Canon has formally unveiled the EOS R3, its flagship mirrorless digicam designed for sports activities, motion and wildlife pictures. With the discharge, it has now crammed within the blanks for key specs not but revealed in earlier teases, like decision, ISO vary and video capabilities. 

The EOS R3 was by no means more likely to be a high-resolution digicam as some people hoped, however the 24.1-megapixel, back-side illuminated (BSI), stacked sensor (a primary for Canon) is a major improve over the 1DX Mark III’s 20-megapixel sensor. Canon says it “achieves resolution performance exceeding that of the 30.1-megapixel EOS 5D Mark IV,” regardless of having a decrease pixel depend.

With the BSI/stacked sensor and newest DIGIC X picture processor, the R3 can shoot at 30 fps in digital shutter mode (right down to 1/64,000th of a second) or 12 fps with the mechanical shutter, with full AF monitoring and auto-exposure. Better nonetheless, it presents blackout-free taking pictures in digital mode and the excessive readout speeds ship minimal rolling shutter distortion — making it possible to shoot sports activities or motion with the digital shutter. 

The EOS R3 is Canon’s first EOS mannequin to assist flash pictures in digital shutter mode. That permits for blackout-free flash taking pictures at as much as 15 fps (at 1/a hundred and eightieth of a second), which might in all probability look fairly wild in individual. It additionally presents a silent shutter mode that turns off the unreal shutter and AF acquisition sounds. 

The EOS R3 has quite a few new autofocus options, too. The flashiest is Eye Control AF that locks onto focus wherever your eye is wanting while you half-press the shutter button. It can be utilized together with versatile zone and topic AF monitoring, so it is “possible to quickly shift the target between multiple subjects,” Canon says. It notes that the characteristic will be calibrated in a different way when you’ve got glasses or contacts, and that “some glasses/contacts may prevent calibration.”

Faster calculation speeds give the EOS R3 some new autofocus powers, too. The Dual Pixel AF system can now observe in spot, single-point and versatile zone AF, and in decrease gentle (-7.5 EV) than some other mannequin. It can even purchase a topic simply by getting near it, so it is going to observe an animal or human’s head, face or eye should you place the AF level close to their physique, for instance. 

On high of physique, face, head and eye detection for people, the R3 presents a brand new “Vehicle Priority” monitoring system for open cockpit, GT and rally automobiles, together with on-road and off-road bikes. If the AI detects a helmet (on a motorbike or open cockpit automobile), it is going to routinely lock onto that.

The new sensor delivers improved low-light efficiency too, with the EOS R3 having a traditional vary of ISO 100-102,400 for stills (expandable to ISO 50-204,800). Canon additionally guarantees improved automated and handbook white stability through new AI expertise.

The 5-axis in-body stabilizer is the the identical as the wonderful system on the EOS R5 and R6. As with these fashions, it delivers as much as 8 stops of stabilization with appropriate lenses, right down to a minimal of 6 stops (nonetheless beating most different manufacturers) with different lenses. It additionally comes with twin card slots, supporting SD and CFexpress sort B playing cards.

The R3 comes with a brand new 5.76 million dot, 120 FPS OLED digital viewfinder (EVF) developed by Canon. This is a key characteristic for the sports activities photographers who may purchase it, as many have not switched to mirrorless as a result of they like an optical viewfinder. Canon mentioned it supplies a degree of readability and subject of view just like an optical viewfinder “thanks to the HDR technology and high brightness performance.” Like the R6 and R5, it additionally presents a fully-articulating, 4.15 million dot flip-out touchscreen — ideally suited for video shooters. 

In truth, the R3 can be a extremely competent video digicam, too. While it may’t shoot 8K video just like the R5, it may seize RAW 12-bit 6K widescreen (6,000 x 3,164) video at as much as 60 fps to a CFexpress B card, besting Panasonic’s video-centric S1H. Canon has but to say if 6K RAW over HDMI can be supported, nevertheless.

It additionally presents 4K recording at as much as 120 fps, albeit in a cropped 1:1 pixel mode to a CFexpress card. Still, you may seize 4K 60p or 30p video utilizing the complete width of the sensor, which ought to make for some crisp video. Again, for the highest quality, you may want a quick SD UHS II or CFexpress card. 10-bit 4:2:2 video can be out there for all 4K modes in both HDR PQ or Canon Log 3 modes, with each All-I and long-GOP file choices. 

As typical with Canon cameras, the Dual Pixel autofocus needs to be a robust level for video, as it may lock in to a topic shortly with none looking. The further monitoring options needs to be a bonus too, however we’ll want to check the R3 to confirm that. As you’d properly anticipate, it has microphone, headphone and HDMI ports — although the latter is a micro and never a full-sized HDMI connector, sadly.

What about heating, the bugbear of the R5? Again, Canon has considerably improved the R3 right here. It now presents two temperature choices for auto energy off: commonplace and excessive. The latter will allow you to shoot 6K RAW or 4K All-I at 60 fps for 60 minutes or extra, although the digicam may get a bit sizzling to the contact. 4K 120p All-I is restricted to 12 minutes in both mode. Canon guarantees that you’re going to be able to shoot once more after simply 5 minutes, although taking pictures occasions afterward can be restricted in 6K 60p and 4K 120p modes. Normal 4K 30fps taking pictures (down-sampled or in any other case) has no warmth limitations. 

Other options embody community streaming features and wired or wi-fi switch to a 5G or LTE smartphone. It makes use of the 1DX Mark III’s LP-E19 battery that delivers 440 pictures with the digital viewfinder and comes with a brand new digital sizzling shoe that helps extra equipment, together with a smartphone hyperlink adapter. Finally, the EOS R1 presents mud and drip resistance equal to the EOS-1DX sequence DSLRs, and weighs in at 1015 grams (2.24 kilos) together with a reminiscence card and battery.

Along with the EOS R3, Canon unveiled two new lenses, the compact RF16mm F/2.8 STM extremely huge angle mannequin priced at $300 (left) and the RF100-400mm f/5.6-8 IS USM mannequin priced at $650. Both of these needs to be respectable finances full-frame RF-mount choices should you’re in search of an extremely wide-angle or tele zoom lens. 

With the EOS R3, Canon has constructed a supercharged flagship that ought to attraction to each the intense photographers and videographers who’ve the bucks to afford one. It arrives on the finish of November for $6,000 (physique solely).