RLight
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Re: R8 predicted specs: Full frame at $1499
thunder storm wrote:
RLight wrote:
squarewave wrote:
VanDyck wrote:
I know nothing.
The video and other rumors suggest no IBIS, no EVF, and 1 card slot.
A full-frame M200 then
This sounds like a R10 had an R6II sensor thrown in it. Literally, body, single slot, small EVF, battery, lack of IBIS an all. It may be just that btw. Cool idea actually.
Cool, but there's no rear dial. Front dial does aperture, top dial does EC.... so when shooting in M you'll need to use the control ring of the lens or adapter to set the shutter speed? Or the top dial does shutter speed, and the control ring does EC.... That's kind of workable, but every lens has the control ring placed somewhere else, and some lenses don't even have it or share MF functions.... Ergonomics/handling might still be better than the A7C though.
While this sensor of the R6II allows for fast AF the compact RF lenses don't. Even the Sony 28-60mm has an XD linear motor, and also the very compact 40 and 50mm f/2.5 G options do have fast AF. At a price point, admittedly, however, these options are at least available for those who want it. The lower price points are covered as well with the Samyang f/1.8 primes, and if the 75mm f/1.8 isn't good enough for your portraits the lightest f/1.4 85mm is only 504 grams. Samyang also has a 35mm f/2.8, and so does Zeiss, and Sigma also has a bunch of compact primes.
So Canon used to think "want compact? buy an M being incompatible with your full frame RF stuff and pay twice for your lenses", and apparently that made a lot of people happy, but now the whole full frame system isn't designed for compactness the sunsetting of M leaves a gap.
In fact I bet that’s what this is. The sensor fits in that mount after all.
I made that point with the mount picture yesterday... There's no way they can make the R50 smaller than say the R8. They're land-locked to that mount. Repost... Note how much "dead space" there is in the mount from the crop sensor. The M by contrast doesn't have this problem. And, it's shallower.

I sincerely hope the rumor of a G1X Mark IV is a solid one. And I hope they do an aggressive lens in it. PowerShots don't have such restrictions (mount constraints). Now obviously you won't be able to swap a lens on it, but, the lens on the G5X II is a perfect example of where an integrated lens can do just about everything, and not stink. The G5X II though is stuck in contrast detect world, and 1" not to pick on it, is middling in terms of IQ.