In brief: Canon's latest add-on to the EOS R family of pro-grade cameras doesn't come cheap. At least on newspaper, the high cost tag is justified past fast autofocus, tracking, and burst shot capabilities, not to mention a new system that allows you to focus on a subject by simply looking at information technology through the electronic viewfinder.

After launching the EOS R5 and EOS R6 total-frame mirrorless cameras final year, Canon has finally revealed the most awaited member of the EOS R family unit -- the Canon EOS R3. This new body comes with some impressive features that make it ideal for wild animals and sports photographers.

Canon says the new photographic camera is supposed to bridge the gap between the EOS R5 and the flagship EOS-1D Ten MkIII model. At the heart of the EOS R3 is a brand new stacked backside-illuminated (BSI) 24.1-megapixel full-frame sensor, but that'due south not the biggest selling betoken of this photographic camera.

With the EOS R3, the focus is on super-fast shooting. Thanks to the Digic X processor and fast autofocus capabilities, Canon'due south latest can shoot in bursts of 150 photos at upwardly to 30 frames per second with the silent (electronic) shutter and upwards to 12 frames per second with the mechanical i. The EOS R3 also supports a maximum ISO of 102,400 and comes with improved automated white balance and a fashion to record custom white balance profiles.

Video capture doesn't deliver the 8K video the EOS R5 is capable of, just yous still get a very respectable 6K video at sixty frames per 2nd or ten-bit 4K at up to 120 frames per 2nd.

The EOS R3's improved autofocus functioning tin be attributed to the 1,053 total AF points, simply Canon has added a new trick -- heart and torso detection, tracking and autofocus based on deep learning technology. That means photographers tin set an AF point by looking at an area of the 5.76-million dot electronic viewfinder, where an infrared sensor will browse where the person is looking.

Otherwise, Canon's EOS R3 looks near like a carbon copy of the EOS-1D X MkIII, with its waterproof and dust-resistant magnesium alloy body and built-in vertical grip. You lot get ample connectivity options with USB-C, wired LAN, 5 GHz Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, along with the customary UHS-Two SD and CF express card slots.

All of this is packed into a body lighter than that of the EOS-1D X MkIII, weighing only 1.81 pounds. The new EOS R3 body volition prepare yous back $6,000, and will become available sometime in November.

Its release is accompanied by ii new lenses for the EOS R camera lineup -- a $650 100-400mm f/five.6-8 telephoto zoom and a $300 16mm f/ii.8 compact ultrawide prime.