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In opposition to the continued backdrop of the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic and its knock-on results on the sporting world, Canon have launched not one flagship motion digital camera within the type of 2020’s EOS-1DX Mark III DSLR, however two with the late-2021 unveiling of the EOS R3 mirrorless mannequin.

Each of those fashions are particularly focused at sports activities and wildlife photographers and videographers who prioritise pace of capturing and operation above all else, making the R3 a extra area of interest proposition than, say, the EOS R5.

Seen side-by-side, it is instantly clear that the latter owes an terrible lot to the previous when it comes to its general design, albeit in a considerably smaller and lighter package deal.

Subsequently the R3 is loads lighter than the EOS-1DX Mark III, weighing in at 822g body-only or 1015g with each a battery and reminiscence card fitted versus 1250/1440g respectively on the DSLR.

It is smaller too, measuring 150x 142.6 x 87.2mm versus the 158 x 168 x 83mm dimensions of the EOS-1DX Mark III.

So though each cameras share the identical integrated-grip design that is lengthy been adopted by the EOS 1-DX sequence, the brand new Canon R3 is smaller, lighter and subsequently extra usable for longer intervals because of this.

Certainly, the truth that it is nearly the identical dimension and weight because the EOS R5 with a battery grip connected signifies that you must solely low cost the R3 in the event you actually need the choice of eradicating a few of its bulk.

In follow, I discovered it simply as straightforward to deal with for longer intervals of time as any semi- or pro- digital camera with a battery grip connected, and being fully built-in into the general design, there is not any undesirable flex or motion that is inherent to cameras with optionally available battery grips connected.

One other direct profit is that the Canon R3 advantages from having a really deep handgrip that comfortably accommodates 4 fingers, one thing that may’t be stated of a few of its major rivals.

On the coronary heart of the EOS R3 is a model new 24.1 megapixel sensor with, for the primary time ever on a Canon digital camera, a stacked design that has been developed completely by Canon.

This lets you use the R3’s digital shutter to freeze quick motion with out worrying about rolling shutter distortion while having fun with a black-out free , 5.76m-dot OLED, 0.76x-magnification digital viewfinder that refreshes at 120fps, excellent for monitoring your topic while capturing at as much as 30fps.

Sony customers have in fact loved the advantages of a stacked design for a number of years now, for the reason that launch of the unique Alpha 9 in 2017, so it is nice to see Canon catching up with one in every of their major rivals.

The magnesium alloy bodied 24.1MP Canon EOS R3 has an overhauled AF system and sensor that provide even higher AF monitoring efficiency, picture high quality and communication capabilities than the 1-DX sequence.

Beginning with the headline-grabbing steady capturing speeds, that is actually true when making the most of the silent digital shutter, which ups the ante from 20fps on the EOS-1DX III to a blistering 30fps on the brand new EOS R3, full with full AF and AE monitoring.

The buffer “solely” permits Uncooked and JPEG bursts of as much as 540 JPEG or 150 RAW frames when utilizing the digital shutter, although, which is considerably lower than the 1000+ JPEG or 1000 RAW photos that’s achievable when utilizing the mechanical shutter.

That is not fairly the complete story, nonetheless, because the EOS R3 can solely shoot at 12fps with the mechanical shutter, a a lot slower fee than each the 30fps digital mode and the EOS-1DX III’s equal 16fps fee.

Nonetheless, with the ability to constantly shoot 5 seconds of 24 megapixel RAW information at 30fps or 18 seconds of full-sized JPEG information on the similar fee utilizing a very silent shutter ought to actually please all however the pickiest of consumers.

To deal with trendy knowledge hungry calls for, the digital camera makes use of the newest era CFexpress reminiscence card format, which boasts a write pace over 3x that of the earlier swiftest CFast playing cards.

In contrast to the EOS-1DX Mark III, although, the EOS R3 would not simply use that media format alone, with the second card slot reserved as an alternative for UHS-II SD playing cards.

Whereas that vastly expands the selection of reminiscence playing cards that can be utilized with this digital camera, we suspect that almost all of householders would have most popular twin CFexpress slots as an alternative of the combined strategy, as burst capturing speeds are a lot slower when recording to SD playing cards.

It is no use having all of that uncooked pace at our fingertips nonetheless if the digital camera falls down in different respects. Battery life is, nonetheless, happily as strong because the digital camera’s outer shell.

With the identical rechargeable LP-E19 cell as utilized by the EOS-1DX Mark III inserted, it is claimed that 860 pictures most are achievable from a full cost when utilizing the LCD display screen and 620 when utilizing the digital viewfinder.

Each of those do not examine all that properly with the whopping 2850 battery life supplied by the EOS-1DX Mark III, however that’s solely relevant when utilizing the optical viewfinder.

Even when customers are capturing primarily within the EOS R3’s 30fps burst mode, it can nonetheless take a while rattle by way of its battery life, because the quoted CIPA figures are very conservative. Plus you possibly can at all times pack a spare battery or three if heading out for the day or as back-up when overlaying a serious occasion.

So the Canon R3 could be very fast and robustly manufactured – however what about video? That exact field is ticked by way of the providing of as much as DCI 4K-resolution clips at as much as 120fps, with 6K Uncooked recording additionally readily available.

In contrast to the EOS-1DX Mark III, which was considerably hampered by the necessity to focus manually reasonably than counting on AF when capturing at a quicker body fee than 30fps, the brand new mirrorless R3 helps full-time AF and AE metering in any respect out there body charges.

Moreover, whereas the EOS-1DX Mark III solely supplied digital picture stabilisation for each stills and flicks, the R3’s unbelievable in-body five-axis picture stabilisation system affords as much as 8 stops of compensation when paired with sure RF lenses that even have their very own built-in IS.

In-body stabilisation is among the key advantages of mirrorless versus DSLRs typically and in addition one of many key causes to decide on the R3 over the EOS-1DX Mark III.

It has been designed to work collaboratively with the IS system that is constructed into many RF-mount lenses, with the lens and the sensor working collectively to right pitch and yaw and the sensor correcting the X-Y and roll actions.

