We’re getting rumors that we have low confidence presently about a new ASP-C body coming from Canon in 2025 with the following rumored specifications:
The long awaited successor to the Canon C70 is here, the Canon C80 Cinema Camera. The only disappointment to us is that it doesn’t have DGO (dual-gain) sensor like the C70. However, it does make a few quality of life improvements, a full frame sensor, and provides some additional outputs, all at $5500, so we aren’t really complaining.
Some of the main features include:
Canon’s long rumored EOS R1 flagship camera is indeed upon us. Although it would also be appropriate to think about it as an R3 Mark II. This camera has a 24mp sensor and prioritizes speed and thus is less of an all-arounder than the Canon R5 II or the Nikon Z8. If you need the speed of this camera you know who you are. This camera also has good video specifications yet will likely be of less interest than the R5II to most video makers.
Despite Canon making a reasonable effort with this camera it feels disappointing. The direction Nikon went with the Z9 seems preferable. And if this was to be a R3 Mark II it would have been nice to give it something new or better than what the competition can muster. We could be wrong though. These are just first impressions.
Key specifications:
The Canon EOS R5 Mark II is here after many years of waiting. Canon shooters, particularly those already using the R5 or R5C, will likely find this camera interesting. The big question is whether or not Canon has done enough at a good enough price relative to the competition.
The Nikon Z8 is a significant amount cheaper and has pros over the R5 II (as well as cons). We do think Canon over priced the R5 II considering it’s really just what the R5 should have been with likely not a large improvement in image quality (in fact, the efforts to improve readout speed can reduce image quality). What can we say? Life is full of trade offs.
Key specifications:
But it is early days. So let’s wait for the reviews to come in before we judge this camera.
Canon has to register their cameras with regulators is this is one way we can an early warning of an imminent camera release. The number used for this camera is consistent with past other interchangeable lens cameras. While we’re not certain, the best guess we have is that this would finally be the long fabled Canon R1. A true flagship camera, apparently.
We’ve been told that there are people testing prototypes of this camera presently but they’ve all signed non-disclosure agreements and no leaked photos of the camera body have appeared yet. We really don’t have much reliable reports about this camera but we’ve seen a few indications that they may not be going for as high of a megapixel count as one might guess.