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I believe it would be a bad idea for Canon to ever put a Sony sensor in its ILC cameras. The two main determinants for image quality are the sensor and lenses. If you out source either to your...

LOL. Sony does not make the R3 sensor. That myth was debunked months ago.

Canon had a patent for stacked sensor in 2017 (see below link). But it was not DPAF and all their ILC cameras have had DPAF since 2013. So they did not make stacked sensor until it could handle...

It is very easy to prove you wrong. All Canon ILC cameras use dual pixel autofocus (DPAF) including the R3. No Sony sensor is capable of DPAF, it is very different tech than what Sony uses.

Canon...

@John
Wrong again. The Canon BSI sensor is their own - they have several patents for the technology. Not everything revolves around Sony which seems hard for you to understand for whatever...

@John
Again more lying by you. Canon has designed and manufactured their own BSI sensor. IT IS NOT A SONY SENSOR. REPEAT: NOT A SONY SENSOR.

Canon is a large enough manufacturer to design and make...

@John
Why do you spread lies by saying Canon is using a Sony sensor? Canon has taken the very rare step of publicly refuting that myth and yet you continue to spread it.

Your statements sure...

Problem is that the EF mount is being phased out. So if I were considering the 1DX3, it would have to be priced at a substantial discount to the R3 given the long term obsolecense.

I believe it is slightly smaller than an R5 with a grip.

@zero
Nothing wrong with providing opinion that the R6 appears to be a good value. He did not advise anyone to spend their money on one or the other. Give it a rest.

@mermaid
True EF lenses can be mounted on RF bodies, but there is no EF development work going on that we know of (lenses or cameras). Canon is fully focused on RF.

Unfortunately Canon is so over the EF mount. All they talk about in their annual report are profits from RF mount.

Maybe the R3 will come with a built in iPhone!

@Entropius
Canon seems to be making a very healthy margin on RF glass - eye popping prices! Hopefully Nikon won't go too crazy with pricing.

You need some volume for profitability - to get per unit costs down. Otherwise you have to go the Leica route and charge double the price to make a buck. I don’t see Nikon doing that.

Sony had nothing to lose by going mirrorless first - they were never going to be a factor in DSLRs and they knew it.
So they gambled on mirrorless tech and it worked. Kudos. As mirrorless tech...

@Gray
It would be nice if the pro mirrorless cameras have a push button release for articulating screen so they can be locked shut when not needed.

Seems odd that Canon is very secretive about the R3 resolution, yet allows a loaner R3 to slip out the exif data? Diversion?

We have seen many other sports leagues stop in the middle of their schedules over the past year due to Covid. If there is a large outbreak in the athletes village they will cancel.

If I were shooting only landscapes, the Fuji GFX would be at the top of my list rather than an R3.