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

Started Aug 2, 2021 | Discussions thread
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Stig Nygaard
Stig Nygaard Regular Member • Posts: 385
I disagree. It is not proven or confirmed

I'm not in the market for an R3, but while I think 24mp is fine (I'm perfectly happy with my own 20mp camera), and I agree there are indicators making it very likely the camera is 24mp, I still disagree anything is confirmed here.

It is still possible that the camera has more megapixels, and Jeff Cable and other OL photographers just prefer shooting in an 24mp mode also offered by camera. In fact Canon has told us year after year, that the primary target group of their 1DX series don't really want more than 20mp, and I think Jeff Cable is of same opinion. From a January 2021 "wishlist post" on Jeff's blog - http://blog.jeffcable.com/2021/01/my-wish-list-for-next-canon.html :

* User selectable image resolution
Many of the newer DSLR and mirrorless cameras are offering really high resolutions, in the 40MP to 70MP range. For most of my photography, I don't need or even want that type of resolution. But I would love to have the choice to shoot at various resolutions, depending on what I am capturing. I would love to have a camera that would let me shoot anywhere from 20MP to 50MP, and make it use selectable.

And if you do a Google Translate of last paragraph on https://www.photolari.com/la-canon-eos-r3-se-deja-ver-y-mucho-en-los-juegos-olimpicos-de-tokio/ you get:

Anyway, as we have learned, the photographer Jeff Cable - who is testing the camera and whose photos have served to know the supposed resolution - ensures that the R3 has more than 24 megapixels. If it is true or just a piece of information to mislead, we will surely know it in a short time.

Though, it is unclear to me where this information/claim comes from (And did he actually say it has more megapixels or did he just say it can do higher resolution – i.e. pixelshift?)

But again, it seems most likely the camera is 24mp. And I think it makes sense and is fine. But proven or confirmed? Not as I see it…

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