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Started Jan 1, 2022 | Discussions thread
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Re: Happy New Years M!

nnowak wrote:

Canon's current sensor options in general make for a bit of a weird lineup. The 24mp crop sensor has all of the same speed problems as the 26mp RP sensor. The 30mp sensor has a bit better image quality, but again with the readout issues. The R5 sensor and pricing makes perfect sense, but below that, the lineup lacks continuity. Common sense would put 20mp in the RP, 26mp in the R, and 30mp in the R6. The readout speed disparities make that impossible. If someone is coming from the 30mp R, the 20mp R6 is a tough sell as an "upgrade".

Canon may indeed give us an entirely new FF sensor, due to the MP disparity that you mention.  It'd be costly for them, but I think they need to move the entry-level R Series forward a bit.

I think Canon may need to design a new sensor to sort out some of this mess. They could still put it on the old fab that runs the 26mp and 30mp sensors, but optimize the design for full width 4k with pixel binning and line skipping. Rolling shutter would be bad and the video would be a bit soft, but I think most would take those tradeoffs over the current crop factor.

+1 Anything that improves on the RP performance would be a draw I'd think.

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