Canon EOS R3 Assessment | Images Weblog

Introduction

Ease of Use

Towards the continued backdrop of the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic and its knock-on results on the sporting world, Canon have launched not one flagship motion digicam 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 velocity 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 total design, albeit in a considerably smaller and lighter package deal.

Subsequently the R3 is quite a bit 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 due to this fact extra usable for longer intervals because of this.

Certainly, the truth that it is just about the identical measurement and weight because the EOS R5 with a battery grip hooked up signifies that it’s best to solely low cost the R3 in the event you actually need the choice of eradicating a few of its bulk.

In observe, I discovered it simply as straightforward to deal with for longer intervals of time as any semi- or pro- digicam with a battery grip hooked up, and being fully built-in into the general design, there isn’t any undesirable flex or motion that is inherent to cameras with non-obligatory battery grips hooked up.

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 primary 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 digicam, 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 after all 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 considered one of their primary 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 benefiting from 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 pictures that’s achievable when utilizing the mechanical shutter.

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

Nonetheless, with the ability to repeatedly shoot 5 seconds of 24 megapixel RAW recordsdata at 30fps or 18 seconds of full-sized JPEG recordsdata on the identical price utilizing a very silent shutter ought to actually please all however the pickiest of shoppers.

To deal with fashionable knowledge hungry calls for, the digicam makes use of the newest era CFexpress reminiscence card format, which boasts a write velocity 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 a substitute for UHS-II SD playing cards.

Whereas that drastically expands the selection of reminiscence playing cards that can be utilized with this digicam, we suspect that almost all of homeowners would have most popular twin CFexpress slots as a substitute of the blended method, as burst capturing speeds are a lot slower when recording to SD playing cards.

It is no use having all of that uncooked velocity at our fingertips nevertheless if the digicam falls down in different respects. Battery life is, nevertheless, happily as sturdy because the digicam’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 evaluate all that effectively with the whopping 2850 battery life provided 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 would nonetheless take a while rattle via its battery life, because the quoted CIPA figures are very conservative. Plus you’ll be able to all the time pack a spare battery or three if heading out for the day or as back-up when protecting a significant occasion.

So the Canon R3 may 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 available.

In contrast to the EOS-1DX Mark III, which was considerably hampered by the necessity to focus manually quite than counting on AF when capturing at a sooner body price 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 provided digital picture stabilisation for each stills and films, the R3’s unbelievable in-body five-axis picture stabilisation system provides 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 likely one of the key advantages of mirrorless versus DSLRs on the whole and likewise 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 appropriate pitch and yaw and the sensor correcting the X-Y and roll actions.

This clever stabilisation system supplies a frankly unbelievable 8-stops of stabilisation with some lenses, permitting you to hand-hold the digicam 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 provide 8 stops of stabilisation after they’re mounted on the EOS R3, due to the massive 54mm diameter of the of the RF Mount.

The EOS R3 can even 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 can even work with lenses from different producers – you simply must enter the focal size into the digicam’s menu system.

In observe, the EOS R3 stabilisation system is great, making it potential to hand-hold the digicam at beforehand impossibly gradual shutter speeds and nonetheless keep important sharpness.

The Canon R3 options the subsequent era Twin Pixel CMOS AF II focusing system. Billed because the world’s quickest AF, the digicam 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 can even focus in gentle ranges as little as -7.5EV (when used with an F1.2 lens), one of the best of any present Canon mirrorless digicam.

Due to its Digic X processor, the EOS R3 provides the identical deep-learning synthetic intelligence primarily based automated face, eye and animal AF monitoring modes because the R5 and R6 fashions.

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

Model new to only the EOS R3 is the power to trace automobiles, together with automobiles and motorbikes. What’s extra, if the driving force is sporting a helmet, the AF system will lock on to that, guaranteeing that crucial 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 motorcycle 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 growth of recognised topics, Canon have additionally additional improved their AF system with the introduction of Eye Management autofocus know-how.

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 repeatedly monitoring the chosen topic.

