Canon R1 WILL HAVE a 36MP Sensor - Here's Why

[@goldfinch2283]

Good and valid reflections!

[@fastflame200]

The most logical view of the R1 and the R5. Thank you.

[@loudandclearmedia]

Well, it makes sense to me anyway. 😅

[@Josh_Sattin]

Great take on this Brian!

[@loudandclearmedia]

Thanks brother! 🙏🏻

[@BruceLeroyUK]

Very valid points! Looking forward to next year’s release of the R1.

[@loudandclearmedia]

I'm looking forward to the R3 being half price of what it currently is. 😄

[@prosunsport1]

R5II 45mp .Higher Pixel density effects image quality , like Canon R7 with Rf lenses show a definite reduction in image quality vs the full frame R5 with lower Pixel density.Ithink 50mp is the sweet spot of current lens optics.Vasili.

[@andrewkutches]

Having shot as a professional photojournalist with the Canon 1DX-Mark ii and lenses. The camera work flow needs to be fast. Racing to send off Images to an editor within a short period of time. Why? Because the journalist are already waiting for the pictures by end of the event. Camera must work in freezing snow, sports, a protest while its pouring rain, thrown into the trunk of the car and indoors where there cannot be flash as political candidates speak. It must have top notch low light settings, fast auto focus, and fast processing speed. You don't even have time to swap lenses, you run two camera bodies for different focal lengths. This camera needs to convince professionals to swap from the 1DX-Mark ii or Mark iii, to the R1 and the RF lenses. This isn't asking for a upgrade, this is a camera that requires companies and professionals to buy two camera bodies and RF lenses. It has to deliver.

[@loudandclearmedia]

Totally. Though, as I pointed out, infrastructure HAS gotten to the point where high resolution is not only possible but can thrive even in that kind of environment. The added cropability, descaling of noise, hedge against artifacts like moire, straight-up detail...these are all REAL advantages of high-resolution capture. Taken together with solid high ISO performance even amongst the latest crop of 40+MP sensors, I don't see a real case for 24MP sensors in professional environments anymore. Especially since many of the latest high-resolution bodies can bin down to lower resolutions but still retain the option to give you the full beans when you need it. Much like a modern Toyota hatchback can easily outrun a 60's corvette while being 10x more reliable, technology just has a way of making most things better.

[@andrewkutches]

@@loudandclearmedia I found the video to be well crafted. Including the description for precisely who uses the 1-Series cameras. My experience started in marines as a combat correspondent. Then a photojournalist when I got home. The reason I feel against megapixels, is most of the images will never get printed or viewed more than a computer monitor/smartphone. But capturing the moment, telling a story, focus more on quality & speed. It would be nice for higher pixel counts, but certainly not at the cost of any sacrifices. Do you feel it will truly get to 36 megapixel sensor? That would be lovely, if canon doesn't make any sacrifices.

[@loudandclearmedia]

@@andrewkutches Totally agree. Combat correspondent, or any kind of press in a war zone, is something I've always been mildly interested in, though having a family of my own nowadays, together with the very real possibility of not coming back to them would keep me from it. That's a young man's job for sure. I do think it has a very real chance of being a 36MP sensor for the reasons I laid out. Of course, I could be WAY off. lol

[@heidismerek4163]

I think there is an obsession with megapixels. If there are too many megapixels on a sensor, the images will look like crap, same as if there aren’t enough. I understand there are people that want a lot of megapixels for cropping because you lose image quality when cropping but still how many do you really need?

[@loudandclearmedia]

I think it depends on what you're using the tool to do. Wildlife photographers, for instance, will take all the megapixels they can get, as there's only so close you can practically get to birds-in-flight and whatnot. People shooting content that will be consumed on a cell phone, not so much. I think it's worthwhile to realize that the kinds of penalties that used to be true about high resolution sensors are increasingly no longer being problems. A 50MP Sony A1, for instance, is WAY cleaner at high ISO than any camera with half its resolution was just 10 years ago. So if I can get clean images at 50MP and also get all that detail/cropability/room for copy etc, AND be dumping it in real time over a 5G cell network...why wouldn't I?

[@heidismerek4163]

I have been wanting the A1 but was wondering if was too much. I do photograph a lot of wildlife, thanks for your input

[@loudandclearmedia]

@@heidismerek4163 join the facebook Sony A1 group. You'll be sold. The images some of these guys are getting with the A1 are unreal.

[@thelensmanphotography]

With the R5II jumping to around 60MP I think the R1 will be in the 45MP realm.

[@loudandclearmedia]

Definitely could be. I think Canon will land between 30 and 40. It's definitely a sweet spot for full frame resolution.

[@wellwhatthen10101]

Why 36 is plenty stop chasing numbers

[@lovelyhippo7826]

​@@wellwhatthen10101"my phone has 200MP so it's better"

[@hawaiifreespeechnews]

We can speculate that it will feature 8k resolution but hopefully it won't have overheating issues like the R3. The R3's 4k 120 fps is perfect!

[@loudandclearmedia]

I haven't shot a TON of video on the R3, but the few times I have shot it's 6K RAW I didn't run into any overheating problems. Having said that, I've long had the position that long-form video cameras NEED to be actively cooled to be 100% reliable.

[@wellwhatthen10101]

At last a review with common sense. Give me a rugged and reliable camera any day one that can take on any super harsh environment. This crazy for mega pixel is stupid and only fools think this 36 pixel is not enough. You will never see Fuji striving to make a high mega pixel sport,s and wildlife. Camera they have more sense Sony or Nikon are chasing fairytales. Just like those idiots in peta pixel. That wants a camera to make them tea and toast.

[@langdons2848]

As a 1DXii shooter I agree. A resolution bump would be nice, but I have no need for crazy high resolution.

[@loudandclearmedia]

I see both sides of it. While I agree 36MP is plenty for most, it absolutely is not for others. The part I take issue with is the marketing of high resolution cameras as "better" for most people, which is totally not the case. IME, those who truly do need over 50MP can tell you, in technical terms, exactly why they do and exactly which problems that would solve for them. The masses cannot do this because they don't have those problems.

[@wellwhatthen10101]

@@loudandclearmedia I agree yes 100mega pixel is fine medium format and just like Fuji with theirs. Put fools want high mega pixel in a sport's camera and to shoot 60 frames a second how stupid is that just like them two numbskulls in p p .

[@prokremelskidezolati1426]

nope

[@loudandclearmedia]

lol. In my defense, they didn't build an R1, did they. That thing is solidly in R3 Mkii territory.

[@prokremelskidezolati1426]

@@loudandclearmedia yep 👍😀