Canon Officially Announces the Canon EOS R6 Mark III
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We have R5. My wife is using it for weddings. She's not that much happy with the AF face tracking as much as I have expected, it's not sticky enough. I thought, that R6III would be a sweet spot, kind of returning back to 5DIV resolution and offerning better AF. OTOH, 0.5cm smaller LCD, rounded design I don't like, still no BSI sensor, like - really? What are they raising the price for then? Well, yeah, great video upgrades .... which we don't use (yet), but I value of course. I wonder what is going to be its low-light performance, compared to R5 downsampling to the same resolution?
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Well, in Germany and most parts of the world Canon didn't raise the price for the camera.
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Really? Initial reports mentined something like 400-500 USD raise compared to the R6ii release. Need to check local Czechia prices ... or travel to buy to Germany
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Very good elaboration on that, I feel pretty much the same on everything. The R3 and R1 are much too large for me, I'd like to go smaller than the 5D4 in the future. I don't care much about the battery issue however, I am currently carrying around 8 batteries for the 5D4 anyway, that will get me about 4 days of shooting, if I carry the same number on a future ***-capable R5 and it only gives me 2 days that is fine for me.I wonder what the actual impact of *** is on the battery, especially if you consider that without builtin *** you need to enable wifi/bluetooth for the smartphone connection and that will also use some power.
I never really tested this, apart from noticing that even if I accidentally leave the camera in *** mode 1, it will drain the battery only very slowly. Maybe it loses 5% per day, but even if it were 10%, I'd happily take that. All of my DSLRs (7DII, 6DII, 5DIV) almost always survive the day on a single battery, no matter what I do with them. So with the more power-hungry mirrorless cameras I'd probably need two batteries per day most of the time, but that should then also leave enough power for ***, I'd hope.
That sounds like a better explanation to me. But compared to the DSLRs, the mirrorless cameras got smaller (maybe sometimes even too small, at least for my hands), so perhaps they could sacrifice some of that to properly integrate *** again? If they do not want to do that everywhere, then at least in one of their bodies (maybe the R5?), so that they can still offer something that is as small as possible (R8, maybe R6) and something that is a bit larger (and more expensive) but also more capable.
I briefly considered buying the R3, since it is not that much heavier than my 5DIV (about 200g), but the integrated battery grip makes it too cumbersome to carry my usual way (capture clip on the hip belt of my backpack, or within the backpack behind a side access door, for which it might be bit too large (which is then also a problem with external solutions like the GP-E2)).
This is what I did before buying my first 7DII. But it has all the drawbacks of any "second device" solution, and now you also need synchronized clocks or the points will not be accurate. My *** logger back then had a small display, so I could take a photo of its clock to calculate the offset, but I was so happy when I didn't need to do that anymore with the 7DII, I don't want to go back to that.
External loggers cost around 100-200€. But for the comfort of built-in *** I'd also pay 500€.
Great, I'd be interested to read that
What battery improvements do you think are necessary? Perhaps they just need some more modern (***) technology: I bought a cheap (~100€) smartwatch this year. The whole thing just weighs 30g and has a 270mAh battery (so around 1Wh, assuming this is some standard ~3,8V battery). It can record *** tracks for more than 20h using less than 10% of the LP-E6's capacity. Why should it take a camera more than that to geotag some photos?
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Because that's from tariffs, not CanonReally? Initial reports mentined something like 400-500 USD raise compared to the R6ii release. Need to check local Czechia prices ... or travel to buy to Germany
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… unless you need six. Underestimating how many batteries I need has been an issue in the past. I really appreciate new batteries with their own USB ports + battery power packs.
I’ve given up waiting for good *** in an affordable camera for me. For years I’ve just been using *** loggers. I’ve been using the Columbus P10, which I can leave on for 2 days with 1 sec logging. And it’s the only logger I can find that uses the new L5 *** signal which significantly improves accuracy and cross path interferences.
However, what I wish Canon would allow in newer cameras is the compass information. From what I can gather, I think only the 5D mkiii had this capability. Both the Canon and Solmeta *** receivers have this compass information, but can’t write it to the newer Canons.
