For the photographers and videographers in my network — this one's for you.
I started my photography journey with Canon USA.
My first real camera was a Canon DSLR. It's where I learned to see light, work a frame, and fall in love with the craft. For a long time, Canon was photography to me.
Then the mirrorless era arrived — and Canon didn't. At least, not fast enough. Sony ate their lunch for a few years, and I did what a lot of shooters did: I followed the mirrorless movement. I strayed.
But last year, I came back home with a C50 in one hand and an R5 Mark II in the other. And it felt right.
So when Canon drops something new, I pay attention. Yesterday they announced the EOS R6 V — and it's genuinely interesting.
They took the bones of the R6 Mark III, stripped the EVF and mechanical shutter, and rebuilt the body around video-first creators. The headline specs are hard to argue with:
- 7K RAW at 60p, internally
- 7.5 stops of IBIS
- Active cooling that pushes 4K/60p recording from ~30 minutes to 2+ hours
- Vertical tripod mount, front record button, tally lamp
- $2,499 body only, shipping late June
Here's what caught my eye: we're currently building out a podcast lab at our Chicopee, MA plant. A dedicated space for long-form conversations, interviews, and content that tells the story of what we build and the people who build it. The R6 V's active cooling for extended recording, vertical shooting support, and clean HDMI output for livestreaming checks almost every box on my list for that space — at a price point that doesn't require a capital expenditure conversation.
My C50 and R5 II aren't going anywhere. But the R6 V fills a real niche — and Canon built it deliberately. That's what a brand firing on all cylinders looks like.
Canon, it's good to be home.
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