Canon R3

[Fast Glass]

I've had this conversation many times before and heard all the typical popular opinions on this. This is one of them.

It's not about being cheaper to make. It's the purely because Sony is more out of the box thinking and there were certain advantages that can be realized by going that route. Canon would probably either jumped into mirrorless years later, maybe develop both lines as was initially thought or not even take mirrorless seriously because as I said before. They are narrow minded sometimes. Sony pushed the whole mirrorless concept and especially forced everyone to adapt if they wanted to remain competitive.

Right now it is costing Canon big dollars to develop the mirrorless system. It will pan out in the end but it's certainly not to save a buck making a mirror assembly. Actually manufacturing costs compared to what they have to spend in developing a new system. It makes no financial sense to do so. It's about remaining relevant, Canon is doing good because they are still making competitive products and are still transitioning to mirrorless. This was the reason Nikon was falling behind. They were not as competitive or as compelling.

Canon does well now, but they are very aware that in order to remain so they need to keep up with the market and be competitive.

But the thing is today, only reason not to have high resolution is lower end bodies. Today there is no reason in the world to have 20mp bodes for over 10 years. This alone has caused many a photographer, even sports photographera to switch. Because resolution does matter. Unlike what so many say. It gives you options and today we have the computer processing power to handle it.

I know there is people that's say 24mp is enough. Only because you are used to low MP and there is not another viable option. You give the option and nobody will want to go back.

Seeing the IQ of the R5 for my recent wedding shoot was awesome! But the AF was to inconsistent to be usable for chalenging low light situations. So better to have 24mp in focus.

But right now Sony has proved you don't need to make that choice. You can have a great high resolution body suitable for chalenging situations.