HardwareZone interviewed a bunch of Canon managers. Summary via CanonWatch:

Why is there no in-body image stabilization (IBIS) in the EOS R?

Shoji Kaihara: We had to look at the balance of the entire camera, like the size and other aspects. Based on that, it’s not something we are able to include in the EOS R at this time. We are quite aware that there are pros and cons to that […]

Why does the EOS R shoot 4k video with a 1.7x crop?

Shoji Kaihara: When developing the EOS R, we looked at all the hardware we had in the pipeline. When we look at the image processor and CMOS sensors that we have — we have restrictions, unfortunately, and that’s why we ended up with the 1.7x crop […]

What are the biggest challenges your team faced when developing the EOS R?

Tetsushi Hibi: It comes down to the mount size. When you go mirrorless, some restrictions get lifted. What that means is that we can go for optimum optical performance.

We wanted to make the back-focus (flange-back distance) as short as possible, and the lenses as big as possible. But then the mount would have to be larger. If the mount becomes larger, the grip gets moved out, which means a bigger camera. However, when we look at the market, the camera sizes are getting smaller […]

Ted Forbes:

Success requires work. It also requires understanding how to get people’s attention. I got a question from a viewer about how to succeed in photography. This individual is somewhat frustrated and its completely understandable. I personally believe that everyone in the world has the power to do anything they want. There are countless people who are proof of this. But the bottom line is that most can’t/don’t/won’t which is why my advice should fire you up even more.

• Define what you are trying to succeed at specifically. Chase that goal, but don’t close yourself off to other opportunities.
• Be careful about “creating work for yourself”
• Do the work. This is the most obvious, but its the most difficult. Its also what makes people ultimately give up. Do the work.

The Taiwanese company Kamlan announced two new APS-C lenses:

50mm f/1.1 II for Sony E, Fuji X, MFT and Canon EOS-M
21mm f/1.8 for Sony E, Fuji X, MFT and Canon EOS-M

Kamlan also announced the intention to develop Full Frame lenses for the Sony E, Nikon Z and Canon EOS-R system.

Kamlan has currently a range of lenses on sale on Amazon US, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon CA.

Image sample shot on the Sony A7rIII (crop mode):

via Mobile01

CIPA published the September camera shipment report and things still look very bad. There is a new record low of camera shipments for the month of September. The only glimpse of hope we have is that October sales will recover due the availability of the new Nikon and Canon mirrorless cameras…

On Weibo you can find the first leaked specs of the new Yongnuo mirrorless system camera:

1. Runs on Android 7.1
2. Uses a 5 inch 1080p INCEL touchscreen
3. Support for Canon EF lenses (MR note: unclear what mount it uses)
4. records 4k/30p video
5. Uses a 8MP front camera
6. support for 4G-3G data network and WiFi
7. Has 3GB + 32GB internal memory that can be extended to 32GB
8. Dual mic for stereo sound
9. GPS
10. 3.5mm Jack
11. 4000mAh battery
12. Simple and easy operation
13. Dual LED flash
14. RAW support

Two GFX news:

1) The GFX-50R will start shipping out on November 29
2) The GFX-100S will cost $9,995

via Fujirumors

DC.watch interviewed Canon Manager Tsuyoshi Togura. MR.Togura said the “R” in the EOS-R name stand for “reimagine”. The full meaning is actually “Reimagine optical excellence“.

In this interview of course Canon stated once more that they will expand the EOS-R camera lineup up to the professional level. And they also said the Canon EOS-M line will be continually developed too making it sound like there will be no APS-C EOS-R camera yet.

via CanonWatch