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davidespinosa · Thursday at 5:56 AM

AlanF said:
I don't click on anonymous links. What's it about?

It's a new video from Ordinary Filmmaker titled "Canon Shocks by giving video shooters key features they demanded".

riker · Thursday at 5:22 AM

I have been begging and crying for a compact ff for years. Now it's here and I can't decide to be happy or sad.
It's the usual - it's too big, too heavy, too expensive.

- 5X(!) the _current_ price of the R50V, it's basically the price of the R6m3
- only 20% smaller than the R6m3 while the R50V is more than 40%(!) smaller than the R50 despite the R50 already being small
- only 100g lighter than the R6m3
- SONY's 33MP and 60MP ff compact is 40% smaller than the R6V!!!!! What is happening here?!?!

OK, maybe I'm looking at it wrong and this is absolutely a cinema camera since it's doing 7K raw and should be compared to C series only and by no means is this a ff compact for photography, any such capability is just a sideeffect...as in C series.
In that case, I need to wait for R8V maybe?

AlanF · Thursday at 5:00 AM

bloblom said:
Don't trust ChatGPT. Gemini and Claude both told me that the R7 Mark II has been released early 2026. They're extrapolating a lot of things from rumor sites. There's no way they would know if production has stopped unless this information is readily available on the internet.

I've seen my posts on CR quoted by ChatGPT so don't believe them! Seriously, those AI sites are very reliable for where there is extensive official information like from governments on tax and law, or for health when they weight info from the Mayo Clinic, NHS, Harvard Med School, John Hopkins etc. But for information on issues like the R7ii, they just trawl the rumour sites because nothing official is out.

AlanF · Thursday at 4:54 AM

MSH411 said:
Saw this today

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

I don't click on anonymous links. What's it about?

mimbu · Thursday at 4:51 AM

David - Sydney said:
Of course the dreaded dynamic range of smaller pixels would raise its head for reviewers.
No free lunch. 45mp is sufficient for most applications with reasonably powerful PCs

More pixels are mostly about flexibility. In good light, you keep the extra detail and cropping room. In lower light, you can downsample, which averages out random noise and improves SNR, giving a cleaner final image, especially in the shadows. So smaller pixels do not automatically mean worse real-world DR. Even if sensor DR does not increase, cleaner shadows can make the final image look like it has more usable dynamic range.

Exploreshootshare · Thursday at 4:30 AM

A new remote? That tiny little detail in this rumor is what might actually interest me

Does anybody use the Canon BR-E1 with the Canon R5? I´d love to hear about your experience. I´m getting tired of using "camera connect" as a remote and I am actively searching for BT option. It would be great if I can find one with a timer or a small display that shows the time in bulb mode. I am open for any suggestions

blobmonster · Thursday at 3:32 AM

As a prime lens user (mainly 35, 85, 20 in that order), the 20-50 f4 L is the first zoom lens to interest me in years.

It would be equally small, and cover 20, 24, 28, 35,50 and with crop factor, ~80. I.e. 99% of my photography in one lens, that potentially doesnt extend crudely at your subject like most other standard zooms.

A 35mm with crop covers 35 and 50 at f1.4/f2 so that would still likely be on my camera most of the time, but the 20-50 might get a lot of use and be perfect for travel and casual shots.

Would be great if you could have a subtle click feedback at e.g. 35mm. Leica used to have a lens with three set focal lengths i.e. not continuous. But if it doesnt extend when zooming, it can be left in position anyway without needing to ...

ISv · Thursday at 1:23 AM

On my way up on the trail I found only the dad and baby White-rump Shama, on the way down got also the mom (and one more time the Dad)+ Red-billed Leiothrix.

ISv · Thursday at 1:17 AM

Noreaster said:
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The Snowy Egret on the first photo is very good photo!

DB-Fotografie · Thursday at 1:09 AM

I am looking forward to the new Firmware. It will be way more than just a bug fix release. Pre Capture will finally be assignable to a button

Noise · Apr 29, 2026

Make Exposure Compensation work in Manual Exposure with Auto ISO.

tattwah · Apr 29, 2026

Speaking about Ordinary Filmaker, unfortunately i cannnot bring myself to like that channel due to the constant clickbait title and putting his face front and center on all the thumbnails of his videos and aso making multiple videos on a single rumors.

