if you know How to Win at eBay.

EOS R10. bigger.

Overall

Most Canon cameras, especially mirrorless, work the same. I don't cover everything below, so by all means read the Users Guide sections of my other mirrorless reviews for more tips, and especially see my extensive User's Guide to the EOS R8 and my extensive User's Guide to the EOS R. The EOS R10 may have or not have certain features and the menu locations may vary, while otherwise the other guides apply to the R10 as well.

Charging

It charges or operates via USB-C PD power, but won't charge or power if you use a USB-A to USB-C cord; you have to have USB-C on the other end of the cord.

The rear green LED is lit while charging, and off when done.

See my power drain measurements at performance.

Power Switch user's guide top

I always leave my power switch ON. My R10 goes to sleep automatically, which is the same as OFF except it now wakes up simply by tapping the shutter.

I only turn it OFF if I throw it in a bag where the shutter might get pressed and keep waking the camera. Otherwise the battery lasts a long, long time leaving it in ON all the time, like most cameras.

Fv Exposure Mode user's guide top

Try this new Fv ("Function Value") exposure mode. I love it!

Fv mode is like Program mode, but lets you set individually any or all of Shutter, Aperture, Exposure Compensation and/or ISO, while the others continue to set themselves automatically. You can set more than one at a time, and those you don't set will change automatically as needed to make the correct exposure. Cool, huh?

Select Fv on the top MODE dial.

If you want to change something, turn the rear dial to select what you want to change (you'll see the orange dial icon move), and turn the top front dial to change that quantity. The finder and rear LCD show an orange wheel to the left of what's selected for adjustment. Once you set one item you can set other things by turning the rear dial to select and set them, too.

The front dial will change the aperture in this example below:

Actual View through R5 Finder. bigger.

The orange front dial is to the left of the aperture, which will change when you turn the front dial.

The display underlines whatever the camera is controlling automatically, and has no underline for what you've set manually. Simple!

Unlike Program mode which resets any Program Shift as soon as the meter turns off, Fv settings don't reset even if you turn off the power. Your settings stay until you clear or reset them yourself.

Tap the trash button to reset whichever quantity you have selected back to automatic control. Hold the trash button a moment to reset everything back to automatic control. Easy!

Even if you change something like Exposure Compensation by some other method like the lens' control ring, the trash button can reset them back to AUTO, or to zero for compensation.

The only thing not to like about Fv mode is that Auto ISO ignores your slowest shutter speed setting and picks about 1/60 to 1/125 regardless. Even if you set the slowest speed in Auto ISO settings, it won't let it drop below about 1/60 to 1/125.

Autofocus user's guide top

Autofocus is super simple, however people love to think they need a zillion options which make it so complicated that no one can ever remember it when it's actually time to shoot.

Here's how I set my R10 which covers me for every situation. You don't need to fret over all the other zillion silly options. I sure don't.

Single-Shot versus SERVO (Continuous Tracking) Autofocus

If things hold still I use ONE SHOT AF mode, set with the rear Q/SET button > 2nd from top left option > ONE SHOT. My camera focuses and locks. If in WHOLE-AREA AF mode (set below), my R10 finds the subject, focuses on it and locks. Done.

If things are moving I use SERVO AF mode, set with the rear Q/SET button > 2nd from top left option > SERVO. My camera focuses continuously and tracks the subject in and out, near and far, and also tracks it all over the frame!

AF Area Selection

Whole Area AF

I almost always shoot in WHOLE AREA AF mode, in which my R10 locates the subject and focuses on it, all by magic. If the subject is moving, I use SERVO mode (just set above), and my R10 also tracks the subject all over the frame. Easy; this is the whole point of autofocus!

Select this with the rear Q/SET button > top left AF option > WHOLE AREA AF.

1-Point AF

If WHOLE AREA AF isn't figuring it out by itself, then and only then I select 1-point AF mode instead.

Select this with the rear Q/SET button > top left AF option > 1-point AF.

Instead of moving the single sensor around my frame manually, I leave it in the center and use SERVO mode (set above). I point my R10 so the center AF box is on my subject, then press and hold my shutter button and it tracks my subject by moving the one AF sensor all over the frame so I can recompose as needed. This is much easier than moving the box around manually.

In ONE SHOT I'll point the camera to focus with the sensor in the middle and then recompose while holding the shutter button to keep the focus locked, or you can move the sensor where needed with a thumb on the rear LCD while looking through the finder. Enable this at:

MENU > AF 4 > Touch & drag AF settings > Touch & drag AF > ON, Positioning method > Relative and Active touch area> Right.

Simplifying AF Area Options

I only use WHOLE AREA AF and 1-Point AF.

I disable all the other modes at MENU > AF 4 > Limit AF areas > and unchecking everything I don't use.

This is important; I'm often swapping between 1-point and Whole Area, and it's much faster if the other modes aren't there. I have never missed any of the other modes. Use them if you like, but otherwise I ignore them.

Manual-Focus Override user's guide top

By default, there is no always-responsive instant manual-focus override as we take for granted in our DSLRs and in Nikon (but not Sony) mirrorless.

EOS R cameras need a menu setting changed for manual-focus override, otherwise the focus ring is always ignored in AF.

I set MENU > AF 6 > Electronic full-time MF to ON and now it works in ONE SHOT mode. Canon should have it set this way by default, but they don't. No big deal now that I figured it out.

