The Canon EOS R8 will be announced at CP+ in February
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unfortunately I'm not sure switching to another brand will save you many as you will have to adopt that new mount with new lenses. nor do I think you will find many other bands offering anything but mirrorless cameras. if you are happy with you cameras and lenses why upgrade anyway. but you want to upgrade I'm afraid you Amy only be left with the option of switching all your gear to a completely different brand (that will also be mirrorless) or stick with non and use their RF to EF adapter which is absolutely exceptional and proof that they thought through how to keep the EF glasss alive for an entirely new generational of gear.
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Who needs small and capable ff camera days, right? Everyone wants to have their pinky on the right place.
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And hopefully they are also releasing several small F1.4 prime lenses priced under $500 so they can compete with their own M mount cameras? Lol of course they won't. So of course I can't buy into RF-S, because I would be guaranteed to take worse pictures than I do with the M6II due to the abysmal lens lineup and lack of 3rd party options.
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Not sure why it would make sense to put another camera into the $500 gap between the R10 and R7. Either is has to be quite a different camera or it is the psychological trick of creating a middle step between to products which seems like a good compromise for people who would otherwise have bought the cheaper one. Then it is likely priced closer to the more expensive product though to avoid cannibalizing it. Something like $1,299 or even $1,399.
I still hope that Canon will also bring a higher end APS-C camera and stops treating APS-C as a format for amateurs, which it is not. There are many reasons even for professionals not to go full frame. For example if you crop all the time on full frame anyway or you need a lighter package.
I still hope that Canon will also bring a higher end APS-C camera and stops treating APS-C as a format for amateurs, which it is not. There are many reasons even for professionals not to go full frame. For example if you crop all the time on full frame anyway or you need a lighter package.
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Maybe Canon waits if they have developped a BSI sensor with global shutter and brings that to market. BSI might be a tad more efficient due to slightly larger effective photodiode area but the main advantage might be the chance to put more electronics inside the sensor close to the cells. Maybe Canon just waits for smaller processes to reduce the heat load - IMO global shutter is a power drawing feature and a cool sensor performs always better.
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45MP isn't enough?
I'd be interested to know what genres of photography you tackle that require, or would benefit from, super-high resolution. Sure, there are branches of photography where very high resolution is preferred, such as product and billboard work, digital archiving of art etc, but why would a hi-res R5 be preferred to a 100MP Fujifilm?
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For modern sensors of the relatively large sizes under discussion here (APS-C and FF), the increased sensitivity is minimal at best. For example, the FSI Canon R5 and R6II have essentially the same noise floor and sensitivity as the BSI Sony a7-4 and a7RV.
It’s a different story comparing FSI vs BSI for smartphone sensors. But we aren’t.
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Cannibalization is a fallacy. Pricing is driven by projected unit sales and targeted ROI (which is based on development and production costs). If someone buys an R8 instead of an R7, Canon still makes revenue and profit, and quite likely if the margin on an R8 is half that of an R7, it’s because Canon expects to sell twice as many R8 units over the life cycle.
The real goal for Canon here is to get those in the huge installed base of xxxD and xxD owners to buy an R# body, whatever the # (and thus buy RF lenses, as well). Offering more choices at the lower end of the R-series price range is a good way to accomplish that goal.
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