Here Is Another Take On Canon’s Rumored Mirrorless DSLR Hybrid Camera

Professional Canon EOS R Mirrorless

Not a rumor, just for fun.

After a short discussion of the mirrorless vs DSLR debate, Tony & Chelsea Northrup think they found out the design of the Canon EOS R mirrorless camera with hybrid EF and RF mount. They even mention us :-) Enjoy.

This professional Canon EOS R body with hybrid EF/RF mount is said to play in the same league as the EOS-1D X series, i.e. the most professional tier in Canon’s gear lineup. This makes more sense than you might think at first glance. Given how committed Canon is to the EOS R system, an EOS R body with hybrid lens mount isn’t that unlikely in our opinion. And even if it is an engineering challenge, and for sure it is, Canon has the means and skills to build it.

Samyang AF 14mm f/2.8 Review Sample Photos (RF mount)

Samyang AF 14mm F/2.8 Review

Dustin Abbott posted as set of Samyang AF 14mm f/2.8 review sample images. The full review will follow soon.

Says Dustin:

Canon desperately needs more financially accessible lenses for a broad rollout of the R system, and to date third party support had been reserved to a handful of manual focus lenses.  Fortunately, that seems about to change, and leading the charge is Korean lens maker Samyang (also sold as Rokinon) with this lens – the Samyang AF 14mm F2.8 lens in an RF mount.  This is an autofocusing lens (and one that autofocuses very well on the Canon EOS R that I tested it on) along with having a beautiful, weather sealed build.  It delivers an extremely wide angle of view that is wider than any other lens on the platform and comes with a more approachable price tag

Click here to see the Samyang AF 14mm f/2.8 review sample image gallery.

Samyang lenses are also branded Rokinon. Samyang AF 14mm f/2.8: B&H Photo, Adorama, Amazon USA, Amazon Canada, Canon Canada, Canon USA

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Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 Review And Lab Test (capable of delivering high-quality results)

Canon RF 35mm F/1.8 Review Macro IS STM RF 70-400mm

The lens experts at Optical Limits posted a Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 review.

The Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 STM IS Macro is one of the less expensive lenses for the Canon EOS R full frame mirrorless system. At less than or around $500/€500 it is much more affordable than the so called “boutique lenses” for the EOS R.

From their conclusion:

The Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 STM IS macro may not be the sexiest lens around but it is capable of delivering very high-quality results. Images are sharp in the center straight at f/1.8 and the corners are just marginally soft. There’s a substantial increase in quality at f/2.8 and the resolution is truly impressive medium aperture settings. Image distortions, as well as lateral CAs, are low. The same can’t be said about the native vignetting which is rather extreme at maximum aperture. However, auto-correction comes to the rescue so most users will probably just notice a slightly elevated light falloff at f/1.8. The bokeh is generally nicely rendered with a silky background blur and smooth out-of-focus highlights. The foreground blur is less ideal though. Bokeh fringing (LoCA) is present at large aperture settings but that’s hardly surprising. However, a more ugly effect are focus shifts when stopping down (RSA) which seems to have a negative impact on AF accuracy as well.

Read the review and lab test at Optical Limits.

An interesting lens at an affordable price. Here is more Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 review stuff.

Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 STM IS Macro: B&H Photo, Adorama, Amazon USA, Amazon Canada, Canon Canada, Canon USA

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Canon Patent Application For RF 17-72mm f/3.5-5.8 Lens For EOS R

Canon Patent Application

Here is a Canon patent application for a zoom lens for the Canon EOS R full frame mirrorless system.

This Canon patent application (2019-211513) discusses the optical formula for an RF 17-72mm f/3.5-5.8 lens.

  • Zoom ratio: 4.25
  • Focal length: 17.10 34.82 72.70 mm
  • F number: 3.57 4.18 5.85
  • Half angle of view: 51.68 31.85 16.57
  • Image height: 21.64 21.64 21.64 mm
  • Lens length: 151.00 135.57 157.71 mm
  • Back focus: 13.13 27.81 63.49 mm

More Canon patent applications are listed here. Some particularly interesting patent applications we think might get into production are these:

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Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L Review Sample Photos (D. Abbott)

Canon Rf Mount Canon RF 50mm F/1.2L Review Canon Rf Lenses

Dustin Abbott posted a set of Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L review sample pictures.

The Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L is one of the “boutique lenses” for the EOS R full frame mirrorless system, i.e. a lens made to show off the capabilities of the RF mount. No reviewer had ever to be unhappy with the performance of this lens.

Dustin Abbott says:

Canon has also started to deliver on what was clearly the greatest strength of the platform – the new RF mount and all its potential.  While the bargain lenses for the RF mount are still few (though thankfully some third party support has started to come), Canon has delivered a number of their very best lenses yet on the RF mount…and one of those is the Canon RF 50mm F1.2L, which is one of the best performing 50mm lenses, well, ever.  It’s large, heavy, and expensive, but is also one amazing piece of kit.

Click here to see Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L review sample pictures gallery over at Dustin Abbott’s site. We recommend you also have a look on his opinion about the Canon EOS R and the reasons he bought one.

Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L: B&H Photo, Adorama, Amazon USA, Amazon Canada, Canon Canada, Canon USA

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Hot Canon EOS R Deal Is Back, Get It With Flashpoint Speedlight And Adapter At $1499

Canon Eos R Deal

This exceptionally good Canon EOS R deal by authorised Canon retailer Adorama is back.

Get the Canon EOS R bundled with a Godox flash and the EF/RF adapter, all at at the new price of $1,499.

New Canon EOS R price at Amazon and B&H Photo (also has EOS R bundle deal).

More to check…

More hand-picked deals are listed here.

Authorised Canon retailer B&H Photo has discounted EOS 5D Mark IV and EOS 6D Mark II bundles on offer for the holidays.

We offer 10% discount to subscriptions to Pixpa all-in-one platform for photographers.

Today’s Gold Box and one day only deals at Amazon USAmazon DEAmazon UKB&H Photo, eBayAdorama.

Canon Europe stores have a cash back promotions going on:

Refurbished lenses and DSLRs at Canon Store (best deals to be found here)

Save $10 on Luminar 4 and/or Aurora HDR 2019 using our code “WATCH” at checkout.

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