Canon Adds A 32-megapixel Sensor And 7k Video To The New Eos R6 Mark Iii

Canon is announcing nan EOS R6 Mark III camera, its latest jack-of-all-trades full-frame mirrorless exemplary for some stills and video. The caller camera has a 32.5-megapixel sensor, improved autofocus, up to 7K video recording, and a caller dual-card statement pinch a faster CFexpress Type B slot. It’s group to motorboat November 25th and will waste body-only for $2,799 arsenic good arsenic successful kits pinch nan RF 24-105mm STM lens aliases RF 24-105mm L lens for $3,149 and $4,049, respectively.

The R6 statement is aimed astatine a wider group of users who whitethorn not request nan higher 45 megapixels of nan pricier EOS R5 Mark II aliases want to walk good complete $4,000 for nan assemblage alone. But nan R6 Mark III seems nary slouch now that it’s upping nan res from 24 megapixels successful nan last-gen exemplary to 32.5 megapixels. The Mark III tin besides seizure higher-quality video up to 4K / 120p and 7K / 60p RAW, including support for afloat corner-to-corner unfastened gross filming for other cropping flexibility.

There are much gamma settings connected connection arsenic well, pinch Canon’s Log 2 mode and civilization looks. But immoderate of nan astir adjuvant functional changes for video shooters whitethorn beryllium nan inclusion of a tally lamp to make it evident from afar erstwhile you’re filming and nan move from a Micro HDMI larboard to a full-size Type A HDMI. As for nan caller camera’s autofocus system, you tin now registry a person’s look to guarantee it prioritizes them erstwhile continuously tracking.

One alteration that whitethorn polarize immoderate is Canon’s move from dual SD paper slots connected nan R6 Mark II to an asymmetrical setup connected nan Mark III, pinch 1 CFexpress Type B and 1 SD. CFexpress tin execute faster speeds, and that’s apt successful portion responsible for nan R6 Mark III’s expertise to seizure longer bursts of images while maintaining nan aforesaid shooting speeds arsenic nan last-gen exemplary (12 fps pinch nan mechanical shutter aliases 40 fps electronic), moreover astatine its higher resolution. But CFexpress cards typically costs more, and managing aggregate paper formats is much cumbersome. Unlike CFexpress Type A, Type B paper slots can’t beryllium group up to besides return an SD paper — for illustration you find successful Sony cameras pinch their combo slots.

Launching alongside nan EOS R6 Mark III, Canon has an absorbing caller lens: nan RF 45mm f/1.2 STM. It’s a compact modular premier lens pinch a very agleam maximum aperture for capturing shots successful debased ray and pinch very shallow extent of field. It’s besides 1 of nan astir affordable f/1.2 lenses I’ve ever heard of, priced astatine $469.99 and estimated to vessel successful early December. Full-frame-compatible autofocusing lenses pinch f/1.2 apertures usually tally good northbound of $1,500, moreover from 3rd parties for illustration Sigma, truthful seeing 1 from Canon for nether $500 is beautiful wild.

It’s not an L lens, though, truthful it isn’t upwind sealed, and you’ll person to salary an further $59.99 for a lens hood. And while being briefed connected it, Canon USA typical Drew MacCallum described nan lens arsenic not being for nan astir scrupulous of pixel peepers, owed to its reliance connected immoderate in-camera corrections to support its image rendering and thief compensate for its little cost. Regardless, arsenic personification whose favourite lens is simply a Sony FE 50mm f/1.2, I’d emotion to spot affordable f/1.2 lenses go a trend.