Not hating about him as a person tho, just not a fan of his channel.

oten68 · Apr 29, 2026

So this is exactly as the C50 with ibis? Im not seeing the difference except for ibis

David - Sydney · Apr 29, 2026

High mp is a niche and would directly impact processing/ storage bandwidth. Stacking seems to be a solution for rolling shutter but at a significant sensor cost increase.
Of course the dreaded dynamic range of smaller pixels would raise its head for reviewers.
No free lunch. 45mp is sufficient for most applications with reasonably powerful PCs

My AUD0.02
Sony users have been happy to higher mp sensors and pay higher prices for the bodies. In a sense, that is their business model as profitability in lenses is constrained by competition so their bodies need to compensate.
We will never know how profitable Sony’s milc body/lenses are but it must be enough otherwise there would look to offload it

riker · Apr 29, 2026

Even as a Canon owner I was always looking forward to the A7R VI, being the resolution freak I am.

I already put money aside for the rumored 300-600, I'm hoping it will kick ass.

The R6V has to be MUCH cheaper than the R6m3!

ashmadux · Apr 29, 2026

ScreensMatter said:
The 20-50mm could be a very good lens for photography if the price is right. The focal length is useful. Power zoom is an annoyance.

It is hard to feel envious of Sony users, every camera except the A9 III and A1 II is less ergonomically then a clay brick.

20-50mm +f4 = nah. I just cant see the value here.

Noreaster · Apr 29, 2026

Getting back on subject

Noreaster · Apr 29, 2026

I did not know we have ChukarAlectoris chukar in Maine

Baywoof · Apr 29, 2026

67 MP full frame seems to be the threshold resolution that truly is a change from the 45 MP offerings fom both Canon and Nikon. As mentioned, shooting in crop mode could be equal or better than many ASP-C cameras with similar or less resolution. Canon has decided for now to remain in the realm of hybrid video cameras that btw also shoots stills. It is nice to see Sony (and maybe Nikon someday) feature a camera body that are geared to photographers 1st and not part time or full time videographers. Being a "forever" Canon user, I don't have much hope that Canon will change their imaging strategy anytime soon. The May announcement from Sony might change my choice of cameras as well.

Baywoof · Apr 29, 2026

mimbu said:
The gap from 45mp to 61mp was only about a 16% increase in linear resolution. It's not nothing, but it's not huge. But from 45mp to 67mp is now a 22% linear difference, which starts to become quite a thing. With a fast enough sensor, being able to shoot 29.8mp photos in crop mode would also be quite a benefit.

We'll have to wait and see what Sony actually brings to market, and at what price point.

AlanF · Apr 29, 2026

justaCanonuser said:
Oh Lord, won't you buy me an R7 twoohoo (imagine Janis Joplin's whiskey & cigarettes hardened voice...).

Dear Canon, here is my wish list for AF improvements that should come with the Mark II for birders/wildlife shooters:

- Generally: if the AF system detects a spot roughly in bird shape against a blue background, the spot is most likely the object to focus on.

- In addition to these sky background issues, please, train the AI subject recognition (animals) with enough birds-in-flight (BiF) images shot against different skies - from partly cloudy to completely overcast, and with blue skies in different angles relatively to the sun.

- For shooting with really long supertele setups (600+ mm), please implement a sort of "AF focusing start always with infinity" option (or call it "reverse focus search function"). In typical settings when I shoot BiF, and the R7 doesn't get enough contrast (you already can recognize the bird as a washed-out spot in the EVF), the bloody AF system retires to the most narrow focusing distance and then starts to try to re-focus. Even switched my tele lens to 16m minimum distance, I often lose track completely, because any visual information in the EVF is then gone. If the AF would always start at infinity, in such settings I still could see a soft spot in the EVF I can follow until the AF finally succeeds in finding the correct focus distance and can follow the bird. This "AF always resides to narrowest distance" behavior is really annoying! I lost many potentially interesting shots with my R7 because this happened. Another solution would be to implement an option in which you can set a minimum distance digitally (and an option to program this on a camera button), so I could e.g. select 20 or 30m, what also would help much (but I guess this only would work with RF lenses, not with e.g. my EF 600mm f/4.0 III which I currently do not feel forced to upgrade).

