Canon announce development of the EOS R3

Canon announce development of the EOS R3

 Ultra-fast, and responsive – first details of EOS R3 revealed, Canon’s latest professional mirrorless for sports and news

 

Today, with the news of three new innovative RF lens and a new file sharing app, Canon UK announces the development of EOS R3 – its latest high-speed and ultra-responsive professional mirrorless camera. With its ground-breaking design, the camera will empower professional sports and news photographers to meet challenging demands – to outpace and outperform. Boasting qualities seen in Canon’s DSLR and mirrorless bodies, the EOS R3 truly is a hybrid, next generation camera for the sports and news photographers of today and tomorrow. 

The EOS R3 features a new Canon-developed BSI stacked CMOS sensor, a powerful DIGIC X imaging processor, shooting capabilities of 30fpsi with AF/AE tracking, eye, head and body detection and a pioneering new autofocus Eye Control Function. It is the ideal camera for action photographers looking for quality images, both still and moving, of objects travelling at intense speeds. 

Built on the revolutionary EOS R System, with its unparalleled RF Mount and paired with one of Canon’s innovative RF lenses, the camera offers capabilities unseen in any other camera/lens duo. With lenses like the newly launched RF 400mm F2.8L IS USM and RF 600mm F4L IS USM, professionals can achieve unrivalled optical excellence and performance. 

Initial EOS R3 key features announced today (14th April 2021) are: 

• New Canon-developed stacked BSI CMOS sensor 

• 30fps with AF/AE tracking 

• Eye Control Function 

• Subject eye and head detection 

• Dual Pixel CMOS AF 

• 1D series weather resistance 

We will share more details on price and availability as we get them, stay tuned!

Posted by Graham Fry
14th April 2021

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