Official announcement of the Canon EOS R1 is now expected in July
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I feel the mpx is about what the current technology can provide after Canon first takes care of their 'speed' requirements. Fps, buffer, FTP etc. Once Canon (in the future), is able to check mark all the speed requirements, it will increase the mpx to what is then possible.
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I feel like I've done no-one a favour by previously revealing that you are posting from the future ...
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In their financial documents, Nikon forecasts that this fiscal year their market share will "skyrocket" all the way to (850/6100) 14%. That's 1% greater than last fiscal year.
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Sony's new sports camera, the a9 III, is 24MP. Unlike Sony, Canon won't degrade image quality by using a global shutter.
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You are not the target consumer for the R1. And visa versa, R1 is not meant for you. You need something else. Please understand that speed and hi mpx do not go together in any brand. Deep breaths will help.
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That is fair. What instead, though?
Within the current Canon lineup, there's only the R5 range which is a smaller body with much shorter battery life. If you need the ruggedness and better battery life of an R3/R1, the R5 just doesn't quite cut it.
I would love to see a higher resolution RF body in an R3 form factor, perhaps trading some speed for increased resolution. I'd hoped the R1 would be "both", i.e. speed AND somewhat increased resolution.
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Then, in my knowledge (limited) what you want does not exist in the market just yet. But 'both' will not happen. Because speed needs lower mpx. Lower is subjective... From where it all started 24mpx is high and enough for most jobs.
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The R1 crowd prefers speed over mpx. Canon seems to understand that. 1 series is for the photographer that cannot afford to miss a shot because of either camera malfunction in the field (ruggedness) or missed photo because of focus or fps. And this crowd is generally the action professional that buys long telephotos negating the need for cropping too much. So Canon will not trade speed. It will increase resolution somewhat when the processors become faster, but will still give preference to speed over mpx.
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Two things though:
- Speed vs MP is not quite the engineering* tradeoff it once was. The R5 was canon’s fastest (and nearly highest resolution) sensor at the same time. Ditto for the A1. Ditto for the Z9. Not saying there is zero tradeoff, but we’re far removed from the 1D vs 1Ds days.
- Canon doesn’t really give folks who need a gripped body a choice. We can’t really talk about their “preferences” when there’s no way for consumers to express that preference except by jumping brands. The only thing that seems really true: Canon is not concerned about losing customers who need a gripped RF body because of low megapixels.
*I will concede that “speed” now has two conflated meanings. Readout vs pixel pipe. The Z9 is excellent at readout, but might be pipeline limited.
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Hmmm...Nikon,as far as I know, has one gripped body - so no choice other than high MPs.
Sony, as far as I know, has no gripped bodies, so no choice at all.
I believe that there was a comment that the 5 series cameras outsell the 1 series cameras by about 30 to 1. So, large, flagship type, gripped cameras are a very low seller. So, how many of these gripped bodies should Canon be making?
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Canon cares about the needs of its R1 target audience, professional sports photographers. 24mp with very high readout speed is probably what's required for optimal operation of the camera's new features.
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That's a good point. In particular, Canon is already touting the R1's 'Action Priority AF' may depend on a very fast readout speed (Canon highlighted the AF benefits of the R3's stacked sensor in terms of readout speed meaning faster subject sampling). I can certainly see Canon prioritizing better AF performance over more MP.
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I certainly not able to answer that question. I do find it pretty interesting that Canon offers two*, Nikon one, Sony zero. And both of Canon’s offerings are—seemingly—about to play in the same space. What’s super interesting is that all three seem to be having moderate success in a contracting market despite these approaches. My only point is that we shouldn’t boil down these things to the old canards about “speed vs mp” when the three leaders are all taking different approaches to the market.
I personally love Canon’s approach as they give me the best “all rounder” at the best price. I’d have to pay more for a Z8 or A1 to get what I get from the R5 (and hopefully R52!)
*About to offer, anyways. We’ll see where the dust settles.
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