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

Eye Management AF sounds slightly gimmicky at first, however in observe it is each straightforward to calibrate and straightforward to make use of, rapidly 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 slightly is the requirement to half-press the shuter launch button to successfully affirm the AF level or topic – with some high-speed instances having to do that may make the distinction between capturing a really exact second or lacking it.

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

Nonetheless, for many use instances 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 anticipate Canon will implement in future EOS mirrorless cameras.

For capturing at evening or in low gentle, customers get incrementally selectable sensitivity settings working 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 pictures on the boosted settings are nonetheless usable, one thing that could not be stated concerning the EOS-1DX Mark III even sooner ISO 409,600 and 819,200 settings, until you had been proud of one thing that extra carefully resembled a brass rubbing than a photograph as such.

File format smart, the Mark III can be Canon’s newest EOS digicam to help the ‘subsequent era’ HEIF (Excessive Effectivity Picture File) file format, enabling pictures with 10-bits of information to be saved in a file the equal measurement of a JPEG, whereas struggling much less compression.

In fact Uncooked recordsdata will be shot in tandem with JPEGs (or certainly HEIF recordsdata) as per regular – 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 digicam 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. Sluggish-motion films (with out sound) will be captured at 120p/100p at 4K and HD resolutions.

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

The R3 helps limitless recording instances 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 could possibly be illuminated if its show gentle button was pressed, permitting for customers to raised determine capabilities if working in close to darkish situations. Sadly the brand new EOS R3 would not inherit this convenient function.

Taking the digicam out of its field and affixing one of many two lenses that got here with our assessment 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 massive and never significantly discrete digicam setup.

The minimalist entrance plate homes two controls which can be moreover mirrored for portrait use. The highest one immediately engages the digicam’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 operate, which helps you identify what your pictures will seem like 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 digicam, together with a porthole for the AF help gentle and a lozenge formed button for releasing the lens.

What we personally and likewise 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 will be quickly – and because it seems, pretty conveniently – accessed by way of a press of the Mode button on prime of the digicam, identical to on the EOS R5, we would nonetheless desire a extra conventional dial.

The dearth 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 any person used to dealing with all kinds of cameras, its omission initially feels slightly odd till you get used to the digicam’s operability.

The primary benefit of the EOS R3’s method is with the ability to rapidly see the present digicam settings by merely glancing down on the top-plate LCD.

It supplies fast and straightforward viewing entry to many of the digicam’s key settings, with the devoted button alongside it toggling between two completely different screens of knowledge and likewise permitting it to be lit up at nighttime 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 mounted, non-tilting selection.

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

Then again, provided that that is the form of skilled instrument that will probably be utilized in areas the place it may get knocked and elbowed by competing photographers, a set display screen is undoubtedly a smart choice, even when it makes video capturing with out some form of exterior monitor trickier than it could possibly be.

We did nevertheless recognize the truth that key capturing settings on each cameras will 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 aspect and faces forwards for extra handy vlogging and video recording.

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

A proximity sensor is positioned instantly 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 all the time helps to encourage capturing from inventive 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 manage every thing from setting the AF level and firing the shutter, navigating the menu techniques and looking your pictures throughout playback. It is a very exact, responsive system that is a veritable pleasure to make use of.

Though like every pro-level digicam there are plentiful buttons and controls, in the end the EOS R3 is simply as sophisticated as you your self wish to make it.

As soon as you have 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 ability lever on the backside proper of the digicam again, the place it falls below your thumb quite than encircling the shutter launch button – of which there are two, depending on whether or not you wish to shoot in panorama or portrait style – 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 primary 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 larger brother.

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

The Menu and Charge 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 digicam, so the consumer would not need to 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 primary and fast management dials for both tabbing gingerly or racing via potential settings, respectively. If turning the digicam on its aspect to shoot portrait style, we additionally handily get a 3rd dial on the vertical grip.

We’re virtually falling over buttons and dials on this digicam, 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 would need from a digicam of this ilk.

So what about picture high quality? Do the images dwell as much as what we would hope for and certainly anticipate from a close to £6K digicam physique? Stick with it studying our Picture High quality part to seek out out.

Picture High quality

All the pattern pictures on this assessment had been taken utilizing the 24 megapixel JPEG setting, which produces a mean picture measurement of round 12Mb.

