Gochugogi wrote:
The Canon R system now has a silly amount of features, options and choices in their system—almost all things to all people. The hybrid stills/video integration advances a level with each new generation of models. I'm actually overwhelmed and only need a fraction of the features my R7 and R6 MK II offer. More than enough for chasing butterflies and lizards or videoing music performances and tutorials for my YouTube channel.
Obviously, photogs here considering leaving Canon shoot in specialized niches on the bleeding edge outside the mainstream. I've switched systems 3 times during my life to gain certain features and, without exception, these companies always leapfrogged one another with features and new technologies. How long until Canon has a 100MP CMOS or a low noise global e-shutter model? I have no idea but likely years from now. Most of Canon's customers will not buy (or can't afford) such an expensive high performance camera. Thus, the appearance of such a design is likely a low priority. If profits are high enough, perhaps Canon will release a cutting edge niche camera as a demonstration of their corporate might and eat the R&R loss for the resulting good marketing.
I am afraid this is not a matter of profit or of priorities. Canon is extremely profitable at the moment and they love the marketing provided by white lenses in big event. This has been an essential dimension of their marketing effort and explains why press agencies get such amazing conditions when buying Canon gear.
It's a matter of technical abilities in the sensor department. And it's not even surprising considering how tiny Canon sensor teams are compared to Sony Semi-conductor's that is the market leader, working with all the top companies in the world including Apple.
The R1 and R5II have demonstrated that beyond any possible doubt and this is the very reason for the current discussion. The result of their best possible effort, at the very edge of what they can do after years of maddenlingly intense work by their best engineers under tremendous management pressure, are the R1 and R5II.
There is no magic trick hidden anywhere, there is no R1s coming any time soon. This is the reality of what Canon can do.
