Canon EOS R10 review 2024: a lightweight high-quality camera

The Canon EOS R10 is a lower-end mid-range camera that is made for fans who want a light camera that can take high-quality photos and videos. Canon hopes that its best features, like 4K/60p video and a lightweight APS-C design, will convince people who already own smartphones or DSLRs to buy their first compact camera. This APS-C mirrorless camera is the younger brother or sister of the Canon EOS R7 and a step up from the EOS R50, which is Canon’s entry-level mirrorless camera for the R-System.

The EOS R10 is a great camera for taking pictures on the street, while traveling, and of friends and family. If you want to improve the quality of your videos and you already have one of the best camera phones or an entry-level camera, the R10 may be a good next step. We are sure that the R10 deserves a spot on our list of the best mobile cameras. But we think you should think about a few things before you buy this camera.

Canon EOS R10 Specifications

Canon continues to shock us with each new product, but the Canon EOS R10 is simply remarkable. For less than a grand in the US and UK, you can get a body that can keep up with, if not outshoot, the best professional sports cameras on the market.

Canon EOS R10: Design

The Canon EOS R10 is not likely to win any Red Dot Design awards, but it does satisfy its goal of being both incredibly compact and pleasantly familiar to anyone who has used a Canon DSLR. Anyone who has used a Canon DSLR will feel at home with the Canon EOS R10. The little camera feels very much like a Canon EOS Rebel SL3 when you hold it in your hand. Outside of the United States, this model is known as the Canon EOS 250D. The Rebel SL3 actually weighs 20 grams more than the EOS R10, which comes in at 429 grams.

This is perhaps the smallest that RF-mount cameras will ever get; yet, it is not quite as itty-bitty as the EOS-M series of cameras, such as the Canon EOS M50 Mark II. Those cameras will continue to exist, albeit with a longing look in their eyes as they peer longingly over the garden gate at the R7 and R10, Canon’s newest APS-C darlings. Photographers will continue to use them.

Canon EOS R10: Image and Video Quality

The new 24.2MP sensor in the EOS R10 is not backside-illuminated (BSI), however. Backside-illuminated (BSI) sensors are distinguished by the placement of their circuitry behind the light-sensitive photosites, as suggested by the name. This generally results in a higher overall image quality and lower levels of noise. Although this may have been an issue with the EOS R10, I’ve been really pleased with the results of my picture shoots. The images are crisp and clear up to an ISO of 1600, and the colors and tones are accurate. You can see some noise beginning at ISO 3200, but the images are still usable.

In extremely low light, only the highest ISO settings, such as 12800, should be considered. In a nutshell, the image quality is on par with other APS-C cameras like the Sony A6400 and the Nikon Z50. Only the Fujifilm X-S10 and X-T30 II, with their BSI CMOS sensors, should perform slightly better at higher ISO settings than other cameras in this price range.

Canon EOS R10: Handling and Controls

With dimensions of 122.5 x 87.8 x 83.4 mm and a weight of 429g, the R10 is a very small and light camera. It feels a lot like the Canon EOS Rebel T8i/850D. When you combine it with the new Canon RF-S 18-45mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM kit lens or the Canon RF 16mm f/2.8 STM, you get a very lightweight powerhouse. Obviously, it isn’t as durable as something like the Canon EOS R7, and it doesn’t have weather sealing, so don’t get too confident with it in harsh settings.

On the back of the camera is a joystick, which is a big plus for a body at this price. However, there is no Canon control wheel. But if you want to try full manual shots, the front and back dials give you full control over your images. People who like to shoot quickly with one hand will like that the power switch is on the right side of the back dial.

Canon EOS R10: Performance

The first thing we noticed about the R10 is how well it can track and focus on a subject. We’ve shot a lot with the Canon EOS R5, to the point where we no longer notice how good the best autofocus on the market is (which is basically a cheat code for wildlife photography). For a basic camera to have such an advanced autofocus system. It just never happens. This really is professional-level performance at an amazing price, and it could change the way you take photos.

Even though the burst speed is pro-level, the file capacity (21 RAWs or 123 JPGs) isn’t going to be able to keep up with the best professional cameras. Still, we were able to get every shot we wanted, even when shooting professional ice skaters and nervous birds, so the performance is not to be underestimated.

Final Words

The Canon EOS R10 is a great deal because it has some very advanced features in a small, cheap, and easy-to-use body. If you know how to use this camera, the pictures you take can be very good. It will help you figure out what to do if you don’t know how. It’s a great all-around camera with great stills specs and great video specs, but if you want to shoot 4K 60p, the 1.6x APS-C effect and 64% extra crop might not make this the best camera for vlogging or showing.

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