Amateur Photographer - UK (2020-07-18)

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Canon EOS R

Andy Westlake takes a  rst

look at Canon’s exciting new

mirrorless all-rounder

IT’S FAIR to say that Canon’s fi rst attempts

at making full-frame mirrorless cameras

weren’t universally loved, with the EOS R and

RP discarding too much of the design ethos

that underpinned the fi rm’s fi nely-honed

DSLRs. However, the sleeping giant is now well

and truly awake, and while it’s created a lot of

buzz around the high-end EOS R5 over the

past few months, the camera that keen

photographers will surely go out and buy in

their droves when it goes on sale in late August

is its less-expensive sibling, the EOS R6.

Where the £4,200 EOS R5 is a 45MP, 8K

video-capable monster, the £2,500 EOS R

has slightly more modest specifi cations, but still

looks like a fantastic all-rounder. It employs a

20MP full-frame sensor based on that in the

fl agship EOS-1D X Mark III DSLR, but with a

less-sophisticated optical low-pass fi lter. It

provides a standard sensitivity range of

ISO 100-102,400, along with continuous

shooting at 12 frames per second, or 20fps

using the silent electronic shutter. Video

recording is available at 4K and 60fps, or

Full HD and 120fps.

The EOS R6 uses a very similar design to the

R5, but with a conventional exposure mode

dial in place of the latter’s top-plate LCD. Most

importantly, both cameras gain features that

were previously conspicuous by their absence

from Canon’s mirrorless range, including dual

card slots and 5-axis in-body stabilisation.

Indeed the fi rm hasn’t done things by halves,

claiming up to 8 stops stabilisation when using

Ataglance

£2,500 body only

■ 20MP full-frame sensor

■ ISO 50-204,

(extended)

■ 12fps continuous

shooting

■ 3.69m-dot EVF

■ 3in fully articulated

touchscreen

■ 5-axis in-body image

stabilisation

■ 4K 60p video

Dualcard

slots

TheEOSR6employstwin

UHS-IISDcardslotsfor

storingfiles,in contrastto

theR5’sSDand

CFExpressslots

Power

Canon’snew,up-rated

LP-E6NHbatteryboasts

2130mAHcapacityandis

ratedfor 380 shotsusingthe

EVF,or 510 withtheLCD

Connectors

TheR6boasts

headphone,microphone,

USB-CandHDMIsockets.It’s

alsocompatiblewithboththe

RS-60E3wiredandRC-

infraredremote

releases

Canon’s EOS R6 looks set

to be an extremely

capable all-rounder