those adapters are reallly really interesting. PL and ND suggest a Seriously video focused camera
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I'd expect 4K with autofocus but with crop. Finally, there will be a lot of people unhappy about the video capabilities, either because of crop, framerate, bitrate, etc... I think it is safe to say, it will be good video but not competing the Cinema EOS
Not-at-all-bold prediction: Canon will not put some racecar sort of spec into a 6-series level camera for $2k.
And remember, the A9 was a technical showhorse and not a working camera. It had a 5 fps mechanical shutter, for the speedier stuff up to 20 fps you needed an e-shutter -- and it was problematic. Not shocked at all that the III generation of the A7 line can deliver top advertised fps through a mechanical shutter.
Bleeding edge performance -- like 1-series performance -- in a mirrorless rig is surely years away. I'm guessing that Canon will build up from the bottom with a 6-series mirrorless and then a 5-series mirrorless of some sort before they ever dream of a 1-series mirrorless setup.
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I'm not convinced the "M" in M.ADAP has anything to do with EOS M mount. It's possible that it's just an EF to EF-R adapter that goes with the new mount, just like the EF to EF-M adapter when the EOS M was released. Perhaps the "sexiness" that was rumored is just the built-in filters.
[First, I'm gonna call the new mount EF-R (though it could be RF, or Henry, or In-Your-Face-Nikon-Z)]*
*If nothing else, Canon won't have to start the "XXX Million EF Lenses Produced" tally over again.
EDIT: Okay, it's probably called RF, if Nokishita is rarely wrong, and that's what they're posting. It's gonna suck to have to start that lens production volume number over again, though...
I can see things like high bitrate and C-log being left out for the higher priced EOS R camera coming out in the future (A7RIII/Z7 competitor). It would be a mistake if Canon did 4K cropping again (looking at you 5D Mark IV, and M50), but the BIGGEST mistake would be for them to disable DPAF when recording in 4K. As much as it would suck, people can live with a crop factor when recording in 4K, but contrast only AF in video is almost unusable.
From everything I read, though, there was nothing especially problematic about the a9's e-shutter. Did you hear differently? It didn't work with flash units, which bummed a lot of people out, but that's all I know.
Understandable to not have a blazing fast e-shutter in a $2K body, but if Canon doesn't put one in their $3,500-$4,000 "5 series-ish" pro body coming next year, I'll be pretty mad
We could bolt EF right on these new bodies.
Agreed - A lot depends on the memory card. Its safe to assume it is not CF. Canon seems to align things with the CF Association that pretty much dropped CFast and moved to CFexpress (that is too new for Canon standards). So SD card it is, UHD-? I think we can safely assume SDexpress is too new too.
I think "RF" may be "recessed flange". The EF mount is on the outside at 44mm, and the new mount is recessed and closer to the sensor. RF lens will extend into the body by 20 mm or so. Just guessing.Looks like there's a sea of opportunities to guess Just from a few abbreviations.
Why would the new mount be revolving? Maybe we'll screw it in and out to get different flange distances?..
I think its the other way around but I could be wrong.The Adaptor for the EOS M is called EF-EOS M adaptor. EF lenses can be adapted onto the EOS M mount
M.ADAP R could then mean M lenses can be adapted onto the R mount.
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i still believe it will take a simple adapter. Canon will not miss out ion the "small body option"
If so, why bother with this filtered adaptor idea?
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It's fun to see plenty of Sony fanboy saying it's 5 years too late and Canon never caught up to Sony.
I'm not a fan boy but isn't competition good for everyone? They are just justifying their purchase.
I sometimes open my EF 100mm completely to f=2.8 to get an extremely short DoF. This can produce nice effects when shooting flowers/plants, if you want a more artistic, painting-like character. Of course, many macro motifs require an as big as possible DoF (or focus stacking), so in most settings a less fast lens would be all you need.