Within a couple of hourse Canon will announce their new R1 flagship model. I was wondering if this camera would compete against the Sony A1 model but it doens’t seem to be the case. One of my readers spotted this Canon R1 spec sheet on Canon China. The page was only up for few minutes and he shared me the screenshots. I used the google image translation tool and those are the specs. WARNING: We don’t know if those are the final specs yet…or if Canon China made a mess!
- 24MP sensor
- Digic X + Digic accelerator
- ISO 100-102.400
- Full dual core pixel AF
- 12fps mechanical and 40fps electronic shutter
- 6k Raw 60p, 4k DCI 120p, 2k DCI 240p
- in built stabilization
- autonomy is 700 shots
- WLAN-Bluetooth
- 2 CFexpress Type B slots
- Size 157,6 x 149,5 x 87,3mm
- 920g
Again take this list with a grain of salt as Canon China page may was only a “work in progess”. But if the specs are correct, this is definitely a competitor to the Sony A9III, but it is no playing in the same league of the Sony A1 and Nikon Z9. The real advantage of the Canon seems to be high ISO performance and body usability. While the A9III will remain the fastest camera and will have the unique advantages of the global shutter (no jello effect, no banding, flash sync crazy).
UPDATE: Another Chinese youtuber claimed ot have seen EXIF data of the R1. In that case the R1 seems to have a new 64MP sensor that would actually make it a totally completely different kind of camera
As you see rumored go from hero to zero and back from zero to hero :)
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Thanks Bruce!