Where is Canon headed?

[pedro]

5D4 at 28MP

I expect the 5D4 will have ~32 MPIX - maybe even 36 MPIX. Canon will feel a need to differentiate 5D series more

Canon has said they want to bring more (specialized) models to the market. Using the same body and some core components while changing parts such as sensors etc. seem the smart way to do this.

Yes I remember that, then there is room for a 5DIVC 18 MP looking forward to its specs. Would this cam be good for astro single frames as well? More or less a much better equipped counter part to the Sony A7IIs?

 

[martti]

Canon is heading and well on the way to 2030 and further.
No pampered pixel peeper can stop them...it is a major company wchich is run like a business. Lots of resources there in finances and research. Just stay put.

Sony vs Canon over the past 12 months...looks like the times they are a'changin'.

Sony is 'restructuring' with a heavy hand. It means laying off people and cutting non-profitable branches. Xperia needs to lose weight, les variation, less models and better quality. Mine is in reparation for the third time in it 11-month career in my service....Mos certainly Sony is doing good now with the camera sensor and selfie camera business selling high-margin products in great volumes. Canon is not competing in that segment.

Canon is taking the slump in DSLR business hard but the office materials are providing a solid inflow of money.
Camera business is about 30% of Canon's sales volumes.
Nikon is takin a harder hit because camera business corresponds to 60% of their sales volume. Their background business, robotics components for micro technology is not doing well, either.

From the big three, Nikon is deepest in trouble. You do remember the problems they have had launching their 'winner' products. The reflections in the D750 and the oil in the shutter of the D6000. Call backs are costly in more ways than one.

Sure, times, they are a'changing and a hard rain is gonna fall. We are doomed.