Canon EOS R3 shows off impressively rapid burst mode at the Olympics

A photographer at the Tokyo Olympics has given the first public demo of the Canon EOS R3’s rapid-fire burst mode.

The EOS R3, which will be Canon’s flagship mirrorless sports camera, hasn’t yet been fully announced. But a few lucky pro snappers at the Olympics have been test-driving its skills, and one of those is Atiba Jefferson.

We’ve previously seen some standalone shots, which appeared to reveal that the EOS R3 will be a 24MP camera, but the new ones below show a sequence of what looks like the camera’s 30fps burst shooting mode.

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