Summary:
* Cameras cost money.
* Nobody else gonna buy you a camera.
(not the government, CEO, shareholders, copier division, or other customers)

Therefore:
You gonna have to buy you a camera.

Report from DPR:

cp-2023-canon-interview-it-s-our-mission-to-make-any-camera-system-easier-operate

On 3rd party lenses:

We often hear from readers who say they like Canon mirrorless cameras but want a wider selection of lenses, including third party options. How will Canon appeal to these users?​

Whenever a third party presents a request to us, we’ll consider it, based on our business strategy. In fact, we have been communicating with some outside companies, and you may already be aware that here at CP+, Cosina has announced that they will be creating RF lenses of their own.

On the M series:

What do APS-C cameras in RF-mount mean for the future of the EF-M system?​

The concept of the R50 is to be compact and light. If we look at the M system, the mount itself is small, therefore the structure is even smaller and lighter.

There are customers who wish to have their camera smaller and lighter, and that demand is still strong. As long as these demands persist in the market, we will continue to support and intend to continue the M system.

glongstaff said:

Shoot in Latvia

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I love the use of the sunglasses in addition to black and white here. The frames of the glasses really pop!
-Caia
Wedding Photographer Nashville

JustUs7 said:

I finally succumbed to the gas. Received my R6II yesterday. Just in time to experiment a bit before Spring Break to the Smoky Mountains. Have yet to click the shutter. Work is too busy. Feels much more substantial than my RP. The BBF is a bit more of a thumb stretch. I got a decent deal for a brand new unit through Canon Price Watch and their street price.

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I've always switched the function of the 'AF-ON' button and the 'AE-L' [*] button on all of my Canon bodies that have both so that the thumb stretch to use back button AF is less.

Well, I suppose they've been working on the RF mount probably for years now, so I'd say yes.

AndyFranklin said:

It's part of a sculpture that I don't remember the name. It had this multitude of wires that created these patterns.

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Thanks for solving that riddle for me

becceric said:

I decided to return to the car for the 100-400 and enjoy the snow covered trees.

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Twas a good idea

Graeme said:

Title says it all really. R7 is a good seller so makes sense to maintain that momentum with some solid firmware support.

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The R5 is almost 3 years old and lacks many of the AF features that are included in more recently developed Canon cameras like the R7. So, the R5 firmware update will likely give the R5 the same AF features that the R7 already has. The R7 is 9 months old. What new features do you think Canon has developed in that time?

neuroanatomist said:

One of the great things about using the EF 11-24 on an R body is the drop-in filter adapter. To me, that’s more useful than an extra millimeter on the wide end.

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Absolutely, it’s almost essential for landscape use.

What is the actual question?

"Will Canon release a version of R5 scaled down in size for users with small hands, keeping its great UI otherwise intact?"
"Will Canon release a compact RF-mount camera with a 8K FF sensor, even with a worse viewfinder and control layout?"
"Will Canon release any compact RF-mount camera?"

The "Line Hinsch" is a museum and restaurant ship in Fishing Harbour
Haven't been there for dinner, so no recommendation

vjlex said:

Can't wait till this leaves the front page and makes my heart stop skipping a beat every time because I keep thinking it's about the R5...

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Yea, I keep hoping to see a firmware release for the R3 adding major things too.

neuroanatomist said:

I’ve never seen it try both. But I only rarely shoot in very dim light.

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I asked my friend and she's never seen the body fire then it switch to the speedlite. She regularly shoots in low light for crime scene photography and she does part time wedding photography with her mom. My friend started out with the R6 and didn't like it. Then moved to the R5 & recently got the R6 II. She ended up giving the original R6 to her mom when the image sensor went out in her original 6D. Her mom has the original R6 and she's seen the camera switch between body lamp and speedlite. She has either donated or sold her old gear mainly lenses. Her mom ended up keeping her old 600EX-RT & 580EX Mark II and got an EL-1. Her daughter ended up with the 550EX. I ended up with her old EF 85mm F/1.8 USM, EF 50mm F/1.8 STM lens and the 470EX-AI speedlite. I already own the 600EX II-RT and that's enough for me. I mainly use on camera bounce flash no wireless off camera slave flashes. This all started as a hobby and still is for me.

That looks like 1/4" - 20 tpi threads, knobs are available at every hardware store (U.S.A.).

1.0.2.1 still showing on Canon USA and Japan. Nothing newer yet.

m4ndr4ke said:

The R6 doesn't have the ability to save and restore settings to/from SD card, unfortunately. I think they only added that to the R3 and R5. So it would take a ton of work to setup the entire camera again.

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I didn't realise that - I hope they've added the feature to the R6ii.

Tom Raymond said:

Porsche "used to make only a few cars models". There are now twenty three variations of the iconic 911, then there are several variations each of the Macan, Cayenne, Panamera, Cayman, Boxster, and Taycan. Perhaps Audi owners should own Canon cameras. They make the R8, RS3, RS5, RS7

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That way they can use the same model camera when their car is in the shop.

Kit. said:

3000 lp/mm is, of course, impossible for a dry lens and visible wavelength light.

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As @neuroanatomist writes, be careful in saying impossible. Using the standard formula (10^6)/(f/#)×λ) for the cut-off frequency for resolution in lp/mm and the wavelength λ of 520nm usually used in the calculation, an f/0.95 lens has a theoretical diffraction-limited resolution of 2025 lp/mm.
According to Wikipedia, there are the following lenses:

• GOI CV 20mm f/0.5 Mirror lens (2.9 mm image diameter, 1948; design and glass types used are well documented for anyone wanting to build their own
• Signal Corps Engineering 33mm f/0.6[12]
• GOI Iskra-3 72mm f/0.65 Mirror lens

which give theoretical diffraction limited resolutions of 3848, 3206 and 2960 lp/mm respectively. Zeiss made as a macho joke an f/0.33 40mm lens, which could have given a resolution of 5800 lp/mm. If the Military needs a 3000 lp/mm resolution lens, they will make one. I wonder what was carried by the shot down Chinese "weather balloon"? A 3000 lp/mm resolution lens may have been there...

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I remain flabbergasted that Canon has 'relegated' the M format to the dustbin. It does not make sense to me.

And their M-related comments in the posted link above don't really make any sense either, when combined with the lack of activity as far as new (M) products are concerned.

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Why are new models - cameras or lenses - necessary to avoid the conclusion Canon has relegated the M system to the dustbin?

It seems to me the M system was designed from the beginning with small size and low weight as a key requirment. Canon has never released a range of "premium" fast lenses for the system to compete with the options available for other APS-C systems (particularly Fuji's). I can therefore imagine the M system being purchased by people who want a decent little camera but are not seriously into photography in the way many CR members are, so I can see that group not being quick to upgrade equipment if their existing equipment is still working fine. I can also imagine the M system being purchased by people who are seriously into photography and have the large, heavy, gear, but want a small second system for occasions when small size and low weight have to take priority. Since the M gear is a secondary system for those people, again I do not know how quick that group would be to upgrade (or to buy larger, heavier "premium" M lenses - they would have their primary system for those sorts of lenses). I do not know if those two groups are the primary buyers for the M system or if I am correct about the buying habits of those groups (and of course there would always be some people who would have different buying habits), but I can imagine it might be the case, and if it is the case then I can imagine Canon not seeing a need to update M models wtih the same frequency that models in their RF system (and previously EF system). If the M system already does it what it needs to do for the target market, releasing new models may not have much impact on Canon's sales/profit, so it would make sense for Canon to use its resources to design gear for other things such as the RF system.

All speculation on my part, but I just don't think Canon's failure to release new M gear for a while necessarily has to mean Canon has abandoned the M system.

On the other hand, if Canon has abandoned the M system, my guess is it will be because Canon sees the M system as being another victim of the camera phone as camera phones continue to improve. If camera phones are good enough that an APS-C system the size of the M gear doesn't offer enough advantages to entice buyers, that's it for the M system. And for example, I see Neuro saying in a post above that he is thinking he might take his camera phone and an R8 on an upcoming trip and leave his M gear at home. That's only one person, of course, but maybe we are seeing the M system falling victim to the phone camera. If that's the case, Canon might as well leave the existing M gear on the market for a bit longer if it still making some sales, but obviously Canon wouldn't be devoting resources to new M product.

My main takeaway is that you have a really good eye and a beautiful yard :-D And are very good natured to go make such an excellent comparison.

The Tamron might be the most pleasant, with the other two giving very slightly the "glass bubble" effect that normally I don't like but you use to good effect here. Tamron has a softer edge even if perhaps with a color tint. But I also think the bubble edges go away at f/2 or so, so the lens designer is actually giving you your choice of looks. By the way the 100 Macro's spherical aberration control can give you your choice of glass bubbles in front, or behind, your subject. I haven't done much with it. RF seems to have the best CA (the wires of the lamp's cage are more nearly the same color in front of and behind focus, while the other two are distinctly green and purple).

I've written elsewhere (maybe in this thread actually!) that makers can make the 50s either in a plain old cheap unsharp compact double-Gauss, or go with a much bigger, sharper, more expensive modern design. Canon's done the former with the 1.8 and latter with the 1.2, which seems like a reasonable mix. I think they should also make a few $10,000 50/0.7's as sort of a halo model.

salimedwardo said:

Is it from old 6D2 or Rp?

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One the other Sony shills already asked that. You must have been late getting that script.

The 6D Mark II and EOS RP had 26 MP sensors, not 24 MP sensors.

The only 24MP FF sensor Canon has ever put in a camera is the one in the EOS R3.

turnaround said:

Good morning eoskai. Can you tell me in what store you found this RF 135mm f/1.8?

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This was at YM Camera in Boardman, Ohio.

I am hoping that the rumors of a major R5 firmware update in the near future makes it more likely that the R3 will get some or all of the new features that we have been writing about in this thread. Fingers crossed, but of course nobody knows except for the people involved with these matters

mb66energy said:

A C50 would be close to the Rollei 2000 cube design in terms of size and price

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I am kind of hoping the C50 would be a smaller C70 with the mult-function shoe instead of built-in mini XLR.
This box camera has the XLR built into the handle which would be fine with the C50 as well.