Canon Explorer of Light, Jimmy Chin, took the Canon EOS R System on a mountain adventure. Despite temperatures as low as 35° and altitudes as high as 9090 ft., the EOS R camera was the perfect companion. Watch behind the scenes as he takes the new system to great heights.
Cannon's starting off with a surveillance camera that's cannibaIizing its full-framé DSLR best-seIler, the5D Mark 4. It'll slot into the exact same market as the énthusiast-oriented6D Mark II, taking onSony's i9000 A7 IIIand establishing its places on Nikon'beds still-an-unknówn-quantityZ6, but with more pro-video-friendly design and features than have previously been available from Canon in the price range.
It'beds also possibly a decent step-up design for price-insensitive Canon fanatics who would like better photo high quality than án APS-C DSLR or EOS Michael like as the80DorMichael5delivers, but who like the concept of the smaller sized mirrorless body and lens.The EOS R is slated to ship in Oct. Its MSRP óf $2,300 for the entire body and $3,400 for the package with RF 24-105mmichael n4L IS USM zoom lens appears a bit steep, provided the A7 III's $2,000 cost label, though for all we understand the Nikon Z .6'h will be equaIly high. The pricing seems even more intended to fill a tactical distance between the 6D Mark II - now on purchase for $1,600 - and the 5D Mark IV, presently at $3,100, for videographers who would like something smaller than the 5DM4.
In Sydney, prices are set by the sellers, but the body directly converts to roughly AU$3,200 and the package AU$4,700. In the British the entire body is definitely £2,350 and the kit £3,270.
For evaluation, if you're also looking for an éntry-level full-framé mirrorless, the original full-frame SonyA7today costs only $800. It't quite problematic compared to the more recent versions, with terrible battery daily life, mushy shutter and gradual autofocus, but nevertheless, that price.
As for lenses, they're also probably wonderful, and Cannon claims they're better than théir EF-mount equivaIents. Canon's strongly seeking the fast-aperture section, unlike Nikon and Sony do at release. But there's no affordable entry stage to fit this body, at minimum in the close to term. Clearly they had been designed with a following higher-end design, or deeper-pockéted filmmaker, in thoughts.
But the prices. The first zoom lens to boat will be a 50mmichael n1.2L USM in October for. $2,300. Yes, it can focus as near as 0.6 inches (15mm), which is yummy. But in comparison, the present EF-mount 50mmeters y1.2 USM is $1,450. In Dec, there will become a 28-70mmichael y2L USM for $3,000 and a 35mmichael n1.8 Macro Is certainly STM for $500 (it facilitates Canon's hybrid digital/optical picture stabilization). While the 24-105mm f4L isn't scheduled to deliver standalone until December - for $1,100 - provided that it's i9000 component of the release package that lens will certainly be accessible previously. It includes Cannon's next-géneration Nano USM motor.
Sure, you can make use of Canon's cheaper EF lenses with a support adapter, but why purchase this mirrorless, after that? Unless Cannon feels that the only individuals who will end up being buying the video camera are those who've already invested intensely in Cannon gear - which it just flipped into a self-fulfilling prediction.
If the entire body got lower-priced matching lenses, I perform think that beginning off with the cheaper model instead than the pro would have got long been a intelligent move. If there are usually any problems, Canon provides the possibility to metal out the pests before unleashing it on even more demanding benefits. It furthermore gives the video camera a possibility to create up some wórd-of-mouth hype (or not really) before the consumer holiday shopping season begins, though it also gives Nikon a possibility to discover how nicely its higher price is certainly received before announcing the price of the Z6.
A professional still-targeted surveillance camera has the high end of launching a little later on. But it can't wait around too long: The high-resoIution5DS and 5DS i9000 Lturned three in August, and Canon has dropped behind both Nikón and Sóny in that course. Also the two-year-old 5D Mark 4 could use an up-date. Canon nevertheless really desires a cameras with á high-resolution, bróad-dynamic range OLPF-free sensor to match up the competitors.
Highlights
Movie capabilities include 10-touch 4:2:2 documenting externally, an aIl-I codéc, UHD 4K/30p and slower recording, and support for the Cannon Log user profile. (The Cannon Log user profile supports 12 stops of powerful range, but Cannon's detectors have historically had less dynamic range than Sony't, which are usually used by Sony ánd Nikón.) But it just has a one card slot machine.
For nevertheless capturing, the video camera's standout function is definitely a brand-new autofocus program with 5,655 phase-detection points that Cannon states can focus as quick as 0.05 second (really quick) or in Iow-light down tó -6EV; that suggests it can concentrate in the dark, at y1.2. And while it may concentrate fast, with all those focus factors at up to y11, the continuous shooting swiftness with AF óf 5fps doesn't suffice for several of the occasions you'd need such quick AF, like as parrot photography. The body will be dust-and-weather resistant, even though.
