Canon EOS R6 Mark III & RF 45 F1.2 STM November 6

[Exploreshootshare]

Since the R8 came out about 5 months after the R6 Mark II, maybe the R8 Mark II will be released in spring or summer of 2026 with the same sensor as the R6II?

I thought they'd keep the R8 at 24mp and have it more as a differentiator for market segmentation in regards to the R6 line. 24/35/45 mp sounds like a nice line-up.

 

[Nazuxela]

When it comes to photography, I don’t see any reason to switch to the R6 Mark III. I’m already more than satisfied with the R6 Mark II in that area. It’s the kind of perfect hybrid camera I’d been hoping for from other brands like Sony or Fuji, which never quite managed to strike that same balance.


What could convince me to move up to the miii would be improvements on the video side, especially the addition of C-Log2 to have better control over dynamic range when needed. And since it seems to be becoming the new standard elsewhere, I’d also like to see 6K Open Gate recording. If Canon adds that, I’d upgrade without hesitation.

 

[m4ndr4ke]

Okay let's dig into this. What are shooting exactly with your R8/R6 to where the cameras are interchangeable to you?

I'm not sure I'd call them interchangeable. The R6 is my main camera, and the RP is my second body. Sometimes I work with two cameras, sometimes I don't, it depends on the assignment. I always carry two cameras, but I don't always take the second out of my bag.

The R8 arrived about a week ago, I haven't decided yet whether I'm keeping it or not. I haven't really felt the need, I just ordered it because I found a good deal, it cost me less than €800.

I do photojournalism (not sports), and shoot some events and live music. Reportage, generally speaking.

Why is it weird to you that a R8 can do the same as a second R6? Their autofocus is the same (in my case, specifically, the R8 is better, since I'm using the original R6), they can be setup with the same two back button focus that I use, they can take the same lenses, the same speedlites, both have EVFs, both are somewhat weather sealed, both are cameras that react quickly (which the RP isn't really)...
If I put the 28-70mm f/2 on my R6 (which I do), and the RF 70-200mm f/2.8 on the R8, I get two stabilised cameras, so missing IBIS is not a thing.
I rarely use burst shooting, so buffer size isn't an issue.

I don't feel at all the need to purchase another R6.

Since the R8 came out about 5 months after the R6 Mark II, maybe the R8 Mark II will be released in spring or summer of 2026 with the same sensor as the R6II?

I wouldn't expect a new R8 before 2027 lol.
The R8 came four years after the RP, in 2023.

 

[GMCPhotographics]

The improved EVF (5,6 million dots) is -for me- a massive improvement! I hope it's not only a rumor, but will be confirmed.

It's the only real upgrade in the R6iii for me. The rest of the updates are a bit...meh....I'm curiously upsold to a R5ii than a R6iii. I'm looking for a 2nd camera and I gave my lovely R8 to a close friend. I like two camera bodies, ideally the same. I could just get another R6ii and be really happy for another 3-4 years and invest in some more glass and trips instead

 

[GMCPhotographics]

I wonder if the r1 or r5ii will be updated to get open gate if the r6iii does truly get it

What's open gate? Is it a video feature? Yawn....

 

[Del Paso]

It's the only real upgrade in the R6iii for me. The rest of the updates are a bit...meh....I'm curiously upsold to a R5ii than a R6iii. I'm looking for a 2nd camera and I gave my lovely R8 to a close friend. I like two camera bodies, ideally the same. I could just get another R6ii and be really happy for another 3-4 years and invest in some more glass and trips instead.

Certainly not a bad idea (the trips!).
And the R6 II has become real cheap.

 

[David - Sydney]

"CFexpress Type B cards can still be expensive, and the target buyer for this camera will appreciate not having to buy memory cards that are far more expensive than SD"
@Canon Rumors
Why is this FUD still being perpetuated?!?
I love being able to transfer from my SD card to my MBP ie without needing a separate card reader and I get the backward compatibility for slow ubiquitous cards but fast SD cards have been considerably more expensive for years now in Australia and in the US.

For the sake of the US market, I did a quick check of the following.
Yes, you can get more expensive CFe Type B cards but don't need them. Buffer clearance and transfer speeds are clearly ~5x faster with ~1500MB/s sustained write speeds but they do create more heat in the body.

