R 100

[Kamguy43]

Canon is selling refurbished camera for $199.00, $219 with 15-45. You can add a long zoom 50 to ?? for another 80 or so dollars..

 

[BirdShooter7]

Yes that’s a pretty great deal, just make sure you understand the feature set before spending your money. The R100 is very stripped down vs the rest of the current R lineup.

 

[KevinRA]

Yes that’s a pretty great deal, just make sure you understand the feature set before spending your money. The R100 is very stripped down vs the rest of the current R lineup.

+1 If this does what you need it to do - buy it ;-)

From my perspective, the best value low cost camera is the R10 for stills - this little camera rocks and is no slouch even with action using the electronic first curtain shutter

 

[scrup]

Pulled the trigger. This will be a good entry camera for my antique lenses.

 

[BirdShooter7]

Yes that’s a pretty great deal, just make sure you understand the feature set before spending your money. The R100 is very stripped down vs the rest of the current R lineup.

+1 If this does what you need it to do - buy it ;-)

From my perspective, the best value low cost camera is the R10 for stills - this little camera rocks and is no slouch even with action using the electronic first curtain shutter

I agree, the R10 is an amazing value. I was wishing for a Black Friday deal like they had last year on a refurbished one but looks like this is the year of the refurbished R100

 

[borno]

Yes that’s a pretty great deal, just make sure you understand the feature set before spending your money. The R100 is very stripped down vs the rest of the current R lineup.

+1 If this does what you need it to do - buy it ;-)

From my perspective, the best value low cost camera is the R10 for stills - this little camera rocks and is no slouch even with action using the electronic first curtain shutter

I agree, the R10 is an amazing value. I was wishing for a Black Friday deal like they had last year on a refurbished one but looks like this is the year of the refurbished R100

I saw the r10 refurb a couple months ago drop to $599 with the 15-45mm or whatever and waited, but they jacked up the price the next day. It was probably a mistake, but I keep checking. : )

 

[Kamguy43]

Pulled the trigger. This will be a good entry camera for my antique lenses.

Tell us how you like it. Lots of YouTubers think it’s the best thing since sliced-bread.

 

[drsnoopy]

Nothing like that on offer in the UK. We don’t ever have “Canon refurb”.

 

[StrugglingforLight]

Pulled the trigger. This will be a good entry camera for my antique lenses.

Tell us how you like it. Lots of YouTubers think it’s the best thing since sliced-bread.

Which Youtubers? I thought this camera wasn't very popular because in comparison to other R cameras it's older hardware.

 

[Rock and Rollei]

Pulled the trigger. This will be a good entry camera for my antique lenses.

Tell us how you like it. Lots of YouTubers think it’s the best thing since sliced-bread.

Which Youtubers? I thought this camera wasn't very popular because in comparison to other R cameras it's older hardware.

In the last few months, it's had a change of fortunes; lots of people are saying what a brilliant little camera it is simply because it's so cheap.

 

[BirdShooter7]

Pulled the trigger. This will be a good entry camera for my antique lenses.

Tell us how you like it. Lots of YouTubers think it’s the best thing since sliced-bread.

Which Youtubers? I thought this camera wasn't very popular because in comparison to other R cameras it's older hardware.

Yes it has older hardware and fewer bells and whistles but it still has the basics you need to make good photos and the price is budget friendly, especially with the recent deal on the refurbs.

 

[StrugglingforLight]

Pulled the trigger. This will be a good entry camera for my antique lenses.

Tell us how you like it. Lots of YouTubers think it’s the best thing since sliced-bread.

Which Youtubers? I thought this camera wasn't very popular because in comparison to other R cameras it's older hardware.

In the last few months, it's had a change of fortunes; lots of people are saying what a brilliant little camera it is simply because it's so cheap.

At the price in the OP it does make a bit more sense for the target market. Most youngsters aren't interested in wildlife or sports where the advanced AF/tracking is absolutely essential. They'd still be disappointed in the video and screen aspects though, I'd assume. I don't know.

