Canon's 2019 roadmap is not yet clear for us on the camera side of things, but the lens side of things seems to be coming into focus (I see what I did there).
Canon has said themselves that no new EF lenses would be coming in 2019, but we do expect at least one EF-M lens and a few new RF lenses. Canon mentioned at the EOS R announcement that they're working a series of f/2.8 zoom lenses, which is likely the “holy trinity”.
We're told that we can expect up to 7 new RF lenses being announced in 2019, though a few may not begin shipping until early 2020.
Rumoured RF lenses for 2019:
- RF 16-35mm f/2.8L (or similar)
- RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS (or similar)
- RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS (or similar)
- RF 105mm f/1.4L
- RF 85mm f/1.8 IS STM
- RF Macro lens
- RF non-L kit lens
A wide-angle prime lens is also currently in development, but this source did say that it wasn't part of the 2019 roadmap, but that can always change when it comes to lenses.
A non-L kit lens for the EOS R is likely in the pipeline as well. We would expect that to be announced alongside an entry-level EOS R body, which we think is arriving in the first half of 2019.
Some good news? We're told that Canon is planning to release at least 15 new RF lenses over the next 30-36 months.
I do hope Canon plays with things a bit, something like 12-24, 20-70, and 70-240, or slightly faster apertures. Or, if they do recreate the existing holy trinity that they are noticeably smaller/lighter.
And of course, low activity on EF or F mount cameras is likely to have existing customers feel, well, sort of like Sony's A-mount customers did while Sony was spending nearly all their time on E/FE-Mount stuff. It will be interesting how they negotiate the two systems, or really in Canon's case, four different EOS mounts.
35mm SLR's came out around the 1960's, I still have a Canon FT. Medium format TLR's were in use before that, but DSLR's 104 years ago?
human age..... time left... get it?
Too bad one can't down-vote a post...
bingo... how did you figure that out. :)
maybe because D stands for DIGITAL and around 1914 there was not much digital stuff around?
figure of speech and such stuff is unkown to some i guess.
For Jan-Oct 2018, 62% of all ILCs shipped were DSLRs. Compared to the same period in 2017, DSLR sales dropped ~10%...and MILC sales were completely flat, no increase at all in MILC shipments year-over-year. For those claiming that MILCs are a growth market, that’s a real facepalm.
This is a question that isn't being asked by many photographers in the real world. Most use the gear they already have. We have to be careful that this forum doesn't become a canon mirror-
less niche /sect.
The wind has been blowing in this direction for a long time. Finally Canon is raising the sails.