Maybe it is the combination of your EF 600mm with the R7 that is the problem. My wife was using the R7 with the RF 100-500mm last week and had no problems. Here are all of her shots. She is no expert BIF photgrapher - she just points in the right direction with settings programmed by me. There is one image by me from last summer - the Swallow in full flight, and they are very difficult to shoot. They are all very small crops, not reduced in size.

toniedzwiedz · Apr 29, 2026

The R5 II is an outstanding camera but I find it really lacking in terms of some creative photography features. Multiple exposure is beyond ridiculous to work with with the format limitations, requirement to stick to one focal length when selecting an existing image for multiple exposure, etc. It's a joke compared to OM System cameras and even my old Canon 90D, which has no problem selecting RAW files, photos taken with a different focal length and outputting a CR3 file with the composite image. Really not a fan of lugging an old DSLR around when I feel like experimenting a little. Looks like all of Canon's mirrorless bodies are similarly limited. This could be changed with a firmware update.

Del Paso · Apr 29, 2026

GirlsAreBeautiful said:
I am not sure which one you are refering to, but I'd also like to have more granular control over what it's displayed on the EVF.

You'll see it when reviewing in camera the picture you've just taken.

mimbu · Apr 29, 2026

amorse said:
While I agree with the sentiment that Canon has a gap in terms of higher-resolution offerings (which I'd also pre-order), Canon doesn't seem worried about that since they've had that gap for a while now and it hasn't impacted their bottom line yet. While I definitely want such a camera from Canon, it definitely appears to be niche enough that Canon doesn't feel inclined to offer something with comparable resolution. Only Canon knows their own philosophy behind that decision, but I wouldn't be shocked if Canon chose not to focus on an image-quality and resolution-first camera when their competitive advantage over other cameras has been more linked to high-resolution burst rate, auto focus, and high-resolution video - things that may matter less to someone who wants resolution and image quality above all else. Why play in the sandbox if there's not a ton of money to be made and your inherent advantages don't matter as much to potential buyers for that product line? It may make more sense to Canon to just let the R5 ii be the offering in that space and accept that it will have less resolution and be less attractive for niche high-resolution uses rather than making something that won't move a ton of units, and may not compare favourably against the competition for that use case. Sucks for those of us who want something like that, but Canon has not been in a rush to play in that space for over a decade now when the 5Ds 5DsR were released, and I don't know why they'd change direction now.

The gap from 45mp to 61mp was only about a 16% increase in linear resolution. It's not nothing, but it's not huge. But from 45mp to 67mp is now a 22% linear difference, which starts to become quite a thing. With a fast enough sensor, being able to shoot 29.8mp photos in crop mode would also be quite a benefit.

We'll have to wait and see what Sony actually brings to market, and at what price point.

mimbu · Apr 29, 2026

Canon Rumors said:
A7R VI
Sony is going to announce the a7R VI, the high resolution model in their line-up. The current A7R V has Sony's 61MP sensor. It's a highly regarded sensor, but it's probably time for a new high-resolution offering.

The last rumor I saw about the sensor said it was going to be 67MP and partially stacked.

FE 100-400mm f/4.5 GM OSS
Sony will also be bringing what looks like a very cool lens in the FE 100-400 f/4.5 GM OSS, there are some leaked images out there, but nothing that really shows us the size, it won't be “small”, but Sony does a good job of size and weight shaving as things go along

They won't be cheap
The A7R VI is going to come in at about €5099, and the FE 100-400mm f/4.5 GM OSS will retail for €4999.

See full article...

The A7R VI is likely to get the 67mp fully stacked sensor that was shown on the leaked sensor roadmap last year. It promises to be a very impressive camera, but we'll have to wait and see. From the leaked slide:

Pricewise, leaks say the 100-400/4.5GM will be around the same price as the 50-150/2GM. I don't know what that is in EUR terms but in USD terms that's around $4000. We'll see. Would expect the lens to weigh less than the Olympus 150-400/4.5 which is around 1.8kg.

I would expect the A7R VI price to come in a bit above the A7R V, but not massively so. The V is $4200, would expect the VI to be $4400 or so. This is Sony's competitor to cameras like the R5 II and the Z8. I would be shocked at a price as high as the one you mentioned in EUR.

We might also get the 16-28/2.0GM lens on May 13 but this is unconfirmed.

Also coming soon (but not May 13) is the FX3 replacement. Likely to get a 16mp or 18mp fully stacked sensor, a version of which was also shown on the same leaked roadmap last year:

And lest anyone wonder if "stacked" just isn't being clear between partially stacked and fully stacked, the IMX820 was also listed on that roadmap. That is the partially stacked sensor in the Z6III and S1II, it was listed as "CoW Stacked". CoW is the new Chip-on-Wafer tech that Sony is using for the partially stacked sensors.

Sony also has an APS-C Global Shutter sensor coming to market soon, capable of 120fps. No idea where that might end up, but could be interesting.

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