Canon R3 Review: My Perfect Camera

Laci55 wrote:

Your assessment is spot on and what was interesting for me to see that I did the same thing as You and sold all my Sony equipment with the A1 and the top of the line lenses including the 400/ 2,8 and 600 4,0. I am as happy for my decision as You are now.! Well done...lol...

Awesome, a fellow Sony converter! I loved the Sony system, esp the lenses and ability to adapt other glass. I have some Zeiss Ze EF and Leica R glass, so it was always a treat to use. I just feel Sony led the innovation game and then saturated themselves with cameras that didn’t push the envelope anymore. The a7rV AI focus is exactly what the now 2 yr old R5 does.. such a marginal improvement, especially their use of the same sensor. The roller shutter is awful and the only real reason to invest is for the 61mp, which arguably you can get comparable results in the mark 4 R body.

Canon on the other hand, innovated with the R5 and I couldn’t help but think with my A1 that the R5 is basically 95% of that camera and then some… internal raw, 8k ready, great stabilization, and high resolution.. 45 vs 50 is virtually no difference. That extra 5% is basically the sync speed, and the AF calculations at 120 a sec. The r3 does 60 but I’d argue it’s higher number if AF Phase Detect points make it a more accurate system.

I’m more than happy with my Canon setup and I never really enjoyed Sony keeping it small, I appreciate a bit of heft in my setup. I can hand hold low shutter speed shots with telephoto and could never ever accomplish that with Sony, so I’m feeling its ibis is better for that task. How did you feel going from 50mp to 24??