Amateur Photographer - UK (2020-09-19)

http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk

FIRSTANNOUNCED 2018

NUMBEROFCAMERASCURRENTLYINLINE-UP 5

NUMBEROFPROPRIETARYLENSES 13

CANBEUSEDWITHEXISTINGLENSES?

YesviaEF-EOSR adapter

CANONfirststeppedintomirrorlesswith

it’sEF-Mcameras.TheseusedanAPS-C

sizedsensorandweredesignedtobemore

portablethanCanon’sexistingrangeof

DSLRs.It wasn’tparticularlysurprisingto

seethecompanyfollowsuitwitha

full-framemirrorlesssystem,especially

sinceitsarch-rivalNikonhaddonesojusta

fewdayspreviously.Thefirstcamerain

Canon’snewsystemwascalledtheEOSR

andincludeda 30.3-megapixelsensor.The

CanonEOSR systemusestheRFmount,

meaningCanonnowhasthreedifferent

mountsacrossitsDSLRandmirrorless

systems.In 2019 Canonintroducedthe

CanonEOSRP,designedtoappealtothose

newtothefull-framemarket.Most

recently,CanonintroducedtheEOSR5and

theR6– theformerbeingthecompany’s

flagshipmirrorlessmodelaimedat

professionalusers.Thosewhohaveexisting

CanonDSLRlensescanusethemwiththe

CanonEOSR systemviaanadapter.

Vanessa Blair

Based in Dallas, Vanessa is one half

of the photography duo behind

Vanessa and Ethan Photography.

They specialise in wedding, portrait

and animal photography. See more

at vanessaandethanphotography.com.

CanonEOSRSystem

USES Canon EOS R

‘I chose the EOS R because I was told that

mirrorless was the future... I would have to

say that they have something there. I adore

the fast shooting speed and the light,

compact design. While the battery life is

shorter than that of your average DSLR, it is

still plenty suf cient for my needs – in my

opinion the trade-off is well worth it.’

Vanessa believes that

mirrorless cameras are

the future

Technique MIRRORLESS USERS