Canon has added all of the gear announced this week to its list of products that will likely suffer supply issues to meet demand.
From Canon
We have received more orders than expected for each of the following products, and it will take some time before delivery.
We thank you for your many orders and apologize for any inconvenience caused to our customers. Thank you kindly look forward for your understanding.
[Applicable products]
- RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 IS USM
- RF100mm F2.8 L MACRO IS USM
- RF400mm F2.8 L IS USM
- RF600mm F4 L IS USM
- Ring type tripod mount E (B)
- RF14-35mm F4 L IS USM
- EOS R3
- Eye cup ER-h
- Eye cup ER-hE
- Strap ER-L1
- RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM
- RF16mm F2.8 STM
- Lens hood EW-65C
- Multi-accessory shoe adapter AD-E1
- Speedlight transmitter ST-E10
- Multi-accessory shoe directional stereo microphone DM-E1D
- Multi-accessory shoe Smartphone link adapter AD-P1
:LOL:
It worked out for me with the R5, and this camera will sell a lot less than a cheaper camera, but I also expect in the same vein they're making a lot less of these.
It would be very interesting to know the initial allotment Canon has in the first shipment for each dealer. Are we talking 10, 100, or 1000?
With the R3 I think there may have been a lot of people like me -- who never pre-order anything and usually don't buy in the first year after release waiting for the price to drop -- who were up at 4:30 waiting to hit the "buy" button. With the experience of the last year behind us, we know that if we want something we have to order as soon as it becomes available.
I don't think people were in that mindset so much when the R5 was released, with most figuring shortages might last a month or two or might affect toilet paper, or consumer items, but not specialty items like cameras.
On a positive note though, it does seem Canon has a more difficult time delivering lenses than cameras. The R5 is pretty much available everywhere now and the R6 can be found if you look.
70-200 2.8, 15-35 2.8, 1.4X extender are not in stock in the US for a while, for example.
I was still probably gonna wait and see what the R1 turns out to be, but I’m more interested in the rumored 5DsR replacement in mirrorless form for what i do. The R3 does make the future of Canon look very bright though. Very tempted to sell my R6 & 5DsR, and a kidney or two and pick one of these up instead, but might not be able to if I want to even.