On March 29, 2024, Canon registered two new cameras for WiFi and Bluetooth approval with a government agency. This falls nicely into the late April – May announcements coming from Canon.
The cameras registered carry the model codes DS126922 and DS126928. We reported about the registration of DS126922 back in early February. There was also a cinema camera with the model number ID0179 registered in early February, so that is now 3 unreleased cameras now registered.
Canon DS126922
Canon DS126928
The two most obvious cameras at this point are the Canon EOS R5 Mark II and the Canon EOS R1. Both of which we expect to be announced in some way by about mid May.
As previously mentioned, we expect the Canon EOS R5 Mark II to be officially announced alongside a development announcement for the Canon EOS R1. The EOS R5 Mark II will begin shipping this July, with the EOS R1 coming to store shelves in Q4.
Source: Weibo
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Different camera, that was the ID0179
Does anyone make WiFi 6 capable cameras? There's probably a reason...... but I'm not an engineer.
- WiFi 6: can use either the 2.4GHz or the 5Hz band, signal uses QAM1024 and WPA3 for security
- WiFi 6E: can use either the 2.4GHz, 5Hz or the 6GHz band, signal uses QAM1024 and WPA3 for security
- WiFi 7: can use all the bands simultaneously
Canon already supports WPA3 on the R8, but not QAM1024, so it's not WiFi6 capable, but a future R50II could very well be. Still on just the overcrowded 2.4GHz band that flakes out every time you heat up a poptart in the microwave.Access points that use the 6GHz band are coming down in price, but are still mostly 'gaming' or 'enterprise' focussed, so still very niche. My wish for camera companies to be ahead of the curve is mostly to be ahead of overcrowding, being the only laptop to connect to the hotel 5GHz network was very nice for a few years :)
I appreciate the information, now I actually get it. Standardisation logic is the best!
The production hardware comes before the production firmware.
R1 will be 'dev announce' send stock to pros/agencies for olympics, then open general sales later in the year. The difference could be just the supply chain/marketing strategy.
Brian