I reported last week that an EOS R cinema camera would be coming in the future. I have now confirmed this to be true, and we should expect an announcement in late 2021 with availability in early 2022.
The camera, which we are calling the EOS R5c will be equipped with the same image sensor as the EOS R5 and will have all of the same recording options.
The big news? It will be a slightly bigger body with active cooling and it will also remain a hybrid camera for stills shooting.
The EOS R5c will also come with C-Log 2.
More to come…
Canon will continue to take back more lost ground from Sony.
CLOG 2 is great news for dynamic range fans as well.
A bunch of video features are being added to the next firmware. Cooling.... we'll see if they can improve it some more.
If the "physical" design of the camera is creating "heat", a software may reduce slightly the speed of the phenoma but not stop it.
Sad for sure.
Right tool for the job, if the new Camera better suit for your needs buy that and be happy but I think calling one of the best selling Cameras on the market a mistake is just trolling.
BTW, I have not had a single overheating issue with my R5 or my R6 because I know what it is capable of and work with what I have.
In the UK the R5 is £4200 and the C70 is £4800 so cost wise the R5c has to come in between and will hurt sales of both.
R5c = full frame, 8K, down sampled 4K HQ
C70 = DGO, codecs, XLR audio features, ND's, DR.
Will be a tough call between those two
If I had to pick two features, it would be some sort of XLR module or mini XLRs on body and a timecode port (like the S1H).
This new variant will cost way more though, the previous rumour suggested ND filters, that probably sounds too good to be true, to keep it working as a "full-on" hybrid camera it will have the mechanical shutter and IBIS retained (just like the Sony FX3).
I wonder if they are going to "unlock" the 5.1k60P internal RAW recording in the 1.6x crop mode as well or keep it at 8K only, as it is just an artificial limitation on the R5, the 1DX III can handle it with the same processor and memory card interface. Although AF is disabled on the 1DX III in 5.5k60p or 4k60p FF mode, while DPAF is fully operational on the R6 in the almost FF 4k60p mode, maybe even Canon is getting confused about which camera can do this and that :)