Canon EOS R5 - 8K frame capture 30 fps camera? Useful or Gimmick? Macro of flying bee, Macro tips.

I try the 8K frame capture on my canon R5 to see if it is any good. I was surprised by the results and I think it can be very useful in certain situations. 8K at 30 fps essentially turns it into a 30 fps stills camera! Let me know if you guys have used it and found it useful.
#CanonR5 #8KFramecapture #Macrophotography
0:07 Intro
01:24 Macro tips
3:50 Still images of bee
4:01 8K frame capture of flying bee!
7:32 Attempt to photograph flying bee using picture mode
8:58 Still images vs 8K frame capture comparison
15:47 Conclusions

[@alandimery3379]

This is a great feature. I used it a lot with the Panasonic G9 with 6k. So with my Canon R5 in 8k = even better.
As you say, this is useful for moving subjects. As a lot of these images will be heavy crops I would use Gigapixel to increase the resolution and then save them as DNG's.
The advantage of this, over using a video program, is that you don't have to download high megapixel video file. These can be deleted after you have taken the stills that you want.
Good article, thanks.
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[@carminered3229]

Thank you for the tip! I'll try that!

[@carminered3229]

0:07 Intro
01:24 Macro tips
3:50 Still images of bee
4:01 8K frame capture of flying bee!
7:32 Attempt to photograph flying bee using picture mode
8:58 Still images vs 8K frame capture comparison
15:47 Conclusions

[@jmich5123]

Great topic. It’s not a gimmick except that it doesn’t work in raw capture mode. If it could and extracted CR3 files then one has effectively a 30FPS burst mode…

[@carminered3229]

Agree. Raw support would have been great! However, the jpeg and Heif files offer some flexibility as well.

[@LuciusGraciusMaximus]

Are the still images 16:9 or 3:2 ? Can you post them online for others to download ?

[@carminered3229]

I just checked. Here is the meta tag- 33.2MP 7680 x 4320 8.1 MB. So nearly 16:9.
Here is a link.
photos.app.goo.gl/S8VGKBsg4H5t4ACbA

[@robertm3951]

It still seems easier to frame grab on a computer using a good video editing program.

[@carminered3229]

Probably so...I haven't tried it.

[@robertm3951]

@@carminered3229 I think it is still a good feature. Anyone 100% into photography might not have any video editing tools