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Whispers of new Canon camera with 100 megapixels to launch in 2023 but will it be the EOS R1?

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Canon Has Designed a Gimbal System for Consumer-Level Drones

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Canon is Debating if Bringing APS-C to the RF Mount is Worth it: Report

According to a new report, Canon is in the midst of an internal debate on whether or not it should bring an APS-C camera to its RF line. Since moving to mirrorless, Canon has thus far separated its APS-C line (the EOS M series) from its full-frame offerings (R series).

Canon Rumors reports that it was made aware that Canon has been performing market research with "select pros and others" to see if there is actual demand for an APS-C RF-mount camera. Additionally, the report alleges that Canon already plans to let the EOS M cameras go in favor of a focus on the EOS R cameras, whether or not APS-C comes to the mount.

Canon also apparently has "zero plans" to produce any RF-S lenses.

According to a second Canon Rumors report, Canon is looking at three possible APS-C camera designs with the names the R7, R8, and R9.

While historically its flagship models like the 5D series and now the R5 steal most of the spotlight, most of Canon's user base came from its lower-end interchangeable cameras. Canon continued to make and sell the Rebel SL series cameras -- most recently the Canon SL3 which was released in 2019 -- because the models were so affordable and, as a result, popular. But as DSLRs have fallen in popularity and have become less of a moneymaker for any camera brand, Canon has begun to focus on its higher-end models as it admits the market has become saturated.

As reported by Petapixel 's David Crewe earlier this year, Canon was able to see some growth in its camera division due mainly to an increase in the average selling price per camera. These financial realities explain the company's choice to move towards a focus on full-frame mirrorless systems instead of entry-level DSLRs. It could also explain why the EOS M series has not seen much innovation in recent years.

The Canon EOS M50 Mark II, its most recent EOS M camera announced at the end of 2020, sells for the exact same $600 as Canon's entry-level SL3 DSLR. Given that Canon has admitted that low-end cameras don't contribute to its profitability as much as higher-end models do, Canon has plenty of reasons to abandon the platform. Meanwhile, Canon's cheapest RF camera, the EOS RP, costs $1000 without a lens.

Canon may see that unifying its APS-C and full-frame mounts makes a lot of sense. Not only is it a decision the company has made in the past with its EF-mount DSLRs, but it would also encourage newcomers to the brand to try higher-end glass that could be treated as an investment and would move with them to more expensive camera bodies when they were ready to upgrade.

Another factor Canon may be considering is existing competition: both Sony and Fujifilm have done extremely well in the APS-C market, leaving little room for Canon to muscle its way in without significant additional investment -- its tepid EOS M strategy hasn't been enough to seriously challenge either Fujifilm or Sony. Nikon has tried its hand at a Z-mount APS-C camera, but it isn't clear how well the Z50 is selling. That said, its retro-styled APS-C Z fc does seem quite popular ahead of its release. Canon may be looking at Nikon to see how it does in APS-C over the next year before determining its next move.

Canon's general lack of attention towards the EOS M line in recent years does seem to indicate that the company isn't set on continuing to keep it up, and the number of advantages to moving its full line of cameras to one mount are numerous. It remains to be seen if Canon thinks developing an RF APS-C camera and attempting to migrate its EOS M user base to it is worth the cost and associated risks, however.

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Three New Canon RF Lenses Scheduled for Release are Delayed: Report

An alleged internal Canon document shows that at least three more RF lenses should have been in production by this point, but ongoing manufacturing hiccups and parts shortages have delayed their release. The document additionally shows some lenses that are slated to be discontinued.

Canon Rumors is reporting that multiple RF lenses that should have been announced and begun production have been delayed and that a new release schedule is unknown as the "announcement dates are likely a moving target within Canon themselves."

An internal document obtained by Canon Rumors shows several lenses with an initial target of an announcement in 2020 but have clearly been delayed.

