Above: X-T30 versus the EOS RP (coming soon on EOSHD)
The Canon 90D targets wildlife shooters. I refuse to believe we’re a smaller market than wild boar pig lovers.
Read moreHow many sales are Canon losing from enthusiasts due to video shenanigans?
Oh look! It’s time for Canon to roll out their old chips again! The EOS RP has an identical sensor to the 6D Mark II, with a micro-lens array design more suited to mirrorless lenses. Canon openly admit in interviews that the RP cannot even do cropped 4K/30p without overheating. Even the modest bump in frame rate would have necessitated “a larger body design”, they say. Not sure I believe them, but clearly the technology is behind the curve.
Most disappointingly of all, it turns out that the EOS RP lacks Dual Pixel AF in 4K video mode, like the M50, which means it’s a “no-buy” from me and better to stick with the EOS R until the pro body is released, which perhaps, is the intention.
Fuji on the other hand – an even smaller, lighter (380g) and cheaper camera has a full-width 6K sensor readout without overheating and most of the 4K video features of the superb X-T3 for under $900, with F-LOG, 120fps 1080p and bonus 10bit 4:2:2 external output.
There is a GULF between Canon and Fuji in their video technology.
Read moreCanon EOS RP and Fuji X-T30 announced – a Grand Canyon sized gap in 4K technology
Like the scene in Carrie where her dead hand violently springs from the grave, below the stone which marks CANON EOS RIP a more generous hand is about to protrude.
Read moreBack from the dead? 8 reasons why I am warming to the tiny Canon EOS RP