This clever stabilisation system gives a frankly unbelievable 8-stops of stabilisation with some lenses, permitting you to hand-hold the digital camera for as much as 4 seconds and nonetheless get critically sharp outcomes.

Even some non-stabilised lenses such because the RF 85mm F1.2L USM or RF 28-70mm F2L USM supply 8 stops of stabilisation once they’re mounted on the EOS R3, because of the big 54mm diameter of the of the RF Mount.

The EOS R3 may stabilise older, non-IS lenses together with any EF lens that’s mounted on it by way of the Canon EF-EOS R mount adapter.

The stabilisation system will even work with lenses from different producers – you simply have to enter the focal size into the digital camera’s menu system.

In follow, the EOS R3 stabilisation system is superb, making it doable to hand-hold the digital camera at beforehand impossibly sluggish shutter speeds and nonetheless preserve important sharpness.

The Canon R3 options the following era Twin Pixel CMOS AF II focusing system. Billed because the world’s quickest AF, the digital camera is able to focusing in as little as 0.03 seconds.

It has 4,779 selectable AF factors, which is barely lower than the EOS R6 and R5, with the identical 100% body protection in Auto choice mode and 90% vertical in handbook choice.

Impressively the EOS R3 may focus in gentle ranges as little as -7.5EV (when used with an F1.2 lens), the perfect of any present Canon mirrorless digital camera.

Because of its Digic X processor, the EOS R3 affords the identical deep-learning synthetic intelligence based mostly automated face, eye and animal AF monitoring modes because the R5 and R6 fashions.

The Canon R3 can recognise and monitor eyes from a lot additional away than earlier fashions, and it really works even when the individual is carrying a masks, helmet or sun shades. Topic monitoring works for people and in addition canine, cats and birds, the latter even in flight.

Model new to simply the EOS R3 is the flexibility to trace autos, together with vehicles and motorbikes. What’s extra, if the motive force is carrying a helmet, the AF system will lock on to that, guaranteeing that an important topic is in focus.

Though we did not get the chance to attend an precise motorsports race, we did shoot a number of 30fps sequences of a fast-moving bike driver and the EOS R3 immediately and persistently locked onto his helmet and tracked him throughout the body, with each single shot in focus. Spectacular stuff.

In addition to the enlargement of recognised topics, Canon have additionally additional improved their AF system with the introduction of Eye Management autofocus expertise.

Now you can choose an AF level, or a particular topic to trace, just by taking a look at it! Half-pressing the shutter button then both focuses on the chosen AF level or begins constantly monitoring the chosen topic.

The digital camera may be calibrated for different photographers or for a similar photographer carrying both spectacles or contact lenses and claibration settings may be saved and even swapped between cameras by way of a reminiscence card.

Eye Management AF sounds a bit gimmicky at first, however in follow it is each straightforward to calibrate and simple to make use of, shortly and seamlessly focusing wherever to look within the body, with the Set button by default used to toggle it on and off.

The one factor that slows issues down a bit is the requirement to half-press the shuter launch button to successfully verify the AF level or topic – with some high-speed circumstances having to do that may make the distinction between capturing a really exact second or lacking it.

It might be nice if Canon may present the choice to right away begin Servo AF when usinmg Eye Management AF with out the half-shutter press being required.

Nonetheless, for many use circumstances Eye Management AF is a genuinely eye-opening addition (excuse the pun) to what’s already an outstanding auto-focus system, and one which we hope and count on Canon will implement in future EOS mirrorless cameras.

For capturing at night time or in low gentle, customers get incrementally selectable sensitivity settings operating from an expanded ISO 50 to ISO 204,800, chosen by way of the rear command dial, with a well-known LCD window on the highest plate detailing the choice made.

That is an impressively broad choice, particularly as photos on the boosted settings are nonetheless usable, one thing that could not be stated in regards to the EOS-1DX Mark III even quicker ISO 409,600 and 819,200 settings, except you have been pleased with one thing that extra carefully resembled a brass rubbing than a photograph as such.

File format clever, the Mark III can also be Canon’s newest EOS digital camera to assist the ‘subsequent era’ HEIF (Excessive Effectivity Picture File) file format, enabling photos with 10-bits of knowledge to be saved in a file the equal dimension of a JPEG, whereas struggling much less compression.

After all Uncooked information may be shot in tandem with JPEGs (or certainly HEIF information) as per traditional – right here with Canon’s personal .CR3 (Canon Uncooked) file extension, which requires the likes of Photoshop or Lightroom to entry and open.

It is also the newest mannequin to have built-in Wi-Fi (5 GHz and a couple of.4 GHz)) and Bluetooth 5.0, there’s a built-in GPS module which is appropriate with GLONASS and QZSS and it additionally contains a 1000BASE-T Ethernet interface and RJ-45 port for a quick and safe hardwired connection.

For video specialists it boasts 6K/60p 12-bit Uncooked video inner recording to a CFexpress card, making it the primary non-cinema Canon EOS digital camera to supply that function.

There’s additionally uncropped 4K DCI and UHD 10-bit recording at body charges between 24 and 120fps within the MP4 format,, with Canon Log 3 out there, each produced by oversampling the sensor’s 6K native output. Gradual-motion films (with out sound) may be captured at 120p/100p at 4K and HD resolutions.

All-I, IPB, and IPB Gentle compression choices can be found and HDR-PQ recording is supported for even larger spotlight and shadow element.

The R3 helps limitless recording occasions with no overheating, permitting as much as six hours of regular video or 90 minutes of full HD excessive frame-rate footage to be captured, and it options mic and headphone ports and a micro-HDMI Sort-D port for output to an exterior recorder.

The EOS-1D X Mark III had a number of buttons which might be illuminated if its show gentle button was pressed, permitting for customers to raised establish features if working in close to darkish circumstances. Sadly the brand new EOS R3 would not inherit this convenient function.

