Early Canon EOS R6 Mark III Specifications

I like this a lot. I know I'm looking out to sea. But I'm thinking sand blowing off the top of dunes.
Thank you. It was a fantastic, otherworldly scenery at the end of a heavy tempest, with the evening sun piercing through the clouds, and the wind was still heavy but one could stand - the days before we had literally to hide away in our flat. This image is shot it at the coast of Northumberland, close to Bambergh, with a tele zoom. I just showed it here to demonstrate that I can be relaxed enough for taking decent pictures ;)
 
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I think the incremental upgrades of cameras from all manufacturers in a 2 or even a 4 years timespan is really just a sales pitch. The real world sensor improvements can only be seen via pixel peeping and Id go so far as saying a majority of amateurs who buy most cameras post mainly on the web.
Im very happy with my R6, 5DIV and 5R/24-105L. The smallest prints I make is 13"x19". Even my lowest 20MP R6 can print excellent photos that size. If I want 20x30" prints and up I print from R5 files.
 
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Isn't that part of the rumored specs?



The R5 has 5.76 Million dots (1600x1200). If you are you asking how likely is this rumored spec to be true, then it is really hard to tell :)

Now, given that the R1 went to 9.44 Million dots EVF with Eye Control and the R5 to 5.76 Million dots with Eye Control, then this allows the R6 to go to 5.76 Million dots and still be a step behind the R5 for differentiation. I'd say I believe it very well could be that the R6 III will have a 5.76 Million dots EVF
That would be amazing to have on a R6III. With the probable stacked sensor and 14 bit ES mode and the AF improvements seen on the R5II....this is looking like a very mature and attractive camera.
 
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Too quickly? The EOS R5 follow-up was 4 years, and it was launched alongside the R6. By the time the R1 ships, it'll be 3 years since the R3, which will remain a current model. The R1 also won't be a sales champion.

2 years is pretty easy to do when it'll be a parts bin camera and much easier for development turnaround. Updating your best selling full-frame camera at a faster pace is a no-brainer.
R3 sensor needs a fast processor to make the best use of it. Not sure if all that can be done within the budget of a typical volume selling camera body.

For the R6III I'm guessing a new sensor at around 30mp. Not stacked.
 
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So, R6III should be a better model or version than R3 if it will come out later?

My photojournalists friends are using R3 cameras, i didn't see them all but i saw three who were using DSLRs like me in the past, so they moved to R3 is telling something for me, and that is one reason i want to move to R lines, but i don't do photography since long time so i am not in rush and not after most expensive model as well [R1, A1, Z9....etc].
 
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No one knows for sure. We're speculating. R3 would probably still have some minor advantages even excluding the gripped body style
Definitely no one knows, but hopefully the expectations can be right and we see even more than our expectations, i want to buy something that i won't change for several years to come, R6 and R6II are both prone for upgrade anyway, even R5 is upgraded now with R5II, so R6III should be a nice version that i won't think about replacement later any soon.
 
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Definitely no one knows, but hopefully the expectations can be right and we see even more than our expectations, i want to buy something that i won't change for several years to come, R6 and R6II are both prone for upgrade anyway, even R5 is upgraded now with R5II, so R6III should be a nice version that i won't think about replacement later any soon.
Everything you can do with the R6II (or with any other camera) today will not change even in 10 years - that camera will retain the same characteristics and the same virtues and flaws. There's always a new camera around the corner. So if you really need a new camera in addition to the fantastically capable 1DX, bite the bullet and buy yourself an R5 or R52 and don't look back.
 
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Everything you can do with the R6II (or with any other camera) today will not change even in 10 years - that camera will retain the same characteristics and the same virtues and flaws. There's always a new camera around the corner. So if you really need a new camera in addition to the fantastically capable 1DX, bite the bullet and buy yourself an R5 or R52 and don't look back.
I was thinking about R6II really over R5, but now i am thinking about R5II more not R5, it is still pricey for me but if i can try i might afford it by next year earlier, so it won't be very old and i can hold on that for maybe another decade, but R6III rumors sounds also tempting, i don't expect that R6III to outperform R5II, but it might have things amazing that i don't need much within R5II but it will be cheaper, maybe around $2500-3000, if i will wait R5II to be around $3000-3500 then i will miss a lot and definitely something new will be out, wish i can afford R1 or Nikon Z9 or even Sony A1 but i don't need to.
 
