Canon USA drops new teaser (FX30 competitor?)

[Ty Harper]

Sept 9th premiere launch date. 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOD3vIsDRuK/?igsh=MW1xc2cxcTMyanM3bw==

[Django]

Sony rumors claim from a "rock-solid" source it's the C50, a full frame FX3 killer with R5ii sensor. If true that would basically be the R5C mk2 in an FX type body. Also Nikon is supposed to drop Nikon ZR the following day. What a time to be alive!

[Django]

Definitely a C line camera! 

[Ty Harper]

13 minutes ago, Django said:

Sony rumors claim from a "rock-solid" source it's the C50, a full frame FX3 killer with R5ii sensor. If true that would basically be the R5C mk2 in an FX type body. Also Nikon is supposed to drop Nikon ZR the following day. What a time to be alive!

I was considering pulling the trigger on a used R50V (actually being sold by the guy who does the Camera Conspiracies channel) all weekend long - then I seen the Canon USA post on IG. If it is indeed a C50 then I believe it would be the final cam I need to complete my A/B/C trifecta and ride out into the sunset.

[MrSMW]

Cue all those who recently made, ‘Why I moved to Lumix’ pieces on YouRube gushing over the S1II, scrabbling for a piece of the Canon pie. Or Nikon pie. There’s 24 hours between the two so plenty of time to choose which ship to jump to next.

[Davide DB]

1 hour ago, MrSMW said:

Cue all those who recently made, ‘Why I moved to Lumix’ pieces on YouRube gushing over the S1II, scrabbling for a piece of the Canon pie. Or Nikon pie. There’s 24 hours between the two so plenty of time to choose which ship to jump to next.

"Why I jumped to Canon"

What a time to be alive!

[ND64]

You can extract pure Copium element under SAR comment section. How these people forget Canon owns 50% of the market? Of course they can and will make competitive camera. 

[ntblowz]

Man I might have to pause jumping all in on Lumix with this one, especially if there is also APSC version coming soon.

C50 and maybe C30 (APSC version) will make my R5C and V1 more complete

[MrSMW]

3 hours ago, ntblowz said:

Man I might have to pause jumping all in on Lumix with this one, especially if there is also APSC version coming soon.

Make yer bed and lie in it man!

But seriously, this was always going to happen.

Lumix has been on a roll in 2025, but Canon and Nikon were of course cooking something up in the background just as Sony is and sure as night follows day, today's news is tomorrow's fish & chips wrapper.

Except the tools of course do not instantly become junk.

I made my own decision knowing that it was almost certain no matter what Canon did, I'd never go there but Sony or Nikon could have been a very valid option.

Not quite as they were or are, - too many 'missing' elements for me with Nikon, but the most likely to resolve those, possibly/probably with the ZR, - we will find out.

Sony would have been the most likely as things stood a few months back, having 3 great lenses and I could have made an all FX-30 line up work.

So personally, intrigued/interested in what will come and I may have some envious eyes in some regards, but I really do need stability myself now in this department after spending years of chasing the holy grail of one man band full hybrid capability.

Will other kit surpass what I have? For sure... Maybe not this year but certainly by next year and no question by 2027, but my primary focus is now firmly on the creative side. It always was, but was constantly distracted and hampered by kit and logistics and now that has been removed...

But for anyone already with at least a foot in the Canon camp, of course it makes sense!

[Davide DB]

The rumors seem to be sure that it's full-frame, 33MP, has an Open Gate, and has RAW.

It's funny that there was a short circuit between the rumor sites. Andrea Pizzini's sites got the information first, and the Canon Rumors site had to play catch-up. All the info on a Canon camera was on the Sony rumors site. 

The Canon rumors site seems like Pravda, a direct mouthpiece for Canon (who isn't today?)

[Django]

I dunno, couple weeks ago it was an APS-C sensor, yesterday it was the 45MP FF R5ii sensor, and today it's a 32MP FF sensor.. which Canon doesn't have AFAIK. Maybe it's the new rumoured sensor from R6iii or maybe its APSC. Also it apparently has open-gate which would be a game changer... stay tuned folks!

[ArashM]

8 hours ago, MrSMW said:

I made my own decision knowing that it was almost certain no matter what Canon did, I'd never go there

I'm curious, why did Canon go so wrong for you? (only if you feel like elaborating 🙂)

[MrSMW]

28 minutes ago, ArashM said:

I'm curious, why did Canon go so wrong for you?

It didn't and I have nothing against Canon, but it's a brand I have never owned.

5 years of college and uni was all Nikon film cameras.

When I worked in commercial photography for a while, Nikon film.

Started my wedding career, Nikon film.

Approx 5 years of Nikon digital and then 9 years of Fuji mirrorless and then was split the last couple of years between Sony & Nikon for stills and Lumix for video.

The only 'problem' I have with Canon now would be cost. Sold off all my Sony & Nikon recently and went all in on Lumix and the cost to trade was somewhere around zero because I reduced the amount of bodies and lenses.

If I had moved to an all Nikon set up, it would have cost me a few grand.

Sony a little more.

Canon a lot more, and at a rough calculation, about 15k to have the equivalent set up to what I have with Lumix and what would I gain exactly? Nada in my opinion.

I guess it mostly comes down to needs, but also what level you are invested in any system and Lumix made, makes and will continue to make the most sense for my specific needs.

BUT, I'm still interested in what else is out there, but more out of professional curiosity than anything.

On another note, there is supposed to be news coming from the Dolomites later today regarding DJI's full frame camera and if that thing isn't just rumour, could be interesting and shake the market up a bit?

[ArashM]

Got it, thank you.

I feel like we were both circling around the S1Rii at the same time frame.

As far as the new Canon C50 and Nikon Zr, curious as well, I wonder if one will finally include built in ND's either physical or electronic!

 

[MrSMW]

52 minutes ago, ArashM said:

As far as the new Canon C50 and Nikon Zr, curious as well, I wonder if one will finally include built in ND's either physical or electronic!

I’m betting not and despite the community crying out for it, won’t be happening any time soon, but it would be great if it did, or when it does!

I’ve been doing some trials with a 2-5 stop VND on my S1Rii’s which are brilliant for hybrid shooters having 5 custom settings each for both stills and video, ie, flick one switch for stills or video and rotate one dial through 5 different custom options, and that is great and the VND starting at 2 stops makes zero real world difference when shooting stills. But how great would it be if there was some kind of auto VND internally and you could skip that whole thing?

Someone has to do internal VND soon surely on full frame MILC? Maybe it will be Canon or Nikon…

[Andrew Reid]

A clearer shot.

[eatstoomuchjam]

The rumors about a 30ish megapixel sensor when combined with FX30 killer got me laughing out loud since Canon absolutely have a 30ish megapixel full frame sensor that they could put in a small cinema body and sell for a price slightly below the FX30...

Putting all of that information together, we quickly arrive at the conclusion that Canon will be releasing a cinema version of the EOS R.  Maybe they could even tweak their old stock sensors to be able to read out 4K from the whole sensor.  🤣

[KnightsFan]

I love the trend of designing a slightly less ergonomic mirrorless with a flat top, and calling in a cinema camera.

[newfoundmass]

1 hour ago, KnightsFan said:

I love the trend of designing a slightly less ergonomic mirrorless with a flat top, and calling in a cinema camera.

Was thinking the same thing, haha

[Ty Harper]

I hope they offer an attachable EVF as an additional accessorie. Also USB-C protocol that makes it compatible with the C400s detachable monitor. It's actually wild to me that Canon hasn't already done this with that monitor bcuz the touch screen AF would make it an amazing monitor option for gimbal work.