Taking the digital camera out of its field and affixing one of many two lenses that got here with our evaluation pattern – an RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM and RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM – it is instantly obvious that it is a giant and never notably discrete digital camera setup.

The minimalist entrance plate homes two controls which can be moreover mirrored for portrait use. The highest one immediately engages the digital camera’s AF monitoring system, and the underside one is an unmarked Operate button that may be customised. By default it prompts the basic Depth of Area preview perform, which helps you identify what your photographs will appear to be earlier than the picture is taken.

There’s additionally a rubber flap that covers the N3-type socket for a distant change on the bottom-right nook of the entrance of the digital camera, together with a porthole for the AF help gentle and a lozenge formed button for releasing the lens.

What we personally and in addition instantly missed right here, in comparison with most professional and semi professional cameras, was a big, chunky tactile capturing mode wheel or dial to the left or proper of the viewfinder.

Even when the capturing mode may be quickly – and because it seems, pretty conveniently – accessed by way of a press of the Mode button on high of the digital camera, similar to on the EOS R5, we might nonetheless favor a extra conventional dial.

The shortage of a well-known capturing mode dial is equally true of all of the generations of the EOS-1D X, together with the newest Mark III, however to someone used to dealing with all kinds of cameras, its omission initially feels a bit odd till you get used to the digital camera’s operability.

The principle benefit of the EOS R3’s strategy is with the ability to shortly see the present digital camera settings by merely glancing down on the top-plate LCD.

It gives fast and simple viewing entry to many of the digital camera’s key settings, with the devoted button alongside it toggling between two completely different screens of data and in addition permitting it to be lit up in the dead of night by way of an extended press – very neat.

The EOS R3 does depart from the blueprint of its DSLR-equivalent by providing a totally articulating, vari-angle LCD display screen, whereas the LCD display screen on the EOS-1D X III is of the fastened, non-tilting selection.

An angle adjustable LCD is far more helpful if you are going to be capturing video in the principle, because it’s difficult to be 100% sure you’ve got received focus spot on when utilizing a hard and fast display screen open air; inevitably glare and pure reflections generally get in the best way.

However, provided that that is the type of skilled instrument that can be utilized in areas the place it may get knocked and elbowed by competing photographers, a hard and fast display screen is undoubtedly a clever resolution, even when it makes video capturing with out some type of exterior monitor trickier than it might be.

We did nonetheless respect the truth that key capturing settings on each cameras may be applied and accessed with a finger faucet on-the-fly on the touchscreen LCD.

The EOS R3 has a really well-specced 3.2-inch, 4.15 million dot, vari-angle LCD display screen which tilts out to the facet and faces forwards for extra handy vlogging and video recording.

It can be usefully folded flat in opposition to the again of the digital camera to guard it when in transit in a digital camera bag.

A proximity sensor is situated straight beneath the viewfinder, which mechanically switches between the EVF and LCD display screen. When the LCD display screen is swung outwards, the EVF is cleverly turned off mechanically.

A tilting LCD display screen at all times helps to encourage capturing from artistic angles and it additionally helps make the EOS R3 ideally suited to movie-shooting.

As talked about above, the LCD display screen is touch-sensitive, permitting you to regulate every part from setting the AF level and firing the shutter, navigating the menu methods and searching your photos throughout playback. It is a very exact, responsive system that is a veritable pleasure to make use of.

Though like several pro-level digital camera there are plentiful buttons and controls, in the end the EOS R3 is barely as difficult as you your self wish to make it.

As soon as you’ve got set the fundamentals of picture high quality, file format/s and whether or not you wish to shoot in single shot or steady mode – away you go – although the positioning of the facility lever on the backside proper of the digital camera again, the place it falls underneath your thumb reasonably than encircling the shutter launch button – of which there are two, depending on whether or not you wish to shoot in panorama or portrait vogue – initially throws up one thing of a curve-ball.

The EOS R3 would not inherit the EOS-1D X III’s second smaller LCD instantly beneath the principle LCD display screen, on which the file format/s you are capturing in are displayed. That is disgrace, however eminently comprehensible given the smaller dimensions of the R3 in comparison with its even greater brother.

Conveniently positioned under the LCD display screen are a row of three buttons, clearly marked for accessing playback, enlarging a picture so focus may be checked, and deleting photos.

The Menu and Fee buttons in the meantime are positioned instantly left of the viewfinder window the place they are often accessed by way of the thumb of the left hand when gripping the digital camera, so the person would not must take their away from the viewfinder for lengthy and probably miss the subject material.

Operationally we flitted between utilizing the joystick-like multi controllers and major and fast management dials for both tabbing gingerly or racing by way of potential settings, respectively. If turning the digital camera on its facet to shoot portrait vogue, we additionally handily get a 3rd dial on the vertical grip.

We’re virtually falling over buttons and dials on this digital camera, however with the added comfort of alternatively tapping the LCD display screen for key settings when it is smart to take action. The general impact is that operation is sped up, which is precisely what we might need from a digital camera of this ilk.

So what about picture high quality? Do the photographs stay as much as what we might hope for and certainly count on from a close to £6K digital camera physique? Keep on studying our Picture High quality part to seek out out.

Picture High quality

All the pattern photos on this evaluation have been taken utilizing the 24 megapixel JPEG setting, which produces a median picture dimension of round 12Mb.

The Canon EOS R3 produced nonetheless photos of excellent high quality in the course of the evaluation interval.

This digital camera produces noise-free JPEG photos from ISO 50 all the best way as much as ISO 6400, with noise first showing at ISO 12800. The quicker settings of 51200 and 102400 show various noise, however they’re nonetheless high quality to make use of for making smaller prints and net photos. Even the quickest expanded setting of ISO 204800 can be utilized at a push.

The EOS R3 proved to very succesful in low-light, with the utmost shutter pace of 30 seconds and the Bulb mode permitting you to seize sufficient gentle in all conditions and the digital camera’s unbelievable -7.5EV ranking efficiently auto-focusing even in nearly darkish circumstances.

