Canon's Eos R6 Iii Arrives With 7k Raw Video And 40 Fps Burst Speeds

Canon conscionable barged into nan mid-range full-frame hybrid camera arena pinch a caller entry. The 32.5MP EOS R6 III is simply a melodramatic betterment complete nan EOS R6 II acknowledgment to nan higher resolution, faster shooting speeds and amended video specs. However, it comes astatine a comparatively precocious value and lacks a stacked aliases partially stacked sensor, dissimilar different cameras successful this category.

The caller 32.5MP sensor provides a large boost successful solution compared to nan R6 II's 24MP chip. At nan aforesaid time, nan R6 III offers higher shooting speeds of 40 fps successful burst mode pinch nan physics shutter, aliases 12 fps pinch nan mechanical aliases first-curtain shutter. It besides supports 20 frames (a half second) of pre-shooting truthful you won't miss cardinal moments for wildlife aliases sports shooting.

The R6 III uses Canon's accelerated and dependable Dual Pixel AF strategy and comes pinch nan company's latest AI search algorithms. It tin run successful reasonably dim conditions down to -6 EV and should beryllium much responsive pinch Canon's latest Digic X processor, pending our review. It offers taxable search for people, animals and vehicles, on pinch an Auto mode that will prime 1 of those automatically. It besides borrowed nan "Register People Priority" characteristic from nan R5 II, which lets you support attraction locked connected circumstantial subjects that you've antecedently memorized.

The biggest update for nan R6 III, though, is pinch video. Thanks to nan higher solution sensor, it tin now seizure up to 7K 60 fps RAW ray video, 7K 30 fps "open gate" video and 4K astatine up to 120 fps, each pinch Canon's C-Log2 and C-Log3 connected tap. There's a dizzying array of different video formats disposable (12 pages worthy successful nan specs), pinch HEVC S, AVC-S, RAW, RAW Light and others, astatine resolutions up to 7K. All nan AF taxable discovery features are disposable (vehicles, animals and people), and Canon is typically among nan champion for video AF successful position of velocity and accuracy.

Nobody expects immoderate extremist creation changes successful a Canon camera (the institution tried that pinch nan EOS R and it really didn't work), truthful nan R6 III kept nan past model's tried and existent shape factor. That includes 2 accommodation dials connected nan apical and 1 connected nan rear, on pinch a joystick, photo/video selector, mode dial and a bully assortment of programmable buttons.

The rear show flips retired arsenic you'd expect for vlogging, but it doesn't tilt for illustration Panasonic's S1 II — truthful it whitethorn obstruct nan mic aliases headphone jacks, and isn't arsenic useful for low-angle photograph shooting. The viewfinder has 3.69 cardinal dots of solution arsenic before, nan aforesaid arsenic Sony's A7 IV but little than Panasonic's somewhat much costly Lumix S1 II. One large alteration is nan summation of a CFexpress paper slot that allows RAW video seizure and faster burst speeds, on pinch an SD UHS II slot. The artillery is nan aforesaid arsenic nan 1 for EOS R5 II and allows up to 390 shots (CIPA rating) pinch nan viewfinder enabled.

Other features see waveform monitoring that will beryllium overmuch appreciated by pros, positive caller attraction velocity algorithms borrowed from Canon's cinema cameras that connection "natural, professional" behavior, nan institution wrote. Inputs see 3.5mm mic and headphone jacks, on pinch high-speed USB-C and a full-sized HDMI port.

Along pinch nan EOS R6 III, Canon introduced immoderate absorbing caller glass. The RF45mm F1.2 STM lens brings very precocious speeds and shallow extent of section to a overmuch smaller and lighter .76 lb (346 gram) shape facet — little than half nan weight of Canon's RF 50mm f/1.2L USM lens. It's besides shockingly inexpensive for an f/1.2 lens astatine $470.

The Canon EOS R6 III arrives later this period for $2,799 (body only) aliases $4,049 pinch nan RF24-105 F4 L IS USM lens. That's rather a spot much than nan Nikon's $2,500 Z6 III, which has a partially stacked but lower-resolution 24MP sensor. Panasonic's S1 II besides has a partially stacked 24MP but tin sprout astatine up to 70 fps and costs $3,200. Finally, Sony's A7 IV has a akin 33MP sensor but lacks nan RAW video features of nan R6 III.