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Seriously, Canon?

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RLight Senior Member • Posts: 4,414
Re: Seriously, Canon?

Daniele200 wrote:

I will never buy a heavy and bulky R camera. For me the m system is perfect. In my opinion, if Canon made an eos m50 mark III or an eos m6 mark III it would sell a lot more. The m system is what many amateurs want. The m system is light, robust and inexpensive. But Canon doesn't seem to understand this, and it's making a big mistake. Many M owners will not buy R but will turn to Fujii, Sony or Olympus.

It is possible an M50 Mark III could emerge with R10-like specs... 6-12 months from now. Canon always does higher end models first, waits for market saturation, then passes things "down".

It's also possible the M is now off life support and will sunset. I think this likely since Canon can always discount the R10 in 6-12 months from now and I don't see an indicator that in 6-12 months from now, somehow the M will rebound. To your point, unless they release more RF-S glass to go with it? The M system may be unique in performance to size ratio. Now Canon can cut prices to make it not so unique from a price point though. Canon's known for price skimming; the R10 may even drop significantly for holiday demand. I predicted this with the RP, and was dead on; it fell sub-1k on Black Friday, now granted it had been out since Q1 the same year though which Canon usually goes 2Q before price drops so the R10/R7 may hold their MSRP through Black Friday this year. I think we could see the R10 drop to M-prices next year though.

Sony is neglecting their crop; I find this unlikely. The FX30 doesn't count. A6400 is their only real player.

Fuji is a legitimate player, but, now you're at R price and size.

That leaves Oly, which is 4/3, the apex of equivalence discussion and why it matters. F/2.8 isn't F/2.8 anymore...

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