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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Retro camera coming

What would you like to see in terms of design and features?

https://www.canonrumors.com/canon-is-actively-conducting-market-research-on-a-retro-style-camera-body/

My wishlist:
R5 sensor but with upgraded autofocus and jpeg engine.
Small and lightweight (no more than 500-550g).
IBIS.
UAC/UAV protocols.
Allow Cosina to release all of their full-frame mirrorless lenses.
$2999.

Oct 26, 2023 at 07:40 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Retro camera coming

Make it similar to Leica M10 or M11 styling. Is that too much to ask for?!

Oct 26, 2023 at 08:06 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Retro camera coming

Retro Canon styling for me, and I'm at retirement age, would be an EOS 1 or 650—plastic fantastic cameras of the 80s and early 90s.

Oct 26, 2023 at 08:59 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Retro camera coming

I use my cameras for taking photos. I don't give a hell what my camera looks like.

Oct 26, 2023 at 09:01 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Retro camera coming

Gochugogi wrote:
Retro Canon styling for me, and I'm at retirement age, would be an EOS 1 or 650—plastic fantastic cameras of the 80s and early 90s.

EOS-1, T90, F1... any would be awesome. But maybe make it a Canon P rangefinder style design.

If they do F1, then they have to make it with a removable EVF prism.

I'm guessing Canon can't any longer ignore the Sony a7C line or Nikon's Zf...

For me it doesn't have to be retro but I'd like a 'rangefinder' style body with the EVF at the top left corner so that its pretty much just a flat top and bottom body design.

Oct 26, 2023 at 09:10 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Retro camera coming

I use my cameras for taking photos. I give a hell about the functional features of my camera, and I really like having retro-style dedicated manual controls rather than going through a modal menu system when I doing things like street photography. Those are my instincts from decades of shooting fully manual cameras before I moved to digital. That’s also what I like about my Fujifilm gear.

Unfortunately, I think Canon is unlikely to do this. For one thing, since their modern lenses no longer even include things like aperture rings… it would only be a halfway attempt unless they also introduced a line of lenses… which isn’t going to happen.

Oct 26, 2023 at 09:22 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Retro camera coming

That's what a full line of Cosina/Voigtlander RF lenses will address.

Oct 26, 2023 at 09:41 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Retro camera coming

Too bad the computers carry these day don't last as long as the retro cameras did. We upgrade every 3 years. The old film bodies with manual focus and the 50mm lens stayed around for 20 years.

Oct 26, 2023 at 10:02 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Retro camera coming

AE-1P with that amazing finder, but digital. Make it FD mount open to 3rd party.

Weird this came up I've actually been thinking about it

Oct 26, 2023 at 11:28 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Retro camera coming

I have a very simple and easy to implement Retro request for (all) R camera(s): Bring back the Ring Of Fire!!

Oct 27, 2023 at 07:16 AM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Retro camera coming

Does Canon have classic cameras? Sure, they have old cameras that were successful, but I can’t think of any Canon that I’d consider classic in design in some unique way or that was a revolutionary design at the time.

Oct 27, 2023 at 07:34 AM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Retro camera coming

Both the Canon AE-1 and Canon F-1 are classics.

Canonet, Canonflex, etc

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Oct 27, 2023 at 07:39 AM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Retro camera coming

I'm going the other way from the OP....

Let's have this be a rangefinder style to replace the EOS M6mkII/M50. The R series pocket camera those of us who liked the M's are hoping for. APSc in the 24-32mp range.

-Brian

Oct 27, 2023 at 07:42 AM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Retro camera coming

Would be nice to see a Canon 7-style rangefinder camera again - doubt it will happen since Canon wants to have it usable with newer RF lenses. Just would be nice to use a retro-like Canon 7 with vintage LTM lenses

Oct 27, 2023 at 09:33 AM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Retro camera coming

Digital QL17 would get my attention! Leave the amazing focus lever too. I'm SICK of fly by wire focus. Every brand should be attacking the X100V, not making bulky retro MILCs that are too big for their bad ergos.

johnvanr wrote:
Does Canon have classic cameras? Sure, they have old cameras that were successful, but I can’t think of any Canon that I’d consider classic in design in some unique way or that was a revolutionary design at the time.

What? The AE-1 is arguably THE most iconic everyman's 35mm body.

Oct 27, 2023 at 09:34 AM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Retro camera coming

As to the rangefinder-style camera… I think Canon has a better chance of success with that, and for a bunch of reasons.

- They could deal with the lens issue (namely the lack of essentially contemporary lenses with aperture rings) on this camera without having to invest a lot in multiple lenses. Yes, I’m thinking of a fixed lens body at first, like the Fujifilm X100v.

- That style of camera is fairly hot right now, and in markets that extend beyond the usual Canon camera market.

- A fair number of Canon users with larger Canon bodies and lenses could well want one of these as a smaller second camera.

In order to differentiate from similar products from other manufacturers (e.g. Fujifilm) I think they would want to make it full frame, likel with a sensor with about 40MP, keep it compact, and initially make the price reasonable.

Dan

Oct 27, 2023 at 09:38 AM

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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Retro camera coming

RoamingScott wrote:
Digital QL17 would get my attention! Leave the amazing focus lever too. I'm SICK of fly by wire focus. Every brand should be attacking the X100V, not making bulky retro MILCs that are too big for their bad ergos.

What? The AE-1 is arguably THE most iconic everyman's 35mm body.

So I see, but it still leaves me cold design-wise.

Oct 27, 2023 at 01:48 PM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Retro camera coming

If they could ever re-do the finder of the AE-1 Program on a digital camera, wow. A really great finder, much better than the AE-1, which is a good camera as well.

I'd rather have af, but any FD lenses could be adapted to pretty much any mirrorless. And if some older higher up is against 3rd party Rf I doubt there's much to lose opening up the old FD mount

might appeal to the younger film users too, and result in long term Canon customers

Oct 27, 2023 at 02:35 PM

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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Retro camera coming

Retro? With a sensor? You have got to be kidding. Make mine a MF Rangefinder with folding bellows. Oh, and it needs to use 120 film, not a sensor. Just think, a really nice camera with no need for batteries, or detachable lenses. Think Mamiya 6ivB. That is retro.

Oct 27, 2023 at 04:39 PM

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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · Retro camera coming

Zenon Char wrote:
The old film bodies with manual focus and the 50mm lens stayed around for 20 years.

And they could only do a fraction of what digital cameras can do today. As well, they did not come up with as many improvements as quickly as cameras do today.

Oct 27, 2023 at 04:55 PM

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