Canon teases Canon EOS R8 and Canon EOS R50 announcement happening this week

[unfocused]

For them to be the real specs they would have to come from a real source.
I am open to the possibility of some making things up and guessing correctly but I would not call those specs.

Specs and photos are now on PhotoRumors, which has a track record at least as reliable as CanonRumors.

 

[AlP]

Full specs including the above image available here: https://digicame-info.com/2023/02/eos-r8eos-r50.html

 

[entoman]

 

[nunataks]

Full specs including the above image available here: https://digicame-info.com/2023/02/eos-r8eos-r50.html

Looks like it will have the same rear as the rp - no wheel or joystick but the main 2 dials sigh

 

[JustUs7]

Is there a technical reason to limit the video to two hours? I understand they need to differentiate from the R6II. But seems arbitrary.

Battery is fine by me. I have extras from my RP and changing is easy.

 

[AlP]

Looks like the R8 has (photo only specs):

- single SD card slot (UHS-II)
- 24.2 MP
- 2.36 M dot EVF, 22 mm eye point, 0.70x magnification
- Focusing -6.5 to 21 EV
- 1/4000 s electronic 1st curtain, 1/8000 s electronic, no info about burst rate?
- 1.62 M dot rear screen
- LP E-17 battery

 

[entoman]

Looks like it will have the same rear as the rp - no wheel or joystick but the main 2 dials sigh

Yeah, I'd say the R8 is the replacement for the RP, and a vast improvement.

Canon cameras just get better and better, I really can't wait for the R5 Mkii to be announced!

 

[davidespinosa]

I'll probably hold out for the R8, but the R50 looks like really good value.

 

[blackcoffee17]

Damn, the R8 is almost perfect. IBIS would make it perfect for me.

 

[AlP]

More images of the lenses (from https://asobinet.com/info-rumor-eos-r8-spec-image/):

 

[entoman]

Surprisingly (to me at least), the R50 also has an EVF:

 

[katysei]

The R8 looks pretty small. Intriguing...

What happened to the 'new form factor'?

R8 looks exactly like the RP.

 

[nunataks]

R8 looks exactly like the RP.

But like, cuter.

 

[entoman]

Interestingly, the 55-210mm doesn't appear to have enough real estate for a stabiliser on/off switch or a combined AF/MF switch and control switch (as found on the 24-50mm).

So is the lens stabilised?

Can it be focused manually?

And is there a AF/MF switch on the body, as per the R7?

 

[codym90]

Has there ever been a camera before from Canon that came in two different colors? I don't believe I've seen that yet. An RF body with two different colors seems cool I guess. I have a feeling it'll be black or white. A white camera body would look sick! Watch it be like camo colored haha
-Cody M
Charlottesville wedding photographer

 

[JustUs7]

Has there ever been a camera before from Canon that came in two different colors? I don't believe I've seen that yet. An RF body with two different colors seems cool I guess. I have a feeling it'll be black or white. A white camera body would look sick! Watch it be like camo colored haha
-Cody M
Charlottesville wedding photographer

A lot of them have.

 

[EOS 4 Life]

Yeah, I'd say the R8 is the replacement for the RP, and a vast improvement.

Canon cameras just get better and better, I really can't wait for the R5 Mkii to be announced!

Wasn't the RP originally $1,500 USD?

 

[entoman]

Has there ever been a camera before from Canon that came in two different colors? I don't believe I've seen that yet. An RF body with two different colors seems cool I guess. I have a feeling it'll be black or white. A white camera body would look sick! Watch it be like camo colored haha
-Cody M
Charlottesville wedding photographer

Several of the Powershot compacts were available in red, blue, silver, and at least one had a truly revolting PINK option, so it's not unprecedented, although until now the interchangeable lens models have been spared...

 

[nunataks]

Wasn't the RP originally $1,500 USD?

$1299

 

[neuroanatomist]

For them to be the real specs they would have to come from a real source.
I am open to the possibility of some making things up and guessing correctly but I would not call those specs.

Wow, are you being this obtuse intentionally?

Let me boil it down to the essential phrase in contention. You said, “…but the weight leads to the conclusion that there will not be an EVF.”

Regardless of where the weight value came from, the weight you’re talking about is similar to that of the RP, which has an EVF. So, how did you come to the conclusion that the weight means the R8 won’t have an EVF?

At this point, it’s moot because the online specs are consistent (0.91 lbs is listed, that’s 413 g), and the R8 images show an EVF.