While we have had numerous mentions of a high-resolution EOS R camera coming down the pipeline, Canon Watch is reporting than Canon will also introduce a video focused EOS R camera, which will be different than the upcoming EOS C50 and EOS C70.
I'm calling the cameras ‘EOS R Video' and ‘EOS R high-resolution'.
A direct quote of specifications:
- EOS R Video: has the same sensor technology as the EOS R5 but with half the resolution
- EOS R Video: records 4K/120P with no crop
- EOS R Video: does 2.8K supersampling in super35 mode
- Both have a newly developed heat sinks
- EOS high-resolution: has “double-width resolution sensor of EOS R6“ (This would put the resolution at 80mp if I'm understanding that correctly.)
- EOS High-resolution: does 12fps
- Dual Pixel AF performance in low light better than EOS R5 and EOS R6.
- EOS High-resolution: “high resolution monster being hybrid for quality and speed“
While I know a high-resolution EOS R camera is in the pipeline, I'm not too sure about a video focused EOS R camera. We have both the EOS C50 and EOS C70 RF mount cinema cameras on the horizon, and from the outside, it looks like Canon wants to segment video cameras and still/hybrid cameras.
Stranger things have happened though.
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80MP with an (double) IBIS - this will be usable - even handheld with moderate shutter speeds.
An higher DR and better low light capacity... (y)
5500 € for this monster body?
I wonder, how Canon will fix my/the heat problem with my/the R5. Maybe, an modification is possible. But I am in fear Canon will ignore this and say the newer bodies will get an heat update.
Somebody's wishful thinking?
That's just what people would like think about when they look at the A7SIII, but Canon won't make a camera exactly like that.
Current R5: 45 MB x 20 fps = 900 MB/sec
80 MB x 12 fps = 960 MB/sec.
These are essentially the same (and for the purists, the MB increases with ISO, so the Digic X can actually handle >1 TB/sec).
Basically, Canon took a huge leap forward with the Digic X and we will likely reap the rewards moving foward.
So it makes very little sense.
It also mentions 2.8k oversampling, which is 20-ish MPThat's in crop mode, that makes even less sense.