What’s next from Canon?
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I really like my 5DSR but the only thing I've used it for, outside a backup w/100-400 when wildlife comes in too close, is landscapes and macro. If it comes out of 80MP+ this will not hurt my feelings and I'll probably preorder it. Might finally have a reason to buy an RF mount lens or two.
Same here. M50 is a great little companion. Just give it a 3 stop IBIS (to make a field experiment), full sensor 4k and one or two wheels for settings, maybe one around the lens base like Powershot S90! And a 64 2.0 macro lens! I would buy two bodies and the lens without a lot of hesitation!
M50 is quite capable. Historically I've used it most with the Tamron 18-200 (first the version meant for APSC, but now the native EF-M compatible one), but I've added that 32 f/1.4 to my stable as well as the 11-22.
Because managing 100mb large files for
Screen output and or printing 8” x 12” is
Such a joy. 5dsr was a specialist camera at 50Mb. The new rumoured rig at 80Mb is clearly overkill for run and gun situations.
Because between the R and the 5D5 there's not much room for a "5D R" (or R Mk II) right now. Whereas the "5Ds R" (Rs?) does not have that problem.
This is purely a marketing perception. My 5Ds has taken over everything...including sports, wildlife, and airshows...and the only thing I find wanting is the RAW buffer depth. It's even handling astro very well. I'm not sure why Canon pitched it as a 'narrow use' camera other than to preserve the higher USA price, or why so many reviewers presented it that way. There weren't any real differences (for stills) between it and the 5D3 except of course for that gorgeous sensor, and it handles every photographic situation well. Someone might point out file size or processing times, but you can always shoot in 28mp mraw.
Those looking for a true 5D4 equivalent mirrorless for stills will likely be satisfied by the high resolution R if they just use mraw when they don't want the full 83mp. The drawback will be the price, not a use or situation limiting spec.
Now for video I don't expect the high resolution R to be top of the line. It would be nice to be wrong here, but even the Sony A7r's have lower quality video than their 24mp brothers. It's just too much data to scale down at high quality. But for stills the 5Ds/sR are not actually narrow use cameras, and I don't expect the high resolution R to be either.
You weren’t using LiveView ??
Until this year I was using an original 6D. I rented a 5div and an R. I liked both, but chose to pass and wait for the next generation. I got an RP to get a toe in the water and really like it. If the new high res mirrorless is $3500 or less I'll get one, but's that probably unrealistic. My ideal would be a simple R mk ii that improves on the 5d and R: 42-50mp, less noise, better DR. If they can throw in 2 slots and keep it at $3000, I'm in. For IBIS I might even pay $3500, but it's not a deal breaker. Again, probably dreaming...
I don’t need the “pro” R body if that means a 1DX type. What I need is a 5D equivalent, with redundant card slots and at least 8fps. If an 80mp body is what canon chooses to release at this juncture in the schedule, I can only guess that they are consolidating the 5D and 5Ds equivalents into a single camera for the RF Mount. If that is true, then I really hope that they have a solution for those of us that don’t want or need 80mp. Say, 40 or 30mp M-RAW option would be perfect.
Canon sells 1DxII, 5DIV, 5Ds and - surprise - 6DII as 'professional' cameras. Right on their official Australian site. On the Canon US, those cameras also come together along with M6II, but the section is called 'advanced'.
So hold on here...the M6II is in the SAME bucket as the 1DxII and yet, Canon supposedly won't ever sell an M series lens that violates their self-imposed (meaning marketing imposed) limit on the diameter of the lens because the M series is for beginners who want convenience?
A dual pixel through the viewfinder firmware update for the 90D please. The camera should have had this from the begining.
Huh? Would those pixels be on the mirror?
Apparently you have decided, "To HELL with apostrophes."
And, read much ee cummings?
"my sweet old etcetera
aunt lucy during the recent
war could and what
is more did tell you just
what everybody was fighting"
and he (ee cummings) didn't even have a smartphone
Which part? The part about the M6II being in the same bucket as the 1DX? That one can be confirmed by going to Canon USA, looking at cameras, and seeing the M6II is listed in the advanced category. (The R and RP are not.)
The other part, I can't cite a legitimate source for, which is my point.
Added via a firmware update no less!
Jokes aside, a few ideas occur to me regarding OVF DPAF that I'm sure Canon engineers have considered at some point:
- Make use of main sensor DPAF "snapshots" during continuous shooting to augment discrete PDAF information
- Replace the PDAF and/or metering sensor with a, say, a few megapixel combined DPAF/metering sensor
- Rip out the discrete PDAF sensor and secondary mirror and use main sensor DPAF instead
As I noted earlier, Canon Europe only considers the 1D and 5D series "professional" (including the 5Ds). I guess the product divisions are mostly up to the marketing departments of individual Canon subsidiaries.
