What's Next From Canon, NAB and Beyond

[Canon Rumors]

While the announcements today had some positives and a big glaring negative (someone please explain their mirrorless strategy to me), Canon is far from done in 2015 and we’ll see a host of new products in the coming months.</p>
<p><strong>EF Lenses

</strong>We’re going to see a new 50 f/1.8 STM soon, as well as a new 70-300 non-L, non-DO lens. We don’t know exactly when they’re coming, but we’re told they definitely are. There are no other lenses we’ve been told about that are imminent. I wish someone would say 35L :)</p>
<p><strong>EOS Cameras

</strong>We haven’t heard anything definitive about what EOS camera would be coming next. The obvious choices are an EOS-1D X Mark II and an EOS 5D Mark IV. In case you were wondering, we haven’t heard anything about a replacement for the EOS-1D C.</p>
<p><strong>Cinema EOS

</strong>NAB is in April, and we’re told Canon will be making it a major announcement show this year. We’re told the Cinema EOS C300 will get a replacement and that it will shoot 4K. We haven’t received the same confirmation about an EOS C500 replacement. We’re also told there’s a chance Canon shows a new style of Cinema EOS camera, which would become the flagship and compete directly with the Arri Alexa.</p>
<p>I suspect there will be a lens or two announced, though we haven’t heard anything.</p>
<p><strong>Other Video Products at NAB

</strong>We’re told that Canon will announce a GH4 competitor for NAB. It will be some kind of 4K ILC camera, we’ve heard the camera will have swappable parts, such as the grip and the viewfinder. We have no information on what lens mount it would be. We are told that it’s an “entry level” cinema product.</p>
<p>We’re also told a fixed lens Cinema EOS C100 style camera is coming and could be called the XC-10 (this could change), and that it will shoot 4K. Since it will have a fixed lens, I doubt it’s part of the Cinema EOS family.</p>
<p>We will be at NAB this year and hope to bring some fresh content with a few partners.</p>
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[Dave Del Real]

What the heck is a 4K ILC camera?

 

[timothetoad]

What the heck is a 4K ILC camera?

Mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera. As the article said, a camera that competes against the GH4.

 

[Orangutan]

How about Canon produce a camera with IQ comparable to that of Sony/Nikon?

Or is that too much to ask?

Why would they expend valuable resources on R&D for that without a compelling market need?

 

[unfocused]

How about Canon produce a camera with IQ comparable to that of Sony/Nikon?

Or is that too much to ask?

Okay, you can go back down to the basement now and finish your World of Warcraft game. Mom will call you when supper is ready.

 

[cnardo]

You know...the SL1 is not a bad substitute for the EOS M series.... what the latest rumors about an SL1 upgrade to an SL2 ? ???

 

[bornshooter]

IMO there will be no 1dx replacement until late 2016.

 

[unfocused]

You know...the SL1 is not a bad substitute for the EOS M series.... what the latest rumors about an SL1 upgrade to an SL2 ? ???

Yes. I'd love to see a SL1 with the 70D sensor and better autofocus.

 

[bcflood]

I am curious now that the new Rebels have been fully announced what the future of the xxD is going to be. I wonder if there will be a 80D announcement this year, especially with Nikon bringing out at D7200 this year. I guess it depends on the reviews of the T6s and how good its new sensor turns out to be.

 

[cnardo]

You know...the SL1 is not a bad substitute for the EOS M series.... what the latest rumors about an SL1 upgrade to an SL2 ? ???

Yes. I'd love to see a SL1 with the 70D sensor and better autofocus.

+1 and combined with more Pancake lens offerings

 

[greenapol]

How about Canon produce a camera with IQ comparable to that of Sony/Nikon?

Or is that too much to ask?

Why are you begging Canon to have a camera comparable to sony or nikon? If you think sony or nikon have better cameras just move on and make the switch! Go buy a sony or nikon! LoL ;D

 

[SpartanII]

You know...the SL1 is not a bad substitute for the EOS M series.... what the latest rumors about an SL1 upgrade to an SL2 ? ???

Yes. I'd love to see a SL1 with the 70D sensor and better autofocus.

+1 and combined with more Pancake lens offerings

+2 Yes please. A pancake offering beyond the 50mm focal length range with the low, low price around $170-190. (60mm or a 70mm f/2.0)

 

[Dylan777]

How about Canon produce a camera with IQ comparable to that of Sony/Nikon?

Or is that too much to ask?

Be nice dilbert

I might not happy with Canon mirrorless, however, Canon DSLR is hard to beat. While others asking for better sensor, I'm satisfied with 1Dx + 24-70 + 70-200 + 200 f2 + 400 f2.8 IS II.

 

[Alejandro]

I'd say they are going to announce a new 6D in october, along with a new 1DX indeed only if that global shutter rumor is true, if not, 1DX II on feb 2016.

 

[dak723]

How about Canon produce a camera with IQ comparable to that of Sony/Nikon?

Or is that too much to ask?

How about you not ruin every thread on CR with your endless complaining? Or is that too much too ask?

 

[SpartanII]

I'd say they are going to announce a new 6D in october, along with a new 1DX indeed only if that global shutter rumor is true, if not, 1DX II on feb 2016.

I'd bet money on a 2016 release.

 

[sjp010]

Canon's still trying to figure out how to make a 35LII that's better enough than the Sigma 35 to warrant two times the price. I think Canon had one set to release two years ago and Sigma caught them with their pants down.

 

[tcmatthews]

I'd say they are going to announce a new 6D in october, along with a new 1DX indeed only if that global shutter rumor is true, if not, 1DX II on feb 2016.

I'd bet money on a 2016 release.

I have my bet on a Spring 2016 release of a 5d IV. I do not think that a 6D II will come before that. More likely the 6D II will come in fall of 2016. I not going to make bets on a new 1DX. I am not really interested in 1D bodies.

 

[dash2k8]

"We’re also told there’s a chance Canon shows a new style of Cinema EOS camera, which would become the flagship and compete directly with the Arri Alexa."

It's disheartening for me personally that Canon is nearly abandoning the lower video market in favor of Hollywood-level equipment. I know it's much too late to bemoan the fact that they didn't push the video market that they accidentally created with the 5D2, but I still wish they at least maintained some level of respectability. The a7s and GH4 simply blow away the 5D3 in video performance (and the fact that the GH4 is a crop camera adds salt to the wound). I am praying/hoping/pleading that the 5D4 will at least give me "respectable" video performance so that I can use all my Canon L lenses (and a few Sigma Art's). That's the only advantage left for Canon in the lower video market.

 

[Mitch.Conner]

Given that Nikon might be releasing a 24-70/2.8 VR alongside the D5 I'm hoping we also see a Canon EF 24-70/2.8 IS this year alongside the 5d4 or a 1dx2 if it is also released this year.