Poll Time! Will you buy the R Locked

RubberDials wrote:

Canon has made it clear they feel IBIS is inferior to in lens stabilization so I doubt you will see it.

In lens can only give you two axes of stabilisation - pitch and yaw. To get 5 axes you need IBIS which gives you compensation on the X an Y axis plus roll.

IBIS adds roll only. The other two axes are "virtual".

There's no real defence for Canon's position as the trend is to combine in-lens with in-body - all Sony lenses above 85mm have in-lens stabilisation that works in concert with the in-body stabilisation.

Something I have not seen mentioned here: The R uses the sensor feedback to control the IS of the lens. Not sure if Sony does it.

I would imagine there was a technical issue why they left it off - perhaps to do with processing power as it does involve computation.

I’m curious as to how Canon is going to charge more for features found in Sony’s $2k entry level camera with a straight face. And will people actually buy it?

Because they are better built cameras maybe that does not matter to you but I have had to chip ice off my 1D to use it how much is that quality worth.

Interesting times.

Yes interesting especially when Canon takes full advantage of the mount to design lenses that Sony can’t match due to the restrictions of their mount size.

This is marketing BS, sorry.

Why would Sigma say it? Come to the PST forum and tell us that it is BS.

Don, surely you're old enough to remember that lenses like the 85/1.2 and the 50/1.2 appeared originally on FD mount which has a much smaller throat diameter and crucially a very long flange distance.

Not all f/1.2 lenses are created equal.

If the bazooka-sized Canon 28-70/2 is a big seller Sony will make an equivalent straight away.

I am not bashing Sony but only trying to point out that as good as they are they also have issues.

Totally correct, just not these ones.