CANONEOS R3
CLEAR AS DAY The articulating screen is very bright, as is the large viewfinder that also offers eye-controlled AF in stills mode
maximum dynamic range and HDR PQ modes, there’s a variety of video codec choices – and results are very impressive for all of them. The EOS R3 is a simply stunning performer as a workhorse camera, helped by its next-generation Dual Pixel AF system. And it also marks Canon’s return to eye control. Once you have calibrated it to your own eye – whether wearing spectacles or not – you can select the initial area for autofocus tracking by looking directly at the viewfinder location. With both eye control and servo AF activated, the camera will focus on, and track, moving subjects at that location in the frame. But, it’s only for stills.
CREATING CONTRAST In situations where high dynamic range is needed, such as interiors (below) or with flat skies (right), the EOS R3 gives up to about 12 stops in Canon Log 3
“There’s a variety of video codec choices – and results are impressive for all of them”
great – the camera continues to followmoving subjects around the entire active AF area. When set to eye detection, it finds eyes and locks on them; if the subject turns away, it snaps to the head. And, if there’s more than one person, select the subject using the touchscreen.
It worked well, but wasn’t flawless, so we ended up turning off eye control and used one of the other focus modes, where you select and move the AF point with the touchscreen or joystick. For stills or video, features like face detection and tracking are
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