(Warning – Canon info follows…)
Canon have just announced two new camera bodies, both full-frame, the R1 and the R5ll
For once I have to agree with Jared Polin in his analysis of the R1 – this is announced as a ‘Flagship’ camera body – a bit like the NIKON Z9 but it’s anything but.
I have no particular axe to grind with Canon – I don’t own a Canon, and having grown up with NIKON it seemed perfectly reasonable to continue using them (particularly as they DID NOT change their lens mount when AF (auto focus) and then digital became the rage…unlike Canon…
Anyway, the camera body costs MORE than the Z9, has a less dense sensor (25mp instead of 45mp) and aside from (according to Polin) a stunning new auto focus, has not got anything else that makes it that interesting…
Polins attitude is to call it an R3ll – sadly, I’m not really up to date on any Canon models, so I have no idea what he’s talking about – suffice it to say both models are more expensive, and less interesting in terms of innovation, than their NIKON equivalents.
It also seems that Canon lenses are considerably more expensive than their NIKON equivalents – are they better? I simply can’t say – but frankly, NIKON lenses are A: pretty good, and B: expensive enough for me !
An example – the Canon RF 70-200mm F2.8L IS USM costs 3199€ on the Canon site with the equivalent the NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S costing 2399€ on the NIKON site.
I can’t help reading between the lines with regard to Canons (lack of ) development on the consumer/pro camera bodies – they seem to be spending more time and money developing their video base – this could be very useful to the videastes amongst us, however less useful for the interchangeable lens camera body crowd…