Edit: maybe the 1D X as well for storing compass information?
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One of these months, I suspect that Canon will release a photocentric PowerShot with their new 1.4" sensor, perhaps a moderate "non-super" zoom.I was just teasing the CanorRumors guys. One camera released and people want to know what's next
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I'll stick with a winner - my R5. I'm almost exclusively a stills photographer. If the R6 shows to have significantly better DR for stills, I'll reconsider, but for my purposes, the 5 still far exceeds my capabilities.Hooray! Waiting and guessing is over!
Prices also as expected (and of course too high), In Germany 2899,- incl. VAT.
Now let's see the first RL hands on and sensor measurements and until then all the whiners whine
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Did a secondary article for the R6 Mark III .. my own crazy musings part deux of this release cycle.
I was going to do an R100 vs R6 Mark III, but Craig was worried we'd shame the R6 Mark III too much.
I was going to do an R100 vs R6 Mark III, but Craig was worried we'd shame the R6 Mark III too much.
Canon EOS R6 Mark III vs Canon EOS R5 - Canon Rumors
Wanting to choose between the EOS R5 and new EOS R6 Mark III? Our article will help you compare the differences.
www.canonrumors.com
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Shouldn't the Max video res / rate for the R6 III be 7K/60 (instead of 8K/60)? I thought the 32.5MP was not enough for 8K, though I'm not that much into video so not exactly sure of the correct nomenclature.Did a secondary article for the R6 Mark III .. my own crazy musings part deux of this release cycle.
I was going to do an R100 vs R6 Mark III, but Craig was worried we'd shame the R6 Mark III too much.
Canon EOS R6 Mark III vs Canon EOS R5 - Canon Rumors
Wanting to choose between the EOS R5 and new EOS R6 Mark III? Our article will help you compare the differences.www.canonrumors.com
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If you don't stop making fun of the R100, I'll jump ship and join the S**y forum!Did a secondary article for the R6 Mark III .. my own crazy musings part deux of this release cycle.
I was going to do an R100 vs R6 Mark III, but Craig was worried we'd shame the R6 Mark III too much.
Canon EOS R6 Mark III vs Canon EOS R5 - Canon Rumors
Wanting to choose between the EOS R5 and new EOS R6 Mark III? Our article will help you compare the differences.www.canonrumors.com
R100 forever!
PS: Any infos about Canon's next "glorious" lens/camera launches? I'm still hungry for new L lenses...
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Raising my hand as I MUCH prefer the r5 body form factor. That includes the top lcd.
I can't express enough how much the r62 body felt plasticity to me, and for reference my previous workhorse was a 5d3 tank. All I could do was keep looking at it and thinking ..THIS was 2500.00 + tax?!!
I also adapt my lenses - never selling my ef 70-200 2.8v2 - and in the r62 w/grip, it felt like it was gonna tear off the mount. This is not hyperbole..9t didn't feel right at all.
I'm just glad I enjoy my r5, so I don't need this... because 3k + no sigma lenses...no thank you.
To all else, enjoy....at least it's out of 24mp "jail"
I can't express enough how much the r62 body felt plasticity to me, and for reference my previous workhorse was a 5d3 tank. All I could do was keep looking at it and thinking ..THIS was 2500.00 + tax?!!
I also adapt my lenses - never selling my ef 70-200 2.8v2 - and in the r62 w/grip, it felt like it was gonna tear off the mount. This is not hyperbole..9t didn't feel right at all.
I'm just glad I enjoy my r5, so I don't need this... because 3k + no sigma lenses...no thank you.
To all else, enjoy....at least it's out of 24mp "jail"
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Could you by any change also do R6iii v R5ii comparison? My heart want R5ii but my wallet prefer the R6iiiDid a secondary article for the R6 Mark III .. my own crazy musings part deux of this release cycle.
I was going to do an R100 vs R6 Mark III, but Craig was worried we'd shame the R6 Mark III too much.
Canon EOS R6 Mark III vs Canon EOS R5 - Canon Rumors
Wanting to choose between the EOS R5 and new EOS R6 Mark III? Our article will help you compare the differences.www.canonrumors.com
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