The Canon EOS R1 may not come until 2024

[Jack Douglas]

I've been so busy elsewhere I'd forgotten how humorous these threads can be.

For me personally, I'd be looking for an improvement in the AI AF of an R1. In some respects I feel I dropped back coming from the 1DX2 although I doubt I'll try to justify buying an R1.

Jack

 

[Michael Clark]

Nikon has a 80+ MP beast in development. Canon is so far behind, I don't know if they will ever catch-up.

Please see post #129:

Action requires effort and expenditure. Probably the explanation is as simple as apathy and insufficient business revenue to support switching systems.

Complaining here is easy and free.

 

[andrefa]

Stop thinking that the R1 has to be the equivalent of the 1D X Mark III. It will be more the equivalent of the 1Ds mark III. The R3 is the equivalent of the 1D Mark IV/1D X Mark *n*.

No my opinion is that this is like EOS 3 vs EOS 1v in the late 90s. R3 is not a full blooded pro-body. It´s ok, but not finished. When they are happy and have testet everything that new, Canon will call it a EOS R1. So R1 will be the R3 mkII. Nothing else make sense. The slow high resolution camera has always been called EOS 5. Really don´t think they will change that. They could of course make a 1d and a slower 1ds with higher resolution like they did in 2002, but I highly doubt this.

 

[Jethro]

No my opinion is that this is like EOS 3 vs EOS 1v in the late 90s. R3 is not a full blooded pro-body. It´s ok, but not finished. When they are happy and have testet everything that new, Canon will call it a EOS R1. So R1 will be the R3 mkII. Nothing else make sense. The slow high resolution camera has always been called EOS 5. Really don´t think they will change that. They could of course make a 1d and a slower 1ds with higher resolution like they did in 2002, but I highly doubt this.

I don't think that's clear at all. More likely is that the R3 will continue as a lower-MP fast/sports camera, and the R1 will be a pro-version higher MP body.

But the big, and long-term, question is exactly what Canon thinks will differentiate the R3 and R1 lines going forward. Literally no-one but Canon knows, although I suspect that there has been significant consultation with their pro-user base for years. That base is what they care about - not forum dwellers, or people who pretend to be buyers for large bureaus who will move to any-other-brand-but-Canon if they don't get X+Y+Z by the beginning of next month.

 

[Czardoom]

.... R3 is not a full blooded pro-body. It´s ok, but not finished. ....

Golly, better tell all the pro sports photographers that are using the R3 that their camera isn't finished! When they stop laughing, that is!

 

[andrefa]

Golly, better tell all the pro sports photographers that are using the R3 that their camera isn't finished! When they stop laughing, that is!

They will say that the camera is good, but that it has a good number of small errors, which will hopefully be fixed on the R1.

 

[GoldWing]

The R1 will be just in time for the end of the world .

 

[Longtermer]

The R1 will be just in time for the end of the world .

Possibly, but it will likely produce wonderfully detailed images of the zombie hordes overrunning us - caused by fungal infection or not.

 

[GoldWing]

Possibly, but it will likely produce wonderfully detailed images of the zombie hordes overrunning us - caused by fungal infection or not.

ROFL

 

[SteveC]

Possibly, but it will likely produce wonderfully detailed images of the zombie hordes overrunning us - caused by fungal infection or not.

Just be sure to stuff the camera into a backpack right before you die.

Robert Landsburg - Wikipedia

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[Loswr]

hmm Fro put out some supposed R1 specs on his channel a couple of days ago.. surprised not to see it here? Claims its coming May and has supposedly some confirmed specs

Let's see... Today is April 3rd. A couple of days ago would be, hmmmm, think, think, think...what's 3 minus 2? Hmmm. I've got it – one! That would make a couple of days ago, wait for it...waaiiiiittttt for it......... April 1st.

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[snappy604]

Let's see... Today is April 3rd. A couple of days ago would be, hmmmm, think, think, think...what's 3 minus 2? Hmmm. I've got it – one! That would make a couple of days ago, wait for it...waaiiiiittttt for it......... April 1st.

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yep.. thought it odd.. realized shortly after what it was. Post that day it really should have an upfront warning. oh well