 What is up guys and welcome back to the John and Q channel. Thanks so much for watching. In today's video I'm going to be reviewing the Canon EOS R which I'm using to record right now and why I use it, why it's my main camera for both video and photo as a content creator as part of my job and as a YouTube creator. So let's get into it. But before we get into the video I'm announcing a giveaway. I'm partnering with this amazing lens company, I can get it out, Sandmark, Sandmark Lenses. If you've seen my channel, if you've followed me for quite some time you know that I've partnered with Sandmark on a couple other videos and I've reviewed their gear and I absolutely love their lenses. Essentially they make lenses for your phone. Lenses for your iPhone to make your mobile photography and mobile video to the next level. It takes it to the next level and you can totally upgrade your photos and video. To enter this giveaway it's super simple. You just have to do a few things. 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I'm just going to get right into it. The Canon EOS R is superb for both photo and video like I feel like that's all I should say and we should be done but for real it's a workhorse of a camera. On the photo side I have no complaints whatsoever. I will say I could use a faster shutter speed but I can get more frames per second. I mean overall I don't have any complaints only because it has some of the specs and it has got 30 point 3 megapixels just like the Canon 5D Mark IV and the Canon 5D Mark IV is my bread and butter. Like I know that camera, I know how to use it, I know everything there is to know about the camera and just how to maneuver it on the field right. All of that knowledge now has transferred onto the Canon EOS R and I have no doubt on how to use the Canon EOS R for photo. Now because I'm coming from a Canon 5D Mark IV or another workhorse of a camera for photography like I feel the same with the R. As far as my photos go they're sharp, they're clear and it's just the pictures are present if that makes sense. Versus when I shot on a Canon 6D Mark II I just felt like on the photo side my pictures weren't coming out as present. They weren't as sharp, they weren't as clear and it just wasn't... I wasn't happy with it but it was okay. Now mind you I was using Canon Red Glass. I was using the Canon 16-35L lens, the 24-70L lens and the 70-200L lens on the 60 Mark II but for some reason it might be because of the higher megapixels and the overall better processor in the R my pictures look so much better on the R versus the Canon 60 Mark II. So if you're one who's looking to upgrade from like a 60 Mark II sure do it for the photo side but I wouldn't say that you should do it right away just because you really have to be utilizing the Canon EOS R for like let's say wedding photography, commercial shoots but if you're just an average photographer who likes to go out in nature, shoot with your friends that kind of stuff then maybe stick with what you have now and when you get more work like commercial work and weddings and all that stuff all that stuff comes in then you can start upgrading and looking at the EOS R or something like the 5D Mark IV. Alright let's talk about the video side which is something that I love talking about because it's what I use a camera for mostly. I would say like 60% video, 40% photo, sometimes it goes 70-30 but mainly I use my R4 video. And here are the things that I do like about the EOS R. 24 frames a second, it's got 60p for slow motion. It does have 120 frames a second but it doesn't have 1080 or 4K option. It has the 720p option which I will never use the 120 frames a second unless I really have to and how to get a shot in smooth slow motion but because it's at 720 like image I'm not doing that. If it was at 1080 it would be perfect, it was at 4K even better. And hopefully maybe in the future that would be a firmware update. I don't know, it's possible but I only wish. Another thing worth mentioning is the flip out screen. That flip out screen is golden when it comes to video creation and also on the photography side but mostly if you're vlogging you want to see what you're doing, you want to see composition and just like right now I've got the screen flipped out and I can see everything I'm composed properly, exposed, I love that. And aside from the EOSR having different specifications for button layouts and my own custom layout which I'll link up here, I talked about that in a different video. Go check it out if you haven't come back here. I will say the video side is very familiar if you used something like the Canon 60, the 60 Mark II any Rebel series, the 5D series. It's all pretty much the same across the board when it comes to Canon. This is just a camera that works for me. You know what I mean? It does work properly. I know how to use it because I've used Canon for a long time. Some of my complaints are minor but for the most part it's a great camera. When it comes to creating video in low light situations or just blackout situations, you know, something like this perhaps you know once I start getting the ISO up there it does start to get a little grainy and a little noisy but usually I'm pretty good with lighting and I have lighting already set or I have control about the lighting that I don't have to worry about it so much. Something to note and something to say that yeah it doesn't do as well as other Canon manufacturers out there in low light. Other than those few things, I don't really find like a big concern or don't have a major concern with a lot of the specs when it comes to cameras and you know the 120p f4k and when it comes to this camera specifically I know there were a lot of people that were just super skeptical right out of the bat, right out of the gate and now those people are now reviewing the EOSR and they love it. So I'm not one of those people I'm just saying that I think this camera has more to offer than people really saw it to begin with and I've seen that on both photography and video with my work. What I used to do is when I was on shoots I would you know if I only had let's say I had a Canon 60 Mark II and the 5D Mark IV I would use the Canon 60 Mark II for video because I knew that side of the Canon 60 Mark II I knew how to control the video and that's what I would use for video but then when it came to photography time and you know get the photo shoot done I would switch over to my 5D Mark IV and yes the 5D Mark IV has the same specs so why would I use the 5D Mark IV for video? To me it just wasn't as I'm gonna say present again it wasn't as good, it wasn't as clear but for some reason the Canon 60 Mark II just it did it for me, it was a great quality and I would always get complimented always get rating reviews on the Canon 60 Mark II whenever I would use the 60 Mark II I would get so many good reviews and I would get more work because of it and it's a very minor difference or made depending on how you look at it but just the 5D Mark IV footage I wasn't a big fan of and so but something about this new processor something about this new the R specifically when it comes to video I'm a huge fan it's like a it's almost like an upgraded 60 Mark II like to put the 5D Mark IV specs the Canon 60 Mark II weight combined together and have this like really good bait the EOS R should you upgrade from whatever camera you have to the EOS R? It depends if you really want to get Canon mirrorless there are other options but I don't think you'd be happy with those options unless you got the EOS R and this video is not sponsored by Canon I'm not just saying that I'm only saying that because I've worked with the EOS R for quite a while and I love everything about it but overall I'm incredibly happy with this purchase right now you can get the EOS R for like I think either new or used for 1700 bucks US dollars that's pretty it's pretty crazy I think just the body only that's insanely great price and if you already have Canon glass like I do just get the adapter you're good to go yeah those are my thoughts on the EOS R and what I've used it for and how it's worked out for me on both photo and video are you gonna upgrade let me know in the comments below what are you gonna do what's your camera now and are you thinking of upgrading to the EOS R maybe the 5D Mark IV I hear there are new cameras coming out in 2020 so let me know I would love to chat with you as always guys thanks so much for watching please subscribe to the channel if you haven't already please like this video and I'll catch you next time on the John and Q channel peace