Canon R4

[Del Paso]

Well, 55% German and 45% American (Blackstone Group)

Rather 55% Austrian (Andreas Kaufmann) and 45% Blackstone.

 

[Mirnavi]

Rather 55% Austrian (Andreas Kaufmann) and 45% Blackstone.

Leica Camera AG is 55% owned by Austrian investment firm ACM Projektentwicklung GmbH

 

[ThomasTH]

That's Andreas Kaufmann's company.

 

[Michael Clark]

Well, 55% German and 45% American (Blackstone Group)

Not in the 1980s when the R4 was introduced.

 

[glideher]

where would be a good place to purchase a used R4? i currently have a mirrored camera looking to upgrade to a mirrorless, wold the R4 be a good advancement?

 

[EricN]

where would be a good place to purchase a used R4? i currently have a mirrored camera looking to upgrade to a mirrorless, wold the R4 be a good advancement?

R6.2 might be a better choice. Try ebay

1N RS is also mirrorless and it uses Canon's ef mount, so no need to use an adapter or buy new lenses!

 

[glideher]

i already have an EF R adapter new in the box, so that wont be an issue. how about the R 30.3 is thatr a good camera? ive been out of the camera loop for a while, starting to get back into it so pardon my lack of knowledge

 

[EricN]

Go with the plain old vanilla Poly Studio 30 because the .3 is a lower quality moneygrab

 

[Uneternal]

And why would Arabic numerals count by that logic? That's not native to Japanese either. The 5dIV is called the "five dee mark four" which in Japanese would contain the word. Other Japanese companies don't seem to avoid the number too much. Nikon had a D4 and a J4. Sony had a PS4. Fuji has an XT4.

In any case, number 4 can be pronounced as both shi or yon in Japanese. The latter seemingly preferred due to the death connotation of the former. But for the same reason, the use of the number doesn't seem to be avoided by Japanese companies to the same degree as Chinese companies.

Mark IV is spoken as "Makū Fō". Same goes for the EOS Kiss X4 which is spoken as "Ekkuso Fō".

However although most names are spoken like English, Canon and also some Chinese Manufacturers tend to avoid unlucky main numbers with a 4. OnePlus for instance also skipped their model 14 phones and went straight to 15.