I‘m ok with waiting for 8K oversampled 4K60p!
Even a confirmation that 8K oversampled 4K60p will NEVER be coming to to R5 Mark II via a firmware update would be valuable information.
AI generation is not a substitute for the actual information captured from the scene. I'm actually surprised why Canon implemented it in the R5II. What's the use case of that feature?
Well if they succeed in doing it and maintain some sort of raw informations it is maybe cheaper than developing and producing a 100mpx sensor.
Physically moving the sensor (pixel shift) using the IBIS mechanism actually captures more information. You can ALWAYS use this picture to upscale it later on your computer. Upscaling doesn't have to happen in-camera. Pixel-shift mechanisms actually capture more information just like a higher MP sensor would do.
The main problem with pixel shift is capturing movement. I presume in camera upscale can make the process simpler and faster. But I guess we will have to wait for a long time if that will happen I don’t see it happening beyond what is now possible in this cameras.
Are you actually serious? You're basing a conclusion about the global camera market on sales at one single camera store? One store. In a one month period of time. I honestly hope you're trolling, because if you're not then you're a complete moron. Harsh, yes. But deserved. Calling my statements 'ill researched and far from the truth', when you're pathetic 'research' represents the sales of a few hundred cameras by a single high-end store, which is about as infinitesimal and non-representative a sample as you can get. What other 'evidence' do you want to present to support your claims about the global camera market...perhaps the cameras you've personally purchased? LOL. Try to get a grip on reality."Is there? How big is that 'very big' market? How many 100-150 MP cameras are sold every year? Who do you think is better positioned to estimate the size of that market, you or Canon? How is it that most other camera makers offer higher MP models than Canon, yet Canon continues to dominate the camera market?"
I guess you need to kindly rethink the above two points that:
https://www.canonrumors.com/map-times-for-june-2024-x-t50-pummels-everyone/
- Canon dominates the market.
- There is no demand for high megapixel cameras.
You’ll be disappointed; it’s hard to spot a Canon in the top sellers list!
And further, you would be disappointed that your favorites—the R5, R3, and 1DX3 (R1)—are nowhere on the list.
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At number 8 is the Sony A7RV, a 62 MP camera, and at number 10 is the Fuji GFX at 100 MP.
So, both of your above arguments are ill-researched and far from the truth.
Photographers like to own multiple cameras for specific needs. What a GoPro or a DJI drone can do, an R1 or R5II won’t. What a Sony A7R5 can do, an R1 won’t. Manufacturers release cameras in multiple segments to retain loyal customers in the ecosystem so that they can keep selling lenses.
Loyal Canon customers are finding it hard to stay back:
A. Because the specific camera features they care about most are not available in the Canon lineup.
B. Canon charges a huge premium vis-a-vis the competition for similar products. The Nikon Z8 is available cheaper at $3499 and is similarly spec’d as the much delayed R5II at $4299.
This has to change, Canon, if you want to dominate the list.
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Here's another Top Seller list that Canon doesn't seem to dominate either:
https://www.canonrumors.com/map-camera-nikon-takes-top-spots/
Guess, who's on No.1 !!
In that regard, there's no beginning; it's physically impossible to recover information from the scene that's already lost and will never happen again.
It's something entirely different and therefore not a substitution or an alternative to pixel shift. Physically shifting pixels and capturing more information that way can ONLY be done in-camera. Upscaling a picture does NOT have to happen in-camera. And upscaling will work even better in 5 or 10 years even with old photos. But capturing more information by physically shifting the pixels using the IBIS motors can ONLY happen in-camera and there is no equivalent replacement for pixel shift. ONLY pixel shift actually captures more information and there are ways to deal with capturing movement.
On the other hand, the fact that 100+Mp cameras aren't sold in huge numbers might just mean there's little offer at affordable prices. I.e. there would have been demand had the prices been lower.
Of course. But probably not realistic for a while. If Fuji really is selling 15K MF units per year (big if), that suggests the lower priced offerings have more than doubled the size of the MF market in 10 years as the overall camera market shrunk massively. That's a big change, but the starting number was basically insignificant, and twice insignificant is still insignificant.
It actually has 2 AA filters, one regular and one reverse to cancel out the first. It isn't a perfect system, so you still get AA filtering, but a lot less compared to the non-R.
I'm not sure the R5C has the exact same processor, Canon has continually called everything 'digic X', even when we can observe massive differences ourselves. Also, the R5C requires external power if you want AF in 8k60 and it has active cooling.
Never buy electronics for features that aren't there at launch, I keep learning that the hard way
It's for non-professionals like me, when waiting for my kids to do something or for a dragonfly/squirrel/amphibian to move. I've used it a bunch on my R8, I should re-enable it next time I plan to film wildlife.
I am in the marketing analytics business.
