The multi-year long rumored Canon R1 has been finally announce…or more like pre-announced! From the press release it sounds likely this camera will be on market by early 2025 and that’s also when I heard that Sony might announce the new Sony A1II.
You can read the full press text on Explora but here are the key interesting aspects:
- It’s going to use a new CMOS sensor (so no global shutter)
- Uses the same “old” Digic X processor of the Canon R3. UPDATE: CanonRumors corrected me and this is not the “same” processor but a variation within a family of processor.
- promises to have the best in class autofocus…beating the Sony A1 and Sony A9III AF system.
- Will be field tested at the Olympics
So the key really is the Autofocus performance. I have a hard time believing they can beat the A9III but at the end we all have to hope they can pull this off. This will put some pressure on Sony to give us a stunning new Sony A1II ;)
Here are my thoughts:
