WISHLIST: Canon EOS Rs Specs? (~March 2019?)

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What will be the “pro”FF mirrorless specs?

- Same 30MP sensor minus AA filter?
- Different sensor? Higher res vs lower res / higher speed for sports (or two different bodies specializing in each)
- Faster continuous AF?
- Dual DIGIC processors?
-IBIS?
-dual card slots?
-Uncropped 4K video?
-1080 120p?
-Rear scroll wheel & joystick?
-better battery life?
 
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KenRockwell

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Are you assuming it will be in March 2019 or is there an actual rumor?

And welcome to the site

March (6 months from now) would be a logical assumption for any next big round of Canon releases during CP Plus in Tokyo. March 2 is also a banner/anniversary date for the EOS system (and they’ve had releases timed specifically to that date in the past).

If not then, they usually have announcements late Jan-early Feb (Las Vegas CES).
 
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What will be the “pro”FF mirrorless specs?
Looking at the lenses released yet it seems that Canon is aiming at the studio and event pros first.
So my guess would be a 5DS/r successor in the form of EOS R, meaning:
  • High MP number (put in whatever number you like)
  • low fps (put in whatever number you like)
  • dual card slot (put in whatever card you like)
  • w/o AA filter
  • same AF or slightly better as EOS R
  • no focus on video (EOS Cinema is the place to go, so thinks Canon)
  • maybe released together with a dedicated portrait lens (85/100/135mm, f/1.x)
I suppose that sports/action pros will stay with 1DX Mkwhatever until after Summer Olympics 2020 in Tokyo (Canon home match).
Maybe there will be some EOS Rx sports prototypes together with sports lenses as well.
 
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One thing one needs to understand about Canon is that they always determine the market of what the camera (camcorder) is for.

Examples: the RF lenses are made for high resolution, so there will be the camera like that at some point, more than 50 megapixels.
But that camera will be way worse for video than this EOS R. It will be much more like a stills camera. That will be the one without AA filter, but not the rest, because it causes problems for video, especially for higher framerates.

Then can also do a cheaper, lighter, more entry level camera with less features, inferior LCD, EVF, possibly a 6D II sensor or maybe something newer. But maybe it couldn't be priced that much cheaper, while also being able to regain the development costs, and they won't do it for now.

Or they can do like an XC-like video-focused 'compact camcorder' camera with a video-oriented sensor.
That will be way worse for stills, might have EF mount, a fixed built-in ND and no mechanical shutter and priced quite high.
For now, the EOS R with the adapter kind of fits this bill as well.

Or they just might do a C100 Mark III instead of that, sort of like an A-cam for the EOS R, much more video-oriented sensor with less rolling shutter, etc. but bringing its video specs (like EVF, LCD, DPAF area, codec) at least up to EOS R level (so no raw, but better 10-bit external output compared to the C200). Depends on where they could price this.

Of course they are going to do a more 'Pro' oriented camera, based on the difference between the 5D IV and 1DX II it will cost quite a bit more.

And they could give it great video, since it is there in the sensor already and even give it C-Log. But that camera, with those features (with added 'refreshments', like 10-bit 4:2:2 external 4k60p) would actually start to hurt their Cinema line. So they won't do it even for more considerably more than the EOS R, the improvements will focus on stills performance.
I don't think they will bring up the concept of a separate C model again like with the 1DC (the most depreciated camera, ever)

Image stabilisation is probably reserved for the next generation of cameras, before this is expanded with these models, unless they come out very slowly.

Maybe the Cinema EOS Line reaches new and unseen heights, and then they can start bringing the rest up to a certain point as well.

Now, they have gotten themselves a ridiculous number of things to choose from. (A bit like cooking, with many great ingredients)
But since the 50D and 5D Mark III, it became quite clear, that they will pretty much Never make a camera, that is unlimited at everything (unless they could make more profit on it with not limiting it, which is almost always not the case, since they prefer the user to have more cameras/camcorders, as many as possible)
 
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What will be the “pro”FF mirrorless specs?

- Same 30MP sensor minus AA filter?
- Different sensor? Higher res vs lower res / higher speed for sports (or two different bodies specializing in each)
- Faster continuous AF?
- Dual DIGIC processors?
-IBIS?
-dual card slots?
-Uncropped 4K video?
-1080 120p?

Im thinking:-
EOS Rs
50+MP sensor with BSI or new tech
8-10 FPS(maybe in crop mode)
Dual DIGIC8
NO IBIS
Dual SD Cards
Bare minimum video specs due to sensor res
Possibly slightly larger body(due to dual cards and processors)
HiCap Battery(still LPE6 size)
Real Joystick
Larger Higher Res EVF
 
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Im thinking:-
EOS Rs
50+MP sensor with BSI or new tech
8-10 FPS(maybe in crop mode)
Dual DIGIC8
NO IBIS
Dual SD Cards
Bare minimum video specs due to sensor res
Possibly slightly larger body(due to dual cards and processors)
HiCap Battery(still LPE6 size)
Real Joystick
Larger Higher Res EVF
I’m fairly close to you on this. Differences: 8-10 FPS with AF locked, 5 FPS Servo with tracking priority. Bigger battery ( can’t get significantly more power without getting larger).
 
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