The completely different Image Types and the flexibility to create your personal are an actual profit, as are the HDR settings and a number of publicity mode, all of which may be previewed earlier than you’re taking the shot. Help for the brand new HEIF 10-bit file format is a bit skinny on the bottom, however ought to supply a level of future-proofing.

Noise

ISO sensitivity may be set between ISO 50 and ISO 204800 in full-stop increments. Listed here are some 100% crops which present the noise ranges for every ISO setting, with JPEG on the left and RAW on the appropriate.

JPEG	RAW
ISO 50 (100% Crop)	ISO 50 (100% Crop)
ISO 100 (100% Crop)	ISO 100 (100% Crop)
ISO 200 (100% Crop)	ISO 200 (100% Crop)
ISO 400 (100% Crop)	ISO 400 (100% Crop)
ISO 800 (100% Crop)	ISO 800 (100% Crop)
ISO 1600 (100% Crop)	ISO 1600 (100% Crop)
ISO 3200 (100% Crop)	ISO 3200 (100% Crop)
ISO 6400 (100% Crop)	ISO 6400 (100% Crop)
ISO 12800 (100% Crop)	ISO 12800 (100% Crop)
ISO 25600 (100% Crop)	ISO 25600 (100% Crop)
ISO 51200 (100% Crop)	ISO 51200 (100% Crop)
ISO 102400 (100% Crop)	ISO 102400 (100% Crop)
ISO 204800 (100% Crop)	ISO 204800 (100% Crop)

File High quality

The Canon EOS R3 has two completely different file high quality choices – Uncooked and JPEG. Listed here are some 100% crops which present the distinction.

JPEG (10.1Mb) (100% Crop)	RAW (24.7Mb) (100% Crop)

Night time

The Canon EOS R3’s most shutter pace is 30 seconds and there is a Bulb mode for even longer exposures, which is good news in the event you’re severely desirous about low gentle pictures.

HDR

The Canon EOS R3’s HDR Mode captures three completely different exposures and combines them into one, retaining extra shadow and spotlight element, with an Auto mode, and three completely different strengths. There’s additionally a particular HDR PQ mode which mechanically data within the HEIF file format.

A number of Publicity

The EOS R3’s a number of publicity mode permits you to take between two and 9 photos and merge them right into a single picture in-camera.

Image Types

Canon’s Image Controls are preset mixtures of various sharpness, distinction, saturation and color tone settings. The EOS R3’s seven out there Image Controls are proven under within the following sequence, which demonstrates the variations. There are additionally three Person Outlined styes to be able to create your personal explicit look.

Customary

Portrait

Panorama

Wonderful Element

Impartial

Devoted

Monochrome

Pattern Photos

It is a number of pattern photos from the Canon EOS R3 digital camera, which have been all taken utilizing the 24 megapixel JPEG setting. The thumbnails under hyperlink to the full-sized variations, which haven’t been altered in any manner.

Pattern RAW Photos

The Canon EOS R3 permits customers to seize RAW, PEG and HEIF format information. We have supplied some Canon RAW (CR3) samples so that you can obtain (thumbnail photos proven under will not be 100% consultant).

Pattern Films & Video

Product Photos

Conclusion

The brand new Canon EOS R3 combines the acquainted blueprint of the 1D-X sequence with all the advantages of mirrorless to create a really outstanding digital camera for skilled sports activities and wildlife photographers and videographers alike.

Lengthy revered as the top of Canon’s technological prowess, the EOS-1DX Mark III DSLR has now been surpassed by the EOS R3 as the corporate’s go-to digital camera for nearly something that strikes shortly – folks, animals, birds, autos – you title it and this digital camera can intuitively and virtually immediately seize it with absolutely the minimal of fuss.

Not solely has the vary of recognised topics been expanded, however the best way in which you’ll be able to give attention to them has been additional improved with the addition of Eye Management AF, a function that at the beginning appears like a gimmick however in follow quickly turns into a seamless a part of how you utilize the digital camera.

Different key benefits that the EOS R3 has over its DSLR sibling are the unbelievable hybrid picture stabilisation price as much as 8-stops, superlative low-light AF sensitivity that stretches all the best way all the way down to -7.5EV, and the even quicker headline-grabbing 30fps burst capturing, coupled with a very silent digital shutter.

That is all housed in a smaller, lighter but nonetheless equally weather-proof and sturdy physique that is simpler to make use of for prolonged intervals of time.

There’s an terrible lot to love in regards to the EOS 3 and little or no to grouse about. Positive, the built-in grip design actually is not for everybody – at simply over 1kg in weight it stays a digital camera for the skilled reasonably than fanatic, though we guess that lots of the latter would take pleasure in utilizing the R3, notably in the event that they routinely match a battery grip to their present digital camera.

Some customers will favor a digital camera with extra megapixels than the 24 supplied by this digital camera, however Canon have already got the 45 megapixel R5 mannequin that is already proved extremely fashionable, particularly because it additionally ups the ante on the video facet of issues with 8K recording.

The choice to specify combined media reminiscence card slots is a bit mystifying on such an costly, all motion system – we might have most popular the R3 to observe the EOS-1DX Mark III’s lead through the use of 2x CFexpress playing cards as an alternative of the secondary UHS-II SD card slot.

Battery life can also be vastly diminished when evaluating these two flagship fashions, however that is extra a limitation of mirrorless versus DSLR reasonably than a direct criticism of the R3 itself.

The Sony A1 and the Nikon Z9 are the one different full-frame cameras that may shoot at 30fps, however the former is proscribed to capturing lossless compressed and the latter can solely shoot JPEGs, leaving the R3 as the one mannequin in a position to obtain 30fps with no limitations on the file format. However, the Alpha A1 and Z9 each supply much more decision (50 and 45 megapixels respectively) than the EOS R3, and each can document 8K video too.

Eagle-eyed readers will certainly have seen by this level of our evaluation that Canon’s new sports activities digital camera would not truly inherit the 1-series moniker – that has seemingly been reserved by the upcoming EOS R1, which can presumably be a higher-resolution rival to the Z9 and Alpha 1.

