In the case of the R1 it partly depends on what the R3 ends up being: ie is it a 'placeholder' body as some have speculated, meaning that a future R1 would build upon it, and likely be an even better (!) high speed / low MP monster, or is the R3 intended to be the start of an ongoing series, and the R1 something distinguishable from the R3? In which case, the R1 would likely be higher MP than the R, although whether it would be >45MP would be another Q entirely.
The R1 could replace the "3" series entirely and not have a Mark II version. There was no "3" series DSLR camera only film. Canon did have a "5" series film camera. In some places it was marketed the "A2/ A2E". The "3" ended replacing that camera and it also brought E-TTL to the midrange camera for the first time. The previous "5" camera on had TTL & A-TTL flash metering. The EOS 1V was the first "1" series film camera to have E-TTL no other "1" series film camera had this. The Elan 7/ Elan II was the first EOS film camera to have E-TTL flash metering. No other camera at the time supported E-TTL and it also supported High FP or High Speed Sync. The 380EX speedlite was the first E-TTL/ EX speedlite released by Canon.
That's possible - and other posters have suggested that the R3 was part of the original development of the R1, but was not quite at the standard Canon wanted for it's first mirrorless benchmark body under the R1 name. But, I wonder, if that was the case, why they would give it a 'new' designation - as R3? It seems strange to me to use a number like that for a one-off.
The first EOS-1 film camera wouldn't appear until September 1989. 2 years after the launch of the new EOS/ EF Mount system in 1987. In fact Canon's first EOS camera the EOS 650 was only an entry level camera that was released in March of 1987. The mid range EOS 620 wouldn't arrive until May of that year. The EOS 630 was released in April 1989 serving as the de facto top of the line camera. Until the launch of the first EOS-1 in September of that year. The first Ring Type USM lens lens was released in November 1987 allowing for high speed AF. That lens was the EF 300mm F/2.8L USM lens. This lens had Manual Focus Override setup differently. This lens didn't have a normal clutch override system. It used an electronic focus ring like STM lenses and Nano USM lenses use. This system is quite slow by modern standards.
Canon may have decided that when they combined the 1D and 1Ds lines into a single 1D X, they made a mistake and with the R series it’s time to return to having two gripped/pro bodies. If so, the R3 is the ‘fast’ 1D in that analogy, which would make the R1 the ‘high res’ 1Ds.
Thanks. I did not remember this rumor. Unfortunately it’s now over a year old and no announcement of a lens or lenses that were supposed to be undergoing field tests.
There's a lot of moving parts here:
From a competitor perspective, the Z9 handles 1/200s flash sync (HSS above that)... but the manual mentions 1/250s as well so it isn't clear to me if NIkon improved it in a later firmware update as 1/200s is mentioned in the initial reviews. That shouldn't be possible given it is the sensor readout speed that determines it
It was certainly the case in the past where the flagships weren't high megapixel but we can't say that of the A1 (50mp)/Z9/Z8 (45mp) now. Yes, the A7Rv has 61mp and was released 7 months ago and the A1 2 years before that. The sensor resolution expectation for the R1 is derived by its competition and that the R3 isn't high megapixel but is also not seen as Canon's flagship
Canon doesn't offer Automatic High Speed Sync selection. High Speed Sync must be manually enabled via the speedlite control menu if the speedlite was released from 2008-present. Or must be enabled on the speedlite itself if the speedlite was released prior to 2008. Canon also supports speedlites using Intermittent Flash Firing for AF Assist as needed. The speedlite can emit a High Speed Sync type pulse of light long enough for the camera to lock focus in low light. Some speedlites offer both "Infrared" and Intermittent Flash Firing. Canon has 2 speedlites that have an LED AF Assist Beam. Those are the EL-5 and the discontinued 320EX. The EL-5 supports automatic brightness adjustment of the LED AF Assist on the R6 Mark II, R8 & R50. Older multi interface shoe cameras such as the R3, R7 & R10 only support full output. The speedlite can only provide a bright LED light for AF Assist. If its too dark the speedlite automatically switches to Intermittent Flash Firing. Nikon sadly doesn't have a speedlite that has an LED AF Assist yet. Nikon is relying on the body lamp for that. Canon dropped the body lamp on DSLRs in 2003 with the 10D. Canon's APS-C DSLR cameras utilize the built in flash for AF Assist using Intermittent Flash Firing.
The banding on my R5 under indoor lighting means that eshutter is basically useless for that use case. Improvements in a R1 wouldn't entice me to upgrade though. I do wonder how well the Z9/Z8 performs though
Not even a full 90 degrees is needed. But that’s not the point. It’s a step back from DSLRs. Even the bottom of the line DSLRs has a center cross-type AF point.Change to portrait orientation??
The megapixel wars have come to flagship cameras now. Sony brought out a new flagship the "A1". In the original Minolta A Mount system the "9" series was the flagship. When Sony acquired the Minolta "A" Mount they kept the "9" series flagship with DSLR/ DSLT cameras. It wasn't until recently that Sony made the "1" series the flagship camera.
Why should that be the case? The resolution expectation should be driven by the needs of the target market. Hint: there’s likely not much real overlap between the target markets for different brands’ flagship cameras.
Sony and Nikon released higher MP flagships. If Canon does so, it’ll be because the target market – mainly owners of the 1D X II and III – want that, not because Sony and Nikon have it.
It took Nikon years to recover after AF SLRs were released. I think it may take years for them to recover after the release of the Z Mount system. There were all sorts of problems when they released there first cameras. AWB, Auto Exposure and other stuff that we've had for years suddenly didn't work anymore. Nikon's live view AF in their DSLRs were quite slow and nowhere near Canon's level. Since Canon had great live view AF system they just transferred it to the EOS R series. Since it was great and working well. Canon didn't have any sort of problems that Nikon faced in the early days or mirrorless.
