Pentax K-3 II vs. Canon EOS R5 C

Camera Comparison, Reviews and Tests

Detailed comparison and review of Pentax K-3 II and Canon EOS R5 C. With our comprehensive overview, you can simply compare design, sensors, proximity characteristics, memory capacities, but also other key features of both cameras and easily decide which one is the right choice for you. Our goal is to help you identify the main differences between products and find the camera that best fits your needs and expectations.

Camera Specifications Comparison

Pentax K-3 II vs. Canon EOS R5 C Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Pentax K-3 II Canon EOS R5 C
Product Type Digital camera - 1080p - SLR with Live View mode, movie recording Digital camera - 8K - mirrorless system
Lens Included Body only Body only
Height 10.25 cm 10.1 cm
Width 13.15 cm 14.2 cm
Depth 7.75 cm 11.1 cm
Weight 700 g 680 g
Weight Details - Camera body only: 680 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 770 g
Body Material Stainless steel, magnesium alloy -
Enclosure Colour Black -
Protection Weatherproof, freezeproof, dust-resistant -
Navigation GPS receiver -
SENSOR Pentax K-3 II Canon EOS R5 C
Sensor Resolution 24.35 Megapixel 45 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type CMOS CMOS
Total Pixels 24,710,000 pixels 47,100,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 24,350,000 pixels 45,000,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size APS-C (23.5 x 15.6 mm) Full Frame (36 x 24 mm)
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) - 60 fps
Sensor Dust Reduction - Yes
Sensor Features Dust Reduction (image sensor vibration), anti-aliasing simulator function Self Cleaning Sensor Unit
Image Stabiliser - Electronic (5-axis)
Sensors Accelerometer, magnetometer, digital level metre -
PROCESSOR Pentax K-3 II Canon EOS R5 C
Image Processor - DIGIC X
LENS Pentax K-3 II Canon EOS R5 C
Lens Mounting Type Pentax K Canon RF
FOCUSING Pentax K-3 II Canon EOS R5 C
Auto Focus TTL contrast and phase detection Dual Pixel CMOS AF II
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 27 1053
Auto Focus Features - Focus Peaking function
AE/AF Control - Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF, Zone AF, Head Detection AF, Animal detection AF, Vehicle-tracking AF
Face Detection Yes Eye Detect AF, face-priority AF function
VIEWFINDER Pentax K-3 II Canon EOS R5 C
Viewfinder Type Optical - fixed eye-level pentaprism Electronic - OLED
Viewfinder Colour Support - Colour
Viewfinder Diagonal Size - 0.5"
Viewfinder Resolution - 5,760,000 pixels
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage 100% 100%
Optical Viewfinder Magnification 0.95x 0.76x
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range -2.5 to +1.5 -4 to +2
Field of View Crop Factor - 1.0
Interchangeable Focusing Screens Yes -
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Pentax K-3 II Canon EOS R5 C
ISO (Max) 51200 102400
Native ISO 100-51200 100-51200
Extended ISO (Max) - 102400
Extended ISO (Min) - 50
Light Sensitivity ISO 100-51200, ISO auto (100-51200) ISO 50, ISO 102400, ISO 100-51200, ISO auto (100-25600), ISO auto (200-51200)
Exposure Metering Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot Evaluative, centre-weighted, partial (5.8%), spot (2.9%)
Exposure Metering Zones - 384
Exposure Modes Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority, ISO priority, shutter & aperture priority Bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority, E-TTL II program flash
Bracketing Modes - Focus bracketing
Special Effects Soft, Slim, Pastel, fisheye, natural, bright, Vibrant, Sketch, monochrome, Muted, landscape, portrait, Water Colour, miniature, Cross Process, Retro, Colour Extract, Toy camera, starburst, High contrast, Colour Invert, Bleach Bypass, Posterisation, Radiant, Reversal Film, Shading, Tone Expansion, Bold Monochrome, Unicolour Bold Neutral, Faithful, monochrome, landscape, portrait, Standard, Fine Detail
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Cloudy, tungsten light, Flash, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (daylight), fluorescent light (warm white), Color Temperature Enhancement (CTE), fluorescent light (daylight white) Cloudy, tungsten light, Flash, daylight, shade, 2000K - 15000K (100K steps), fluorescent light (white)
Shutter Type Mechanical electronically-controlled Mechanical, electronic
Max Shutter Speed 1/8000 sec 1/8000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 30 sec 30 sec
Exposure Compensation ±5 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps ±3 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps
Auto Exposure Bracketing 2, 3 or 5 steps 3 steps in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps
X-sync Speed 1/180 sec 1/250sec
Exposure Range EV -3-20 (ISO 100) EV -3-20 (ISO 100)
DISPLAY Pentax K-3 II Canon EOS R5 C
Type 3.2" LCD display 3.15" LCD display
Touch Screen - Yes
Display Format 1,037,000 pixels 2,100,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Built-in Rotating
