A Canon EOS R1 Roundup, and a few more things

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It has been a pretty busy 48 hours with Canon EOS R1 rumors and speculation, so we'd figure we'd give a bit of a rundown on what has occurred over the last couple of days.

Canon EOS R1 Specifications

  • 24mp CMOS BSI Stacked Sensor
  • Readout of about 2ms (Claimed)
  • Quad Pixel Autofocus
  • Intelligent AF tracking, it can track a specific target and ignore everything else.
  • 16-bit Mechanical Shutter
  • 14-bit Electronic Shutter
  • 6K RAW at 120fps
  • Dual CFexpress Type B Card Slots
  • Compatible with CFexpress 4.0 Standard
  • USB-4 Port
  • Full Size HDMI Port
  • Eye Control AF II
  • $6499 USD (though this isn't locked in as of yet)

Canon EOS R1 in the field

Canon Rumors forum member f2_productions went above and beyond looking at some of the physical differences between the EOS R1 and EOS R3. Some things are the same, but there are a lot small tweaks to the layout and apparent functionality of the camera.

  • There is a normal 3-axis flippy screen
  • There is a new M-Fn3 button on the top left (below the menu button)
  • There are four playback buttons below the display: playback, magnifying glass, dustbin, rating button
  • There is a LAN indicator light
  • An odd window on the back of the camera.
  • The INFO button now is built into the vertical grip as well.
  • The Viewfinder is a lot bigger than the EOS R3. The EOS R3 EVF is 5,760,000, the EVF on the EOS R1 looks like it could get has high as 10,000,000 dots.
  • The Joysticks and AF Smart Control are included, as we already know.
  • The multi-shoe has a locking cap.
  • The memory card door has a lock.
  • The EOS R1 is far bigger than the EOS R3.
  • A mounting lug on the bottom of the camera for a wrist strap.
  • Battery Percentage on the top LCD, not just the bars we have seen on other Canon cameras.
  • The top button layout is the same as on the R3, with an added White Balance Button
  • On the top are also two new symbols near the M-Fn button and the LCD-light button in a blueish colour: according to Tony Northrup the gas-station-like Symbol is the FTP-Symbol which indicates a dedicated button for wireless transmission. The other one shows a crop-symbol which might be a sign for a integrated teleconverter
  • The ON-OFF switch on the side, is for controlling the vertical grip functions and was used on previous 1D-series Cameras, but is not built into the EOS R3.
  • The card slot seems just a little bigger than on the R3 to fit Dual CFexpress Type B cards.
  • The bottom shows us an HDMI logo, so it features full HDMI.
  • A diopter control is also built into the viewfinder.
  • The mode-switch is the same as on the EOS R3 and EOS R5.
  • Overall is the camera bigger, but especially thicker than the EOS R3, that also improves the ergonomics.

Go to discussion...

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  4. Really good ergonomic choices made — most notably, there is now a bar to fasten your strap to on the underside of the camera. Much better positioning if you go back and forth between between portrait and landscape, and it also keeps the lens down instead of sticking out.

    Dedicated white balance button is really nice for video.

    Locking hotshoe and battery door covers are also extremely welcome.
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  5. Really good ergonomic choices made — most notably, there is now a bar to fasten your strap to on the underside of the camera. Much better positioning if you go back and forth between between portrait and landscape, and it also keeps the lens down instead of sticking out.

    Dedicated white balance button is really nice for video.

    Locking hotshoe and battery door covers are also extremely welcome.

    As always, the 1 series is refine, refine, refine.

    I have asked if we can see the back of the camera, even if it's potato.
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  6. We expect the internet sleuths to figure out everything about the camera by the images alone.

    All right... checking the bottom sticker you can see a mention of HDMI. Looking at the bottoms (with consent) of both R5 and R3, that is not seen. Normal sized HDMI confirmed!

    Also, the DS code is not any of the leaked codes, but that can be country-based.

    Also again, by checking camera bottoms it made me realize that the R3 doesn't have a metal bar for straps on the vertical grip, what the duck, Canon?
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  7. Also, the DS code is not any of the leaked codes, but that can be country-based.
    Yeah, noticed that too. DS126925 - I think it looks like, it isn't really clear.
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  13. Really good ergonomic choices made — most notably, there is now a bar to fasten your strap to on the underside of the camera. Much better positioning if you go back and forth between between portrait and landscape, and it also keeps the lens down instead of sticking out.

    Dedicated white balance button is really nice for video.

    Locking hotshoe and battery door covers are also extremely welcome.
    Hopefully you can change white balance while recording like the cinema cameras. One of the many reason why i hate using dslrs or mirrorless after using a cinema camera.
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  14. Yeah, noticed that too. DS126925 - I think it looks like, it isn't really clear.
    I checked that and came back with this, "The product registered with the ID DS126925 is Aldehyde Dehydrogenase, Yeast. It’s a biochemical research/analysis product by MilliporeSigma"
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  16. I checked that and came back with this, "The product registered with the ID DS126925 is Aldehyde Dehydrogenase, Yeast. It’s a biochemical research/analysis product by MilliporeSigma"
    Time to spread the factual information that the R1 is actually made by Sigma. It comes with a Foveon sensor.
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  17. there is now a bar to fasten your strap to on the underside of the camera.
    This has always been an EOS 1 feature - to allow the Hand Strap E1 to be used.
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  19. Canon finally put a battery percentage on the LCD. I have only wanted that for about 15 years.
    The R3 has one but it is not exactly a percentage.
    It looks like a percentage but it is 4 stages Hi, low, in between, and reserve power.
    People mistakenly think reserve power means the battery is 1/4 full.
    Why Canon did it that way is a mystery.
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