The R6 V gives no-compromise video choices, matching many professional cinema fashions function for function. You possibly can shoot as much as 7K 12-bit RAW video both in 3:2 open gate mode (6,960 x 4,640 at 30 fps) or 17:9 (6,960 x 3,672 at as much as 60 fps) utilizing RAW or RAW mild codecs. 4K DCI RAW can also be supported with a 1.5x crop, although I most well-liked capturing RAW at 7K to present myself cropping choices and the sharpest doable video.
If RAW footage takes an excessive amount of card area, it’s also possible to use Canon’s a lot lighter XF-HEVC S or XF-AVC S 10-bit codecs in open gate 3:2 at as much as 6,912 x 4,608, or 4K DCI at as much as 120 fps with no cropping. In the event you do shoot RAW but additionally desire a lighter possibility for enhancing, you’ll be able to seize RAW on the CFexpress card and HD proxies on a UHS-II card concurrently.
With energetic cooling, overheating is generally a non-issue with this digicam until you are filming when it is actually scorching outdoor. I examined the R6 V in demanding circumstances, filming 7K mild RAW at 60 fps at about 85 levels Fahrenheit with the fan set to “excessive.” Seize continued for 80-plus minutes with no points till the battery died.
Video autofocus is great, on par with the AF in Sony’s new A7 V. In regular mode, the AF can rapidly and precisely change from one topic to a different, because of the Twin Pixel AF II system. Topic monitoring routinely detects folks, animals and automobiles. Just like the R6 III, you’ll be able to register particular folks if you wish to prioritize them for autofocus. One other setting is “AF for close-up demos” that may rapidly deal with a product put in entrance of the digicam, very like Sony’s “Product Showcase” function.
To check the topic AF, I discovered some geese and different waterfowl at a park. The R6 V was swiftly in a position to detect and keep locked on the birds’ eyes. When some geese swam underneath a bridge, it immediately picked them up once more after they emerged on the opposite facet. It labored even higher with folks, locking tenaciously onto faces. I took closeup video portraits and it stored the eyes (not the eyelids or lashes) in sharp focus, even at a shallow f/1.4 aperture.
Stabilization can also be a robust level. The 7.5 stops of shake discount is barely lower than the R6 III’s 8.5 stops, however participating the digital IS makes it extremely efficient for issues like panning and even strolling.
There may be one draw back: The 33-megapixel sensor is not stacked, so rolling shutter distortion might be a problem for those who jolt the digicam or pan too rapidly. Nevertheless, the sensor readout speeds are among the many quickest for any non-stacked sensor, so I noticed only a few skewed and unusable photographs.
Video on the EOS R6 III was extraordinarily sharp within the 7K RAW and the 4K HQ modes, although different 4K modes weren’t fairly as detailed as a result of pixel binning. When capturing folks, wildlife and landscapes, Canon’s colour science was on level, delivering heat pores and skin tones and correct colours. In a single difficult sunny day situation, capturing birds on a pond and underneath a bridge, the RAW video allowed me to cut back vivid areas and enhance shadows with no noticeable loss in sharpness or colour accuracy. Low-light capturing was additionally high notch, with noise underneath management as much as ISO 6,400 and (supplied publicity was appropriate) ISO 12,800.