The Canon EOS R3 produced nonetheless pictures of excellent high quality through the assessment interval.

This digicam produces noise-free JPEG pictures from ISO 50 all the best way as much as ISO 6400, with noise first showing at ISO 12800. The sooner settings of 51200 and 102400 show various noise, however they’re nonetheless effective to make use of for making smaller prints and net pictures. 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 velocity of 30 seconds and the Bulb mode permitting you to seize sufficient gentle in all conditions and the digicam’s unbelievable -7.5EV ranking efficiently auto-focusing even in just about darkish situations.

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

Noise

ISO sensitivity will 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 best.

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)

Evening

The Canon EOS R3’s most shutter velocity is 30 seconds and there is a Bulb mode for even longer exposures, which is good news in the event you’re significantly considering 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 means that you can take between two and 9 pictures and merge them right into a single photograph in-camera.

Image Types

Canon’s Image Controls are preset combos 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 Consumer Outlined styes as a way to create your individual explicit look.

Normal

Portrait

Panorama

Tremendous Element

Impartial

Trustworthy

Monochrome

Pattern Photographs

This can be a collection of pattern pictures from the Canon EOS R3 digicam, which had 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 method.

Pattern RAW Photographs

The Canon EOS R3 allows customers to seize RAW, PEG and HEIF format recordsdata. We have offered some Canon RAW (CR3) samples so that you can obtain (thumbnail pictures proven under usually are not 100% consultant).

Pattern Motion pictures & Video

Product Photographs

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 very exceptional digicam for skilled sports activities and wildlife photographers and videographers alike.

Lengthy revered as the head 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 digicam for nearly something that strikes rapidly – folks, animals, birds, automobiles – you identify it and this digicam 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 give attention to them has been additional improved with the addition of Eye Management AF, a function that initially feels like a gimmick however in observe quickly turns into a seamless a part of how you employ the digicam.

Different key benefits that the EOS R3 has over its DSLR sibling are the unbelievable hybrid picture stabilisation value 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 sooner 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 concerning 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 digicam for the skilled quite than fanatic, though we wager that most of the latter would take pleasure in utilizing the R3, significantly in the event that they routinely match a battery grip to their present digicam.

Some customers will desire a digicam with extra megapixels than the 24 provided by this digicam, however Canon have already got the 45 megapixel R5 mannequin that is already proved extremely well-liked, particularly because it additionally ups the ante on the video aspect of issues with 8K recording.

The choice to specify blended media reminiscence card slots is slightly mystifying on such an costly, all motion system – we would have most popular the R3 to comply with the EOS-1DX Mark III’s lead by utilizing 2x CFexpress playing cards as a substitute of the secondary UHS-II SD card slot.

Battery life can be drastically decreased when evaluating these two flagship fashions, however that is extra a limitation of mirrorless versus DSLR quite 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 restricted 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. Then again, the Alpha A1 and Z9 each provide much more decision (50 and 45 megapixels respectively) than the EOS R3, and each can report 8K video too.

Eagle-eyed readers will certainly have observed by this level of our assessment that Canon’s new sports activities digicam would not really inherit the 1-series moniker – that has seemingly been reserved by the upcoming EOS R1, which is able to presumably be a higher-resolution rival to the Z9 and Alpha 1.

Nonetheless, on the finish of the day, it isn’t all about specs, regardless of the usually forensic web give attention to them. The brand new Canon EOS R3 is a compelling digicam 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…

Major Rivals

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

Assessment Roundup

Opinions 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 digicam.

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 automobiles and motorbikes, focusing in excessive darkness at gentle ranges all the way down to -7EV, and an revolutionary new autofocus Eye Management Operate.

There’s additionally a 5.76 million dot digital viewfinder with 120fps refresh price, 5-axis IBIS offering as much as 8-stops of safety in opposition to digicam 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 as we speak broadcasts the extremely anticipated EOS R3 – a powerhouse for sports activities pictures and reportage. Mixing custom with leading edge know-how, the EOS R3 provides all of the familiarity and velocity of Canon’s famend EOS-1 sequence, with the innovation and flexibility of the pioneering EOS R System.

