The Canon EOS R3 and a couple of lenses will be announced this month. I have reported that the date of announcement will be September 14, 2021, but I haven't confirmed that date as of yet.
What will be announced?
Canon EOS R3 camera body with a rumoured availability being in November.
There will be a bunch of accessories announced alongside the Canon EOS R3.
- ST-E10 Speedlite Transmitter
- AD-E1 Multi Accessory Show Adapter
- DM-E1D Stereo Microphone
- ER-L1 Camera Strap
- ER-HE Eyecup
- ER-H Eyecup
Along with the camera body and accessories, Canon will announce two new RF mount lenses.
- Canon RF 100-400mm f/5.6-7.1 IS USM (The aperture range is rumoured, but the lens has a 67mm filter thread, so it's not fast)
- Cap E-67II
- Canon RF 16mm f/2.8
- Lens hood EW-65C
- Cap E-43
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Any idea what some of these codes mean?
Maybe just a cat on the keyboard? :-)
I'm pretty certain this means the RF 16mm f/2.8 is going to be *absolutely* tiny.
The EF 40mm f/2.8 even used a 52mm filter thread, which is 9mm bigger!
In fairness, by the time the R3 ships the RF 400mm f/2.8 and 600mm F/4 should hopefully actually be available, which covers most of what the high end sports photogs use. I would say a 100-300mm f/2.8 would be the perfect lens for the R3, but Canon will definitely keep us waiting on that.
The RF 400 f/2.8 and 600 f/4.0 are good lenses, but they are still modified EF lenses and don't show to the fullest what RF can be. For instance, Nikon are building brand new, never before seen designs for the Z 400 f/2.8 and 600 f/4.0 that appear to also have built in 1.4X TC's. Canon have always been able to make glass that no one else even has the R&D budget for, something that can show us what the a modern mirrorless super tele can be (this doesn't mean shorter or even lighter). I very much don't wish to believe bolting a EF to RF converter and changing the focus system is all we can expect from Canon.
A 35 L would be a bit pedestrian for a body targeting wildlife, sports, and new vehicle AF.
Maybe the ER-L1 is a wrist strap for the R3 that has a Leash attachment point for a dog. ;)