 

[RLight]

I popped for the dual lens kit, and a 10-18 refurbished. Dirt cheap. I seem to recall that’s how Canon sucked me into the original M.

 

[Rock and Rollei]

Pulled the trigger. This will be a good entry camera for my antique lenses.

Tell us how you like it. Lots of YouTubers think it’s the best thing since sliced-bread.

Which Youtubers? I thought this camera wasn't very popular because in comparison to other R cameras it's older hardware.

In the last few months, it's had a change of fortunes; lots of people are saying what a brilliant little camera it is simply because it's so cheap.

At the price in the OP it does make a bit more sense for the target market. Most youngsters aren't interested in wildlife or sports where the advanced AF/tracking is absolutely essential. They'd still be disappointed in the video and screen aspects though, I'd assume. I don't know.

Not a video, but here's a photo press article about how good the deal is:

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www.digitalcameraworld.com

Personally, I have always thought the lack of a touchscreen was the big limiting factor for it's target audience - after all, that's how you use a phone camera, and Canon's mirrorless touchscreens have been top of the class since the otherwise pretty limited (at launch) EOS M, but I guess never underestimate the power of a really keen price.

 

[RLight]

It's quaint, in short.

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Makes a cute little, click, with the shutter, vs the machine gun hammer of the R50.

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Color is very good out of the R100.

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Despite being DIGIC8, AF thus far is more like DIGICX... Goes to show a lot of AF is software, not hardware, not surprised.

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The lack of touchscreen is annoying with AF selection, but not much otherwise truth told. It's similar to a Rebel DSLR though, if you put it in Zone AF, as that's how a Rebel operated after all (Center Focus with those 7-9 points).

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I may actually give this little guy a chance.

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The RF 16mm f/2.8 STM pairs well with it to my surprise indoors.

 

[Mongrel]

I keep hearing about "target audience", touch\articulating screens, and missing features.

My take on it is a little different-

I think it's a camera for people who've been around long enough to know what they don't need and can read and understand the specs enough to know whether it has what they do need. People who do this will not be disappointed by it-because they didn't want or need that feature in the first place. 'Old' technology? Dated sensor? Digic8? "Meh".

It's a mirrorless SL1 with a better sensor, RF mount, autofocus system, and feature set. In other words it's a very capable picture-taker. My "grab and go" camera when I don't feel like hauling out the R6 and "the bag". Toss an RF prime on it and head out. It's really fun camera in this role.

I enjoy using it so much I just bought my second one. The first was body-only for $230 refurbed last Spring. I bought the body with the RF-S 18-45 and 55-210 on black Friday for $299. I'll probably sell the RF-S lenses and offset the savings even further.

Do your homework and you'll be fine.

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"A man's got to know his limitations..." Harry Callahan

 

[Rock and Rollei]

I keep hearing about "target audience", touch\articulating screens, and missing

Well yes, because Canon specifically said when they announced it that it was aimed at smartphone photographers looking to buy their first standalone camera.

features.

My take on it is a little different-

I think it's a camera for people who've been around long enough to know what they don't need and can read and understand the specs enough to know whether it has what they do need. People who do this will not be disappointed by it-because they didn't want or need that feature in the first place. 'Old' technology? Dated sensor? Digic8? "Meh".

It's a mirrorless SL1 with a better sensor, RF mount, autofocus system, and feature set. In other words it's a very capable picture-taker. My "grab and go" camera when I don't feel like hauling out the R6 and "the bag". Toss an RF prime on it and head out. It's really fun camera in this role.

I enjoy using it so much I just bought my second one. The first was body-only for $230 refurbed last Spring. I bought the body with the RF-S 18-45 and 55-210 on black Friday for $299. I'll probably sell the RF-S lenses and offset the savings even further.

Do your homework and you'll be fine.

That applies to ALL cameras.