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If i didn't get into hobbies such as astro and table tennis and even microscopy since 5-7 years i could manage to buy enough R bodies, i mean many people already have R camera one two 4 whatever but me none, and because i started to look at and asking about it since last year then i will only focus on the latest models i can afford, i mean i will try going with $4000 now model than $2000 2-3 years old model, but i have to save to be able buy that $4000 and not wait longer its price to drop, because it means newer models will be out again so then i have to think again or wait again to afford latest that time.
 
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Another 24MP full frame camera? While even APS-C cameras are now at 40MP and Sonys direct competitor sits at 33MP. I'd prefer if they sacrificed some speed and gave us 30MP, I'd probably even sell my R5 for that.

30Mp is a marketing figure which has no special benefit over 24Mp while having a sensor from R3 does.

APS-C cameras with those megapixel figures and smaller pixels cannot provide this image quality.
 
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30Mp is a marketing figure which has no special benefit over 24Mp while having a sensor from R3 does.

APS-C cameras with those megapixel figures and smaller pixels cannot provide this image quality.
In fact i was looking at R7 only because it has 30mp+ and APS-C size, so i don't crop much and i don't lose much of resolution, but many advised me to not choose R7 for another reasons, with my 1DX and 1D3 and 30D i always crop no matter what lens i use, so i don't like to have a camera to crop and then i left with less mp even if it is not a big deal, i mean why i crop 24mp to something around 10-16mp while with a crop factor and say 30mp i can crop down to 20-25mp at best, so i still have more mp after cropping, but maybe having a bad quality image even not cropped is worse than a full quality imaged even with heavy cropped, right?
 
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but maybe having a bad quality image even not cropped is worse than a full quality imaged even with heavy cropped, right?

Depends on the image property priorities. People who need more detail might prefer more pixels. People who prefer superior saturation response, DR, low light performance, shadow rendition etc. will opt for fewer but larger pixels.

30 Mp is neither here nor there and compromises for overall performance for negligible resolution bump.
I'm assuming developing several sensor variants with resolution choices for more individual wishes is not very financially smart for Canon.

Folks who complain about Canon not following Sony or Nikon haven't considered the importance of different priorities in product development philosophy and why you DON'T want everyone doing the same thing.
 
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Depends on the image property priorities. People who need more detail might prefer more pixels. People who prefer superior saturation response, DR, low light performance, shadow rendition etc. will opt for fewer but larger pixels.

30 Mp is neither here nor there and compromises for overall performance for negligible resolution bump.
I'm assuming developing several sensor variants with resolution choices for more individual wishes is not very financially smart for Canon.

Folks who complain about Canon not following Sony or Nikon haven't considered the importance of different priorities in product development philosophy and why you DON'T want everyone doing the same thing.
I really don't care much about that mp thing really, because i was using lower mp cameras for sports, 1D3 has 10mp with 10fps, while 1DX has 18mp with 12fps, both have been outperformed with so many mirrorless cameras from all, Canon/Nikon/Sony, even Olympus and maybe Fuji also have bodies surpassed those 1D3 and 1DX, back then i wasn't much care about mp, but as long i keep cropping i feel like why not have more mp so i can have enough after cropping, 24mp isn't a big improvement over 18mp anyway, even in the past i had Sony A7R with 36mp and Hasselblad H4D 60mp, so i feel like now using 24mp is no upgrade since a decade, but i will be happy with R5 or R6 or R7 even R8 over my old fast cameras no doubt.
 
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As a former R6 owner and now in the market for an R6 III, some type of R3 based stacked sensor, R5 EVF, and CFExpress all sound like huge additional bonuses on top of all the reasons I chose the R6 in the first place. Please Canon, take my money.
 
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I bought the R6 and R6 ii and sold them both very quickly to return to my 5d4. Can't justify the price for this mostly amateur until there are some improvements.

I really like the R6 ii results and autofocus but what I missed is the evf resolution and the top plate display. I really hope the R6 iii has these, for me it's not missing anything else.

The R3 evf is amazing, and I don't miss the absence of the optical too much, but the r62/r62 always seem pixelated to me due to exceptional eyesight.

I notice Nikon has a basic top plate display on its competing models while Sony has nothing like it on any model. For me, I will wait until I can afford the r5ii but if R6 iii increases evf resolution and adds ability of option 6 for the LCD screen, then I will gladly buy one new.

I'd probably also buy the new 35mm L lens in preference to the R5 upgrade, as the EF version feels front heavy with an adaptor on the smaller bodies imo.
 
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