I'm a photographer who is not interested in using a mirrorless, full-frame camera for video. I'd like to purchase a photographers only camera. Canon could make the R3M2 for that purpose. Without video capabilities the camera might cost less and not succumb to overheating issues.
Why Not Update the R3 and Make it a Photographers Only Camera?
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Video doesn't affect overheating in still photography, it would hardly save any money building a stills only camera, and such a model would have a smaller customer base. And, if it has fewer customers, it would be more expensive.
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Why is this in the Rumors section and not in the Gear talk section?
Elaborting on @AlanF’s post: DPReview has a recent post: https://www.dpreview.com/opinion/2487492530/why-omitting-video-won-t-make-your-camera-cheaper
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Thanks for the DP link. Yes, I posted this in the incorrect forum, sorry about that.
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While using the camera for video, the cpu is taking light from the sensor, processing color, compressing the file, and writing it to your memory card, all at high speed. The processing creates heat.
There are those who are willing to pay a higher price. An RF 600mm f4 costs, $14,000 US dollars, that's expensive, but Canon made it and photographers buy it.
Hasselblad makes a medium format high resolution camera, people are buying it.
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The first words of my post were "Video doesn't affect overheating in still photography,". In case you have forgotten your original post, you said you wanted it for stills only. So, let me explain it further. If you use the current R3 for stills, you are not using it for video. Therefore, the heat generated in video is irrelevant and not a reason for wanting a stills-only camera.
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We're talking about mirrorless cameras. The only way you can see what the camera sees, either in the EVF or on the rear LCD, is because the CPU is taking light from the sensor, processing color, compressing the [data], and displaying the video feed, all at high speed. A fair amount of the heat from shooting video is writing that video to the memory card(s), and if you're shooting stills then the video being read off the sensor is not written to storage.
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Okay, it will cost more because it would be a boutique product and the manufacturing process would have to change thereby increasing the cost. My thought becomes part of the April 1st wishlist. No problem. Reality checks are welcome.
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