High Megapixel EOS on the Way as Mentioned by Canon

[Canon Rumors]

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<p>The first confirmation directly from Canon about a high megapixel camera has appeared in an interview with DC Watch. The interview was about the two latest ultra wide zoom lenses, the EF-S 10-18 f/4.5-5.6 IS STM and the EF 16-35 f/4L IS and what went into designing them.</p>
<p><em><strong>Google Translated from interview:</strong> “I to higher pixel unnecessarily is the opposite, but there is also a feeling if there is a high-performance lens that matches the number of pixels (pixel pitch), to want to take a look at the descriptive power of the true. By super-wide-angle zoom image quality is good came out to the periphery, and we look forward to the advent of high-resolution model of the EOS.”</em></p>
<p>We were told previously that there would be 3 EOS cameras in 2014, and so far we have seen just one, the Rebel T5. There was also the white Rebel SL1 (i dont count this as a new camera). The next one will be the follow-up to the EOS 7D and the third one is still a mystery. It could be something as simple as a new Rebel, or perhaps something far more interesting.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fdc.watch.impress.co.jp%2Fdocs%2Fnews%2Finterview_dcm%2F20140722_658853.html&sandbox=1" target="_blank">Read the entire interview</a></strong></p>
<p>Canon EF 16-35 f/4L IS: <a style="color: #900000;" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K8942SO/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00K8942SO&linkCode=as2&tag=canorumo-20&linkId=6AVWEQKBYJ7TXPHU" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a style="color: #900000;" href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1051475-USA/canon_9518b002_ef_16_35mm_f_4l_is.html/BI/2466/KBID/3296" target="_blank">B&H Photo</a> | Canon EF-S 10-18 f/4.5-5.6 IS STM: <a style="color: #900000;" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K899B9Y/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00K899B9Y&linkCode=as2&tag=canorumo-20&linkId=SYUOCVQGBCUI2BEC" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a style="color: #900000;" href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1051476-USA/canon_9519b002_ef_s_10_18mm_f_4_5_5_6_is.html/BI/2466/KBID/3296" target="_blank">B&H Photo</a></p>
<p>via [<a href="http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/cameras/Canon_rumours.html" target="_blank">NL</a>]</p>
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[Loswr]

Fine...but which lens was he talking about? Perhaps the 'high resolution EOS' will be APS-C...

 

[IsaacImage]

Fine...but which lens was he talking about? Perhaps the 'high resolution EOS' will be APS-C...

Hopefully the upcoming 14-24

 

[Don Haines]

WOW! for high resolution sensors! Pixel pitch!

Keep in mind that IF the 7D2 comes with a 24Mpixel sensor, that's the same density as 61.4Mpixels on FF.... Odds are, that's your high resolution sensor......

I would not get to excited about this meaning a high megapixel FF camera is imminent

 

[keithcooper]

Unlike many Google translations, this one is a bit more readable...

I note the comment that the 16-35 mk2 was good for APS-H ;-)

The multiple aspheric lens surfaces allow them to ease some of the compromise between reducing distortion and field flatness. The two front lens elements make quite a significant contribution to this and will likely be seen again in new ultra wide zoom designs.

I still want a TS-E14 though ;-)

 

[Chaitanya]

replacement of canon eos700d is long over due. I reckon Canon might announce that at photokina since they already have missed the usual feb-april release.

 

[rs]

Unlike many Google translations, this one is a bit more readable...

I note the comment that the 16-35 mk2 was good for APS-H ;-)

The multiple aspheric lens surfaces allow them to ease some of the compromise between reducing distortion and field flatness. The two front lens elements make quite a significant contribution to this and will likely be seen again in new ultra wide zoom designs.

I still want a TS-E14 though ;-)

If the coverage of the TS-E17 is anything to go by, a TS-E14 with any notable shift would be somewhere between huge, expensive and impossible.

Take a look at this to see the effective angle of view of the imaging circle of the TS-E17 compared to a traditional rectilinear 14mm lens (panoramic comparison, near the bottom of the page):

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-TS-E-17mm-f-4-L-Tilt-Shift-Lens-Review.aspx

No scientific fact here, but I'd estimate a TS-E14 with similar levels of shift as the 17 to project an imaging circle with an angle of view something equivalent to a 10mm rectilinear FF lens.

 

[keithcooper]

...
I still want a TS-E14 though ;-)

If the coverage of the TS-E17 is anything to go by, a TS-E14 with any notable shift would be somewhere between huge, expensive and impossible.

Yes, I have both the TS-E17 and EF14 mk2

Impossible - I doubt it. Huge and expensive - that's fine by me ;-)

If it makes it more likely then TS-E15 at a push... ;-)

 

[unfocused]

Unlike many Google translations, this one is a bit more readable...

