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V for vertical With one tripod mount on the side of the body, the new EOS is purpose-built for social media content
Our rating: 9 /10 The EOS R6 V isn’t simply another mirrorless camera with stronger video credentials or a cut-down cinema camera. It sits in the middle of the two and is Canon’s clearest statement yet that creators deserve dedicated tools rather than compromised hybrids. If your work revolves around filmmaking, YouTube, live streaming or documentary production, it’s one of the most intelligently designed full-frame cameras available. Photographers may miss the viewfinder, but filmmakers are unlikely to miss it at all.
Autofocus remains among the very best available. Canon’s Dual Pixel CMOS AF II reliably tracks faces, eyes, animals and vehicles, making it particularly attractive for solo operators working without an assistant. Combined with up to 7.5 stops of in-body image stabilisation, something the C50 lacks, the R6 V is an extremely capable handheld production tool that requires very little additional rigging for everyday video work. Of course, it is capable of great stills too. But for photography there is no electronic viewfinder, mechanical shutter or traditional stills-focused handling. It has taken a new firmware upgrade to allow it to trigger flash units from its hotshoe, for example. Anyone shooting weddings, wildlife or sport will almost certainly be happier with the R6 III. Likewise, professional productions needing built-in XLR audio should still look to the Cinema EOS C50. But that’s why the R6 V succeeds. Rather than trying to satisfy all users, Canon has built a camera for one audience and executed the brief very well.
Meat cute The EOS is flipping brilliant at capturing lots of colour and high contrast, no bun intended
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