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The EISA awards came out, and I know everyone was breathlessly waiting to hear about them. So here we are once again. Canon this time did quite well (cheque is in the mail), taking home six awards. Let’s get into the items that one – of course I do find it amusing that Canon one the Professional Camera and Full frame camera categories, and yet the Sony A1 II won the best camera category. Draw your own conclusions or conspiracies on that one – I know I have mine.
Canon EOS R1
The Canon EOS R1 is Canon’s flagship professional mirrorless camera, and the winner of the Professional Camera category. It’s primarily meant to be used by sports and new photographers. The camera has a full-frame stacked CMOS sensor at 24.2 megapixels, with fast read times that will significantly reduce rolling shutter artifacts. The autofocus is arguably the best in class, with the Dual Pixel CMOS AF II covering the whole sensor area. The continuous shooting speed can reach up to 40 frames per second. The EOS R1 also features 6K 60p raw video ability and 4k 120p slow motion video. The EOS R1 also features Canon’s excellent in-body stabilization system supporting 5-axis image stabilization.
The Canon EOS R1 is a worthy successor to the Canon EOS 1DX line.
Be sure to read Joshua and Josh’s take on the R1 in their respective articles Canon EOS R1 Field Report from Antarctica: A Wildlife Photographer’s Perspective and Canon EOS R1: The Best High ISO Performance from a Canon sensor yet.
- 24MP Full-Frame Stacked BSI CMOS
- DIGIC Accelerator + DIGIC X Processing
- Dual Pixel AF with Action Priority
- Improved Eye Control AF
- 6K 60 Raw & 4K 120 10-Bit
- Up to 40 fps
- Pre-Continuous Shoot Mode
- 9.44m-Dot 0.9x EVF, OVF Sim.
- 3.0" 2.1m-Dot Vari-Angle Touch LCD
- Vertical Grip, 2x CFexpress Type B Slots
- Wi-Fi 6E, 2.5G Base-T Wired Ethernet
Canon EOS R5 Mark II
The Canon EOS R5 Mark II is the winner of the full-frame camera category, and the premier “do it everything” professional camera from Canon. As such, it’s no surprise that it won the full frame camera of the year. Having been announced on July 17, 2024, it must have just made the cutoff for this year’s award. The camera sports a brand new 45MP full-frame stacked sensor with improved video and an auto focus system. One unique feature of this camera is the ability to use a cooling grip with the camera to extend video shooting times, giving the R5 Mark II an additional layer of capability not found in most mirrorless cameras.
- 45MP Full-Frame CMOS Sensor
- DIGIC X Image Processor
- 8K30 Raw and 4K120 10-Bit Internal Video
- 400MP In-Camera Files with No Software
- Sensor-Shift 5-Axis Image Stabilization
- 12 fps Mech. Shutter, 20 fps E. Shutter
- Dual Pixel CMOS AF II with 1053 Points
- 3.2" Vari-Angle Touchscreen LCD
- Subject Tracking with Deep Learning
- CFexpress & SD UHS-II Memory Card Slots
Canon Powershot V1
The Canon Powershot V1 was Canon’s first Powershot camera since the PowerShot V10 in 2023, and it was like no other Powershot launched before. A powerful little camera with built-in cooling and a fantastic 16-50 equivalent zoom lens – it was built specially for the vlogging and video crowd. The V1 sports a new, slightly greater than 1″ sensor with 22 Megapixels.
While it may be overkill for the stills photographer, I still want one – because 16-50mm is right in my sweet spot for stills photography. We gave a good rundown of the PowerShot V1 in our PowerShot V1 Preview article.
22.3MP 1.4" CMOS Sensor
16-50mm Equivalent f/2.8-4.5 Lens
Full-Width 4K 30p; 4K 60p with 1.4x Crop
Optical Stabilization; 3-Stop ND Filter
10-bit Recording; Canon Log 3
Active Cooling Extends Shooting Times
Canon RF 50mm F1.4L VCM
The Canon RF 50mm F1.4L VCM won the standard lens category. If there were ever a lens that Canon fans were waiting breathlessly for, it would be the update to the Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM, which was released in June of 1993. Yes, that’s not a typo. We were waiting for this lens forever, and it had joined the unicorn rumor status, and even elevated itself above unicorns.
Featuring Canon’s ultra-quick and quiet VCM (voice coil motor) auto focus motor and fantastic optics, this was a no-brainer lens to win the award, especially when we consider the excellent performance of this lens, even wide open, as we talk about in our Canon RF 50mm f/1.4L VCM MTF analysis.
Key Features
- Bright f/1.4 aperture for shallow DOF
- Linear + VCM focus system
- Aspherical and UD elements for clarity
- Robust L-series design
Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Z
The Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Z was the 70-200mm that many people were waiting for in the Canon RF mount. While the RF 70-200mm F2.8L IS USM was a unique design that was meant to be as compact as possible, many people wanted the inner zoom and inner focus for superior weather sealing and handling of the Canon EF 70-200mm predecessors. I consider this one of the sharpest 70-200 mm lenses ever made and Canon has the MTF’s to back that up.
Canon delivered, with an exceptional lens that works for video as well as stills photography.
Canon ImagePROGRAF PRO-1100 – Photo Accessory Category
The final winner for Canon isn’t a lens or a camera but a printer. We don’t talk much about printers here (but we should!). The ImagePROGRAF PRO-1100 was announced on August 29, 2024, as the successor to the PRO-1000. It offers the ability to print A2+ (17-inch) wide prints with the new LUCIA PRO II pigment ink system. It includes chroma optimizer and enhanced durability for long-term print preservation. It’s designed for photographers, and looks super slick with the red line.
they have to go back to stone tablets to find one worse than that.