Canon wants to fight the mirrorless competion with world smallest DSLR!
One of the Mirrorless system cameras main advantage is the size reduction compared to DSLR cameras. And according to top sources at CanonWatch (Click here) Canon is about to change that by announcing the smallest DSLR camera ever made. And it almost sounds like that is the way Canon want to go to compete against the various MFT or NEX cameras. Their EOS-M camera was not able to gain any noticeable favour from the market.
We hope to see some pics of the camera soon. I am sure it will be smaller than a GH3 and maybe even smaller than an E-M5!
AG
3 months ago |Basically Canon and Nikon can do whatever they want. They have the glass and the most reliable, cost effective and proven systems. Try different approaches to see what sells. You can get their entry level bodies and use with pro-lenses and it keeps its value over the years.
I have both Nex and m4/3, and their good to great, but mirrorless is not displacing the big 2 yet. Sony can build a top SLT, but their jpeg can’t compete. All these are expensive too with poor resale and lower reliability. Nobody has hit a home run. OM-D comes close, but its always seen as a second camera system.
Rob
3 months ago |The first sentence is true, the rest is bullshit.
Ant
3 months ago |Meanwhile, in Pentaxland, K-01 is discontinued
But yes, that one wasted its SLR thickness by going mirrorless when it still could fit mirror inside
Rob
3 months ago |It’s uncertain if there will be a replacement or not.
Without the prism housing and the grip its definatelly smaller and lighter.
LensIsAll
3 months ago |K-01 was a fail on all fronts but the image quality.
It was a great example of how you can ruin otherwise good camera by a horrible design decisions.
Per k
3 months ago |It will be interesting to see what technical solutions Cannon will have, not only concerning flange to sensor distance but also concerning the SLR solution. Mirror, pentaprism or translucent?
There are already very many small and light DSLR cameras on the market and to be different to them, there has to be something new.
Strange that they continue with their old, narrow dynamic range sensors. Canon desperately needs to catch up with the competition here.
BTW: I bought a Nikon D3200 as second camera (to D800). This was a mistake as it is very similar to the big camera (except for 50% of the weight. The controls are similar but a very limited in comparison. Even if image quality is excellent, the usage is frustrating. The optimal 2nd camera for me is something different to a DSLR – a mirrorless form factor camera. The D3200 is for sale.
Dani
3 months ago |Hi Per k, I understand your frustation with the D3200, and I understand that you looked at a Nikon as a second body for the lenses you already have, but my suggestion would have been to get a Pentax K30 if you wanted a small dslr. It costs a little more and has K mount, but has the very good 16 mgpx Sony sensor, a much better viewfinder compared to the D3200 (same as on the K5), two control wheels (for shutter and aperture), exposure bracketing, better shutter lag…
Just my opinion.
St.
3 months ago |The perfect second camera for D800 is D7100 or D600, depends on your needs.
shinkm
3 months ago |I can’t believe this.
Will this look like a cut-off Olympus E-4*0?
Miroslav
3 months ago |Pentax and Olympus made some small DSLRs, not impossible, but it’ll still be thick and be large combined with most of the lenses.
alexander
3 months ago |CANON: the lenses are stii to large!
woof woof
3 months ago |I assume that this small DSLR will be APS-C? Even so, Canon APS-C lenses aren’t exactly small so the package as a whole will probably still be larger and possibly heavier than a MFT body+lens.
Another issue could be the choice and quality of Canon APS-C lenses. Arguably, the best EF-S lens are the 60mm macro and the 17-55mm f2.8, the others are arguably rather ho-hum whereas MFT has more lenses which could be described as good.
LensIsAll
3 months ago |but smaller than Canon gear + m4/3 gear.
You see – that’s the huge advantage: You won’t need to take two sets of lenses any more. And you have access to huge spectrum of Canon lenses not just… 40 that are available for m4/3 (or even less in case of other mirrorless systems).
So you won’t have to relay on a poor compromise of a small sensor and small choice of lenses anymore.
Camaman
3 months ago |Good luck in that fight. And good luck with shrinking the appearance of your lenses.
shelly
3 months ago |i could care less about size now when it comes to m4/3, if it’s not better than the older products it does no good to be a smaller ):
grev
3 months ago |canon will fail here
Idreamphoto
3 months ago |I doubt that canon can achieve a dslr smaller than om-d or even gh3 (including lens of course. It wont make any sense to have small body and stick a big 24-70 on it).
But if they can do it with an optical vf and with same sensor quality than om-d. I am ready to go back. I am quite happy with the om-d but am missing ovf so much.