Full Review: Canon EOS R6 Mark III for Filmmakers and Video Creators

Sorry, i maybe missed it in review, but was the issue with IBIS wobble on wide angle fixed? Or what was meant is that it is only fixable by digital IS, which is not possible to use without IBIS? Is it the same on R5?

Unfortunately there is still a wobble problem. GyroFlow is a good 3rd party software solution, but it needs the gyro data that only the modern cameras have (R6 III and C50). Here's a good video showing footage without and with GyroFlow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uRclDI4fmE&t=51s
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From 5D Mark III to R5 Mark II - photographer review - first 1 month and a half - 12k shots

I’ve only looked on my phone at the picture on which you didn’t like the highlights on the faces; assuming you shoot in raw have you had a look at the raw file with no tonal response applied ? If so you might be surprised at where the highlights actually sit, and it’s the applied tonal curve in the highlights that you don’t like. Just a thought !
I had indeed try to edit it and ended up not liking the results and left the jpeg as is. This is screen grab from ACR flat and other sliders just to give an hint of the data available. It's not only that there are unrecoverable patches of white, but even the data that is recoverable is structured in a way that doesn't make it very useful for me.
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At the end of it multiple people liked the photo as is, for the big burn of light as well. It's just me who would prefer to have full readability always. But I do think that Canon is feeling the competition from Sony and will probably do something about it in the future.
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From 5D Mark III to R5 Mark II - photographer review - first 1 month and a half - 12k shots

And presumably the processing power requirements would increase proportionally on higher MP sensors - meaning that DGO would be more appropriately used on lower MP sensors? I seem to recall that even on the Canon C cameras, DGO was only available at lower FPS - ie there was a limit even on a 35mm crop.
Yes. Low pixel count is needed with lower fps. Also rolling shutter artefacts aren’t as disturbing in video.
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From 5D Mark III to R5 Mark II - photographer review - first 1 month and a half - 12k shots

And presumably the processing power requirements would increase proportionally on higher MP sensors - meaning that DGO would be more appropriately used on lower MP sensors? I seem to recall that even on the Canon C cameras, DGO was only available at lower FPS - ie there was a limit even on a 35mm crop.
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From 5D Mark III to R5 Mark II - photographer review - first 1 month and a half - 12k shots

This is because the camera needs to read teach pixel twice - at low and high gain - and then blend them into a single image?
Yes, apparently it is a time and power consuming process. Anyway, I learned a bit about noise at very low photon flux. There is a changeover from photon shot noise when decreasing below about 10 photons per pixel exposure to electronic shot noise. The DGO lowers the photon floor to down to 1 photon when electron shot noise in the circuit takes over.
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to make it work you would need to give up:


  • burst rate,
  • readout speed,
  • power envelope,
  • thermal envelope,
  • AF responsiveness,
  • electronic shutter usability.

That is a commercial non-starter for stills cameras.
This is because the camera needs to read each pixel twice - at low and high gain - and then blend them into a single image?
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Italy Vacation - Winter 2025

Here are some shots from Italy around Xmas 2025, from the Central Italian Alps. Some are drone shots and some from the plane on the (sad) way back. Quite a few are panos, as usual.
Weather was so-so and there was't much snow till some fell on the 24th... so the vistas were "dirtier" than usual. The girl is my growing daughter (12yo).
All taken with my R5 and either the 100-500 or the 85 1.2

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From 5D Mark III to R5 Mark II - photographer review - first 1 month and a half - 12k shots

I am afraid of this as well. Do you think DGO will simply not be able to be implemented as I wish because the speed will not be enough?
I have how had a massive tutorial session with ChatGPT to answer this. The conclusion is: "Canon DGO is restricted to Cine EOS because it is architecturally incompatible with high-speed, high-resolution stills capture. It is not a feature being withheld; it is a feature whose physics conflict directly with the performance envelope stills cameras must satisfy."
And:

Why no manufacturer ships DGO in stills bodies​


It is not that it “does not work”.


It is that to make it work you would need to give up:


  • burst rate,
  • readout speed,
  • power envelope,
  • thermal envelope,
  • AF responsiveness,
  • electronic shutter usability.

That is a commercial non-starter for stills cameras.
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Canon EOS R7 Mark II to Have Stacked 40MP Sensor?

I have the R7 and I'm happy with it... But here there are opinions that it is crap that at ISO 800 is unusable that if rolling shutter... Let's see rolling shutter for very fast objects fine, but I take photos with electronics and no ghosts or deformations come out...

Is the R7 so bad?? Let's see if you compare it with the r5 mark ii because I'm not surprised... it's logical it's worth 5 times more...
As always, it depends what you use it for. I am primarily a macro photography. For that it is an excellent camera. I bought it three years ago, did a lot of research, and it was clearly the best camera for me at that time. And I have been very happy with it. But the quality and features of cameras are improving at a fast pace. At this moment I would probably not buy the R7 anymore. But there is a good chance that the R7 mark ii will again be the best camera for my type of photography. (And with all the lenses I bought, switching brands is not really an option at this stage anyhow.)
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From 5D Mark III to R5 Mark II - photographer review - first 1 month and a half - 12k shots

Well sure, I could underexpose sunny pictures by 3 stops, or use that option for highlights that Canon has, I would prefer an improvement in technology that sacrifices other features like burst rate though, that's the point I was trying to make which is obviously personal :)
I’ve only looked on my phone at the picture on which you didn’t like the highlights on the faces; assuming you shoot in raw have you had a look at the raw file with no tonal response applied ? If so you might be surprised at where the highlights actually sit, and it’s the applied tonal curve in the highlights that you don’t like. Just a thought !
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