Why Not Update the R3 and Make it a Photographers Only Camera?

[1ll]

I'm a photographer who is not interested in using a mirrorless, full-frame camera for video. I'd like to purchase a photographers only camera. Canon could make the R3M2 for that purpose. Without video capabilities the camera might cost less and not succumb to overheating issues.

 

[AlanF]

Video doesn't affect overheating in still photography, it would hardly save any money building a stills only camera, and such a model would have a smaller customer base. And, if it has fewer customers, it would be more expensive.

 

[P-visie]

I'm a photographer who is not interested in using a mirrorless, full-frame camera for video. I'd like to purchase a photographers only camera. Canon could make the R3M2 for that purpose. Without video capabilities the camera might cost less and not succumb to overheating issues.

Why is this in the Rumors section and not in the Gear talk section?

Elaborting on @AlanF’s post: DPReview has a recent post: https://www.dpreview.com/opinion/2487492530/why-omitting-video-won-t-make-your-camera-cheaper

 

[neuroanatomist]

I'd like to purchase a photographers only camera.

You missed the big Canon announcement a couple of years ago. They’ve been silent on it since, but I’m absolutely 200% positive it’s coming soon.

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Thread 'Canon launches the DYOC Program'

Aug 1, 2024

CRguy apparently missed an important announcement, so I'm reposting the press release from Canon USA. This is a biggie, it should end forum whining forever.

Canon Officially Launches the Design Your Own Camera Program​

MELVILLE, N.Y., April August 1, 2024 — Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today launched a new program for professional and amateur photographers intended to ensure they can achieve the results they need. The Design Your Own Camera (DYOC) Program enables Canon customers to specify the exact features they want in a camera, and Canon...

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[1ll]

Why is this in the Rumors section and not in the Gear talk section?

Elaborting on @AlanF’s post: DPReview has a recent

Why is this in the Rumors section and not in the Gear talk section?

Elaborting on @AlanF’s post: DPReview has a recent post: https://www.dpreview.com/opinion/2487492530/why-omitting-video-won-t-make-your-camera-cheaper

Thanks for the DP link. Yes, I posted this in the incorrect forum, sorry about that.

 

[1ll]

Video doesn't affect overheating in still photography, it would hardly save any money building a stills only camera, and such a model would have a smaller customer base. And, if it has fewer customers, it would be more expensive.

While using the camera for video, the cpu is taking light from the sensor, processing color, compressing the file, and writing it to your memory card, all at high speed. The processing creates heat.

There are those who are willing to pay a higher price. An RF 600mm f4 costs, $14,000 US dollars, that's expensive, but Canon made it and photographers buy it.

Hasselblad makes a medium format high resolution camera, people are buying it.

 

[AlanF]

While using the camera for video, the cpu is taking light from the sensor, processing color, compressing the file, and writing it to your memory card, all at high speed. The processing creates heat.

The first words of my post were "Video doesn't affect overheating in still photography,". In case you have forgotten your original post, you said you wanted it for stills only. So, let me explain it further. If you use the current R3 for stills, you are not using it for video. Therefore, the heat generated in video is irrelevant and not a reason for wanting a stills-only camera.

 

[neuroanatomist]

While using the camera for video, the cpu is taking light from the sensor, processing color, compressing the file, and writing it to your memory card, all at high speed. The processing creates heat.

We're talking about mirrorless cameras. The only way you can see what the camera sees, either in the EVF or on the rear LCD, is because the CPU is taking light from the sensor, processing color, compressing the [data], and displaying the video feed, all at high speed. A fair amount of the heat from shooting video is writing that video to the memory card(s), and if you're shooting stills then the video being read off the sensor is not written to storage.

 

[1ll]

In case you have forgotten your original post, you said you wanted it for stills only. If you use the current R3 for stills, you are not using it for video. Therefore, the heat generated in video is irrelevant and not a reason for wanting a stills-only camera.

No, I didn't forget my original post. The thought was upgrade the R3, but make it a stills only camera a non hybrid. The current mirrorless cameras for stills and video are hybrid cameras.

 

[1ll]

You missed the big Canon announcement a couple of years ago. They’ve been silent on it since, but I’m absolutely 200% positive it’s coming soon.

L

Thread 'Canon launches the DYOC Program'

Aug 1, 2024

CRguy apparently missed an important announcement, so I'm reposting the press release from Canon USA. This is a biggie, it should end forum whining forever.

Canon Officially Launches the Design Your Own Camera Program​

MELVILLE, N.Y., April August 1, 2024 — Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today launched a new program for professional and amateur photographers intended to ensure they can achieve the results they need. The Design Your Own Camera (DYOC) Program enables Canon customers to specify the exact features they want in a camera, and Canon...

• Loswr
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Nope, I saw and ignored the April fools wishlist.

 

[neuroanatomist]

Nope, I saw and ignored the April fools wishlist.

The point remains – a 'stills-only' camera is not going to be cheaper to make, and is going to be more expensive to sell because fewer people will buy it. Therefore, your wishlist will remain just that...on April 1st and on every other day of the year. Sorry for the reality-check.