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This product announcement cycle has been one fraught with frustration, mixed messages and confusion across the board. This leads to the unfortunate situation in which yesterday's truths aren't tomorrows.
The Canon EOS R1 development happened on May 15, 2024 as you all know. The Canon EOS R5 Mark II announcement was also supposed to happen that day, with availability of the camera starting in July.
The EOS R5 Mark II has now been pushed back to a July announcement, with availability happening in late August. We have been told that the Canon USA training sessions have also been bumped to August. These happen before major products begin shipping. A delay beyond that would be a surprise, especially now that they have put the camera in more people's hands.
We can only hope that these delays are to ensure there is actually good inventory of the camera when it does eventually launch. We don't think Canon can stress its retail network like Fuji has with the X100VI.
We have also been told new lenses have been bumped as well, but no one we know has any idea when we'll see some lens announcements. Lenses have always been a moving target, and even more so in the last few years. This includes both the Canon RF 35mm f/1.4L USM and RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Z.
We do have the Cinema EOS announcement tomorrow, and we don't think that they can back out of that one at this point. As we have mentioned, Cinema EOS leaks are pretty rare for us.
We do expect Canon to start releasing more official information about the EOS R1 by the middle of this month, which is when Euro 2024 in Germany kicks off.
We have been told that there is another “exciting” EOS R product being announced, and it too has been delayed. We do know that this camera will be equipped with a “version of the EOS R3 sensor”.
As long as it is not a tool your life and work is depending on it, it's fun to see the rumours/news ticking in.
Sit back, grab some snacks and enjoy... 😉
Wooh... that sounds thrilling 😉
Maybe that? Would be cool, even if it was the R6m2 sensor.
But not for the R6m2 price. Put the price in the middle between the R8 and the R6m2 and I'm in, too.
Better late than incomplete though
My native language is not English. I used translation. Sorry for any mistakes.
Sinan from Turkey.
I guess I should be happy I will be saving money for the 35 1.2.
Oh wait 😡
Sobre a lente para vida-selvagem considere uma RF 200-800mm F6.3-9 IS USM ( as R fazem AF com aberturas menores ).
Em relação a sua dúvida sobre lançamentos de máquinas já existem alguns equipamentos registrados portanto as expectativas é que sejam realmente anunciadas e enviadas ainda este ano só não podemos afirmar qual delas serão as privilegiadas.
I still have hope that Canon one day joins the fray with a full-frame compact, travel-focused camera in the same spirit as the M6II or M5....I wouldn't be opposed to them taking heavy inspiration from the AE-1 either. It could create this without a mechanical shutter to help keep costs and size down. It just better not show up to the party with a damn LP-E17 battery!!
Another 24MP camera? Canon is rapidly becoming the "24MP camera company." So long as you do it well . . . it's a niche! Somebody's got to do it with high-quality sensors! There's a substantial slice of the photography market that will be well served by 24MP cameras.
And . . . 24MP won't expose how poorly those $3,000+ lenses actually resolve.
Has anyone else seen the more recent reviews of the original RF lenses with the R5 and R7? Those lenses that everyone thought were AMAZING when originally reviewed using 20MP and 30MP are suddenly not quite resolving up to the level of the R5 and (especially) R7 sensors. That's a problem for Canon. I don't see Canon producing many more bodies in the 45+MP range until they've upgraded a few of the original RF lenses to mk.ii.
Having said that, the digic X in the R8/R6II is a lot more power efficient than the one in the R5/R6/R7. Maybe it can be made even more efficient…
And you must forgot the 18MP Canon days.....It was worse and right now is no where close to the dark age ;p