There were rumors that Canon will introduce their version of mirrorles full frame camera at the Photokina fair this year. Obviously, Nikon’s early announcement of its mirrorless models last week has forced Canon to put a “leak” through Nokishita, keeping a foot to the doors of very lucrative new market segment…

Unlike Nikon, Canon has leaked only one model, Named Canon EOS R, and Nokishita even leaked 15 pages of specs…

The main difference — it seems there will be NO in-body image stabilization in this model. Canon obviously stays firm to their philosophy that lenses should be stabilized, and not the body.

Thanks to Nokishita, we also have a back side photo which reveals interesting new control point — Customizable M-Fn Bar (marked with red line). According to the spec list, it should allow four types of actions — left, right, slide and press completely. In Shooting mode it can be assigned for control of ISO speed, White balance, Check focus/Display info, Movie shooting, Flexible-priority AE, AF, and User customization.

In Playback mode it serves as Function shortcut and Jump display.

Lenses and adapters

Canon has also prepared four RF lenses and three adapters, which will allow use of all EF and EF-s (with crop) lenses. So far, there’s no word about possible EF-m adapter. All of new RF lenses has one more control ring which will probably be programmable.

Lenses:

• Canon RF 28-70mm F/2L USM
• Canon RF 50mm F/1.2L USM
• Canon RF 35mm F/1.8 Macro IS STM
• Canon RF 24-105mm F/4L IS USM
• Three adapters:
  -- Mount adapter EF–EOS R
  -- Control ring mount adapter EF–EOS R
  -- Drop-in filter mount adapter EF–EOS R”

The surpise is unique Canon RF 28-70mm F/2L USM, which have Canon’s L-designation for professional quality (and price).

Let’s see quick comparison of a new Canon R against the two recently announced Nikons:

	Canon EOS R	Nikon Z6	Nikon Z7
Mount	Canon RF	Nikon Z	Nikon Z
Diameter	54mm	55mm	55mm
Flange	20mm	16mm	16mm
Sensor	FF (Canon CMOS with low pass filter)	FF (Nikon)	FF (Nikon)
MAX Resolution	6720 x 4480 (30.3 MP)	6048x4024 (24.5 MP)	8256x5504 (45.7 MP)
AF points	5655	273	493
In body IS	No	Yes, 5-axis	Yes, 5-axis
ISO standard	100-40000	100-51200	64-25600
ISO expanded	50-102400	50-204800	32-102400
FPS	8.4	12	9
Shutter speed	1/8000s-30s	1/8000s-30s	1/8000s-30s
Recording medium	SD/SDHC/SDXC	XQD card	XQD card
Display	TFT LCD fully articulated	TFT LCD tilting	TFT LCD tilting
Touchscreen	Yes	Yes	Yes
Format	3.15"	3.2"	3.2"
Resolution	2.10 MP	3.6 MP	3.6 MP
Video	4K/UHD	4K/UHD	4K/UHD
4K Framerate	30 fps	30 fps	30 fps
Wireless (Built-in)	802.11b/g/n + Bluetooth	802.11ac + Bluetooth	802.11ac + Bluetooth
Battery Pack	LP-E6N	EN-EL15b	EN-EL15b
Battery Life	370	330	330
Weight	660 gr	675 gr	675 gr
Dimensions	135.8x98.3x84.4 mm	134x100.5x67 mm	134x100.5x67 mm

At the end of our short preview, there is one more observation: from the photos leaked by Nokishita, it seems like Canon has again made wrong choice with ON-OFF dial, making it to the most atrocious position, but we shall wait to see it after the official announcement, scheduled for September 5th, so stay tuned… :)

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