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CANON EOS R3

www.canon.co.uk £5,879/$5,999

After being rolled out to pros at this summer’s Olympics in Tokyo, the EOS R3 is now available to professionals at large – and Canon’s latest mirrorless camera is shaping up to become the most capable all-round tool there is for working photographers.

While the R3 isn’t technically a replacement for, or even an equivalent to, the EOS-1D X Mark III (as this is ‘only’ a 3-series camera rather than a flagship 1-series), it nonetheless leapfrogs the 1D X III in terms of technology in virtually every department – and stakes a bold claim to be the best professional camera, thanks to its 6K raw video, blistering (and blackout-free) 30fps shooting, and a peerless AF system that enables you to move focus points by moving your eyeball.

There’s no doubt that this is Canon’s fastest and most advanced camera ever, even outdoing the mighty EOS R5 when it comes to technology – to say nothing of the

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