The Canon EOS R6 Mark III is the first mid-range Canon EOS R camera that’s a true contender for top-specs in the $2800 price region. What’s even more impressive is that Canon are achieving full frame 4K/120p with no crop and 12bit 7K 60P RAW video without a stacked sensor – not even a partially stacked sensor. Funnily enough, neither is it even a backside illuminated (BSI) sensor. So what magic sauce is Canon using to out-spec the partially stacked sensor cameras from Sony, Panasonic and Nikon? Sensor tech Canon are still with their proprietary CMOS sensor technology, introduced as far back as 2002 with the Canon 1D Mark II. Humorously, the first Canon 1D used a Panasonic CCD. Their CMOS technology wasn’t quite ready for it. Since then, Canon have pioneered the way in CMOS sensors, the technology that swept aside CCD for speed and resolution, as well as introducing the world to DSLR video. By the late 2010s however, it looked like Sony had overtaken them. Backside illuminated sensors, stacked sensors with the RX100 VI and Sony a9, the first to 60 megapixel and if you count the Fujifilm GFX 100 the first to 100. But then something unexpected happened. In 2020 Canon struck back with the Canon EOS R5, shackles were well and truly taken off with much faster sensors and image processing, yet still no stacked sensor or even BSI design in sight, which Sony introduced as a way to improve the low light performance...
Published By: EOSHD.com blog - Yesterday