Canon is teasing the announcement of a brand new digicam this Wednesday, June 05, with a picture being shared on its social media channels.
The tease comes just some weeks after the event announcement of the Canon EOS R1, the corporate’s flagship skilled digicam. Nevertheless, regardless of rampant hypothesis a couple of successor to the Canon EOS R5, it seems to be like this week’s announcement will likely be for a cinema digicam.
The teaser picture reveals little or no concerning the new digicam, however does give us some vital clues as to what it is going to be. Have a look beneath:
Clearly the secret is the pink “C” emblem – which signifies that this can be a Cinema EOS product. I have been listening to digicam rumors for no less than the final two years that we’ll be getting a brand new Cinema EOS digicam, so this is not an enormous shock.
One other secret is the form of the pink lens marker on the prime of the mount. Whereas it is shrouded in shadow, you possibly can see that it is an elongated pink line – indicating that that is an RF mount digicam slightly than an EF mount (which is indicated by a pink dot).
Whereas some folks may be saying “Effectively duh,” it is value remembering that the EF mount is without doubt one of the requirements within the cinema trade (subsequent to the PL mount) – so this signifies that Canon is severe about establishing RF as a reliable alternative for cinematography (and naturally, it is simple to adapt EF glass on it).
The ultimate telltale signal within the teaser picture is the form of the physique. Examine it to the shapes of the prevailing Cinema EOS lineup beneath:
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As you possibly can see, the physique silhouette resembles that of the C300 Mark III and C500 Mark II – the 2 “present” EF-mount cinema cameras, which have lengthy been rumored to obtain replacements.
So, which one is it – a successor to the Super35 C300 or the complete body C500?
Effectively, the EOS C70 is successfully a C300 Mark III in an RF physique – and the R5 C is a hybrid, slightly than a devoted full-frame cinema digicam. Thus, I feel we’re getting a brand new guns-blazing member of the full-frame 500 household. That, or a brand new mannequin altogether (curiously, the teaser options the C700’s perforations for an inner scratch mic).
That being stated, except for specs, one other essential query stays: will Canon merely launch this new digicam as a numbered successor – as in, the Canon EOS C500 Mark III – or will it introduce new nomenclature?
Guess we’ll have to attend till Wednesday to search out out!