You are a better man than me.

I did find this very interesting and would be curious how others read this comment:

"Because, there are survey results 4-5% of customers who bought the kit lens is that it does not use only kit lens. I think you want to know by all means do not yet know the fun of single-lens reflex Although I kindly SLR debut with much effort, that it is possible to lens replacement is a waste, a new world of expression which spread lens exchange."

Does this mean that only 4-5% of buyers purchase a second lens? Having followed Canon's various announcements over the years as they hit milestones in camera and lens production, it is obvious that most people never go beyond a kit lens, but a 95% rate seems remarkably high to me.

If true, I think it could help explain why mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras are not doing that well and it makes me wonder if the future of mirrorless isn't in fixed lens bodies.

Anyone able to contribute a better translation/interpretation?

 

[KyleSTL]

Unlike many Google translations, this one is a bit more readable...

I note the comment that the 16-35 mk2 was good for APS-H ;-)

The multiple aspheric lens surfaces allow them to ease some of the compromise between reducing distortion and field flatness. The two front lens elements make quite a significant contribution to this and will likely be seen again in new ultra wide zoom designs.

I still want a TS-E14 though ;-)

If the coverage of the TS-E17 is anything to go by, a TS-E14 with any notable shift would be somewhere between huge, expensive and impossible.

Take a look at this to see the effective angle of view of the imaging circle of the TS-E17 compared to a traditional rectilinear 14mm lens (panoramic comparison, near the bottom of the page):

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-TS-E-17mm-f-4-L-Tilt-Shift-Lens-Review.aspx

No scientific fact here, but I'd estimate a TS-E14 with similar levels of shift as the 17 to project an imaging circle with an angle of view something equivalent to a 10mm rectilinear FF lens.

Exactly what I was thinking.

The diagonal angle of view (AOV) for the 14mm f/2.8 is 114°
The AOV for the 17mm TS-E (unshifted) is 104°
The AOV for the 17mm TS-E (fully shifted and merged) is 126°
The AOV for the Sigma 12-24mm at 12mm is 122°
A 14mm TS-E (fully shifted and merged) would be 135°


A 14mm TS-E lens would be equivalent to 9.04mm FF lens (or 5.7mm APS-C lens).

 

[privatebydesign]

A shifted 17 gives the fov of an 11.5mm lens. A mythical 14mm TS-E lens would give a shifted fov of a 9.5mm lens.

 

[traveller]

This sort of machine translated verbal diarrhoea could mean anything; anyone speak Japanese?

 

[jrista]

This sort of machine translated verbal diarrhoea could mean anything; anyone speak Japanese?

Aye, this was my thought. I'm honestly not sure if the interviewee is saying there will be a high resolution sensor, or won't be a high resolution sensor. It sounded more like he was saying the peripheral resolution of wide angle lenses has been improved, thus finally being able to take advantage of "existing" (??) higher resolution sensors. It seemed only an afterthought that he was "looking forward to the advent of a higher resolution EOS.", but that is not a confirmation that one is coming.

 

[zim]

machine translated verbal diarrhoea

;D ;D ;D

 

[sdsr]

Lots of people around here "look forward to the advent of high-resolution model of the EOS" too. In the (perhaps unlikely) event that's an accurate translation, I'm not sure it follows from that comment that a high resolution camera is "on the way," a phrase that suggests a degree of imminence rather than a vague prediction of something that might happen in a year or three.

 

[Woody]

We were told previously that there would be 3 EOS cameras in 2014, and so far we have seen just one, the white Rebel SL1 (if this counts as a new camera).

I won't count the white SL1 as a new EOS camera.

 

[zim]

Because, there are survey results 4-5% of customers who bought the kit lens is that it does not use only kit lens.

Would indeed be interesting to see an accurate translation of this. Do 5% never buy another lens? If so that is an amazing stst

 

[keithcooper]

Unlike many Google translations, this one is a bit more readable...

You are a better man than me.

Just a 'bit more' readable - the patent ones from Egami are usually really bad ;-)

 

[H]

According to the Japanese native page, the canon person does not say the comment. It is just an opinion of the interviewer.

 

[fish_shooter]

I spent about an hour and a couple cups of coffee slogging through the translation rather slowly. I too came away with the impression that the large diameter 2-sided aspherical element is a major innovation in the 16-35 IS. The question I have is - can an even larger diameter element like this be manufactured? If so this "might" bring hope for a shorter focal length TS lens or a new and improved 16-35 2.8, etc. I believe most aspherical elements are now molded - the molding equipment may only be able to mold up to certain diameters or curvatures.