Canon EOS R1, the big chance to impress. Following the announcement EOSHD went back through the R1 rumours, which hinted at stunning achievements to come. The flagship of flagships. No more cripple hammer. Quad Pixel AF, 80 megapixel, internal ND, dual gain sensor readout, 18+ stops dynamic range, global shutter and AI brain more intelligent than a thousands wedding photographers. Alas, Canon have ended up playing it safe, and at the same time revealing a beta camera which nowhere near even finished. As technological statements go, the R1 is not much of a statement is it? It does not arrive on shop shelves saying “I am the pinnacle of RF mount”. It arrives on reviewer’s shelves a buggy mess and misses the entire summer sports season, including the Paris Olympics. The bundled launch with the R5 Mark II is also odd. The use of so many Olympics sample photos in the marketing only highlights the failure of this launch. The Olympic flagship won’t be at the Olympic Games 2024 in anything other than prototype form. Although with the R1, Canon has stepped up to using stacked sensor technology (and with the R5 II also), it feels like a b-grade manufacturing process compared to Sony. We have had stacked sensors for ages, even as far back as 2015. The Sony RX100 IV debuted this technology, and the Sony a9 debuted it for full frame in 2017. That’s 7 years ago. What is the EOS R1 sensor doing that’s 7 years...
Published By: EOSHD.com blog - Thursday, 18 July