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Just my quick reactions after watching the Canon announcement video. The announcement video comes across as "we're trying really hard to convince you that this is exciting!", but I didn't find it convincing.
First the R1: 24Mpixel at up to 40fps - that's not impressive up against the A9 III. And the announced pre-order price in my country is the same as the pre-order price of the A9 III (which dropped somewhat before the camera arrived).
Precapture of up to 20 frames.
It has some interesting new AF features:
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Image upscale in-camera (can't shoot more detail - just invent the pixels to get to 96Mpixel) - some people will like this more than pixel shift, I think.
"Neural network" noise reduction in camera
Video
6k RAW video + 2k proxy video simultaneously (I think to different cards)
More video features - honestly I didn't catch all it does - don't really care
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They also announced the R5 Mark II. Still a 45Mpixel sensor (but now stacked, capable of 30fps - catching up to A1).
Has precapture of up to 15 frames.
Also has in-camera upscaling and noise reduction.
Has (most of? all of?) the same new AF features as the R1.
Choice of grips with Ethernet (it's not in the body) - one grip with cooling for video.
More video features.
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Seems funny that they are excited at adding full-size HDMI on both cameras - how long ago did Sony offer full-size HDMI? Let's see - according to one site the Sonys with a full size HDMI port include the A9 III, A7RV, A7 IV, A1, A7S III, FX3, FX30, ... the latest model in each of the full-size lines.
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All up, I don't think Sony's going to feel overly threatened by these announcements, but I'm quite looking forward to seeing what Sony puts into the A1 mark II.
First the R1: 24Mpixel at up to 40fps - that's not impressive up against the A9 III. And the announced pre-order price in my country is the same as the pre-order price of the A9 III (which dropped somewhat before the camera arrived).
Precapture of up to 20 frames.
It has some interesting new AF features:
- cross-point AF for the first time - that's nice, and might make a difference sometimes - I remember it as a feature of DSLR AF
- "intelligent" dual AF that recognises bodies as well as heads (gee, like Sony's new AF on all their new cameras)
- ability to register specific people as priority for AF
- AF based on which sport you are shooting - cute! (3 sports)
Image upscale in-camera (can't shoot more detail - just invent the pixels to get to 96Mpixel) - some people will like this more than pixel shift, I think.
"Neural network" noise reduction in camera
Video
6k RAW video + 2k proxy video simultaneously (I think to different cards)
More video features - honestly I didn't catch all it does - don't really care
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They also announced the R5 Mark II. Still a 45Mpixel sensor (but now stacked, capable of 30fps - catching up to A1).
Has precapture of up to 15 frames.
Also has in-camera upscaling and noise reduction.
Has (most of? all of?) the same new AF features as the R1.
Choice of grips with Ethernet (it's not in the body) - one grip with cooling for video.
More video features.
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Seems funny that they are excited at adding full-size HDMI on both cameras - how long ago did Sony offer full-size HDMI? Let's see - according to one site the Sonys with a full size HDMI port include the A9 III, A7RV, A7 IV, A1, A7S III, FX3, FX30, ... the latest model in each of the full-size lines.
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All up, I don't think Sony's going to feel overly threatened by these announcements, but I'm quite looking forward to seeing what Sony puts into the A1 mark II.