This product announcement cycle has been one fraught with frustration, mixed messages and confusion across the board. This leads to the unfortunate situation in which yesterday's truths aren't tomorrows.
The Canon EOS R1 development happened on May 15, 2024 as you all know. The Canon EOS R5 Mark II announcement was also supposed to happen [. . . ]
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. canonrumors.com
We sent this information out last Friday in our newsletter with some hopes of further confirming the following information. We know a couple of additional things that we cannot publish at this time. canonrumors.com »
2018-01-15 18:18
The Canon EOS R1 is scheduled to become available in November for $6299 USD, and the camera is already in production at a supposed rate of 3700 units a month. The EOS R1 was first used professionally Formula 1 races and the Paris games this past July, but it has continued to be professionally tested [...] Source
We're told that the next Canon EOS R5 Mark II firmware update will come with new features along with the usual bug fixes. The new firmware is already in testing with various pros and will add new video and photography features updates.
The RF 200-500mm f/4L IS USM has been rumored for quite some time, and with each passing month we get very little new information on the lens. The last time we reported on the lens, we mentioned that it could finally be announced in November, and with multiple people actively testing the lens, that timeline [...] Source
Yesterday, Canon released firmware v.1.0.1 for the Canon EOS R5 Mark II, which brough a whole bunch of bug fixes for the camera. There are still some reported bugs out there that haven't been addressed, but we don't like to dive too much into those in case they are more user error than actual issues [...] Source
Today seems to be firmware release day for the entire EOS R lineup. A lot of the updates are bug fixes and a few cameras received support for the LP-E6P. You can download firmware updates through the Camera Connect app or directly from a Canon web site.
Canon has released firmware v1. 0. 1, which addresses some of the bugs that currently present in the camera. Though not all of the bugs we have read about are addressed with this release. At the time of this post, the firmware update is available at Canon India.
We reported earlier this month that the data from Techno Systems Research was released, and now all the market data is published for all to see. DCW reports that according to Techno Systems Research, Canon has a commanding 46.