I posted yesterday about Sony beating Canon to the “pro body” punch, think EOS-1D X Mark III when I say “pro body”. Intergrated battery grip, larger battery, and built better than G-Wagen.
I have been told by a great source that Canon will definitely be announcing an RF mount mirrorless version of the EOS-1D X Mark III in 2021. Likely in the second half of the year. Please keep in mind the current global uncertainty could obviously delay things. At the time of writing this though, this info is as good as gold.
I will call the camera the EOS-R1, which seems like a logical nomenclature for the king of the RF mount camera bodies.
The only information I have been told about the camera spec wise is that it WILL NOT recycle the EOS-1D X Mark III sensor.
More to come….
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"WILL NOT recycle the EOS-1D X Mark III senso"
Canon seems to catch up with new sensors technologies ... very exciting.
It would be the sqircule of life
20fps mechanical shutter and even more with electronic.
And this won't change here either, when you ask 7000$+ for a camera in 2021 (a newer generation sensor suggests a price increase over the 1DX III), it needs to deliver on all fronts.
Let me initiate a drooling sequence:
So it is 2x CFExpress Type B only like the 1DX III, and also 20fps mechanical at least, since the 1DX III does that with the mirror being out of the way as well.
Flicker reduction has to be 10+ FPS, ideally they would implement the shutter finetuning of the Sony A9 which allows you to adjust shutter speed on such a micro level you can avoid flicker even in electronic 20 fps shutter. I love my R5, but it's not great for night sports when flicker reduction is limited to a pitiful 6 fps, but that's to be expected of a 5D level camera.
I'd also like to see an absolute minimum of 16 FPS in 14 bit, which is what the 1DX mark II was always able to pull off all those years ago.
That's why I chose to get the EOS-1D X Mark III camera body without the need to purchase RF lenses and reuse my old native EF "L" lenses.