Canon is set to announce the Canon EOS C80, the replacement for the EOS C70.

A set of pictures of the Canon EOS C80 have been leaked by how2fly on Twitter. Here they are:

There is also a set of rumored specifications:

• Dual Pixel CMOS AF II
• 6K full-frame back-illuminated stacked CMOS sensor
• Triple-base ISO (800, 3200, 12,800)
• Internal recording: 6K 30P Cinema RAW Light, XF-AVC, XF-HEVC S and XF-AVC S
• 12G SDI and a variety of interfaces including Wi-Fi and Ethernet
• Price might be $5499

We expect the announcement later this week.

According to a suggestion that surfaced on Weibo (and NOT on the usual rumor site well known for stealing news without quoting the source), Canon might announce the Canon EOS R6 Mark III in 2025.

The original, machine translated text states:

At present, several new machines R5M2 and R1 are pushed to the market, the predetermined amount exceeds expectations, and now the production capacity will give priority to meeting the needs of the existing models. Therefore, the release time of EOS R6 Mark III may be delayed. It is impossible to see it during the year. It is expected that the probability of being released in the first quarter of next year will be relatively large. What do you expect from the new opportunity?

I wouldn’t take this rumor too seriously. Rumors are nothing but rumors and never reliable information.

Go out and snap pics.

Here is a new Canon patent application. Canon patent 2024117881 (Japan, published 8/30/2024) discusses optical formulas for a70-200mm f/2.8 lens with long back focus and internal zoom extension.

From the patent literature:

• A positive-lead zoom lens system is provided that has high optical performance over the entire zoom range while being compact in size.
• Description of the Related Art: In recent years, imaging optical systems used in imaging devices are desirably compact zoom lenses that have high optical performance over the entire zoom range.
• Conventionally, there have been proposed positive-lead type zoom lenses in which a lens group with positive refractive power is disposed closest to the object side. Patent Document 1 discloses a positive-lead type telephoto zoom lens that is composed of, in order from the object side, a first lens group with positive refractive power, a second lens group with negative refractive power, and a subsequent group including a plurality of lens groups.
• However, in a positive-lead zoom lens, if the refractive power of the lens group with positive refractive power located closest to the object side is increased in order to reduce the size of the entire system, various aberrations such as spherical aberration, chromatic aberration, etc. In order to reduce these various aberrations, it is important to appropriately set the refractive power of each lens group and the lenses contained in each lens group.
• The present invention provides a positive lead type zoom lens having a small overall system size and high optical performance over the entire zoom range.

Example 1

• Focal length: 72.11-193.98
• F-number: 2.89
• Half angle of view: 16.70-6.36
• Image height: 21.64
• Overall length: 174.01-240.01
• Back Focus: 41.11-54.81

Example 2

• Focal length: 72.10-193.99
• F-number: 2.88
• Half angle of view: 16.70-6.36
• Image height: 21.64
• Overall length: 225.00
• Back Focus: 37.50

More Canon patents are listed here.

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A new Canon patent application seems to suggest Canon might have a pocket-sized action camera in their release radar.

Canon patent 2024112386 (Japan, published 8/21/2024) discusses methods and technology for a small, pocketable action camera.

From the patent literature:

• An object of the present invention is to provide an imaging device that can be made lighter and smaller while ensuring accurate gimbal control.
• Background Art
  Conventionally, as a device that enables control to reduce camera shake or intentionally change the imaging angle of view, there is a so-called gimbal device that can rotate the camera unit on three axes, as in the technology described in Patent Document 1. In such a gimbal device, the camera unit may be a zoom lens barrel that can be changed from wide angle to telephoto in order to adapt to various shooting scenes. In this case, if the center of gravity of the zoom lens barrel moves due to the focal length, the accuracy of the gimbal control is affected, so for example, the technology described in Patent Document 2 prevents such a situation from occurring. Specifically, the technology described in Patent Document 2 moves a balance member in the opposite direction to the movement direction of the center of gravity of the zoom lens barrel, thereby suppressing the change in the position of the center of gravity of the zoom lens barrel and preventing the occurrence of a situation that affects the accuracy of the gimbal control.
• However, the technology described in Patent Document 2 adds a balance member and its movement mechanism to the zoom lens barrel, which are not actually necessary for the camera’s functions. Therefore, the technology described in Patent Document 2 has the problem of being an obstacle to weight reduction and size reduction.
• The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has an object to provide an imaging device that can be made lighter and smaller while ensuring accurate gimbal control.

All Canon patents are listed here.

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It seems the new Canon EOS R5 Mark II is now available at major resellers.

At a glance:

• 45MP Full-Frame Stacked BSI CMOS Sensor
• DIGIC Accelerator Processing
• Dual Pixel Intelligent AF, Eye Control
• 8K 60 Raw/4K 60 SRAW/4K 120 10-Bit Video
• Up to 30 fps, Pre-Continuous Shoot Mode
• 5.76m-Dot EVF with OVF Sim. View Assist
• 3.2″ Vari-Angle Touchscreen LCD
• In-Camera Upscaling to 179MP
• CFexpress & SD UHS-II Memory Card Slots
• Wi-Fi 6E / Wi-Fi 6 Support

Canon EOS R5 Mark II: [shoplist 72359]

Canon EOS R5 Mark II coverage is listed here.