Canon EOS R5 – 8K frame grabs are better than your camera's "proper" photos!

Canon EOS R5 – 8K frame grabs are better than your camera's "proper" photos!
(Image credit: James Artaius / Digital Camera World)

By now everyone knows that the Canon EOS R5 can shoot 45MP images, and captures 8K video. However, not much has been said about the Frame Grab function that enables you to extract 35.4MP still images from that 8K footage.

Well, we've been playing with Frame Grab and it's one of the Canon EOS R5's absolute highlights. In fact, these 35.4MP stills pulled from video files are actually better than the native photographs taken on most cameras with a 30-something megapixel sensor. 

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James Artaius
Editor

James has 22 years experience as a journalist, serving as editor of Digital Camera World for 6 of them. He started working in the photography industry in 2014, product testing and shooting ad campaigns for Olympus, as well as clients like Aston Martin Racing, Elinchrom and L'Oréal. An Olympus / OM System, Canon and Hasselblad shooter, he has a wealth of knowledge on cameras of all makes – and he loves instant cameras, too.