The Canon R3 comes to life on June 29

According to CanonRumors we'll have an official announcement of the EOS-R4 on June 29.   With the summer games less than a month away, this sets up the R3 as Canon's premier camera for the Olympic games this year.

At the same time, the Canon RF 14-35mm F4L will be announced.

As of now, no other specifications have been released, but if this rumor is credible we expect to see alot more information over this weekend and Monday.

The R3 is rumored to have a 30MP sensor. As well, we know it will have the following specifications;

• AF will be capable down to -7.0 EV
• IS + IBIS capable up to 8.0EV
• Improved head and eye detection
• The camera AF will detect eye, head, body. Enhanced tracking for portrait and sports. As well AF will recognize and track cars and motorcycles (motorsports tracking)
• supports both CFExpress and SD cards
• 4K Log 3
• 4K oversampling
• RAW video internal recording
• Video AF can follow people, eyes, animals, and motorsports.
• Magnesium Alloy body
• 1 series weather sealing
• 5Ghz Wifi
• LP-E19 battery pack
• There will be new accessories for data communication and power.
• File transfer supported via LAN and also wireless (it seems to indicate only iOS for wireless but that could be a translation error)
• Full-Frame Stacked BSI CMOS Sensor
• Eye Control AF, Dual Pixel CMOS AF
• Subject Tracking with Deep Learning
• Continuous Shooting Up to 30 fps
• Integrated Vertical Grip
• Weather-Sealed Construction
• AF-ON button with integrated touch joystick.
• Fully articulated LCD screen

Stay tuned!

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Richard has been using Canon cameras since the 1990s, with his first being the now legendary EOS-3. Since then, Richard has continued to use Canon cameras and now focuses mostly on infrared photography. Richard is the founder and editor of CanonNews since 2017, and has worked as a writer on CanonRumors and other websites in the past.

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