Canon provides a 32-megapixel sensor and 7K video to the brand new EOS R6 Mark III

[ad_1] Canon is asserting the EOS R6 Mark III digicam, its newest jack-of-all-trades full-frame mirrorless mannequin for each stills and video. The brand new digicam has a 32.5-megapixel sensor, improved autofocus, as much as 7K video recording, and a brand new dual-card association with a sooner CFexpress Sort B slot. It’s set to launch November twenty fifth and can promote body-only for $2,799 in addition to in kits with the RF 24-105mm STM lens or RF 24-105mm L lens for $3,149 and $4,049, respectively.

The R6 line is geared toward a wider set of customers who might not want the upper 45 megapixels of the pricier EOS R5 Mark II or wish to spend properly over $4,000 for the physique alone. However the R6 Mark III appears no slouch now that it’s upping the res from 24 megapixels within the last-gen mannequin to 32.5 megapixels. The Mark III may seize higher-quality video as much as 4K / 120p and 7K / 60p RAW, together with help for full corner-to-corner open gate filming for additional cropping flexibility.

There are extra gamma settings on provide as properly, with Canon’s Log 2 mode and customized seems. However among the most useful practical adjustments for video shooters stands out as the inclusion of a tally lamp to make it apparent from afar whenever you’re filming and the transfer from a Micro HDMI port to a full-size Sort A HDMI. As for the brand new digicam’s autofocus system, now you can register an individual’s face to make sure it prioritizes them when constantly monitoring.

One change that will polarize some is Canon’s transfer from twin SD card slots on the R6 Mark II to an asymmetrical setup on the Mark III, with one CFexpress Sort B and one SD. CFexpress can obtain sooner speeds, and that’s doubtless partly chargeable for the R6 Mark III’s potential to seize longer bursts of pictures whereas sustaining the identical capturing speeds because the last-gen mannequin (12 fps with the mechanical shutter or 40 fps digital), even at its greater decision. However CFexpress playing cards usually price extra, and managing a number of card codecs is extra cumbersome. Not like CFexpress Sort A, Sort B card slots can’t be set as much as additionally take an SD card — such as you discover in Sony cameras with their combo slots.

Launching alongside the EOS R6 Mark III, Canon has an attention-grabbing new lens: the RF 45mm f/1.2 STM. It’s a compact customary prime lens with a really brilliant most aperture for capturing pictures in low gentle and with very shallow depth of area. It’s additionally some of the inexpensive f/1.2 lenses I’ve ever heard of, priced at $469.99 and estimated to ship in early December. Full-frame-compatible autofocusing lenses with f/1.2 apertures normally run properly north of $1,500, even from third events like Sigma, so seeing one from Canon for below $500 is fairly wild.

It’s not an L lens, although, so it isn’t climate sealed, and also you’ll should pay a further $59.99 for a lens hood. And whereas being briefed on it, Canon USA consultant Drew MacCallum described the lens as not being for essentially the most scrupulous of pixel peepers, as a consequence of its reliance on some in-camera corrections to help its picture rendering and assist compensate for its decrease price. Regardless, as somebody whose favourite lens is a Sony FE 50mm f/1.2, I’d like to see inexpensive f/1.2 lenses turn into a development.