This are the reasons i bought a Sony A7RIII to go side by side with my 1Dx mkII....Either Canon just can´t match Sony and Panasonic in video features (in hybrid cameras), or they are playing fools out of ourselves. If they want to piss off people that have invested a huge amount of money in their stuff....well they are hitting the point!
Let´s go see this things in a perspective...
Sony Cameras are on the market for looong time. Mirrorless ones are on the market for loong time. They can offer both solutions. Either better cameras for vídeo, that also make reasonable stills (A7s - series), or they offer great stills cameras with more that reasonable video features (A7rIII). They also launch for the market one fast camera with great video and great stills and tremendous fast for sports/wildlife (A9). They also send to the market a balanced camera with more modest features but still great, the A7III.
And what Canon do??? Launch the EOS R that is a good camera, no doubt on that, but unimpressive if you compare to Sony ones....Then they launch the EOS RP with good price, no doubt on that, but far behind the reality of the mirrorless world... This camera would be AWESOME in....2016!!!!
So.....What the heck! I was "forced" to buy the Sony A7R3 in December 2017 because Canon couldn´t give me an alternative body for the 1dxmkII. At that time they launched the 5ds and 5dsr with fantastic still quality but poor video! (no 4k....WTF???) Then came the 5dmkIV! Good for stills, good for video, but....less that impressive and with a stupid 120fps at...720HD!!!! Really???? Not to mention the lack of the C-log that Canon then give in firmware update! Ohhh by the way.....And what about the 1dx MKII CANON????? Why no C-log update for us?????? Just one more....
So at that time i bought the Sony one. I didn´t want to, i still desire A LOTTT to have 2 Canon bodys, but at that time was just impossible. I am working now with the Sony and the Canon and I am restraining myself of Selling everything that i have from Canon because I do love the 1dx mkII and do love the lenses I have...
Damn it Canon, can´t you jus make a F***king good camera like Sony???
But then....i check the market and i do believe that this new Canon R can be a great camera for guys that don´t care abou video, or non professional ones. And after I see this I do believe Canon want´s to say good bye to professional guys that do both vídeo and stills. No solutions, and the perfect solutions are already in stores with Sony brand on it.....I think i am tiring of waiting for a great solution from Canon....It´s been a more than 2 years wait....