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R3 spec. and price

Started Apr 14, 2021 | Discussions thread
OP GatanoII Contributing Member • Posts: 526
Re: R3 spec. and price

Occams Razor wrote:

GatanoII wrote:

"speculations"

- 20fps mechanical (it's inside the 1DXIII, no need to reinvent the wheel)

The 1DXIII is 16fps mechanical shutter.

This is valid only when you use the optical viewfinder, It's 20fps with the mirror up, it still uses the mechanical shutter or electronic at your wish, both at 20fps.

- 4999$ (Canon is going to war ... to win the mirrorless war)

It's been a long time since a professional Canon body with built-in grip started with a list price under $5000. That doesn't seem to be in line with the current market. I would guess minimum $5999 and more likely $6500.

It has been also a long time since we saw the last EOS 3 and this is not an EOS 1 camera, so a lower price is to be expected, otherwise it make no sense to create this new name segmentation, Canon used to add a new letter for variants in both 5D and 1D cameras to differentiate the variants, but both categories were always separated by a huge price difference, the R3 will fill the hole between the R5 and the (future) R1, it make no sense to have the R3 at a similar R1 price.

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