Re: Canon EOS R Was Replaced Already!
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EOSSpeedLite wrote:
Thomas A Anderson wrote:
More resolution. IBIS. Stacked CMOS. Moderate performance and video bumps. I'll buy it.
The EOS R was Canon's first attempt to claw back market share from Sony with their first full-frame mirrorless.
The EOS R was Canon's Pilot project body for mirrorless entry. And the pilot sold very well, even with its warts, and that informed Canon marketing that the waters were safe to continue the development of future RF bodies, as they have.
I'd like someone who uses terms like "prototype" or "pilot" to point out where Canon has ever indicated anything like that.
The EOS R tried to be all things to all shooters; a camera for wildlife/birders, for portrait shooters, landscapers, and almost everything in between. It was a jack of all trades, a mount for the super awesome first batch of RF lenses, the RF 28-70L f2, the f1.2 primes, but a master of none. It was not an A-player...it was a good start, a strong C-player.
Is that how the 5DIV was ever described? The R is a smaller, cheaper 5DIV and I don't recall anyone ever describing it as all things to all people or a jack of all trades or a master of none.
Canon does not need to replace the R, because Canon already replaced the EOS R with many other models, niched models, and each serves its niche very well.
I'd be very surprised if Canon releases an EOS R Mark II...that would seem weird from a marketing point of view.
Just my opinion...
R $2,299 Sept 2018
RP $1,299 Feb 2019
R6 $2,499 July 2020
R5 $3,899 July 2020
R3 $5,999 April 2021
So Canon has rarely replaced a full frame camera in under four years (not in 15 years). Why would Canon have replaced the R early and with wildly different price point and feature sets?