Designed utilizing suggestions from essentially 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 digicam which dramatically streamlines workflows and takes the connection between digicam and photographer to new ranges, for unbeatable velocity and responsiveness. With a model new, revolutionary 24.1 megapixel sensor, the EOS R3 provides the optimum steadiness of efficiency, decision and velocity to supply information and sports activities photographers a digicam 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 provides lightning quick picture seize and enhanced responsiveness. The highly effective sensor virtually solely eliminates rolling shutter distortion and with a fast shutter velocity, 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 recordsdata, 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 velocity efficiency doesn’t cease on the frames per second, it extends to the focusing as effectively. Able to focusing in 0.03 seconds, the EOS R3 is the quickest EOS R sequence digicam 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 operate, to expertly observe motorbikes, open cockpit Components automobiles in addition to GT and rally automobiles – with the power to prioritise the automobile or the driving force’s helmet. Eye, face, head and physique detection at the moment are out there in all AF modes, in addition to a brand new Versatile Zone permitting customers to pick the dimensions and form of the Zone AF space. The EOS R3 units a brand new customary for its skill to focus in lighting situations 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 provides 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 supplies a extra pure connection between the digicam and the photographer. This intuitive and pioneering AF level choice technique strikes the main target level to the place the photographer seems. In conditions the place the story can rapidly unfold, this permits photographers to instinctively give attention to the motion with only a look.

Enhancing the power 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 provides industry-leading efficiency with as much as 8-stops.

Outpace your friends

For skilled photographers capturing within the discipline, it’s not simply concerning the velocity of capturing a second but additionally the velocity of getting it to the information desks and editors that issues. With a variety of skilled connectivity choices together with inbuilt 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. Superb for sport arenas, the inbuilt Gigabit Ethernet port allows a excessive velocity wired connection. And, for when velocity actually issues, photographers can transmit pictures to shoppers by way of FTP. For present EOS R5 and EOS-1D X Mark III customers, community settings will be shared between the three cameras.

Customers can remotely management the digicam from a cellular system utilizing the Canon’s Digital camera Join App or utilizing the Browser Distant operate by way of an ethernet connection. A well-liked function from the EOS-1D X Mark III, the Browser Distant operate additionally allows customers and head workplaces to remotely change metadata, browse and obtain pictures. Customers can even be capable of use Canon’s Cellular File Switch (MFT) app – a cellular software for skilled photographers that transfers pictures 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 prime of the Multi-Operate Shoe Adapter and simply transmit pictures by way of the brand new MFT app . The Canon Digital camera Join app now allows the EOS R3 firmware to be up to date by way of your cellphone – a primary for an EOS digicam.

Unbelievable video capabilities

As with the EOS R5, the EOS R3 takes Canon’s hybrid providing to the subsequent degree – assembly the demand for photographers to seize the motion in each high-quality stills, and spectacular high-resolution video. It provides highly effective video functionality, capturing 6K 60p RAW decision footage, which provides 50 per cent extra element than 4K. With 6K CRM RAW recordsdata, publicity and white steadiness will be corrected submit seize to make sure gorgeous picture replica. 4K footage as much as 60p is oversampled from 6K guaranteeing the very best potential 4K film high quality. Nice for top velocity and dynamic sports activities, the EOS R3 captures 4K 120p footage for gorgeous 4K decision gradual movement. It’s now potential to report 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 rivals – and the identical is true for video. To scale back the file measurement and velocity up video workflows, CRM gentle or MP4 footage will 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 velocity CFexpress make capturing 6K RAW video potential and help simultaneous recording to each playing cards in MP4 , offering a fail-safe again up of significant footage. Canon’s famend Canon LOG 3 allows 10-bit inner recording, to attain a better dynamic vary or 10bit HDR PQ which minimises the necessity for enhancing or grading footage in post-production. Glorious 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 allows two channel recording with skilled XLR microphones.

