EF flange distance = 44.00mm
RF flange distance = 20.00mm
Now I don't have a PhD in Mathematics or a degree in optical lens design, but 20mm is ~54% shorter than 44mm. If that's "marginally shorter" to you, then very well. Regardless, I'd take Canon's engineers' word for saying that RF has enabled them to make lenses that are smaller/faster/optically superior than their EF counterparts.
Wait, I thought there was just one announcement a few months ago, the rest is rumours.
20mp is too little by modern standards. I guess most landscape photographers would disagree.
20mp with good low light performance can be good for astroscapes, but it's a niche sub-genre.
Currently it's impossible. Guess why...
It's the camera from 2012. It had a very decent megapixel count at the time.
What I'm saying is among modern cameras, 20 megapixels don't make a great deal for landscapes.
Why? They aren't going to change their specs based on a Sony announcement. They couldn't even if they wanted to, but I'm sure they don't want to. Besides, Canon has known what the Sony specs are for months anyway.
Sure, I get that. But the OP specifically mentioned Sony specs "...awaiting the possible Sony A7 4 specs before announcing the R6..." I was wondering why someone would think they cared about seeing the Sony specs, since I'm sure they already know them and can't do anything about them at this point anyway. Perhaps I was being too literal with the OP's post.Historically, Canon has almost always preferred to let the competition make an announcement first, and then try to steal their thunder a few days later. It's not about changing specs, it's about marketing and keeping their products on the forefront of buyers' minds on a camera's release date.
Good in low light / low noise is what I would be looking for in the R6 i.e. good dynamic range.
There's still a lot of great work being done with 20 MP (and less) cameras.
There really is no need of ASPC or anything besides a phone, then.
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I think you are right about no 5D Mark V. I skipped the 5D Mark IV thinking I'd wait for the 5D Mark V. While DSLRs still do have a place at the moment, I am ecstatic about my R for what I do. I was, at first, ambivalent about mirrorless. For what I do, the eye-AF and also not having to AFMA at all are huge pluses. So is WYSIWYG. If I were a sports shooter or bird shooter, I might have an issue. However, I think the R5 will remedy that.I'm also in agreement with you. It's simply an opinion but it's my opinion. I don't think there will be another 5D version release.
At the end of the film age people clamored for digital, while a few diehards held onto film. Now for a number of years people clamored for Canon to go mirrorless. Mirrorless came and now a group is still begging to hold onto their mirror slappers.
I love my mirror slapping 5D3. I held off on buying the 5D4 cause I had foresight to think Canon would jump into mirrorless sooner rather than later as the market drug it there. Canon appeased the DSLR crowd producing 3 adapter versions that work very well and don't devalue or make EF lenses obsolete.
If Canon truly means for the R5 to be the 5D equivalent I'm expecting the body to be $3500 US. Placed side by side, R5 vs 5D5, I'd pick the R5 every time. The market will make the decision not any one's personal hope or desire.
It's my speculation that the R was just Canon's attempt to whet people's appetite and that when the serious mirrorless bodies were ready Canon is going full steam. I doubt that the R and Rs are going to be continued in the line and going forward it will be the M series, R5, R6 and the future pro R bodies.
With everyone so excited to get this camera right now in the middle of the pandemic...what would you go shoot if you had it in your hands tomorrow? I'm thinking we would see some really high quality (suspiciously close to 45MP) cat pictures and 8K cat videos with the option to download the RAW footage in case you wanted to review the sharpness of the cat's whiskers. Kind of like what we are seeing out of the C300III right now.
I am sorry but...what a stupid sentence you have made!!! What have anything to do? Am I also the responsible for the hungry in Africa just because me wanting an R5???? Yes I DO passed the agony, YES I DO HAVE BEEN FOR MORE THAN 2 MONTHS CONFINED IN HOME OUT OF WORK! YES I DO HAVE TO GRIEVE A DEAD OF A FRIEND´S FATHER! I am sorry but I do consider your coment inapropriated and offensive!
Plenty of places you can drive to during the pandemic. There isn't a mandatory do not leave the house order in place for much of the US. If you want to take a drive to a state park, you can.
I know, it was a joke. Also, really...go to YouTube and look up sample C300III footage, there really is a proliferation of cat videos coming out of that $11K body.
Hop into a time machine and go back to 1960.
Tell someone that in 2010 ( much less 2020) everyone will have a small device on their belt or in their pocket that gives them access to all of the knowledge of the world.
Wow, amazing!!! What do you do with that?
Watch cat videos.
Watch cat videos? Believable. Make cat videos? Inconceivable!
Still the best cat videos ever.Watch cat videos? Believable. Make cat videos? Inconceivable!
What have you bought that brought you this opinion? Obviously that's just your impression. But phrased so generally, and on a gear enthusiasts forum like this, I think you're pretty alone with that impression.New camera bodies are a big waste of money. That is what I have learned from the past.