Canon R3 In the Field | The PERFECT Camera with just One Flaw

I didn't intend to buy a Canon R3, yet it happened! So let's see how it performs in the field and if I'm gonna keep it around!

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Beautiful Cape York
0:45 Why did I get an R3?
1:12 First Impressions
1:44 The Sensor
1:56 Frame Rates & Raws
2:26 Optional Shutter Sound
3:02 Buffer & Hot Shoe
3:46 The Perfect body!
4:43 EVF
5:18 Card Slots
5:43 Battery
6:12 R3 & EF Lenses
6:59 IBIS & IS
7:08 The AF
11:59 Eye Control AF
13:15 SAMPLE IMAGES High ISO & MORE
16:39 Before & After & Editing Tips
18:21 This is what I don't like!
19:08 Video
22:52 Final Thoughts

[robbrennen]

Thanks for all your videos. I have both R3 and R5, and struggled to decide on the R3 based on 24 MP. Canon states their sensor has an equivalent of their 5Div (30MP) based on the new sensor technology. I did extensive testing with both cameras in a test environment and real life. Most of my photography is wildlife so with long lens', ISO tends to be higher most of the time and that is when the R3 produces better images than the R5 from my testing. I think the 24 MP spec is very misleading on the basis of the images I've been capturing when comparing to the R5. I'm very happy with the R3 overall. I now use the R5 mostly for landscape and low ISO pictures.

[Duade]

Great video mate, I really enjoyed the ergonomics of the camera, I am sure the R1 will deliver everything you wanted in the R3. Cheers, Duade

[kelb]

The R3's images definitely wow me. Much more than my R5 does.

[randomdood]

10:52 has a great point.. happy that it can make seamless vdos too..

[fbimagesphoto]

My R5 has been gathering dust since I got my hands on the R3

[brucelaing]

I own an R3 and I love it. Fantastic for action photography.

[DavidKabra]

Loving the thumbnail haha, great vid as always!

[cooloox]

Hi Jan, there is one way to have a single AF point to initially aim at your subject and then start tracking your subject when you start shooting on your R5/R6. You choose the Face+Tracking AF point type (where the camera finds and tracks the subject by itself) but in the menu options you set "Initial Servo AF Point" to Face+Tracking (it's normally set to Auto). You now get a single AF point which isn't normally there, but it's a face/eye detection point that grabs any subject even near to the AF point as soon as you half-press the shutter button or BBF. As you shoot it follows the subject around the frame.

[wc]

For the first time in 2 decades, I can say that I'm lusting after Canon ergos more than Nikon's Z9. What a time to be alive, incredible cameras from all the manufacturers. This is the year mirrorless has become a DSLR replacement for me.

[ahmedbebars]

I'll keep looking at the sky, and hope that one day a Canon R3 will fall in my lap

[laku]

Thanks for the great review!

I think it's not a bad idea to give the camera an SD-slot as well. Yes, two CFE would make sense, but in a pinch, the chance of someone having a spare SD or being able to buy one in a non-camera shop just about everywhere is so much higher than with CFE-cards. Especially from a photo journalist standpoint, I can totally see why they opted for this slot.

[mikebronny]

The R3 has amazing animal and person eye tracking capability. I lift the camera up to my eye and the tracking is already locked on the bird and now you can focus on picking the ideal time to take the shots.

[Demonyaa]

What a fantastic review. Really in depth and useful information as to how the camera actually performs. Thank you for putting this together.

[Rascallucci]

Great review! I pretty much expected everything you said. It looks great, feels great, is light, the AF/tracking is amazing and the only minus is the resolution. While I understand a comparison with the R5 can be interesting, don't forget about the A1 and Z9 though. I think any camera of this level, you will almost have to compare that with both the Sony and Nikon's flagship models.

[ShivaKumar-xctj]

Hi jan, would love to see a video on how u customised the dials and buttons & settings for wildlife photography like the video u posted for R5.

[rickardflodin]

Thanks for you videos that all are very nice. I have the R3 (and5) I dont no if you read this old post but if so have you changed your use of the eye focus funtion? About the eye tracing mode, I agree that’s its most of the time not good but if you have it designated to a button and can switch it on and of it can be good to use if you are for an example shooting a group of dears and the autofocus jump to the wrong animal then you can go back to the right animal quickly by just looking at that animal

[BECOR]

Personally for me, I shoot alot of sports, and i would rather have a really clean low noise picture than be able to crop with horrible noise. You can still crop a fair bit with 24MP and with very low noise. I like very nice 👍

[bjrn-einarnilsen]

Very interesting video Jan, and looking forward to the next to see how they compare with each other the r3 and the r5. And of course as Amazing photos. Cheers Bjoern

[axelhildebrandt]

Thanks for the thorough review and observations, Jan! What surprised me most is the lack of fine detail, I didn't expect that at this price level.

[mxilplict]

Agree 💯 - the video capabilities on top of competent photo make this the ultimate hybrid camera. I plan to keep both the R3 and R5 until they make an equivalent to the R5 in the pro form factor of the R3 body. I love the ergonomics, battery, record time and thermal management and wish for all of these in one body to pair with a high-resolution sensor someday. For now, the R3 and R5 complement each other perfectly.