Canon’s current launch of the mid-range EOS R7 and EOS R10 was nice information for these of us who cannot afford to splash out on full-frame flagships – and it appears the digicam large may very well be following them up with one other temptingly reasonably priced mannequin.

The dependable Canon Rumors (opens in new tab) has claimed that “Canon’s subsequent RF-mount digicam is within the area” and can be introduced “earlier than November 2022”. Like Canon’s two most up-to-date releases, the digicam will apparently be one other APS-C mannequin and “can be a small form-factor vlogger” digicam that may possible compete with the brand new Nikon Z30. This implies it may be the long-rumored Canon EOS R100.

Cameras with APS-C sensors are usually rather more reasonably priced than their full-frame equivalents. So the launch of a 3rd such RF-mount digicam – following the Canon EOS R7 and EOS R10 – would verify an enormous shift in Canon’s technique. And in addition a really welcome one in as we speak’s powerful monetary local weather.

Even when you’re not available in the market for a vlogging digicam, the arrival of one other APS-C mannequin can be signal for reasonably priced Canon cameras. As our Canon EOS R7 evaluate explains, one of many few points with the digicam is its lack of native lenses. Proper now, there are simply two RF-S lenses, an 18-150mm and 18-45mm.

The launch of an APS-C vlogging mannequin would, you’d hope, sign that Canon is planning to develop extra of those lenses, significantly some reasonably priced wide-angle primes that’d pair properly with its rumored Nikon Z30 rival.

However there are additionally no ensures. The current arrival of the primary RF-mount cameras with APS-C sensors has echoes the Canon EOS M sequence, which landed virtually precisely ten years in the past. 

Again in 2012, we had excessive hopes that Canon would develop a small, compact mirrorless system that’d be best for newbie photographers. What occurred over the following decade? Canon launched extra cameras for the EOS M sequence than it did lenses, with the system receiving simply eight lenses in complete.

Small worth to pay

An reasonably priced digicam system for photographers and vloggers does not want dozens of unique lenses – in any case, the entire level is that it is comparatively low cost and easy. It is also true that some full-frame RF lenses, just like the Canon RF 600mm f/11 and RF 800mm f/11 IS STM, will pair very properly with Canon’s APS-C cameras.

However as we speak’s rumors about one other Canon APS-C mirrorless digicam have gotten all us feeling optimistic once more that the digicam large will construct a small, reasonably priced system that might fulfill the EOS M sequence’ earlier potential. Within the present monetary local weather, that is arguably a should for each Canon and digicam followers.

Canon’s new small-sensor RF-mount cameras have one different slight hurdle to beat. As a result of the RF mount’s flange distance – the hole between the lens and sensor – is barely bigger than the one within the EOS M sequence (20mm, in comparison with 18mm) they will in all probability by no means fairly be as charmingly compact as that now seemingly defunct vary.

Nonetheless, in accordance with Canon Rumors (opens in new tab), the rumored vlogging digicam “can be near the Canon EOS M6 Mark II in design”, which is promising. The EOS M6 Mark II stays the most effective journey cameras you should purchase, albeit one which suffers from the identical concern because the EOS R7 and EOS R10 – a scarcity of native lenses.

The digicam may also apparently use “a special form of vari-angle LCD display”, that may flip over the digicam relatively than spherical to the aspect. A Canon EOS R100, if that is what it is in the end referred to as, would give Canon license to be a bit extra playful and progressive with its designs than its extra critical full-frame cameras.

Canon might not have the sources or fanbase that it had on the daybreak of the EOS M sequence in 2012. However it’s now laser-focused on mirrorless cameras and one digicam mount. Even when mirrorless cameras won’t ever be fairly as reasonably priced as the perfect newbie DSLRs, let’s hope the EOS R sequence will certainly beginning to supply as many choices for newbie photographers because it does for professional ones.