Does the EOS 80D have true stereo mic input?

[Bamboopictures]

Any EOS 80D users here sucessfully tried using XLR adapters / micpres to isolate the audio into separate left / right channels?
That is, sending a strong signal into the left channel only without any signal going into the right channel of the 80D?
It seems Canon has gone out of its way to engineer a mic port for both the M5 and the M6 that is essentially mono but has a 'safety' track function. Send a signal into the left channel and the right channel will be attenuated by about 20% level of the left. Send a signal in the right and the left becomes the safety track. There is no way to isolate the channels even if you actually use a mono tip-sleeve jack!

I wonder when Canon started introducing this new "secret" function and if they plan to use it as a defacto freebie in their future DSLRs.
Hopefully, other manufacturers will not be copy this wonderful function otherwise makers of mixers for DSLRs will have to follow in juicedlink footsteps.

 

[kandinsky]

Don't have access to any of those cams to try, but this guy seemed to have no issue with his 80d, although some others said they had issue with the mic jack even recognizing their mics, needed a bit of jiggling.

By the way: i connected even two lavelier mics to the canon 80d. Just with a 1 dollar plug. There is this plug with on one side a mini-jack (male) and on the other side two RCA in (female) left and right. Then you need two plugs with RCA male and on the other side of that plug min-jack female. And there you go. You have two audio plugins for two mics. One will record left and the other at the right track. In Post you can level the channels to the middle. A microphone is mono anyway so.. Anyway, also this plug you have to push it firmly into the camera.

Have fun!

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4005477

 

[Bamboopictures]

Thanks for the tip. I'm contemplating buying an 80D to get a convenient unified audio solution.
But I'm worried that Canon may have changed their definition of a 'stereo' mic input and could have started putting the new ports found in the M5/6 in later batches of 80D. All three models claim to have stereo mic inputs in their specsheet.