Canon Registers a Second Unreleased EOS R Camera

[millan]

"Canon doesn't make “pretty” cameras."
Who does? Leica? Nikon? It's a subjective matter. BTW, I won't by a camera I don't like regardless the best specifications it would have. How abou you?

 

[Del Paso]

You're referring to the OM-5 (Mark II)? Or the Leica M5?

The sadly unsuccessful Leica M5 has always been my favourite M camera. It was ergonomically perfect, even for large hands. Selecting the shutter speed was much easier than on the other Ms, and it had a perfectly implemented TTL metering system. My next favourite was the M 240, also criticised by Leica fans as being a bit too fat...
The OMs had shutter speed, focus and aperture selection all aligned in one plane, which I deeply hated! I almost never used my OM 2...And yet, they were fine cameras.
So, Maximilian, I could not agree more, ergonomics matter far more than design!
Just a detail: The first Olympus FF film cameras were initially named M1. Leica didn't like it, so they were renamed OM 1 etc...

 

[Del Paso]

"Canon doesn't make “pretty” cameras."
Who does? Leica? Nikon? It's a subjective matter. BTW, I won't by a camera I don't like regardless the best specifications it would have. How abou you?

Best looking cameras (fully subjective!!!) : Nikon F2, Nikon F, Canon F1, Leicaflex SL, Leica M4, Rolleiflex Planar f/2,8, Pentax Spotmatic, OM 4, Minolta SRT 303, Hasselblad 500 CM and sooo many more!
And then came the not so good looking digitals...
And yes, I'm no longer 20 years old!

 

[SnowMiku]

You're referring to the OM-5 (Mark II)? Or the Leica M5?

I was referring to the Canon EOS M5

 

[Ian K]

What happened to the idea that the next 24-70 would be wider than 24mm, if this is accurate then that has been abandoned?

 

[blackcoffee17]

we need pocket size full frame and aps-c cameras. Think the EOS M6 line and equivalent 22-2 pancake. and a teeny tiny full frame box with a 40mm 2.8 pancake. i'd be in heaven if either came out.

EOS M6/M6 II were such rockstar cameras with superb controls and layout. a shame no successor. and the 22-2 pancake was so good.

Everyone else makes a FF box. why can't canon? Think Panasonic S9. I want my tiny Canon boxes with tiny lenses.

I know, right? Just use the M6II body with the insides from the R7. No need for redesign anything or think about new ergonomics.

 

[Maximilian]

I was referring to the Canon EOS M5

Sorry, I forgot that one

 

[Dragon]

Sorry, I forgot that one

Memory lapses occur more often as you age

 

[Noreaster]

Pretty sure it is the new R3 mkii

 

[Noreaster]

Just my opinion but all new cameras are as ugly a s stump fence.
I find it quite ironic that camera companies are afraid of color.

Any customer can have a car camera painted any color that he wants so long as it is black,

 

[roby17269]

Best looking cameras (fully subjective!!!) : Nikon F2, Nikon F, Canon F1, Leicaflex SL, Leica M4, Rolleiflex Planar f/2,8, Pentax Spotmatic, OM 4, Minolta SRT 303, Hasselblad 500 CM and sooo many more!
And then came the not so good looking digitals...
And yes, I'm no longer 20 years old!

My Hassy X2D II is quite the looker

 

[Steve_FR]

we need pocket size full frame and aps-c cameras. Think the EOS M6 line and equivalent 22-2 pancake. and a teeny tiny full frame box with a 40mm 2.8 pancake. i'd be in heaven if either came out.

EOS M6/M6 II were such rockstar cameras with superb controls and layout. a shame no successor. and the 22-2 pancake was so good.

Everyone else makes a FF box. why can't canon? Think Panasonic S9. I want my tiny Canon boxes with tiny lenses.

Yes! Absolutely. The EOS M6 and M6II were two of my all time favorite cameras ever. I had the silver top style. You’d be surprised how many strangers asked me: “Is that a film camera?”

The R6V is not quite the tiny box camera I hoped - it is a bit thick and chunky. But a step in the right direction.

 

[Steve_FR]

So R100ii? Maybe with a fully articulated screen so Richard won't get mad

Retro-style R100ii with no screen at all. Hurry up and preorder!

 

[ctk]

RX100 fighter pretty pretty please

 

[justaCanonuser]

My opinion is, that every tool that delivers best ergonomics is "pretty".

I'm in your club - it's the classic idea of "form follows function" (what some designers hate - they want you to adapt your body shape to their murderous torture-chairs, not vice versa). With the Canon T90, German designer Luigi Colani had quite an impact on modern camera ergonomics in way that the T90 today looks like a typical SLR body, not spectacular. To me, that's the spirit of well-thought-through design: it survives over decades.

 

[justaCanonuser]

Can you give us a hint? For me, it doesn’t have to be exact

rumors typically aren't exact by their nature

 

[eero]

EOS M6/M6 II were such rockstar cameras with superb controls and layout. a shame no successor. and the 22-2 pancake was so good.

I agree. I still shoot videos of my newborn every day with M6ii + 22mm, even though I have bigger and "better" R cameras available. Such a great camera, I will never sell it.

 

[AlanF]

I'm in your club - it's the classic idea of "form follows function" (what some designers hate - they want you to adapt your body shape to their murderous torture-chairs, not vice versa). With the Canon T90, German designer Luigi Colani had quite an impact on modern camera ergonomics in way that the T90 today looks like a typical SLR body, not spectacular. To me, that's the spirit of well-thought-through design: it survives over decades.
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He even redesigned his own name so it fitted his own form - from Lutz to Luigi.

 

[davidespinosa]

Memory lapses occur more often as you age

And you lose your sense of humor too.

 

[Dragon]

And you lose your sense of humor too.

I only lose my sense of humor when I have to go the DMV (today's chore)