The Canon EOS R6 V and RF 20-50mm f/4L IS USM PZ are Coming May 13

I watched a few of Ordinary Filmmaker's videos and get a strong feeling that most of them were just dressed up/recycled stuff from Canon Rumors (i.e. this site). There is no real new info, and it takes longer to watch the video than reading the succinct summaries here.
That's a general problem with YouTube, apart from its reliability. A few points are spread out and padded to make many minutes of entertainment that could be summed up in a couple of sentences or less.
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May 13: It’s Canon vs Sony

Sony had already won this May fight!

We get „nothing“ from Canon… we have already the R6iii and C50! It’s best to have a R6V - BUT not necessary!? - I mean not yet right now… R7 II (and a R7V) would be more interesting in many ways!! For more user!


And the 100-400 should be really small for its f4.5? Like the 50-150 2.0? That’s nice!

I was looking for new tele and new wildlife crop camera… and we get a f4.0 video zoom with a video camera, where the most specs are already in two body’s!
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Canon EOS R6 V Specs: Active Cooling and more…

So this is exactly as the C50 with ibis? Im not seeing the difference except for ibis
I think the R6 V is planned to be a good 2nd body to R6 cameras with similar user interface.
Another difference is "no handle" and "no XLR input"
Additional benefit: small, light for gimbal/drone use which might be a domain for hybrid shooters e.g. journalists.
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Canon EOS R6 V Specs: Active Cooling and more…

If this one (R6 V) has S&F mode on steroids meaning recording frame rates from 1/10, 1/9, 1/8 fps to ~ 50 fps in single steps PLUS 360° angle for all fps it might be my choice but I think this is utopia!

Generally maybe a good triple choice of cameras:
→ R6 iii: Photo optimized hybrid with good video specs / PPPPPPVVV (P photo, V video)
→ R6 V: Video optimized hybrid, excellend for gimbal, drone (compact, IBIS) / PPPPVVVVV
→ C50: Video system with good 2nd body photo capabilities for well defined productions (tripod, XLR audio etc) / PPVVVVVVV
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May 13: It’s Canon vs Sony

More pixels are mostly about flexibility. In good light, you keep the extra detail and cropping room. In lower light, you can downsample, which averages out random noise and improves SNR, giving a cleaner final image, especially in the shadows. So smaller pixels do not automatically mean worse real-world DR. Even if sensor DR does not increase, cleaner shadows can make the final image look like it has more usable dynamic range.
I agree but there were lots of reviewer comments about DR which were never really of practical consideration.

The A9iii had DR as its primary downside but it hasn't stopped sales of it. Even the slight decrease of R5ii vs R5 hasn't been a massive impact on real world usage.
That said, the R5ii isn't enough for me to upgrade. If I was doing weddings (priority AF) or wildlife (fps/14 bit) then perhaps but I will wait for my R5 to die or R5iii to come out.
I would probably keep my R5 as my backup even then.
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It feels like Canon is doing something Sony did a long time ago, which is something I've really wanted them to do and a big reason why I've been jealous of the Sony ecosystem. You get the FX3/ENG oriented cine camera body, the A7s3 photo-oriented body, and now you get the ZV-E1/creator oriented body. Same sensor, more or less the same specs give or take, but more choice for body style and price bracket. I travel and have adopted the C50 as my A cam and begrudgingly lug my C70 with me as B camera, but this would probably make a compelling travel companion to the C50 more so than the R63.
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I have unsubscribed from his channel long time ago because of the clickbait title frustration and time-wasting. But Google keeps recommending his stuff so I often end up watching anyway. 😅
Haha, same. When searching for rumors about Canon cameras rumors on YouTube, his channel often come out on the top 5 YouTube and sometimes the bait is to strong to not click :D
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Very nice!

Here's my one and only shot of an ocellated turkey, which has the distinction of being the first bird picture that I took in my adult life. Does this species have an affinity for Mayan ruins? ;) This was at ‎⁨Parque Nacional Tikal⁩ in Guatemala, May, 2003.

Olympus Stylus Epic Zoom 80 @ 80mm, Kodak Max 400 color negative film, digitized on a Kodak PhotoCD

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Cool! I think their affinity for Mayan ruins is related to the fact that most of the major ruin sites are also protected wildlife areas where they are not (legally) hunted.
Here is a female which I photographed at Tikal in February, 2025.
R5MkII RF200-800mm
2025-02-19-07-06-47_7X4A2555_R5MkII-Enhanced-NR.JPG
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Even if they both announce on the same day, both cameras don't really compete. Sony aims for high-end photography professionals, and Canon targets the advanced video maker crowd (Gen Z TikTok kiddies).

Personally, I think Sony pushing for more and more megapixels is as silly as Fujifilm's 40MP.
At 67MP, the diffraction limit already sets in at f/5.6.

Even if they both announce on the same day, both cameras don't really compete. Sony aims for high-end photography professionals, and Canon targets the advanced video maker crowd (Gen Z TikTok kiddies).

Personally, I think Sony pushing for more and more megapixels is as silly as Fujifilm's 40MP.
At 67MP, the diffraction limit already sets in at f/5.6.
Even after diffraction begins to reduce absolute resolution, a higher-resolution sensor will still out-resolve and render higher-contrast detail than a lower-resolution sensor using the same lens and aperture. And for those of us shooting fast primes, we’re often well away from diffraction-limited apertures anyway (typically f/1.2–f/4).

Additionally, many of Canon’s RF primes (such as the 135mm f/1.8L, 85mm f/1.2L, and 50mm f/1.2L) would benefit from sensors well beyond 45 MP, even wide open.

So, if Canon is clearly producing glass that can take advantage of higher resolution, why isn’t it offering a body to match? This feels like a segment Canon may be under-serving.

There’s also a broader ecosystem effect. Wedding and portrait photographers using high-end bodies and lenses are highly visible and tend to influence downstream purchasing decisions. Anecdotally, a few years ago I saw most carrying two Canon DSLR or R5 bodies—a major factor in how I (and many others) ended up in the Canon system. Today, I’m seeing more of that community diversifying into Leica, Fujifilm medium format, and Sony systems. Ceding that segment and the visibility that comes with it signals a lack of commitment to that part of the market.

For me, image quality is priority one. Others will understandably prioritize speed or hybrid capability. But while a 40 fps R1 is impressive, I would personally be far more interested in a higher-resolution body that fully leverages Canon’s best glass.

This uncertainty about Canon’s long-term direction, particularly the emphasis on hybrid-focused VCM lenses and V-series bodies, gives me pause when considering further investment in the Canon system. I suspect I’m not alone
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Show your Bird Portraits

Ocellated Turkey seen while birding at La Milpa Archaeological Site in Belize, April, 2026.

R5MkII RF200-800mm
Very nice!

Here's my one and only shot of an ocellated turkey, which has the distinction of being the first bird picture that I took in my adult life. Does this species have an affinity for Mayan ruins? ;) This was at ‎⁨Parque Nacional Tikal⁩ in Guatemala, May, 2003.

Olympus Stylus Epic Zoom 80 @ 80mm, Kodak Max 400 color negative film, digitized on a Kodak PhotoCD

Ocellated turkey at Plaza of 7 Temples.jpg
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Canon EOS R6 V Specs: Active Cooling and more…

Speaking about Ordinary Filmaker, unfortunately i cannnot bring myself to like that channel due to the constant clickbait title and putting his face front and center on all the thumbnails of his videos and aso making multiple videos on a single rumors.
I have unsubscribed from his channel long time ago because of the clickbait title frustration and time-wasting. But Google keeps recommending his stuff so I often end up watching anyway. 😅
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