No, the first iteration didn't do it for me but I didn't expect it to. Notwithstanding, I am looking forward to what's next. This is an evolution for Canon. When the features and functions hit a herve for me, then I will be more inclined to buy.
If this had just had dual card slots I would be pre-ordering right now. I shoot my weddings with a 5DIII and a 6D. Believe it or not I love the 6D but I am always worried about not having a back up card. Before you ask. Yes, very early in my career I was second shooting. He trusted me with the groomsmen. Got home and very little from that part of the day was salvageable. Now we are talking the EOS rebel and god knows what brand card. I know they seldom fail these days but still a bit gun shy.
Still may get it but have to decide to spend the money here or fixing up this 55 Ford F100 truck I just got!!
Have purchased into the Sony system a few years ago but still have many Canon mount lenses. Was looking forward to see what Canon would release given the Sony A73 and Nikon's 2 mirrorless cameras but what Canon released I have zero interest with it and will continue to adapt my Canon lenses onto my Sony cameras.
gheller wrote:
Any first generation of a new product / technology is one to avoid IMO.
Look at Sony. Their 2nd gen is leaps and bounds above 1st gen.
That being said, if it had a dual slot, I may take the risk.
As a wedding photographer, *any* camera with only one slot is a "no-go"
greg
That's true if you are forging new ground like Sony has been doing these past few years...but Canon just needed to get onto the coat tails of Sony's work and release a generation 3 level camera. Surely they could have put IBIS into the camera...everyone else cracked that egg long ago. Surely they could have released better video support...they already have that technology. Surely they could have released a faster model than 3 fps when tracking in focus...they've done that before.
This crippled release has nothing to do with being new to the technology and everything to do with Canon's culture to not hurt sales of their flagship models.
The body is gen1, but the glass lineup is superb enough for me to try it now. I don't mind upgrading the body in a yr or two to a pro level model when it debuts. Got a few bodies I don't use much that I can trade in. Camera bodies are almost like a phone these days, new one every yr or so.
Will preorder one with grip, and get the 50 f1.2, and 28-70 f2. Not sure if I should get the 24-105 too or just use my EF 24-70 f2.8 II. The design and build quality seems to be pretty good based on reviews comments. I will check it out once they have demo units. I never considered Sony because of how terrible the ergonomics are. Canon seems to get it right on their first try.
No!.
Canon is working very hard, and diligently, to fall further, and further behind both Sony, and Nikon, and each new release reflects success in that endeavor.
No. At the price it’s at, I’d rather just get a refurbished 5D4. I’ll see what comes down the pipeline later on though. As it is, it’s still pretty big, especially those lenses.
Now, if it was priced at $1999 or even $1899(to undercut Sony), then yes, I’d preorder it.
I'm not in the market for a new body, having just bought one. When it's time for a new body, if it's competitive with the features I expect from a camera, then yes, probably. I am rather sweet on that 28-70 f/2...it'll likely be in MkII when I'm in the market again, so we'll see.
As a landscape stills shooter it looks like a winner especially with the three EOS R adapters. The people whom are complaining so much are mostly video bloggers and most haven't bothered to read Canon's white paper which clears up a lot of misconceptions.
Maybe. I'm a landscape guy and a very happy 5DSR user. I might be interested if the R offered a ton more dynamic range, but I'm more likely wait to see of they offer a 50MP or better model with more DR for the next iteration. But I give Canon high marks for the effort and think it shows great promise for exciting cameras going forward.
Nah Canon doesn't deserve my money for this. The sensor is 2 years old. It only does 3 fps with continuous tracking AF. It costs $300 more than the Nikon Z6 and Sony A7III. Even though I don't shoot much video, the 4K has an ~ 1.8 crop. The slo-mo video is 720p. I could live with 1 card slot and even the lack of IS but I will not reward Canon with my money for delivering an underspec camera compared to it's competitors.
voltaire wrote:
No, I'll wait for the next generation if I haven't purchased a Sony body yet.
My thoughts as well; and also curious about the forthcoming Panasonic FFM, as there's speculation that it may come with a new mount that would accept EF lens's with an adapter; no hint as to specs yet, though.
The Panasonic built Leica SL (601) is quite impressive albeit it's $6K price tag.
