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Canon loves 24mp…where’s the new FF32mp?….R6 mk3!

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Robert Krawitz Contributing Member • Posts: 840
Re: Canon loves 24mp…where’s the new FF32mp?….R6 mk3!
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thunder storm wrote:

The R8 has almost everything in an entry level camera at an entry level price. The 24Mp-count is the last barrier imo. If the R8II comes in at 32Mp it will hurt sales of the R5 line.

The R5 and R8 are very different cameras; the R5 is a pro/semipro body with functionality and build quality (and price) to match, while the R8 is very much entry-level, with only one card slot and a very small battery, among other things.

Even in the film days, Canon often introduced innovations in low and even entry level bodies before putting them in higher end ones.  They introduced eye control focus in the 5/A2  and Elan (basically xx) series before introducing in a high end (but not flagship) body, the 3, and it never made it into the 1V.  They also had AF systems that were in some ways more advanced even in the Rebel series prior to the 1V (more AF points, and not just in a line), IIRC.  The 3 might have cannibalized the 1N to some degree, but the lower level ones didn't.  Professionals who need a pro body aren't going to be swayed by megapixel counts at the low end.

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