E.J. Peiker wrote:To boil this very lengthy interview down, here's the Cliff Notes summary:
- We thought of everything when developing the EOS R
- All our products are the greatest, especially our lens adapters
- We will continue to offer the greatest in DSLR and Mirrorless
- Every camera we make is a major sales success
ROFLOL - that's basically what it came down to regardless of what the question was. Most companies have some humility about things they could do better...
The real news out of this comes towards the very end, that Canon is planning on a low end EOS R next, not a pro level one... (which seems odd since the lenses they have introduced so far are very much towards the high end...)
Surely, there’s a lot of marketing woodoo and word sleeves but no difference to similar interviews with the competitors I've read so far and I have yet to see any humility in the statements of Sony and Nikon. There's always a lot of inconcrete whishy-washy in that kind of interviews and none of the manufacturers gives detailed insights in their plans, of course, - with Nikon's Z-lens roadmap maybe as an exception
. So apart from your conclusion of this interview just being another self-congratulation of Canon, I’d also focus on David Etchells summary that extracts a few informative aspects, too – besides the announcement of the next R being an entry level, i.e
- They confirm to release new bodies for both the DSLR and mirrorless line. So they won't abandon the development of DSLRs for the
next future. That's good news for some customers including me, still hoping for a 7dIII, at least.
- Standard f/2.8 R-zoom lenses will be coming very soon (eg, 24-70 and 70-200mm)
- They actually have 8K video on the EOS R roadmap
- A true "pro level" EOS R body is in development. Basically that’s no surprising news, of course, but they clearly admit that the AF of the
current R is not up to the task of subject tracking compared to the 1D X II . That's their goal for their future pro level R , though, and a
reason it will still take some time. So it’ s not just denying things to do better in that interview
- They also acknowledged the customers’ demand for better specs such as faster continuous shooting speed, in-body image stabilization,
better video capability including uncropped 4K and dual card slots. So again, not just ignorance
Of course, this doesn’t necessarily mean that all this will become reality in their high end body.
I agree, that the R lenses they have introduced to date pointed to a pro level body being next, though and probably are beyond the capability of the their first R. Nevertheless, I think it's better than offering lenses that are below the demands and standards of the sensor
Wolfgang