Canon officially introduces the Canon EOS R1 flagship mirrorless king

[Canon Rumors]

TOKYO, May 15, 2024—Canon Inc. announced today that it is currently developing the EOS R1, a full-frame mirrorless camera, as the first flagship model for the EOS R SYSTEM equipped with an RF mount and is aiming for a 2024 release. The EOS R1 is a mirrorless camera geared toward professionals that brings together Canon’s cutting-edge

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[john1970]

Glad to see it is being developed, but "aiming for a 2024 release". Not exactly, inspiring confidence for a formal release schedule. Also, basically very few specifications, but I suspect more by late summer. My wallet remains heavier for now.

 

[DhlcadR6]

I saw the same post from Canon HK in Facebook..... And immediately come back to here to see if there's more....

 

[frankchn]

Glad to see it is being developed, but "aiming for a 2024 release". Not exactly, inspiring confidence for a formal release schedule. Also, basically very few specifications, but I suspect more by late summer. My wallet remains heavier for now.

I think it following the R3 schedule seems likely. A development announcement now, a formal product launch in September, actual release after Thanksgiving.

 

[SonicStudios]

Canon R1 Coming soon notice now on B&H Photos. And so it begins …

 

[djack41]

Give us a break, Canon. An announcement from Canon that the R1 is "being developed". Canon is just trying to keep market share from jumping ship. 2025 before any orders are filled?

 

[frankchn]

Give us a break, Canon. An announcement from Canon that the R1 is "being developed". Canon is just trying to keep market share from jumping ship. 2025 before any orders are filled?

Canon has done this with their top end cameras for a while, it is nothing new.

1DX3 Development Announcement: https://www.usa.canon.com/newsroom/2019/20191024-development
R3 Development Announcement: https://global.canon/en/news/2021/20210414.html

 

[Richard CN]

Give us a break, Canon. An announcement from Canon that the R1 is "being developed". Canon is just trying to keep market share from jumping ship. 2025 before any orders are filled?

Canon is Doomed™

For 1 series cameras, Canon almost always did the courtesy of a development announcement so professionals could prepare, and be forewarned of upcoming expenditures.

Also, since this is the first 1 series camera, many professionals still on the fence and still using the 1DX series will now have a camera that they will consider moving over to, which, will carry a significant expenditure.

 

[Maximilian]

Canon made a development announcement of the Canon EOS R1 flagship model. Finally!
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No further details are available yet, as development announcements are usually lightweight on the dirty details.
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It seems, Canon wants us to explode from tension...

 

[mxwphoto]

Slight disappointment that Canon is still using the venerable Digic X from all the way back in 2020 in their new top of the line mirrorless. That is a dslr processor. They should have combined the digic accelerator chip and an updated digic x2 into one soc die at a more advanced node. Save power, heat, space, and increase performance.

 

[Berowne]

Here we go, as I said!

 

[David - Sydney]

It seems, Canon wants us to explode from tension...

relax... its called foreplay

 

[David - Sydney]

Slight disappointment that Canon is still using the venerable Digic X from all the way back in 2020 in their new top of the line mirrorless. That is a dslr processor. They should have combined the digic accelerator chip and an updated digic x2 into one soc die at a more advanced node. Save power, heat, space, and increase performance.

Canon has stated that Digic X is a family of processors. The R3 has a different member of that family to the R5 as far as I know

 

[David - Sydney]

sounds like an AI co-processor for image analysis and an in-camera denoise algorithm (for jpeg??)
Topaz AID denoise is a good algorithm for batch processing of images (eg startrails) so maybe the co-processor will be used to enable no buffer limit jpegs/HEIF
Otherwise not much detail except for the photo :-(

 

[Berowne]

No mechanical shutter.

 

[David - Sydney]

No mechanical shutter.

That would be acceptable if there is no banding (indoor lighting), fast enough read speed to avoid rolling shutter and no downside in DR/noise a la A9iii
The fastest speed should be (virtually) unlimited raw as well vs Z9 in jpeg

 

[chik0240]

That would be acceptable if there is no banding (indoor lighting), fast enough read speed to avoid rolling shutter and no downside in DR/noise a la A9iii
The fastest speed should be (virtually) unlimited raw as well vs Z9 in jpeg

I personally doubt the possibility of the first two...

 

[mxwphoto]

Canon has stated that Digic X is a family of processors. The R3 has a different member of that family to the R5 as far as I know

Snapdragon 8 gen 1, 2, 3 are called a family of processors, Digic X is a singular chip.

There is no way Canon marketing would skip the opportunity to point out a more powerful processor if they have the chance, especially in their all important new flagship product. If they did then the marketing head should be fired.
It would be particularly aggregious since 1DX III from 4 years ago introduced and uses the Digic X as well.

 

[Skux]

Snapdragon 8 gen 1, 2, 3 are called a family of processors, Digic X is a singular chip.

There is no way Canon marketing would skip the opportunity to point out a more powerful processor if they have the chance, especially in their all important new flagship product. If they did then the marketing head should be fired.
It would be particularly aggregious since 1DX III from 4 years ago introduced and uses the Digic X as well.

It does seem silly to call it Digic X and then give it some kind of booster 'Digic Accelerator'. If it's faster it's faster, they should call it the Digic X2. The name is all just marketing anyway.

 

[mxwphoto]

It does seem silly to call it Digic X and then give it some kind of booster 'Digic Accelerator'. If it's faster it's faster, they should call it the Digic X2. The name is all just marketing anyway.

They can't call it X2 because the Accelerator is a separate chip from the Digic X chip. They can call it the Digic X2 System, but that would need further clarifications and can cause confusion. Now if they did package it as a System On a Chip (SOC) as I originally suggested they should have, they could call it X2 chip. Alas, Canon went the cheap route with their flagship processing.