1) 1DX Mark II was a professional grade with 1 CFast and 11 CF Express Type B slot.
2) R3 is considered by Canon to be a prosumer camera like the R5 is.
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Update: The Canon EOS R3 will be officially announced on June 29th
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2) R3 is considered by Canon to be a prosumer camera like the R5 is.
It has the R5 processor so I’m going to say it will offer at least 6K RAW with a small crop in Canon RAW Lite. For video shooters that is pretty exciting, imho. No other cameras are offering internal RAW besides RED Komodo in this price range.
Since it is a stacked sensor the readout will be fast, rolling shutter minimized, and the RAW image will probably look pretty damn good.
R3 shaping up to be an exciting camera. Finally a pro level video quality and features in a 1DX style body and mirrorless with tracking DPAF.
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SD Express spec 8 can handle 4gb/s ie the same as 4 PCIe lanes. CFe Type A = 1GB/s, Type B = 2GB/s, Type C (much bigger ) = 4GB/s.... but Lexar's write speed for the first SD Express card is 400MB/s to be released in 2022.
So yes, SD Express can be fast but there aren't controllers and cards that will be equivalent for a long time. SD Express will also not be available locally except in specialist stores.
There are 4 officially supported OEMs for Type B but users report that the smaller Sandisk also work. Only Sony produces the CFe Type A and canon would be crazy to rely on Sony memory for a Canon flagship camera.
The question is really what speed is needed and what heat is generated? Canon RAW light options can reduce the bit rate by ~half. Sony got their 4:2:0 oversampled 8K down to 400MB/s so they didn't need CFe Type B.
So what choice is there for Canon? Dual CFe Type B would clearly work and there should be space in the R3 body for them if they wanted to include them. UHS-II SD is the only other choice but they are significantly slower than CFe B and slightly cheaper now for the same capacity and could become cheaper again over time.
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Hopefully the lower resolutions will be available oversampled without overheating times. Will Canon remove the 30 minute limit??
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Only if you want to record lower bit rate high-res video. Canon's 8K raw is ~2600Mb/s and only CFe Type B can handle that. Canon's lowest 8K bit rate after the latest firmware is 8K UHD IPB light @ 340MB/s.
Sony's 8K recording speed is ~400MB/s
Can you tell the difference? That is the real question and if not then Canon has over specified their bus/card system and created the overheating issues that were pounced on by detractors.
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With one supplier and has supply difficulties. The UHS-II/Type A combined card slot is a nice design though.
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Ok, yes. I should have been more specific. Those cameras are great, especially Blackmagic for the price. But R3 offers excellent AF and weather ceiling in one body without need for rigging.
1DXIII is a DSLR photo camera. I don’t like to be stuck looking at a small screen on the back for video.
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The bitrate discussions fascinate me.
I used to be able to tell who came from film and who came from video.
The video folks would complain about the cost of media because they were used to paying next to nothing and favored lower bit rates.
The film people could not believe how cheap the media was compared to film so they favored higher bit rates.
Now we have people who never used either and are kind of in the middle.
Canon really threw the kitchen sink at the R5 and it goes from IBP Light to full Canon RAW.
It does not surprise me when people buy inexpensive cameras and focus on the cost of media but I wanted to slap everyone who bought $80K US RED cameras and complained about the cost of RED mags.
I only didn't because I suspect they would not cheap out on lawyers.
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Having owned both I can say for me the R didn't have anything over the 1DX3. It is smaller and lighter. If you like shooting video through the viewfinder that is a check for the R but every other category the 1dx3 is superior, but I am sure you will assume I am making this up since it can't possibly be true.
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If the official launch is in 3 days, I am puzzled that there is still no countdown or information about it on the Canon websites. For the R5 it seemed like there were all sorts of events planned to hype it up. If you want your launch to grab headlines, wouldn't you let everyone know there is a launch in the first place?
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I think you’re mixing up B(ytes) and b(its) in the above. The fastest CFe B cards top out at 1500MBytes/s writes currently.
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Well the 30.1 mp just saved me $6,000 bucks. I'm sticking with my R5 until maybe the R1? My other kidney feels better already.
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Because the size of the files limits the speed and efficiency of my turnaround, storage and processing, and while all of those can be increased they can’t be increased at no cost. Which means my costs go up and my price has to go up, which is bad for business.
What is so hard to understand about the concept that more is not necessarily an advantage and for some it is a disadvantage? If I shot video and needed 4K I wouldn’t need an 8k camera, what is so different?
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