Turning the ring in ONE SHOT mode takes over and stays wherever you set the focus manually, however in SERVO mode this setting lets the lens focus manually as you turn the ring, but as soon as you stop turning the ring the AF system takes back over and keeps tracking focus!

AF/MF Switching user's guide top

Canon EOS R10. bigger.

There's a dedicated AF/MF lever on the front for lenses that don't have their own. (The button in the middle is a programmable; it's depth-of-field preview by default.)

If a lens has an AF/MF switch, the camera's switch is ignored.

Stabilization user's guide top

There is no in-body stabilization, but so what, the R10 works great with optical lens stabilization.

If your lens has a Stabilizer switch you're golden. If not, set this at MENU > CAMERA 8 > IS (Image Stabilizer) mode.

I find this setting so important (to me) that I add it to the MY MENU menu.

Flash user's guide top

Just lift up the flash with the little ridges on either side of the finder hump and it's ON! There's no flash button, just lift and go.

By default it just works great to throw light into a dark subject.

The flash mode settings are at MENU > CAMERA 3 > Flash control.

You do need to wait a few seconds for the flash to recycle during which time you can't take a picture and the finder will show BUSY along the bottom. This doesn't happen if the flash is down.

You probably won't need it, but if you want a tiny flash to get more power and the ability to bounce the light any way you like, the EL-100 is superb:

Canon EOS R10, RF-s 18-45mm IS STM and EL-100 Flash. bigger.

Getting a Live RGB COLOR Histogram as You Shoot user's guide top

Neither Nikon nor Sony can do this at all, but Canons can show you live RGB histograms before you shoot!

Single grayscale histograms are nearly useless with color images; you need live RGB histograms as you shoot to gauge exposure.

To activate these, set MENU > CAMERA page 9 > Shooting info. disp. > Histogram disp. > Brightness/RGB > RGB

and

MENU > CAMERA page 9 > Shooting info. disp. > Histogram disp. > Display size > your choice of Large or Small. I prefer small; it shows me what I need and covers less of the image.

Self Timer user's guide top

The Self Timer is one of the Advance Modes.

To select these, press the left side of central rear multicontroler and then select the self timer.

When you've selected the self timer among the advance modes, it stays active until you select a different advance mode. It doesn't cancel when you turn off the power.

Bulb Timer and Long Exposures user's guide top

The R10, like many newer Canon cameras, has a clever BULB TIMER option that lets us set precise long exposures out to 100 hours long.

Select B (bulb) mode on the top dial, set MENU > CAMERA page 7 > Bulb timer > enable and then select the exact exposure duration in the same menu option, set the self timer, tap the shutter and walk away, no need for a remote cord or stopwatch. You could use a remote cord, but the self timer takes care of this for free. (You can't adjust the Bulb Timer unless the top dial is set to B.)

When you do all this and press the shutter button, the self timer runs, releases the shutter which stays open for as long as you've programmed in Bulb Timer, and then closes as programmed.

Every time you select the Bulb position on the mode dial, that's the exposure time you'll get every time until you select a different Bulb Timer duration — or disable the Bulb Timer entirely. Bravo!

Crapscreen Removal

There's a "crapscreen" that appears every time I move the mode dial. I have to tap OK or the shutter button to get past the junk screen (showing what the mode does) before I can see or shoot.

To make it go away, MENU > WRENCH 2 > Mode guide > Disable.

Recommendations top

I got my R10 at B&H. I'd also get it at Adorama, at Amazon or at Crutchfield, or used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.

R10 body-only: $979 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

R10 & 18-45mm IS kit as shown: $1,099 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

R10 & 18-150mm IS kit as recommended: $1,379 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

The body sells for about $600 used if you know How to Win at eBay.

I got my EOS R10 as a kit with the 18-45mm lens, which is ultra-sharp and compact, but 45mm is never long enough for me. I greatly prefer the RF-s 18-150mm IS STM because it zooms over three times as long, and it's not much bigger. By all means, get the R10 as a kit with the 18-150mm lens and I doubt you'll ever need another lens.

Add the RF 100-400mm USM IS and you have an ultralight setup that covers everything.

There's still no APS-C mirrorless ultrawide from Canon as of this writing; use the excellent EF-s 10-18mm IS STM on an EF to RF adapter and you're all good. Of course feel free to get big lenses if you're serious (I love my EF 100-400mm L IS USM II on my EF to RF adapter), but don't forget about the lightweight lenses I just mentioned which perform spectacularly well and retain the whole point of this tiny little camera.

The EOS R10 is spectacular for long-range sports and action, and especially for bird photography. It runs silently at 23 FPS with full auto exposure and autofocus tracking.

If shooting zillions of shots at 23 or even 15 FPS, you'll need a professional tool like Photo Mechanic to view, sort and select among the many thousands of images you'll create every day. Photo Mechanic has been used by most pro news, sports and action photographers ever since digital became popular in the late 1990s!

I got my R10 at B&H. I'd also get it at Adorama, at Amazon or at Crutchfield, or used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.

R10 body-only: $979 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

R10 & 18-45mm IS kit as shown: $1,099 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

R10 & 18-150mm IS kit as recommended: $1,379 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.

The body sells for about $600 used if you know How to Win at eBay.

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Ken.

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