Instinctive capturing expertise

Providing all of the velocity 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 price 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 provides richer tones and better dynamic vary. The shutter lag will be decreased to an astonishing 20ms – lower than half that of a standard digicam, for close to on the spot seize when the shutter launch is pressed. The brand new excessive decision Vari-Angle 4.1-million dot contact display screen supplies extra element than ever earlier than and provides better flexibility of capturing angles due to its skill to tilt and rotate into a spread of positions. Combining present EOS ergonomics with new controls and a variety of new customisation choices for customers, together with shutter sounds with quantity management, the EOS R3 supplies acquainted, but superior management. To save lots of time when transferring between digicam 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 allows prolonged capturing and better compatibility with present DSLRs.

The EOS R3 employs a brand new light-weight, mud and waterproof magnesium physique to be used in harsh situations. Climate resistance will 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 via the Multi-Operate Shoe, which provides photographers the power to remotely management a number of radio Speedlites.

The EOS R3 is an ultra-fast, extremely responsive digicam that offers sports activities and information photographers the aggressive benefit they should get the successful 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 velocity 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 automobiles)
• 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 automobiles 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 growth announcement of the EOS R3 – its newest high-performance, high-speed skilled mirrorless digicam – extra particulars have been revealed as we speak confirming it marks a brand new period for sports activities, wildlife and information photographers.

Canon is dedicated to attaining the inconceivable, and this digicam isn’t any exception. At the moment, new specs show the EOS R3 takes object-tracking to a different degree – including Auto Focus (AF) monitoring for motorsports together with racing automobiles and motorbikes. Along with this, ideally suited for filmmakers, the EOS R3 can report oversampled 4K video.

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

Following the April growth 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 skill to maintain them in pin-sharp focus – even when capturing RAW at 30fps – due to Canon’s Twin Pixel CMOS AF know-how. Alongside the folks and animal (together with birds) AF monitoring know-how discovered within the EOS R5 and EOS R6, the EOS R3 is ideal for motorsports photographers – with its skill to trace racing automobiles and motorbikes. And when gentle situations get powerful, the digicam can focus in excessive darkness at gentle ranges -7EV or decrease.

Supporting Canon’s distinctive Eye Management AF know-how, which allows professionals to pick the AF level with solely their eye, the EOS R3 is an extension of any photographers’ creativity – reacting rapidly within the second to seize the shot. In low gentle, the EOS R3 provides as much as 8-stops of safety in opposition to digicam shake with Canon’s revolutionary mixed Picture Stabilizer (IS) know-how. The digicam’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. At the moment, Canon can affirm it would seize high quality RAW recordsdata at a staggering 30fps with full AF/AE monitoring. The breath-taking velocity of the digicam’s new sensor additionally redefines what will be completed with an digital shutter. Flash sync is now potential with the digital shutter when used with exterior Speedlites, and rolling shutter distortion when capturing fast-moving topics has been decreased.

Oversampled 4K and RAW recording talents

Along with its next-level nonetheless pictures capabilities, the EOS R3 is suited to these seeking to seize high-quality video. The digicam will report oversampled 4K, or customers can report RAW footage internally. Canon Log 3 can be out there to supply professionals with better dynamic vary and color grading prospects. Crucially, the identical object recognition out there to stills photographers can be out there to videographers, so filmmakers can observe fast-moving objects across the body, protecting them in sharp focus.

Constructed for professionals

Constructed to resist the rigours of day-to-day skilled use, the EOS R3 can have a troublesome, magnesium-alloy physique that includes mud and water resistance to the identical degree as Canon’s legendary EOS-1D X sequence – guaranteeing it will probably cope within the hardest climate situations. Twin card slots permit picture recordsdata to be written to SD or CFexpress reminiscence playing cards. The digicam 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 digicam can even provide a alternative 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 permits shutter velocity, aperture, ISO, and publicity compensation all to be simply adjusted whereas the digicam is on the photographer’s eye. The EOS R3 can be outfitted with a Vari-Angle display screen letting professionals compose simply from inventive views.

Superior connectivity

As a digicam meant for main sports activities and information shooters – connectivity is important. Providing a inbuilt Wired LAN socket and 5GHz Wi-Fi permitting communication with pc networks, laptops and cellular units, professionals can share pictures rapidly and simply. As beforehand introduced, the EOS R3 can be appropriate with the Canon Cellular File Switch app. What’s extra, the EOS R3 will function a brand new accent shoe which supplies knowledge communication and energy for brand spanking new equipment when hooked up to the digicam.

