Canonrumors reports that the R1 and R5II cameras will be announced the third week of July. Ordinary Film maker claims to know the exact date…July 17. I am curious to learn about the R1 specs althugh I expect the R5II to be the one camera selling hot!
CanonRumors is near certain both cameras will be announced in July. This is the summary from Asobinet:
Canon announced the development of the Canon EOS R1 on May 15, 2024.
We had hoped that, like with the EOS R3, new information would be provided leading up to the official launch. However, about a month has passed since the development announcement, and all we have seen are the images used at the Monaco Grand Prix.
We expect the EOS R1 to be officially announced around mid-July, alongside the EOS R5 Mark II.
We are receiving confirmation from various retailers around the world regarding when new product NDAs will go into effect. When this happens, major products are usually announced within 1-2 weeks.
This gives retailers time to conduct their due diligence and plan their initial orders, and also gives Canon Distribution time to set allocations for each retailer and third-party distributor.
Just because a retailer or distributor orders 100 units of a product doesn’t necessarily mean that will be the first shipment.
While we know the EOS R5 Mark II will ship in late August 2024, the Canon EOS R1 is still a bit of a mystery.
We have been informed that the EOS R1 won’t ship until November 2024 at the earliest, meaning a four-month delay between its official announcement and availability in retail stores. That’s still very much possible.
Canon bodies like the EOS R1 are generally rolled out to agencies and CPS first.
The EOS R5 Mark II will likely be more important to retailers than the EOS R1. We have a roughly 30 to 1 unit sales ratio between the EOS R5 and the EOS R3, clearly favoring the EOS R5.
Spoke to a LUMIX rep at NAB and they said Panasonic is announcing something at cine gear aimed at the high end cinematographer and that it would hint at what’s happening with the Varicam line 👀 v interested to see what happens next weekend.
2) 43rumors got two still to be confirmed rumors about a possible new GH7 announcement.
3) Asobinet reports that some Japanese stores now officially marked the Panasonic GH6 as discontinued. this might be one more sign that indeed the GH7 is coming soon?
Recap: There is still no leak or 100% solid evidence, but the odds of a new camera announcement this week are increasing.
L-rumors leaked the first images of the new Panasonic Lumix S9. The camera will be announced on May 22 along the 26mm f/8.0 pancake lens and the 18-40mm compact zoom.
Recap of what we know so far about the May 22 3pm London time announcement: