Still selling for launch price here in Norway which is 58984 NOK (5587 USD). Would be easier to stomach a purchase if we at least could get a $300 price reduction like in the US.
Funnily the kit lens combo is an even worse deal, retailing at 75388 NOK (7141 USD) compared to 5099 USD (53828 NOK) in the US. You will save a total of 585 NOK (55 USD) if you purchase the bundle provided you want that lens.. just a lousy 3.5% reduction of the retail price of the lens.
Furthermore the US got a price reduction before we even had any availability to talk about here.

I have the R3 and R6ii, as well as an RF 100-300 F2.8. I previously had the R5.
While I really enjoy the colors and lots light performance of the R3, its 24MP have often limited cropping.
For those of you with the R3 and R5ii and a wildlife photography focus, how do you find the two compare? Is one far better in terms of autofocus/tracking? Do you notice a big low light performance difference? I do a fair amount of shooting in forest cover and dawn/dusk. Battery life?
I prefer smaller body size for travel, even when paired with heavy lenses.
I have longer lenses in the Z system so not looking to get more reach via longer Canon RF lenses.
I only shoot stills, so video is not a factor in my decision.

Next week we're going to see the Canon RF 20mm f/1.4L VCM officially announced, the fourth lens in the VCM series of L prime lenses.

We have been told by a solid source that Canon has advanced plans for 3 more VCM L prime lenses to complete the series of hybrid prime lenses.

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Since I started using mirrorless cameras, I've been having long-term issues with the viewfinder glass: it gets unsightly little scratches.

What can be done to prevent this (besides only using the camera in a cleanroom)? What do you do for protection?

Currently, I have the R3s, and as with the Rs, R5s, R6s before, there are already slight scratches present. Can these be somewhat removed with a plastic polish (similar to what is used for watch glasses), or is the surface coated in a way that polishing it will just make it worse by removing the coating in the center?

Or is it easy to just remove and replace the glass? I don't want to pay several hundred euros/dollars to have the entire viewfinder replaced, only for a clean plastic.

Since the new R1 is just being unboxed, what can be done to better protect it in the future? Similar to the screen glass, a glass film or at least a protective film like before? Or does that interfere with the viewfinder? Do you have any experience with that?

There have been rumors about a Fujifilm GFX100RF for a long while now, and it looks like we'll see the camera announced this week, and everything about it has leaked out via retail channels jumping the gun.

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We have learned from multiple sources that Canon will launch a new VCM L lens later this month. For the moment, we can't go into great detail, but it will be very well received from the Canon universe.

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Canon has released new firmware for both the Canon EOS R1 and Canon EOS R5 Mark II

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Hello fellow rumor members,

I want to ask for some opinions on CPL for the 24-105Z lens. I’m going to travel in the next month to a very sunny seaside town. Which brand and size do you guys use?

I’ve Sigma Protective 82mm on the lens front, and am looking at Kase Revolution Magnetic or Sigma WR CPL 82mm at the moment, but worry it would be vignetted at 24mm stacking them both. That worries me, hope someone who has already stacked filters on the Z could chime in.

Thank you!

One of the most anticipated cameras is the Canon EOS R6 Mark III. The EOS R6 Mark II is the bestselling full-frame camera in the Canon lineup, so a replacement needs to come sooner than later.

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A lot of photographers and videographers are eagerly awaiting the global launch of the Canon PowerShot V1. The first "real" PowerShot camera in 5 years. Canon has continued to sell the PowerShot G7 X Mark III and PowerShot SX740 HS, likely to their surprise.

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Greetings, new here, but have been a Canon fan for decades.
Currently own and still use:
Canon F-1n, EOS A2e, and the 5DMIV
I also have some non Canons that will not be mentioned here ;P

Looking to delve into FF mirrorless - I dusted off my a6000, which I picked up when it was released to delve into the mirrorless world. It’s a fine cropped sensor camera, but never really considered Sony any further - as the interface just felt clunky to me.

Fast forward to 2025. I’m now looking at diving fully into FF mirrorless with the R5 to replace my 5D - but also looking for a fun, light, casual camera body. I’ve narrowed it down to a (dare i say) Sony 7CR. I would really love for Canon to have something similar but I just don’t see anything.

I figured I’d post this here in the event that there may be some knowledge regarding Canon exploring a FF system like this. I looked at the RP, but it was still a little too large for pocketing, and am hesitant to use as a travel camera from reviews on poor battery life.

Photography would be the main use for me, video is bonus.

It looks like we're going to have a big day later this month. Canon is going to announce two new cameras along with the global announcement of the Canon PowerShot V1.

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As primarily a landscape photographer, the R5 is an excellent body. Any idea if a higher resolution R5 will ever be created for landscape photographers? Or is there just not enough demand? Thanks for your thoughts.

Over the past 2 days I have been doing some media day pictures for a local high school. My R5M2 has randomly reset the time/date settings 2 times while powering up. Anyone else having this issue? It is on the latest firmware.

It looks like 2025 is going to be a big product launch year for Canon, especially for the APS-C line of cameras. We're going to get the Canon EOS R50 V and Canon EOS RV sometime soon. We're also expecting an updated Canon EOS R7 later this year.

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Just a short info for users of EF version of the current 600mm f/4 (Mk III in EF mount): if you want to update the firmware of that lens (currently 1.1.3), better use a current R system camera + adapter. Updating worked flawlessly with my R7.

Problem with a 5D4, and this may happen with other older (or all?) EF mount DSLRs: I tried to update the lens firmware with my 5D4 several times. Every time when I clicked on the lens firmware shown in the menu, its display immediately went black, top screen showed "err" and it needed a reset by removing the battery (fortunately the firmware updating of the lens did not start yet). I did follow exactly Canon's update manual, to prepare it I re-formatted a card in the camera before I copied the new lens firmware on it on my MacBook, and my 5D4 has the latest firmware (1.4.0) installed.

With the talk of a RETRO Canon camera body, I think about those who are for this or opposed to the idea and what age bracket they might fall into. One side of me says that the people interested in an AE-1 Retro-style camera might skew to the older crowd that used an AE-1. Another thought is that your generation loves the look and would be behind this.

I want to start a poll to see where the age group lies.

TLDR; Canon is Doomed.

A Drift day at my local track was a whole lot of fun. All photos shot with an R3 and 100-500.

Canon recently announced that its products won at the annual iF awards for the year 2025. Canon won both design awards and a gold award. This is the 31st consecutive year that Canon has won these awards. While the camera gear that won was interesting, it was not that surprising; what I found interesting was the semiconductor equipment winning the gold award.

Canon sat down with Petapixel, and the conversation came up about the R1. Will users who want more than 24MP on the flagship get their wish?

OpticalLimits is one of my favorite lens reviewers, going all the way back to when it was named photozone.de. Recently, they completed their review of the Canon RF 28-70mm F2.8 IS STM.

My summary: It's not often I pull out the bad sample card.... but maybe?

It seems that someone snagged a photo of a future Canon camera, with the identifier of EOS RV. It's a compact camera looking to have a similar frame as the PowerShot V1.

It looks like Canon is making 3D photography more accessible with a new app that uses the Cannn EOS R5 with regular lenses.

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