It’s been rumored that during the “Olympics year” that the fine folks at Canon would announce its flagship mirrorless camera body. Granted, some of us thought it would have been announced sooner, but instead we ended up getting the R3*. Not that the R3 isn’t a great camera body, but it didn’t quite sit in the usual branding and SKU of Canon being a “flagship.” With this announcement, what are we as consumers and pro-sumers expecting to get win an R1?
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What to expect in the R1
In Canon’s press release, the company spoke in generalities. But it’s safe to say, the body will be an upgrade over the existing R series camera bodies. Not necessarily in megapixels, but definitely in performance.
“This camera employs the newly developed image processor DIGIC Accelerator in addition to the pre-existing processor DIGIC X. The new image processing system, composed of these processors and a new CMOS sensor, enables large volume of data to be processed at high speeds and delivers never-before-seen advancements in Auto Focus (AF) and other functions.” - Canon
This says a lot considering how fast the current cameras are. I’ve not shot on an R3 as of yet, but the R5 and R5 C* that I own are ridiculously fast on capture and writing to my card. Not to mention the video capabilities. When the Canon R3 was announced, the lower megapixel count (24) wasn’t ideal for some portrait photographers, but the video capability of 6K 60fps and 4K 120fps makes videographers drool. I would assume this new body would have something close to that. At the very least, 4K 120fps for great slow motion action sports. And maybe 30 megapixels for image stills. Better yet, what about pricing? My guess would be $7000. Considering the last flagship (a DSLR) was roughly $6500 for the 1DX III. New tech, would probably cost a little more now a few years later. Right?
What are you thoughts? Interested in the new body? Happy with your current camera body? What are you shooting with these days and if you’re thinking of an upgrade, would it be to this or another camera body. Let me know.
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