The Canon EOS R6 Mark III will be good, but not revolutionary

[Del Paso]

Getting hung up on a gimmic. If you ware glasses it's a waste of time.

A very useful feature for me.
That you don't like Eye Control AF doesn't turn it into a gimmick...

 

[Fran Decatta]

14 bit raw with electronic shutter please! no matter if the burst is slower. I only used one time 40 fps in two years.

 

[rombe3jr]

Any chance this one will get C-Log 2?

 

[Mr_EMan]

I hoped it would have a GPS, that's the only thing i miss on the R6-2.

I'm always mixed on this. I like to geotag everything, but on-board GPS has some issues, like reducing battery life and taking time to acquire satellites after waking up, leading to incorrect times and positions on the image. I have both the Canon GP-E2 and Solmeta GPS hot shoe GPS loggers, but I don't use them any more. I use the Columbus P-10 logger instead and geotag later. Its L5 receiver is pretty accurate so I just attach it to my camera bag. Not perfect, but it's the solution that works for me.

 

[HikeBike]

The flippy screen upgrade sounds nice, but I wouldn't buy a camera which is their first attempt at it without first getting feedback from other users after a year of usage. And I still don't have a compelling reason to upgrade from my R6 anyway. Maybe by the time the Mark V comes out, I'll be ready. There is a lens upgrade I want though...so I'll focus on that.

 

[DhlcadR6]

R6 series was never revolutionary nor "this changes everything". The first one is a 1DX3 on lite, there's some quirks but overall much better than DSLR's 6D2 & 5D4. R6ii is a solid camera that holds its own until today.

New flippy swirl screen and clog2 alone is a worthy upgrade, if it's stacked it's a even better bonus. I don't mind it will slow down to 20fps. The 40fps from R6ii wasn't practical as the buffer and rolling shutter limits its usage.

 

[tomislavmoze]

I can't see anyone rational claiming that the R1, R3, R5II or R6II can say that those caemras are hit by a corporate cripple hammer.
I just can't see it. I can see a progression of R&D and implemenation cycles. But no cripple hammers.
I think canon could easily add more memory to their camera buffers and should do. However, once we get our cards and readers to a sufficient speed with asyncronous shooting and writing...then camera buffers / burst shooting duration times will be a thing of the past.

Well i would say R1 did got hit in a certain way. It lacks ability to use waveform during video for example, I’m getting it tomorrow for a test so I will see if there are some other things regarding video. C80 should have gotten cfexpress Slot, R5c should have clog-2 etc… there are some strange decisions which are pushing people away.

 

[tomislavmoze]

A very useful feature for me.
That you don't like Eye Control AF doesn't turn it into a gimmick...

It is a gimmick since it works for only 50% of people. For example it worked for me on R3 but on R5mk2 it doesn’t. I paid for something that doesn’t work, that is terrible especially since it doesn’t work for such a high percentage of people and it is not consistent across models.
That is probably the most disappointing thing about new releases.

 

[navastronia]

Getting hung up on a gimmic. If you ware glasses it's a waste of time.

I don't wear glasses.

 

[frankchn]

Getting hung up on a gimmic. If you ware glasses it's a waste of time.

I wear glasses and it works well for me.

 

[Del Paso]

It is a gimmick since it works for only 50% of people. For example it worked for me on R3 but on R5mk2 it doesn’t. I paid for something that doesn’t work, that is terrible especially since it doesn’t work for such a high percentage of people and it is not consistent across models.
That is probably the most disappointing thing about new releases.

No!
A very useful feature for many, but not for all.

 

[tomislavmoze]

No!
A very useful feature for many, but not for all.

It would be useful if it worked.

 

[David - Sydney]

I think canon could easily add more memory to their camera buffers and should do.

Yes, but there is a cost and market segmentation

However, once we get our cards and readers to a sufficient speed with asyncronous shooting and writing...then camera buffers / burst shooting duration times will be a thing of the past.

Moving target unfortunately. Uhs-ii cards max out sustained write speed at about 280MB/s so that is the bottle neck until canon has the cajones to use a single or dual cf-e B cards in other bodies than 1series.

Buffer clearance is a bigger issue than raw video recording.
R5ii is 45mp*14bit*30fps is 2.6GB/s if my maths is right … roughly double the current cfe-b card write speed. Craw helps of course.
If the R6iii has 24mp*14bit*40fps ie 1.7GB/s then cfe-b cards still be maxing out at burst speeds.
Z9 etc max fps is only with asterisks ie compressed files

 

[Del Paso]

It would be useful if it worked.

It does work for many!
And it's useful for many, even if not for you.

 

[tomislavmoze]

It does work for many!
And it's useful for many, even if not for you.

It also doesn’t work for many. My problem is I paid for the feature that doesn’t work, the most disappointing fact is first version on R3 worked for me so they somehow made it worse for some people in a newer generation of a product.

 

[GMCPhotographics]

Well i would say R1 did got hit in a certain way. It lacks ability to use waveform during video for example, I’m getting it tomorrow for a test so I will see if there are some other things regarding video. C80 should have gotten cfexpress Slot, R5c should have clog-2 etc… there are some strange decisions which are pushing people away.

Sorry…I tuned out the second that you wrote video.

 

[Loswr]

Sorry…I tuned out the second that you wrote video.

Personally, I find video in an ILC to be a useless feature. Well, not completely useless since I am able to assign the stills/video switch on my R3/R1 to a useful purpose.

 

[Exploreshootshare]

It is a gimmick since it works for only 50% of people. For example it worked for me on R3 but on R5mk2 it doesn’t. I paid for something that doesn’t work, that is terrible especially since it doesn’t work for such a high percentage of people and it is not consistent across models.
That is probably the most disappointing thing about new releases.

Were did you get the number "50%"? Seems like a lot and definitely over exaggerated. There are some users who wear glasses and it causes issues. Some users with glasses don´t have any issues. Other than that, if it doesn't work, the reason might be the person working the camera.

 

[MF_DUDE]

Sounds like something to upgrade to from the original R6

 

[tomislavmoze]

Were did you get the number "50%"? Seems like a lot and definitely over exaggerated. There are some users who wear glasses and it causes issues. Some users with glasses don´t have any issues. Other than that, if it doesn't work, the reason might be the person working the camera.

As I said it worked for me on the R3 and on the R5 mk2 it doesn’t work, so something else is a problem. I talked to a lot of people that got R5mk2 and they shared the same problem from 10 users only 4 managed to get it work as advertised. It could be a problem with a certain batch since all the people I talked to had the same batch of R5mk2 but still disappointed.
I do find the feature useful (when it works as advertised) so more reasons to be disappointed for not being able to use it.
And anyone that is in a same situation should be vocal about it.