Canon R1 has been announced

[Kayaker72]

Congrats and thanks for sharing your initial impressions -- I'm super interested in everything you have to report on. I've been a 1DX user through all the models, but I haven't made the jump yet to the R1. I'm sure it's only a matter of time now!

Thanks.

I know you have been concerned about buffering. This has been tested by a forum member on CR. Essentially found they hit the buffer after ~10 seconds at 40 fps, ~13 seconds at 30 fps, and they stopped the test at >900 frames/45 seconds at 20 fps.

Currently I configured my R1 to 20 fps, 10 fps, and 5 fps. I might modify that, but I typically shoot my R5 at 8-9 fps or lower.

I was looking into the resolving power Sunday night and photographed Saturn with the R1 and R5 and the RF 200-800. Both taken off a tripod, 1/200, f/10, and ISO 6400. I can improve this, but I found the results interesting, exported at 300%:

I prefer the R1 image. I suspect the R5 would have provided more detail, except for the noise at ISO 6400. I am waiting for more controlled studies, but I am hearing others make reference to this, the R1 has very low noise at higher ISOs. We'll see. I'll play with this more myself later.

For reference, here is the uncropped frame from the R1 image, and yes, Saturn is the white dot just below and right of center: