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Before we get to our #1 pick, we have to first bring up what Craig and I feel is the worst product of 2023. Originally Craig had another pick but I changed him to the dark side so this is now a unanimous decision. Check our best of 2023 #2 and #3 here and here.
Without any further drum rolls (or punt kicks) we bring you what we both feel is the worst Canon release of 2023, the Canon EOS R100.
From Craig…
Well, it's definitely the EOS R100 for me. I try to understand who each product is for, even if it's not something that I'll ever use. The EOS R100 though? Did they just have buckets of parts in the storage room?
I understand that Canon sees unit sales growth coming from developing markets, and those markets tend to be price sensitive. That said, this camera is almost insulting to the intended market.
No touchscreen? No flippy screen? 5-year-old DIGIC 8? Cropped 4K? No in-body charging?
If you want to appeal to people that may have only shot with smartphones, at least give the camera some smartphone type features.
They could have done something with the design and feature-set that would have made it a more compelling product.
The camera should have been modelled around an EOS M body style without an EVF to save some costs and then at least put the touchscreen and DIGIC X (and the software) into the camera. Then you might have had something worth spending $400-$500 on.
There is zero point in buying this over the EOS R50. Just save a bit longer, the extra $100-$200 (depending on rebates and discounts) will be well worth it.
From Richard…
I wrote about this camera here. The R100 is just a complete hot mess that makes me wonder what exactly Canon was thinking. You have an entry camera to convince users to transition from smartphones without a touchscreen. Especially when those same users have all been taking pictures using touch controls. Instead of taking what the M200 had in terms of ergonomics and user-friendliness, they created a camera that novices will wonder what this camera is in 2023. Especially if they have peers that have new ILC cameras all sporting touchscreens and modern designs.
I get that Canon has to create a camera at the absolute bottom of price points, but even the EOS Rebels still had core ergonomic features that this one is lacking. On the other hand, the R100 has better AF, faster fps, and a myriad of functions that the older DSLR rebels never had. But there should have been, in my opinion, far more of a focus on where these beginning photographers are coming from and what tools they are currently using to ease that transition to ILCs. Instead, it feels it would be far more frustrating to novice users that never used a DSLR before the touchscreen era.
This one I feel was a huge miss by Canon – which probably means it will sell like hotcakes.
Thanks to Cullan Smith on Unsplash for the fire photo that we used in the above image.
/end sarcasm/
that Sony 200-600 with 1.4TC resolve noticeably better than Canon 200-800 without any additional optic.
I think I wrote in a discussion about it, that the spec was just to reach the price.
And everyone being a bit into MILC cameras will save a bit more money to pick the R50 in an instant instead.
But all others might get the R100 instead, and therefore this forecast might pretty much become true.
And if so, again Canon did just right, once more.
Canon RF 200-800mm F6.3-9 IS USM Lens Image Quality
All corporates release dodgy products but who knows, maybe they will sell!
\"Just save more\" is pretty out of touch. These cameras are not targeted at those with larger pockets. The difference on B&H between the 2 models you compared with a kit lens. is $499 vs $749. 50% more.
Yeah, I expect some users from this forum to come and defend Canon because they are the market leader and know the best.
Well, Canon always makes sure the affordable lenses are as unattractive as possible by making them extremely dark (RF-S 55-210, 200-800), have limited zoom range (EF-S 18-45), or just average optically (RF 24-50).
And what do you do?