![A split image: on the left, a bird with grey and white feathers in mid-flight against a blurred brown background; on the right, a close-up view of the upper part of a Canon EOS R5 Mark II camera, showing the brand and model name.](https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2024/07/canon-eos-r5-ii-wildlife-featured-300x157.jpg)
The Canon R5 II is Shaping Up to be a Heck of a Wildlife Camera
What makes a great wildlife camera? Excellent image quality, lots of megapixels, strong autofocus performance, fast shooting speeds, robust build quality, and access to great telephoto lenses. The new Canon EOS R5 Mark II checks all these boxes, and then some.