I initially ordered from Canon USA on launch day at 3:37am and was shown an 8/1 expected availability date.
But if I'm honest, this looks to be one of the worse releases I've seen from a manufacturer. Just on the info side, their website is still... almost 3 weeks later, littered with incorrect specs.
FWIW my Canon order is timestamped 6:04 EST. Website at the time stated release date as 8/1 as you reported. About an hour later I received an "update" stating 8/20. I always thought 8/1 was just a placeholder until the announcement video was completed.
I know some units have made it into the wild, but has Canon USA retail sent out units to customers yet? I haven't read a lot of threads in detail since the announcement. Don't really care, just curious as to whether the official or "official" release date was 8/1 or is 8/20.
As for info on the R52, completely agree Canon has been sloppy. It almost feels like it rushed the R52 out the door so it would have an effect on revenue for the Sept quarter.
You've given some examples. My own frustration is with the batteries. The online manual says the new battery is required for pre-shooting, but I saw a screen shot from the R52 with a non "P" battery inserted with a warning message that said that certain video functions and accessories would not work, nothing about photo functions. One of them is wrong, or at least incomplete.
