As of now, you can still see the EXIF data for photos posted on his site, including photos from a few days ago and photos from after the EXIF discussion started. See screenshots below.
I find it hard to believe (but not impossible), that someone like Jeff would be posting photos in such a way that his NDA would be violated, given how important it is for him to keep in Canon's good standing (Canon offers free gear rental to all who pay for his photo tours through a "sponsorship" program.).
These photos have been up for several days, the EXIF data has gotten a lot of attention, and Canon does not appear to have forced Jeff to remove them. He did have some text in his blog about the R3 that appears to have been removed, possibly at Canon's request, but so far we have no indication that Canon has any issues with these JPG photos and their EXIF appearing on his blog.
So, what does this mean? Does Canon no longer care about keeping the MP of the R3 a secret, after all their initial effort? Or is Canon just not worried that this EXIF data actually "confirms" anything?
The latter seems more likely to me.
We cannot confirm that the R3 is 24MP based on this EXIF information. All we can say is that the camera is capable of taking photos at 24MP with the pre-production firmware. Maybe more is available but not being used, or maybe more will be available in final firmware, or maybe this is the best the camera can do. Nothing is confirmed.
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