Canon Full-Frame Mirrorless Unveil is Likely September 5th
Can’t wait for Canon to finally jump into the world of full-frame mirrorless cameras? Your wait may soon be coming to an end: the latest murmuring is that Canon may be unveiling its first of two full-frame mirrorless cameras in about a week, on September 5th, 2018.
After just yesterday saying that it was confident Canon wouldn’t be revealing a full-frame mirrorless camera prior to Photokina in late September, Canon Rumors today says that a September 5th announcement is now “likely.”
“I may have been wrong this time,” Craig Blair of Canon Rumors writes. “While we still can’t say for sure that a full frame mirrorless camera is going to be announced on September 5, 2018, by Canon, we’re now leaning towards thinking one is coming that day.
“Canon has truly done a masterful job of keeping this quiet. All of the usually leaks that come before a camera announcement have not come.”
If Canon does let a full-frame mirrorless camera out of the bag next week, it may not be one geared at professional photographers — that one could be the second one announced months later.
This past weekend, CanonWatch published a set of basic rumored specifications of what we may see in the first camera announced. It’s said to be a 28-megapixel full-frame mirrorless camera with Dual Pixel Autofocus (DPAF), in-body image stabilization (IBIS), 10fps continuous shooting, 4K video at 30fps, and 1080p video at 60fps. Price tag: $1,900.
This announcement would come just two weeks after Nikon announced its entire new Z Series with two cameras: the more affordable $1,996 Z6 and the higher-end $3,400 Z7. If the above specs are true, then the camera appears to be one that’s designed to compete against the Nikon Z7 and $1,998 Sony a7 III.
It will be interesting to see how photographers react if Canon’s response turns out to be the “weaker” of its two planned full-frame cameras. Stay tuned.