Display Features Colour control, contrast control, display brightness control Display brightness control, anti-smudge coating
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Pentax K-3 II Canon EOS R5 C
Digital Video Format AVI, MJPEG, H.264 XF-AVC, Cinema RAW Light, MP4
Image Recording Format JPEG, DNG (RAW), PEF (RAW) JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG, C-RAW, HEIF, RAW + HEIF
Max Video Resolution 1920 x 1080 8192 x 4320
Audio Signal Format - Linear PCM, AAC LC
Microphone Operation Mode Mono Mono
MEMORY Pentax K-3 II Canon EOS R5 C
Memory Card Slot Dual SD card SD card, CFexpress
Supported Memory Cards SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDHC UHS-II Memory Card, SDXC UHS-II Memory Card, CFexpress
Memory Card Included No No
Image Storage RAW 6016 x 4000
JPEG 6016 x 4000
JPEG 4608 x 3072
JPEG 3072 x 2048
JPEG 1920 x 1280
8192 x 5464
5808 x 3872
4176 x 2784
2400 x 1600
5088 x 3392
7280 x 5464
5152 x 3872
3712 x 2784
2112 x 1600
8192 x 4608
5808 x 3264
4176 x 2344
2400 x 1344
5456 x 5456
3872 x 3872
2784 x 2784
1600 x 1600
Video Capture 1920 x 1080
1280 x 720
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BATTERY AND CHARGING Pentax K-3 II Canon EOS R5 C
Battery Type Pentax D-Li90 Lithium Ion Canon LP-E6NH Lithium Ion
Details Pentax D-Li90 Li-ion rechargeable battery (included) Canon LP-E6NH Li-ion rechargeable battery (included)
Canon LP-E6N Li-ion rechargeable battery (optional)
Canon LP-E6 Li-ion rechargeable battery (optional)
Battery Life Photo shooting - 720 shots
Playback - 6.2 hours
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CONNECTIONS Pentax K-3 II Canon EOS R5 C
Interface Composite video/audio, HDMI, USB 3.0 HDMI, USB 3.1, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.0
Connectivity Features - Remote control via mobile devices, remote live view, Wireless Image Transfer, wireless video upload to cloud server, wireless image upload to cloud server
Print Standard Exif Print support DPOF support, Exif Print support
Flash Terminal Hot shoe, PC terminal Hot shoe
Connector Type USB 3.0
HDMI output (19 pin micro HDMI Type D)
Microphone (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
Headphones (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
Remote control
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (USB Type-C)
HDMI output (19 pin micro HDMI Type D)
Audio line-in / microphone (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
Headphones (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
Remote control
Timecode in/out
FEATURES Pentax K-3 II Canon EOS R5 C
Features - SMPTE Colour Bars, zebra pattern, waveform monitor
Self-Timer Delay 2sec, 12sec 10 sec, 2sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 3 frames per second, 4.5 frames per second, 8.3 frames per second 8 frames per second, 3 frames per second, 20 frames per second, 12 frames per second, 6 frames per second, 3.9 frames per second, 6.8 frames per second, 9.2 frames per second, 5.1 frames per second, 4.9 frames per second
HDR Mode Auto HDR mode -
Additional Features Audio recording, sharpness control, digital image rotation, camera orientation detection, histogram display, AE lock, AF lock, cropping an image, resizing an image, saturation control, interval shooting mode, in-camera film editing, in-camera RAW processing, peripheral illumination correction, HDR image enhancement technology, Shade Correction, Eye-Fi Card Ready, High ISO NR, no anti-aliasing filter, Lens Distortion Correction, primary colour filter, Automatic composition correction function, colour moire correction, Lateral Chromatic Aberration Correction, Flucard Ready, anti-aliasing filter simulator, diffraction correction, Pixel Shift Resolution technology, colour fringe correction Sharpness control, histogram display, colour control, cropping an image, resizing an image, saturation control, highlight point display, Dust Delete Data system, Pre-Rec function, built-in cooling fan, USB charging, in-camera RAW processing, peripheral illumination correction, HDR image enhancement technology, Bayer mosaic RGB filter, Noise Reduction control, fast motion recording, silent shooting, distortion correction function, simultaneous multi-format recording, Optical Low Pass Filter (OLFP), diffraction correction, slow motion recording, chromatic aberration correction, Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG) recording, 4:2:2 10-bit internal rercording, tally light, 12-bit RAW, Canon Log 3, Perceptual Quantisation (PQ) recording, Black Gamma control
OTHERS Pentax K-3 II Canon EOS R5 C
Included Accessories Eyepiece cover, carrying strap, battery charger, body cap, eyecup, shoe cap, sync terminal cover Battery charger, body cap, shoulder strap, USB cable, cable protector
Software Drivers & Utilities -
Max Operating Temperature 40 °C 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature -10 °C 0 °C
Service & Support - Limited warranty - 2 years
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