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

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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.

You could be right, but what me to intrigue the most is the exact pixel 4000x6000.

so if I look to the past MP you see never round numbers.

1d mk3 3888x2592

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV 4896 x 3264

Canon EOS-1D X 5184 x 3456

Canon EOS-1D X Mark II 5472 x 3648

Canon EOS-1D X Mark III 5472 x 3648

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV 6720 x 4480

Canon EOS R5 8192 x 5464

Canon EOS R 6720 x 4480

If I recall correctly my old 80d produced 4000x6000 pixel files.

Yes, the same with M6, M5, and all the other 24MP cameras.

Yes and non of them prof cam's

And?

There are quite a few people who believe the adjective "professional" as applied to a camera body has some meaning. Canon may use the term in their marketing material, and professionals may use those bodies, but show me where a camera that is ostensibly a "pro" camera requires some sort of credentials or has a "pro/amateur" mode toggle. The term professional means one and only one thing: paid. If you take a picture and you get paid to take it, you're a professional. As a professional, the body you used is by definition a pro body. Since anyone can use any body to take paid or unpaid images, the term professional has one and only one USEFUL context: marketing tool.

The term only makes an attempt to grab the attention of professionals OR the attention of amateurs that want the cache associated with pro tools. The end.

Sure, smartphones and any camera can be used professionally.

Still we have professional body cameras, some that differentiates the cameras from others.

Let's look at 'sports cars' for a moment. When one thinks of a sports car, they often are faster cars with better suspensions and various features that differentiate them form 'family cars' or 'pickup trucks'.

When one says Professional body camera they think of one with a top place LCD, a larger grip, often a vertical grip, and larger buttons and controls.

Those features are often less important to soccer moms and amateurs who prefer less expensive cameras.

And so when a camera has a body similar to the Canon RP it is not though of as a professional body. The Canon R5 is closer with its larger grip and top LCD, but still not what we traditionally thing of as professional.

I think what we are seeing is manufacturers trying to fool the public. Its like when camera that lack complete weather seals are marketed at weather resistant. Now we have stripped down cameras marketers are trying to pass off as Professional bodies in order to increase profits.