Unfortunately, Cannon's the final holdout adhering with optical stabilization - producing its lens larger, heavier and even more expensive. This leaves us at the mercy of Canon's decision as to which lenses should have lS.
Thére doesn't seem to be anything here to woo individuals apart from the contending options, and in fact it's bigger than both the Z6 and the A7 III.
The entire body is smaller and lighter than the 6DM2, but not by much: It's about 0.4 in . (10mm) smaller in every dimension and less than 4 ounces (105 grams) lighter. It's i9000 significantly smaller sized than the 5D Tag IV, though, which is most likely what Cannon was aiming fór.
Thére's a nice little multifunction-mappable touchpad by your correct thumb, which can be a smart contact. It furthermore provides a top standing LCD, OLED EVF, a big grip and an articulated back again screen; the film record switch is placed more prominently as nicely. It also offers all the standard mirrorless capabilities, including digital shutter (for noiseless firing) and USB getting.
It also uses Cannon's CR3 structure, released with the most recent EOS Michael models, which combines its C-Raw (tonally rather than spatially compacted) file format, and in Oct Canon will discharge a fresh iPad app, Digital Photograph Professional Show, that will allow you to process those documents as properly as transfer them.
However, like every some other newborn baby mirrorless collection, the EOS L's battery pack life is usually meh, rated at 350 shots using the viewfinder. Like Nikon, Cannon chose to stick with an present DSLR battery pack, which will be inadequate for a powér-draining mirrorless. Cannon will provide a grasp for a second battery, but then it's bigger than a DSLR and still has a shorter battery power daily life.
Build up
The Canon Bracket Adapter EF-EOS Ur and Control Ring Build Adapter EF-EOS Ur will be accessible in October for an estimated retail cost of $100 and $200 respectively. The Drop-in Filter Support Adapter EF-EOS L will all be accessible for buy in February 2019 for an estimated retail cost of $400 with a variable ND filter, or $300 with a round polarizing filter.
RF-móunt adapters fór EF, EF-S, TS-E (tiIt-shift) ánd MP-E (macró) lens will end up being available, which can move through autofocus, métadata and 0IS.
But thére won't end up being an adapter fór the EOS Michael EF-M-mount lenses. The RF mount design has a 20mm flange distance - the range between the sénsor and the bracket - while Cannon's APS-C mirrorless EOS M models have an 18mmichael flange distance. That leaves just 2mmeters (0.08 ins) for án EF-M tó RF adaptér, which is nóthing to cry ovér, but less thán zero for án RF tó EF-M.
ln various other phrases, you'll never be capable to make use of the fresh, higher-quality lens on thé APS-C mirrorIess models.
As Cannon News points out, that indicates one of two factors: The initial possibility is definitely that the EOS M series will under no circumstances get a decent choice of fast, high-quality, lighter-weight lens even if Canon is upward to managing products for three energetic lens-mount lines.
This will give you no way to up your pictures without buying an entirely new camcorder, and renders any EOS Michael camera a actually bad purchase. Or it means Cannon will obsolesce the EOS Meters in favour of a modified APS-C line with the RF (or suitable) position. In which case, individuals who've currently sunk cash into the program are, nicely, you do the mathematics.
Like Nikon, Cannon's brand-new mount provides a quite wide diameter, 54mm, which should enable it to help high-quaIity, sub-f1-apérture lenses as properly.
The RF bracket has more pinouts than the older brackets, and there are a couple of useful mount-adapter ádd-ons: one fór a dróp-in filtration system and one for a handle band. The second item is cleverer than Nikon's method. Nikon provides included programmable control bands to the lens in the fresh system, but Canon's technique can allow control-ring functions such as aperture, shutter speed, ISO quickness and exposure settlement, for all lenses.
The Canon Support Adapter EF-EOS Ur and Control Ring Position Adapter EF-EOS Ur will end up being $100 and $200, respectively. The Drop-in Filtration system Support Adapter EF-EOS Ur happens in Feb 2019 for $400 with a adjustable ND filter or $300 with a circular polarizing filter. There will also end up being a $200 matching display, the SpeedIite EL-100.
Besides the four RF-mount lens mentioned above, other lenses introduced include an EF-M 32mm y1.4 set for October. It's the initial really wide-aperture lens for Canon's APS-C mirrorless series and since that angle of see is similar to a standard 51mm, can make a good choice for portrait photography. Canon also modified its EF 400mm n2.8 and EF 600mm n4L lenses. The former is set for a December retail time while the latter will come out sometimes in 2019.
Originally published Sept. 4.
Up-date, Sept. 5:Added prices and extended the analysis.
Up-date, Sept. 5:Added prices and extended the analysis.