128GB Sandisk USH-ii 300MB/s
USD100 Amazon.com or B&H
128GB CFe type B sandisk
USD68 B&H (normally USD100) or Amazon.com (normally USD80)

512GB sandisk UHS-ii 300MB/s
USD330 B&H
USD400 Amazon.com
512GB sandisk CFe type B
USD140 B&H (normally USD150) or Amazon.com (normally USD80)

512GB Lexar 2000x UHS-ii V90
USD330 Amazon.com
USD367 B&H
512GB Lexar pro gold type B 3000MB/s write speed
USD200 Amazon.com
USD250 B&H

 

[m4ndr4ke]

Yes, you can get more expensive CFe Type B cards but don't need them.

No one forces you to buy v90 SD cards either.
I don’t do neither video or sports photography, my v30 Sandisk Extreme Pros are perfectly enough for my needs, at 10 to 20 bucks each.

 

[blackcoffee17]

We don't need gimmicks from Smartphones in real cameras. Such a feature in-camera would produce a JPG which no one will want, or it will have to use DPP, which no one wants.

Why on earth would you need a hundred exposures? No one liked the R5's 400mp feature, because anything moved and the whole thing was pointless.

You can already batch stack exposures in multiple pieces of software quickly and easily. The movement is less of an issue with exposure stacking in that regard, but not always easily. You need 5 expsures tops if you're shooting in difficult situations, which shouldn't be very often.

No wonder many people/beginners don't want to buy dedicated cameras when camera companies have this kind of thinking. Or they spend $1000 on a camera and are disappointed to find out that their Pixel phone takes better images. Out of camera JPG's and connectivity is still archaic and simply bad in most dedicated cameras, especially in difficult light.
People don't want to edit photos - they just want to take great photos with ease and share them. These "gimmicks" would sell many cameras for manufacturers.

 

[Besisika]

I wonder if the r1 or r5ii will be updated to get open gate if the r6iii does truly get it

Same here. Given that the C50 doesn't have EVF and IBIS, it would be alright to have a photo first camera with C-log2 to have a gate. Otherwise, we would have to wait 2-3 years before a fill in the gap comes along. I like that the C50 doesn't have IBIS, but when I need it, I would prefer having a secondary camera to be able to do it.

 

[esspy2]

I was really hoping that the R6 MkIII could come with a CFExpress card or the screen articulation from the S1H. The specs besides the AI-chip and full size HDMI are just software upgrades and 50% more megapixels. I guess it gives me good reason to hold onto my R6 MkI and spend on lenses instead

 

[Dack40]

No tilt screen, no new camera for me... I will stay with the R6II

 

[snapshot]

I´d want a lot of smartphone features/ gimmicks in real cameras:
- it would all start with cell phone connectivity... give it an e-sim and simple data plan will. No need for SP.
- Share images directly from your camera with the pain-in-the-camera connect app...
- automatic sync options with other devices or apps (therefore, let us install apps.
- apps, that let you apply editing in camera (if desired)
- installed presets (if you want to apply them)
- apps for auto editing movie clips or selected photos. Kind a like the DJI App does it on the SP.

Cameras have the processing power and a touchscreen which is basically all one would need. And honestly, if chasing after SP users and trying to lure them to real cameras, give them some desired SP features. It would make many cameras far more attractive.

I really don't understand how at this point cameras still feel like DSLR dinosaurs from 2002. They cost thousands of dollars and heck, even my coffee machine (although I chose not to use the smart function) and moisture meter are "smart", wifi connected and work perfectly in sync with my (few) smart home applications. But the most expansive item in household does not...

A smart camera would still give/ leave everybody the option to transfer and edit everything manually (a lot of art type pics will also require manual editing imho), but it would erase the need for it.

You're probably right about this one. I don't know the technical aspect from this technique and how many shots it would take to erase the noise from an ISO 25.600 or 51.200 image. The fewer the better. The 400mp was a nice try. With RAW capability and HDR moving correction it would've been a great feature.

Yeah, but that requires transferring pics from the camera on the computer and compared to other devices a lot of time. I´d like it done in camera and I believe it could be done. It would be very convenient. It would also give me more time to shoot and require less time editing.

i dont know if i would buy a data plan for my camera, i might hot spot it to my phone. on the otherhand a data plan would add a monthly charge to fund software dev, and i think the more of the cell phone image processing gimmicks a camera would have the more "fun" a camera might be for people who arent into photoshop / light room -- even if photoshop / lr produces better results.