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The red rectangles, translated, indicate lenses that should be "launched" within a certain time period. Therefore, the 600mm and 800mm f/11 lenses that were announced earlier this year were clearly pushed away from the original timeline of 2020, as shown in the above document. Likewise, the Canon RF 18-45mm f/4-5.6 IS STM, RF 24mm f/1.8 IS STM Macro, and RF 100-400mm f/5.6-7.1 IS USM all had timelines that initially indicated a target launch of sometime in 2020, but have been pushed much farther into 2021. It is highly likely that if a more updated version of this document were to be seen today, all three of those lenses would now show a launch window of 2021 through 2022.

Canon Rumors reports that while initial reports said these lenses would be available sooner, it's clear the company was forced to postpone their launch. As it stands, Canon is already having issues with previously-announced lenses, and on July 6 announced that several were experiencing demand that outpaced production:

• RF100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 IS USM
• RF100mm f/2.8 L MACRO IS USM
• RF400mm f/2.8 L IS USM
• RF600mm f/4 L IS USM
• RF14-35mm f/4 L IS USM

Also of note and not mentioned in the Canon Rumors report is the bottom section of that internal document shows lenses that are, translated, "scheduled to be discontinued." This includes the Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, the EF-S 55-250mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM, and the EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM. As shown on the chart, these three lenses were scheduled to be discontinued by the beginning of 2020, and all three have been.

While the chart cuts off, several other lenses are listed in the same blue color, which indicates that if they have not been discontinued yet, they soon will be. This includes the Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II and the EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM, both of which are still currently available. The blue line seems to show availability for both these lenses extending through 2021, so they likely won't be discontinued any time soon.

Image credits: Aspects of header photo licensed via Depositphotos.

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Canon to Launch First-Ever Tilt-Shift Lens with Autofocus in 2022: Report

Canon is rumored to relaunch its tilt-shift line of lenses in RF mount in 2021, but a new report restates they won't be simply re-mounted versions of their EF counterparts but instead will feature autofocus -- a first for tilt-shift lenses.

The report comes courtesy of Canon Rumors, which first noted that the lenses were slated for a 2021 release back in October of 2020. The October report stated that a TS-R 14mm f/4L and TS-R 24mm f/3.5L were set to be announced this year and would feature a "groundbreaking" autofocus system that would allow them to work with the tilting and shifting nature of the optic.

The latest report, published today, reaffirms the plan to release the two lenses alongside a high megapixel camera, but the timeframe has changed to next year.

"I have been told that Canon plans to introduce two new autofocus tilt-shift lenses alongside a high-megapixel camera," the site reports. "The announcement timeframe for such a camera is still unknown, but the source claims the first half of 2022 is extremely likely."

Adding autofocus to a tilt-shift lens has not been done before because of limitations on how autofocus systems work. According to a discussion on StackExchange, tilt-shift lenses do not work with autofocus systems because the lenses have to make certain assumptions about what is being projected down the barrel of the lens, and if those assumptions are broken because the focal plane changes either by a tilt or a shift.

"AF sensors have to be designed very explicitly, and as CMOS devices, must be designed flat themselves," jrista wrote on StackExchange in 2012. "I guess it might be possible to create an AF unit that had multiple AF sensors that functioned on different focal planes, allowing points from various AF sensors at differing focal planes to be utilized in some sort of three-dimensional AF phase detection algorithm. Such technology would be radically complex and radically expensive, assuming the theory really even holds any water in the first place -- my guess is that would only allow AF when tilt lines up usefully on whatever focal plans the AF sensors support, and not anywhere else… making it non-viable."

A lot has changed since this response was initially written and technological improvements in cameras have moved forward by leaps and bounds, so it is possible that Canon has figured out how to implement autofocus in a lens that doesn't maintain a flat focal plane. Canon actually filed a patent for such a lens back in 2016.

The five years since that filing would have given the company plenty of time to actually produce it. For now, though, its release remains speculation.

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