Nonetheless, on the finish of the day, it is not all about specs, regardless of the customarily forensic web give attention to them. The brand new Canon EOS R3 is a compelling digital camera for motion shooters, stills and video alike, which inherits the celebrated mantle of the 1D-X sequence and improves on it in lots of, typically shocking methods…

Principal Rivals

Listed under are among the rivals of the Canon EOS R3.

Assessment Roundup

Critiques of the Canon EOS R3 from across the net.

Specs

Information

Canon have revealed their reply to the Sony Alpha 1 and the Nikon Z9 within the form of the brand new EOS R3 full-frame mirrorless digital camera.

The Canon R3 will function a model new, Canon-developed 24.1 megapixel again illuminated stacked CMOS sensor, DIGIC X imaging processor, 6K/60p RAW video recording and oversampled 4K/120p video for as much as six hours of normal video, 30fps burst capturing with full AF/AE monitoring, and an built-in grip design with skilled ranges of weather-proofing.

The EOS R3 options Canon’s most superior autofocusing system ever, with Auto Focus (AF) monitoring for motorsports together with racing vehicles and motorbikes, focusing in excessive darkness at gentle ranges all the way down to -7EV, and an progressive new autofocus Eye Management Operate.

There’s additionally a 5.76 million dot digital viewfinder with 120fps refresh fee, 5-axis IBIS offering as much as 8-stops of safety in opposition to digital camera shake, and a totally articulating 4.1-million dot touch-screen show, and compatibility with Canon’s Cellular File Switch smartphone app.

The Canon EOS R3 is priced at £5,879.99 / €6,689.99 / $5,999.00 and it will likely be out there in November 2021.

Canon UK Press Launch 14/09/2021

The wait is over – Canon’s new sports activities hero is right here to outpace and outperform

London, United Kingdom, 14th September 2021 – Canon Europe at present pronounces the extremely anticipated EOS R3 – a powerhouse for sports activities pictures and reportage. Mixing custom with innovative expertise, the EOS R3 affords all of the familiarity and pace of Canon’s famend EOS-1 sequence, with the innovation and flexibility of the pioneering EOS R System.

Designed utilizing suggestions from probably the most demanding skilled press and sports activities photographers, the EOS R3 options over 100 enhancements upon Canon’s mirrorless and DSLR fashions. The result’s a digital camera which dramatically streamlines workflows and takes the connection between digital camera and photographer to new ranges, for unbeatable pace and responsiveness. With a model new, progressive 24.1 megapixel sensor, the EOS R3 offers the optimum stability of efficiency, decision and pace to supply information and sports activities photographers a digital camera to outperform and outpace the competitors.

The longer term is quick

Leveraging the ground-breaking new 24.1 megapixel bottom illuminated stacked CMOS sensor, the EOS R3 affords lightning quick picture seize and enhanced responsiveness. The highly effective sensor virtually solely eliminates rolling shutter distortion and with a fast shutter pace, providing a spread of 30 seconds to 1/64000th of a second, it helps sports activities photographers freeze the quickest of topics. When utilizing the digital shutter, photographers can shoot as much as 30fps with AE and AF monitoring even when capturing RAW information, in addition to choices for capturing at 15fps and 3fps. The digital shutter can be used with each Canon and third-party flashes for the primary time. Eradicating the standard weaknesses of digital shutters, Canon has launched Flicker detection and a Excessive Frequency anti-flicker capturing mode to detect and proper flickering gentle sources and stop banding or color and publicity points.

The EOS R3’s excessive pace efficiency doesn’t cease on the frames per second, it extends to the focusing as properly. Able to focusing in 0.03 seconds, the EOS R3 is the quickest EOS R sequence digital camera but – excellent for capturing the unpredictable motion of sport and reportage. Powered by Twin Pixel CMOS AF II, the EOS R3 options an improved Deep Studying algorithm, providing AF monitoring together with human and animal eye, physique, and face detection in addition to head detection for people in each stills and movies. Designed with motorsports photographers in thoughts, Canon has additionally launched a automobile monitoring perform, to expertly monitor motorbikes, open cockpit Method vehicles in addition to GT and rally vehicles – with the flexibility to prioritise the automobile or the motive force’s helmet. Eye, face, head and physique detection are actually out there in all AF modes, in addition to a brand new Versatile Zone permitting customers to pick the scale and form of the Zone AF space. The EOS R3 units a brand new commonplace for its capacity to focus in lighting circumstances as little as -7.5 EV – making this some of the succesful low gentle cameras out there.

To maximise management over all these AF choices the EOS R3 affords three alternative ways to pick the AF factors: the fast good controller, the exact multi controller and the instinctive Eye Management AF. Eye management AF gives a extra pure connection between the digital camera and the photographer. This intuitive and pioneering AF level choice methodology strikes the main target level to the place the photographer seems. In conditions the place the story can shortly unfold, this enables photographers to instinctively give attention to the motion with only a look.

Enhancing the flexibility for handheld capturing and regular film manufacturing on the transfer, the 5-axis In-Physique Picture Stabilizer can mix with optical Picture Stabilizer in chosen RF lenses and affords industry-leading efficiency with as much as 8-stops.

Outpace your friends

For skilled photographers capturing within the discipline, it’s not simply in regards to the pace of capturing a second but in addition the pace of getting it to the information desks and editors that issues. With quite a lot of skilled connectivity choices together with in-built model 5.0 Bluetooth and 5 GHz Wi-Fi, the EOS R3 streamlines workflows and simplifies the connection to a smartphone or Wi-Fi community. Supreme for sport arenas, the in-built Gigabit Ethernet port permits a excessive pace wired connection. And, for when pace actually issues, photographers can transmit photos to purchasers by way of FTP. For present EOS R5 and EOS-1D X Mark III customers, community settings may be shared between the three cameras.

