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

Started Aug 2, 2021 | Discussions thread
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OP yayatosorus Senior Member • Posts: 2,014
Re: Pretty much confirmed

Stig Nygaard wrote:

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 :

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…

Hi,

According to the DP Review article I linked to in the OP (https://www.dpreview.com/news/0829786279/exclusive-olympics-photo-editor-confirms-canon-eos-r3-has-a-24mp-sensor), an unnamed editor at the Olympics confirmed to DP Review that the maximum size of R3 files is 6000x4000. This article is a follow-up on the Jeff Cable EXIF "leak". So it's fair to assume the sensor will be 24mp, unless these samples have some sort of a deliberate resolution restriction in their firmware.

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