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Confirmed: The R3 will have a 24 MP sensor. Locked

Started Aug 2, 2021 | Discussions thread
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Thomas A Anderson Senior Member • Posts: 1,360
This is not a test.

dmanthree wrote:

Guus54 wrote:

yayatosorus wrote:

According to DP Review , the R3 will indeed feature a 24 megapixel sensor.

But what it is only a test cam?

When th R5 was in test fase, there were several different sensor sizes who been tested.

Why do we see only files of 1 test shooter only? there are more on the games.

I truly doubt that Canon would still be testing sensors at this very late stage. And what pro would trust a cam that didn't have final firmware and sensor at this event?

These are almost certainly production camera bodies with pre-production firmware.  Different sensors are used in the prototype phase, and as soon as the bodies went out the door to non-Canon employees the only thing left to finalize was the firmware.

Follow me for a second:  the only way to finalize the firmware is to have final hardware, so once the hardware is nailed down the final stages of firmware development can begin, and since firmware takes real-world practice to shake out all of the bugs (or the vast majority) then the best way to beta test the firmware is to....well, actually beta test the firmware.

All of these people wishing on a star that the sensor will be more than 24MP are actively choosing to ignore facts and reason.  More importantly, I wonder why this is such a problem.  Seriously, what's wrong with 24MP?  What if rolling shutter is essentially gone?  What if DR has increased?  There are other very important metrics by which to measure the usefulness of a sensor than just its number of pixels.

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