 

[HMC11]

I thought they'd keep the R8 at 24mp and have it more as a differentiator for market segmentation in regards to the R6 line. 24/35/45 mp sounds like a nice line-up.

I thought so as well. Currently, for primarily still shooters, the R8 produces practically the same IQ as the R6II. It is quite a bargain in that respect as it is smaller, lighter, and cheaper - albeit with less handling features, IS etc.

 

[Chig]

I would; in an emergency I can find an SD card sold almost at every corner of a street, say basically any medium supermarket or small electronics shops would have some. A CF Express is still something exotic to find out of dedicated photography channels.

I bet if all my SD's crash at a wedding (impossible, I have three twin sets for the R6, and each set is able to store the entire wedding), I still can find one other guest with a compact camera which can borrow me his/her SD card, but I probably would find no one to borrow me a CFE

CF Express cards are so cheap now you can easily keep a few spare ones in your bag though, also if it had a CF Express slot it would also have an SD card slot as Canon aren't going to give it dual CF slots so no downsides

 

[David - Sydney]

No one forces you to buy v90 SD cards either.
I don’t do neither video or sports photography, my v30 Sandisk Extreme Pros are perfectly enough for my needs, at 10 to 20 bucks each.

You are correct that V60 ( or slower) SD cards are even cheaper but the fastest SD cards are still slower than the slowest CFe Type B cards if equivalence is being maintained.
Buffer clearance or video or speed of offloading are the main reasons for faster cards.
If @Canon Rumors is saying that he only uses slow (and hence cheap) SD cards then that qualification should be made rather than a blanket statement

 

[GMCPhotographics]

I thought so as well. Currently, for primarily still shooters, the R8 produces practically the same IQ as the R6II. It is quite a bargain in that respect as it is smaller, lighter, and cheaper - albeit with less handling features, IS etc.

Actually, after handling a years worth of files from both cameras, I’ve found the files from the R8 slightly sharper than those from the R6II. This I suspect is due to the lack of IBIS, which gives it a slight edge. It’s not revolutionary, but they are slightly crisper, drier and less “wet” looking.
That said, I’ve never found the files from the R6II disappointing.
In a direct comparison with the R5 images, it’s surprising how much detail the R6ii’s sensor can capture. I’ve not done a R8 vs R5 comparison unfortunately. I think it would be surprising.

 

[xmarijan]

After Nikon released two new DX lenses, I convinced myself that the still unknown “Fourth Lens” is going to be Canon’s first APSC prime for the RF-mount, maybe the long-rumored 32mm f/1.4, lens that was very popular on the EF-M mount, and is going to be announced very soon, before the end of October.

 

[m4ndr4ke]

If @Canon Rumors is saying that he only uses slow (and hence cheap) SD cards then that qualification should be made rather than a blanket statement

He doesn’t have to, he doesn’t even have to own the camera.
I am the target user for the R6 series and I use v30 SD cards because I can and because they’re enough for my needs.
Free will, you know?

It’s a wrong assumption to think that everyone is buying the fastest memory cards a camera can take. Not everyone is doing video, not everyone is shooting in bursts. The R6 has buffer for over a hundred photographs, and I’d be working the same way if it had half of that, as I’m not burst shooting.

I’d get pissed if they converted the R6 series to using two different memory cards, one being at 10 times the price.

I own several pairs of memory cards, that would increase the price of the camera to me by 10 to 20% right away, in order to keep working the same way. That’s just crazy for this price point.

 

[blackcoffee17]

Actually, after handling a years worth of files from both cameras, I’ve found the files from the R8 slightly sharper than those from the R6II. This I suspect is due to the lack of IBIS, which gives it a slight edge. It’s not revolutionary, but they are slightly crisper, drier and less “wet” looking.
That said, I’ve never found the files from the R6II disappointing.
In a direct comparison with the R5 images, it’s surprising how much detail the R6ii’s sensor can capture. I’ve not done a R8 vs R5 comparison unfortunately. I think it would be surprising.

I still don't understand why there is no option to disable IBIS on these cameras...