EOS R3 key options introduced as of as we speak (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 automobiles)
• Can report 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

At the moment, with the information of three new revolutionary RF lens and a brand new file sharing app, Canon Inc. broadcasts the event of EOS R3 – its newest high-speed and ultra-responsive skilled mirrorless digicam. With its ground-breaking design, the digicam 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 actually is a hybrid, subsequent era digicam for the sports activities and information photographers of as we speak 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 ideally suited digicam for motion photographers on the lookout for high quality pictures, 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 considered one of Canon’s revolutionary RF lenses, the digicam provides capabilities unseen in some other digicam/lens duo. With lenses just like the as we speak 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’s worthwhile to know concerning the new EOS R3:

Prime quality, at excessive velocity

The EOS R3 is the primary EOS sequence digicam to function a completely new 35mm again illuminated stacked CMOS sensor – developed by Canon. Mixed with the ability of its DIGIC X imaging processor, professionals utilizing EOS R3 will obtain next-level, high-speed pictures and filmmaking. Utilizing the digicam, they will 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 inventive boundaries with pin-sharp correct monitoring and give attention to fast-moving motion. The EOS R3’s subsequent era Twin Pixel CMOS AF can observe topics’ eyes, heads and our bodies travelling at velocity – wonderful for capturing even the best of particulars in a break up second. What’s extra, Canon reveals it would add a brand new topic (but to be disclosed) to the digicam’s AF monitoring.

AF management – together with your eye!

The EOS R3 will function new and improved know-how first seen in Canon’s EOS 5. It’s the first EOS digital digicam to supply a brand new era of photographers with ground-breaking Eye Management Operate, which allows customers to easily choose and transfer the AF level utilizing their eye by way of the viewfinder. This instinctive function provides 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 seeking to seize crucial topic for his or her body at velocity – 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 essentially the most demanding skilled conditions. Professionals can anticipate the identical sturdiness and dirt and water resistance as offered in Canon’s legendary EOS-1 sequence our bodies. The digicam 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 situations – whether or not they’re pitch aspect or poolside, inside or exterior, in snow or sunshine.

Quick connection – introducing Canon’s new Cellular File Switch

The EOS R3 will probably be totally appropriate with Canon’s Cellular File Switch smartphone app. This supplies a brand new option to switch pictures and velocity up workflow while on the transfer, utilizing cellular community providers and with out the necessity for wired LAN gear.

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 help will probably be added sooner or later.

At the moment, Canon additionally broadcasts the RF 100mm F2.8L MACRO IS USM – a formidable 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 as we speak (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 vice chairman and normal supervisor of Canon U.S.A.’s Imaging Applied sciences & Communications Group. “When the digicam turns into out there, it would pair effectively with every of the brand new RF lenses introduced as we speak. Canon is happy to share this information as we speak, and we stay up for seeing the pictures captured with the brand new RF lenses and upcoming EOS R3.”

The Canon EOS R3 will be part of the present lineup of EOS R full-frame mirrorless sequence cameras. This digicam 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 digicam will put nice emphasis on excellent AF efficiency and velocity, with fast-moving topics. It’s being designed to satisfy the reliability and sturdiness calls for of execs, even when working in difficult situations.

On the coronary heart of the EOS R3 digicam’s efficiency will probably be an EOS digicam first, a Canon-developed, full-frame stacked CMOS sensor with a back-illuminated design, offering considerably sooner 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 provide 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 know-how and efficiency from the well-received EOS R5 and EOS R6 cameras, utilizing Deep Studying know-how 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 provide new recognizable topics for its AF system, bolstering its focusing capabilities throughout difficult capturing situations.

The Digital Viewfinder of the EOS R3 will provide photographers the power to pick the preliminary space for AF monitoring by merely trying instantly on the viewfinder location the place they wish to start AF. With Eye Management AF2 and Servo AF activated, the digicam will give attention to and observe transferring topics at that location within the body. When Face Detect + Monitoring is lively, the digicam will proceed to comply with transferring topics across the complete lively AF space.

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

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