Customers can remotely management the digital camera from a cellular system utilizing the Canon’s Digicam Join App or utilizing the Browser Distant perform by way of an ethernet connection. A well-liked function from the EOS-1D X Mark III, the Browser Distant perform additionally permits customers and head places of work to remotely change metadata, browse and obtain photos. Customers will even be capable to use Canon’s Cellular File Switch (MFT) app – a cellular utility for skilled photographers that transfers photos over a cellular system to an FTP/FTPS/SFTP server. Future enhancements of the app will embody textual content conversion of voice memo, enhancing ease of use for professionals. A brand new smartphone holder accent for the EOS R3, the Smartphone Hyperlink AD-P1, permits customers to mount their iOS or Android system on high of the Multi-Operate Shoe Adapter and simply transmit photos by way of the brand new MFT app . The Canon Digicam Join app now permits the EOS R3 firmware to be up to date by way of your telephone – a primary for an EOS digital camera.

Unimaginable video capabilities

As with the EOS R5, the EOS R3 takes Canon’s hybrid providing to the following degree – assembly the demand for photographers to seize the motion in each high-quality stills, and spectacular high-resolution video. It affords highly effective video functionality, capturing 6K 60p RAW decision footage, which affords 50 per cent extra element than 4K. With 6K CRM RAW information, publicity and white stability may be corrected put up seize to make sure gorgeous picture copy. 4K footage as much as 60p is oversampled from 6K guaranteeing the best doable 4K film high quality. Nice for prime pace and dynamic sports activities, the EOS R3 captures 4K 120p footage for gorgeous 4K decision sluggish movement. It’s now doable to document as much as six hours of normal video or 1.5 hours at excessive 119.88/100p body charges.

At its core, the EOS R3 is designed to assist photographers outpace their opponents – and the identical is true for video. To scale back the file dimension and pace up video workflows, CRM gentle or MP4 footage may be recorded in All-I, IPB or the smaller IPB gentle choice, permitting customers to pick from a spread of bit charges to satisfy their wants and storage necessities. Twin card slots, together with a UHS-II SD card slot and the ultra-high pace CFexpress make capturing 6K RAW video doable and assist simultaneous recording to each playing cards in MP4 , offering a fail-safe again up of significant footage. Canon’s famend Canon LOG 3 permits 10-bit inner recording, to attain a larger dynamic vary or 10bit HDR PQ which minimises the necessity for modifying or grading footage in post-production. Wonderful for roving reporters, the EOS R3 options Canon’s new Multi-Operate Shoe and is appropriate with the newly launched Directional Stereo Microphone DM-E1D – a camera-powered directional stereo microphone utilizing digital processing – and the TEAC Tascam CA-XLR2d-C XLR adapter which permits two channel recording with skilled XLR microphones.

Instinctive capturing expertise

Providing all of the pace and familiarity of the EOS-1 sequence, Canon’s newest mirrorless employs a brand new Canon developed blackout-free, high-quality 5.76 million dot digital viewfinder with low lag and refresh fee of as much as 120 fps at full decision for a viewing expertise that rivals an optical viewfinder. Together with the newly launched OVF simulation View Help, the viewfinder affords richer tones and larger dynamic vary. The shutter lag may be diminished to an astonishing 20ms – lower than half that of a standard digital camera, for close to immediate seize when the shutter launch is pressed. The brand new excessive decision Vari-Angle 4.1-million dot contact display screen gives extra element than ever earlier than and affords larger flexibility of capturing angles because of its capacity to tilt and rotate into a spread of positions. Combining present EOS ergonomics with new controls and quite a lot of new customisation choices for customers, together with shutter sounds with quantity management, the EOS R3 gives acquainted, but superior management. To save lots of time when transferring between digital camera our bodies, photographers can simply copy and save personalised settings to reminiscence playing cards. Utilizing the identical LP-E19 battery because the EOS-1D X Mark II and EOS-1D X Mark III, the EOS R3 permits prolonged capturing and larger compatibility with present DSLRs.

The EOS R3 employs a brand new light-weight, mud and waterproof magnesium physique to be used in harsh circumstances. Climate resistance may be additionally maintained when utilizing present Speedlites, by connecting them to the newly introduced Multi-Operate Shoe Adapter AD-E1. The EOS R3 additionally powers the brand new, compact Speedlite Transmitter ST-E10 by way of the Multi-Operate Shoe, which supplies photographers the flexibility to remotely management a number of radio Speedlites.

The EOS R3 is an ultra-fast, extremely responsive digital camera that provides sports activities and information photographers the aggressive benefit they should get the profitable shot.

Pricing

The EOS R3 will retail at: £5,879.99 / €6,689.99 incl. VAT

Canon EOS R3 Key Options

• New Canon-developed 24.1 megapixel again illuminated stacked CMOS sensor
• 30fps with AF/AE monitoring
• Shutter pace providing a spread of 30 seconds to 1/64000 of a second when utilizing the digital shutter
• Eye Management AF level choice
• AF monitoring of individuals, animals (together with birds) and motorsports (racing motorbikes and racing vehicles)
• Full width 6K 60p RAW video recorded internally to a CFexpress card
• Focus in gentle ranges as little as –7.5 EV

Canon UK Press Launch 02/06/2021

AF monitoring for racing vehicles and motorbikes – extra particulars of Canon’s EOS R3 revealed – a high-speed, high-performance mirrorless

London, United Kingdom, 2nd June 2021 – Following Canon Inc.’s preliminary improvement announcement of the EOS R3 – its newest high-performance, high-speed skilled mirrorless digital camera – extra particulars have been revealed at present confirming it marks a brand new period for sports activities, wildlife and information photographers.

Canon is dedicated to attaining the inconceivable, and this digital camera is not any exception. As we speak, new specs show the EOS R3 takes object-tracking to a different degree – including Auto Focus (AF) monitoring for motorsports together with racing vehicles and motorbikes. Along with this, best for filmmakers, the EOS R3 can document oversampled 4K video.

