Okay, I've had a night to sleep on it. I'm geeked about what we all think is coming, but
I just have to wonder if what they aren't telling us is a really big deal or not.
Big stuff we still don't formally know yet:
If this camera truly is in the 45 MP neighborhood (even though it's 44.7 MP or so for 3:2 8K to be true...) -- hear me out
- Any chance at all that 'other tech' is making an otherwise lower-res-than-we-think sensor accomplish more? Is there any chance we've got a sensor in the 20-25 MP range and some realtime combination of DPAF, IBIS or the electronic video stabilization we've had on prior rigs is 'spoofing' a higher resolution like some cameras do with multi-shot? (Is that even possible for video?)
If this camera will capture 8K video
onboard and
right out of the box
- Perhaps the camera costs $3-4k and the external 8K recorder costs the same?
From the announcement:
"The new full-frame mirrorless camera currently under development will fully leverage the advantages of the EOS R System, helping to produce a camera that features high-speed continuous shooting and 8K video recording"
Once more, with feeling:
"The new full-frame mirrorless camera currently under development will fully leverage the advantages of the EOS R System, helping to produce a camera that features high-speed continuous shooting and 8K video recording"
Sounds like they are forming Voltron. Is there any chance that the R5 is just
part of an 8K recording setup?
- Do we need a very special and expensive grip to record this video? (Nikon's top fps on the D850 requires a grip, right?)
- Perhaps the camera costs $3-4k but you have to have some hardware tweaking done by Canon to unlock (or make safe) onboard 8k -- possibly for a nontrivial sum?
I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade, but they didn't actually say the MP count was in the 40s or that this camera will record 8K onboard / out of the box. Any chance they won't deliver on those two specs?
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