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Poll Time! Will you buy the R Locked

Started Sep 5, 2018 | Polls thread
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Great Bustard Forum Pro • Posts: 45,641
Yes, it was a huge misstep, in my opinion.

nonicks wrote:

Great Bustard wrote:

robert614 wrote:

Alright, Now that that the Canon EOS R has been officially announced, this begs the question. Will you be buying one?

...I'll be waiting for the reviews and for the price to fall to the A73 / Z6 levels before getting one (maybe a refurb a year from now?).

I think the missing of IBIS turns off a lot of potential buyers. This is a big misstep from Canon.

If *all* of the announced RF lenses had IS, then it would not have been as big a deal.  It would have simply signified that Canon has chosen ILIS over IBIS.  It simply would have sucked for all of us with non-IS EF lenses that we wanted to use.

Of course, Canon may introduce IBIS in the future, but the R is already $400 more from comparable competitors, so how much of a premium will Canon be asking for then?  The R, like the 6D2, seems to be an outstanding camera, but it is not priced "right" with respect to features and the competition.  I will be waiting for a refurb deal, as I did with the 6D2, to get one.

With regards to Canon, time will tell if they made the right move.  This poll on FM is not encouraging for Canon, but it's been said that we who participate on online camera forums are an insignificant portion of the customers, so, in the end, our opinions are meaningless.

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