The EOS R3 combines the next-level efficiency and picture high quality benefits of Canon’s progressive EOS R System line-up. Pairing its RF Mount with Canon’s RF lenses, the EOS R3 affords potentialities unseen in some other digital camera/lens duo and opens the door to beforehand unattainable capabilities and unseen optical excellence. Because of this, skilled photographers – whether or not capturing sports activities, wildlife, or information – can seize fleeting moments in time, in methods they by no means thought doable.

Following the April improvement announcement, right here’s among the freshly revealed EOS R3 specs to concentrate on:

Seize fast-moving topics in pin-sharp focus, with ease

Professionals following transferring objects across the body will benefit from the EOS R3’s capacity to maintain them in pin-sharp focus – even when capturing RAW at 30fps – because of Canon’s Twin Pixel CMOS AF expertise. Alongside the folks and animal (together with birds) AF monitoring expertise discovered within the EOS R5 and EOS R6, the EOS R3 is ideal for motorsports photographers – with its capacity to trace racing vehicles and motorbikes. And when gentle circumstances get robust, the digital camera can focus in excessive darkness at gentle ranges -7EV or decrease.

Supporting Canon’s distinctive Eye Management AF expertise, which permits professionals to pick the AF level with solely their eye, the EOS R3 is an extension of any photographers’ creativity – reacting shortly within the second to seize the shot. In low gentle, the EOS R3 affords as much as 8-stops of safety in opposition to digital camera shake with Canon’s revolutionary mixed Picture Stabilizer (IS) expertise. The digital camera’s sensor-shift IS works in tandem with the optical IS constructed into many RF Mount lenses, for a consequence that lets professionals shoot handheld in very dim gentle or whereas utilizing lengthy shutter speeds to deliberately blur motion.

Excessive-quality RAW at 30fps

On the coronary heart of the EOS R3 lies a brand-new again illuminated stacked CMOS sensor, working along with Canon’s high-performance DIGIC X picture processor. As we speak, Canon can verify it can seize high quality RAW information at a staggering 30fps with full AF/AE monitoring. The breath-taking pace of the digital camera’s new sensor additionally redefines what may be completed with an digital shutter. Flash sync is now doable with the digital shutter when used with exterior Speedlites, and rolling shutter distortion when capturing fast-moving topics has been diminished.

Oversampled 4K and RAW recording skills

Along with its next-level nonetheless pictures capabilities, the EOS R3 is suited to these trying to seize high-quality video. The digital camera will document oversampled 4K, or customers can document RAW footage internally. Canon Log 3 can also be out there to offer professionals with larger dynamic vary and color grading potentialities. Crucially, the identical object recognition out there to stills photographers can also be out there to videographers, so filmmakers can monitor fast-moving objects across the body, preserving them in sharp focus.

Constructed for professionals

Constructed to resist the rigours of day-to-day skilled use, the EOS R3 could have a tricky, magnesium-alloy physique that includes mud and water resistance to the identical degree as Canon’s legendary EOS-1D X sequence – guaranteeing it might cope within the hardest climate circumstances. Twin card slots enable picture information to be written to SD or CFexpress reminiscence playing cards. The digital camera is powered by a high-capacity LP-E19 battery – the identical because the one present in Canon’s EOS-1D X Mark III cameras – enabling professionals to make use of and share batteries between cameras that they could have already got of their kitbag. The digital camera will even supply a selection of controls with each multi controller and good controller – for fully intuitive operation. Providing three customisable dials on the physique, plus a Lens Management ring on every RF Mount lens, this enables shutter pace, aperture, ISO, and publicity compensation all to be simply adjusted whereas the digital camera is on the photographer’s eye. The EOS R3 can also be outfitted with a Vari-Angle display screen letting professionals compose simply from artistic views.

Superior connectivity

As a digital camera supposed for main sports activities and information shooters – connectivity is significant. Providing a in-built Wired LAN socket and 5GHz Wi-Fi permitting communication with pc networks, laptops and cellular gadgets, professionals can share photos shortly and simply. As beforehand introduced, the EOS R3 can also be appropriate with the Canon Cellular File Switch app. What’s extra, the EOS R3 will function a brand new accent shoe which gives knowledge communication and energy for brand new equipment when connected to the digital camera.

EOS R3 key options introduced as of at present (2nd June 2021) are:

• New Canon-developed again illuminated stacked CMOS sensor
• 30fps with AF/AE monitoring
• AF monitoring of individuals, animals (together with birds) and motorsports (racing motorbikes and racing vehicles)
• Can document oversampled 4K, or RAW footage internally and Canon Log 3
• Eye Management AF level choice
• Focus in gentle ranges -7EV or loweri
• Twin Pixel CMOS AF
• EOS-1D sequence mud and water resistance

Canon UK Press Launch 14/04/2021

Extremely-fast, and responsive – first particulars of EOS R3 revealed, Canon’s newest skilled mirrorless for sports activities and information

As we speak, with the information of three new progressive RF lens and a brand new file sharing app, Canon Inc. pronounces the event of EOS R3 – its newest high-speed and ultra-responsive skilled mirrorless digital camera. With its ground-breaking design, the digital camera will empower skilled sports activities and information photographers to satisfy difficult calls for – to outpace and outperform. Boasting qualities seen in Canon’s DSLR and mirrorless our bodies, the EOS R3 really is a hybrid, subsequent era digital camera for the sports activities and information photographers of at present and tomorrow.

The EOS R3 contains a new Canon-developed BSI stacked CMOS sensor, a robust DIGIC X imaging processor, capturing capabilities of 30fps with AF/AE monitoring, eye, head and physique detection and a pioneering new autofocus Eye Management Operate. It’s the best digital camera for motion photographers searching for high quality photos, each nonetheless and transferring, of objects travelling at intense speeds.

Constructed on the revolutionary EOS R System, with its unparalleled RF Mount and paired with one in every of Canon’s progressive RF lenses, the digital camera affords capabilities unseen in some other digital camera/lens duo. With lenses just like the at present launched RF 400mm F2.8L IS USM and RF 600mm F4L IS USM, professionals can obtain unrivalled optical excellence and efficiency.

Right here’s 5 issues it is advisable know in regards to the new EOS R3:

Prime quality, at excessive pace

The EOS R3 is the primary EOS sequence digital camera to function a completely new 35mm again illuminated stacked CMOS sensor – developed by Canon. Mixed with the facility of its DIGIC X imaging processor, professionals utilizing EOS R3 will obtain next-level, high-speed pictures and filmmaking. Utilizing the digital camera, they’ll take pleasure in 30fps with AF/AE monitoring with minimal picture distortion when utilizing the digital shutter – excellent for the likes {of professional} sports activities photographers challenged with capturing motion inside a fraction of a second.

Spectacular monitoring of fast-moving motion

Professionals can push artistic boundaries with pin-sharp correct monitoring and give attention to fast-moving motion. The EOS R3’s subsequent era Twin Pixel CMOS AF can monitor topics’ eyes, heads and our bodies travelling at pace – wonderful for capturing even the best of particulars in a cut up second. What’s extra, Canon reveals it can add a brand new topic (but to be disclosed) to the digital camera’s AF monitoring.

AF management – together with your eye!

The EOS R3 will function new and improved expertise first seen in Canon’s EOS 5. It’s the first EOS digital digital camera to offer a brand new era of photographers with ground-breaking Eye Management Operate, which permits customers to easily choose and transfer the AF level utilizing their eye by way of the viewfinder. This instinctive function affords professionals pure and speedy management over AF. Lowering the time to focus, which is normally completed with a multi-controller/button, this function is once more excellent for photographers trying to seize an important topic for his or her body at pace – whether or not that’s throughout a information convention or photographing a staff sport.

Skilled construct

Impressed by the EOS-1D sequence, the EOS R3 physique permits for ultra-intuitive management in probably the most demanding skilled conditions. Professionals can count on the identical sturdiness and dirt and water resistance as supplied in Canon’s legendary EOS-1 sequence our bodies. The digital camera additionally has the built-in grip that EOS-1D sequence customers love and belief. With EOS R3, professionals have the arrogance to maintain on capturing – regardless of the circumstances – whether or not they’re pitch facet or poolside, inside or outdoors, in snow or sunshine.

Quick connection – introducing Canon’s new Cellular File Switch

The EOS R3 can be totally appropriate with Canon’s Cellular File Switch smartphone app. This gives a brand new option to switch photos and pace up workflow while on the transfer, utilizing cellular community companies and with out the necessity for wired LAN tools.

Canon is launching Model 1.2 of its Cellular File Switch for iOS by way of the Apple App Retailer in June, which is appropriate with Canon’s EOS-1D X Mark III, EOS R5 and EOS R6. Android assist can be added sooner or later.

As we speak, Canon additionally pronounces the RF 100mm F2.8L MACRO IS USM – a powerful macro and portraiture lens which is the world’s first AF macro lens with 1.4x shut up magnification . Along with this Canon additionally revealed particulars of a the brand new RF 400mm F2.8L IS USM and RF 600mm F4L IS USM, two telephoto prime lenses designed to satisfy the calls for for sports activities and wildlife professionals, with unbelievable focal lengths and capabilities, particularly when paired with EOS R3.

Key Options

Preliminary EOS R3 key options introduced at present (14th April 2021) are:

• New Canon-developed stacked BSI CMOS sensor
• 30fps with AF/AE monitoring
• Eye Management Operate
• Topic eye and head detection
• Twin Pixel CMOS AF
• 1D sequence climate resistance

Canon USA Press Launch

“The event of the Canon EOS R3 and the launch of the brand new RF lenses are the newest testomony to the corporate’s dedication to skilled nonetheless and video picture and content material creators,” stated Tatsuro “Tony” Kano, govt vp and normal supervisor of Canon U.S.A.’s Imaging Applied sciences & Communications Group. “When the digital camera turns into out there, it can pair properly with every of the brand new RF lenses introduced at present. Canon is happy to share this information at present, and we stay up for seeing the photographs captured with the brand new RF lenses and upcoming EOS R3.”

The Canon EOS R3 will be a part of the present lineup of EOS R full-frame mirrorless sequence cameras. This digital camera will usher in a brand new class to the EOS R system, positioned squarely between the EOS R5 and EOS-1D X Mark III cameras. The digital camera will put nice emphasis on very good AF efficiency and pace, with fast-moving topics. It’s being designed to satisfy the reliability and sturdiness calls for of pros, even when working in difficult circumstances.

On the coronary heart of the EOS R3 digital camera’s efficiency can be an EOS digital camera first, a Canon-developed, full-frame stacked CMOS sensor with a back-illuminated design, offering considerably quicker read-out speeds throughout still-imaging recording. This fully new sensor is designed to supply much less “rolling shutter” distortion throughout Digital Shutter operation and supply steady Digital Shutter still-image capturing at speeds as much as 30 fps — with full Twin Pixel CMOS AF and auto exposure1.

The AF system will leverage expertise and efficiency from the well-received EOS R5 and EOS R6 cameras, utilizing Deep Studying expertise to additional improve eye and physique detection for even higher efficiency throughout portrait and action-type capturing. As well as, the EOS R3’s topic detection AF will supply new recognizable topics for its AF system, bolstering its focusing capabilities throughout difficult capturing circumstances.

The Digital Viewfinder of the EOS R3 will supply photographers the flexibility to pick the preliminary space for AF monitoring by merely wanting straight on the viewfinder location the place they wish to start AF. With Eye Management AF2 and Servo AF activated, the digital camera will give attention to and monitor transferring topics at that location within the body. When Face Detect + Monitoring is energetic, the digital camera will proceed to observe transferring topics across the whole energetic AF space.

The digital camera physique can be solely new and accentuates the digital camera’s high-performance design. It’s a one-piece design, integrating the physique with a vertical grip part. The climate and dust-resistance can be equal to that of EOS-1D class cameras — a vital consideration for nature, wildlife, sports activities and photojournalism content material creators working in excessive circumstances. As well as, information photojournalists can be excited so as to add the Cellular File Transmitter utility for iOS and Android gadgets that can be out there.

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