 

[Mongrel]

I keep hearing about "target audience", touch\articulating screens, and missing

Well yes, because Canon specifically said when they announced it that it was aimed at smartphone photographers looking to buy their first standalone camera.

features.

My take on it is a little different-

I think it's a camera for people who've been around long enough to know what they don't need and can read and understand the specs enough to know whether it has what they do need. People who do this will not be disappointed by it-because they didn't want or need that feature in the first place. 'Old' technology? Dated sensor? Digic8? "Meh".

It's a mirrorless SL1 with a better sensor, RF mount, autofocus system, and feature set. In other words it's a very capable picture-taker. My "grab and go" camera when I don't feel like hauling out the R6 and "the bag". Toss an RF prime on it and head out. It's really fun camera in this role.

I enjoy using it so much I just bought my second one. The first was body-only for $230 refurbed last Spring. I bought the body with the RF-S 18-45 and 55-210 on black Friday for $299. I'll probably sell the RF-S lenses and offset the savings even further.

Do your homework and you'll be fine.

That applies to ALL cameras.

Well I certainly stand corrected then!

lol

 

[Rock and Rollei]

I keep hearing about "target audience", touch\articulating screens, and missing

Well yes, because Canon specifically said when they announced it that it was aimed at smartphone photographers looking to buy their first standalone camera.

features.

My take on it is a little different-

I think it's a camera for people who've been around long enough to know what they don't need and can read and understand the specs enough to know whether it has what they do need. People who do this will not be disappointed by it-because they didn't want or need that feature in the first place. 'Old' technology? Dated sensor? Digic8? "Meh".

It's a mirrorless SL1 with a better sensor, RF mount, autofocus system, and feature set. In other words it's a very capable picture-taker. My "grab and go" camera when I don't feel like hauling out the R6 and "the bag". Toss an RF prime on it and head out. It's really fun camera in this role.

I enjoy using it so much I just bought my second one. The first was body-only for $230 refurbed last Spring. I bought the body with the RF-S 18-45 and 55-210 on black Friday for $299. I'll probably sell the RF-S lenses and offset the savings even further.

Do your homework and you'll be fine.

That applies to ALL cameras.

Well I certainly stand corrected then!

lol

Well you're not wrong, but then neither am I.

The fact is that Canon have claimed the camera was solidly targeted at a certain group, smartphone photographers, and it was in that light that I thought it odd that it missed out a touchscreen. It's also absolutely true that just because a camera isn't targeted at another group, they can't use it. As you so rightly say, so long as you've checked out that it does what you want it to do, that's all that matters. I personally chose the R50 because touch/swivel screen and somewhat better AF, but I could probably have used the R100 for most of what I use the R50 for, and had the price differential been sufficient, I might have.
I used to use an EOS 300 (I can't remember the US model names of this end of the market stuff) back in film day to take everywhere, then later a 1000D (they're all Rebels, but don't ask me which) . Hell, my first paid photography was on a Zenit E, and you can't get much less appropriate for paid work. A colleague in my town has used a pair of EOS 760Ds for weddings for years, and her work is terrific.

 

[BirdShooter7]

I keep hearing about "target audience", touch\articulating screens, and missing features.

My take on it is a little different-

I think it's a camera for people who've been around long enough to know what they don't need and can read and understand the specs enough to know whether it has what they do need. People who do this will not be disappointed by it-because they didn't want or need that feature in the first place. 'Old' technology? Dated sensor? Digic8? "Meh".

It's a mirrorless SL1 with a better sensor, RF mount, autofocus system, and feature set. In other words it's a very capable picture-taker. My "grab and go" camera when I don't feel like hauling out the R6 and "the bag". Toss an RF prime on it and head out. It's really fun camera in this role.

I enjoy using it so much I just bought my second one. The first was body-only for $230 refurbed last Spring. I bought the body with the RF-S 18-45 and 55-210 on black Friday for $299. I'll probably sell the RF-S lenses and offset the savings even further.

Do your homework and you'll be fine.