Meike 85mm F1.4 Autofocus Lens to be Exhibited in Beijing International Radio, Film and Television Exhibition (BIRTV) held from August 23rd to 26th.
Earlier it was rumored [source] that Meike 85mm F1.4 Autofocus Lens Surfaced Again, Coming for RF Mount, now its announcement is almost on the corner.
Lens Specification: Meike’s new 85mm f/1.4 STM full-frame automatic lens has an optical structure of 13 elements in 8 groups, a 77mm filter interface, 12 aperture blades, and a minimum focusing distance of 0.98m
Beijing International Radio
Address: Booth 1A145a, Hall 1, China International Exhibition Center (Chaoyang Pavilion).
Camera beta asked Canon will they open their RF lens mount, and the answer was really surprising I wasn’t expecting it from Canon,
Parts of the interview translated
In addition, everyone also asked Canon whether they will open the RF mount, and the answer they got was as follows:
Kazuka Yonei: Again, I can’t disclose the specific research and development plan for the future. In addition, although it is still limited to some special companies, Canon has also opened the RF mount to third-party lens manufacturers through licensing. Now if we receive a request from a third-party lens company to open the mount, we will study whether to license it according to Canon’s own business planning and strategy. In fact, we are now communicating with several third-party lens companies in this regard.
You also asked just now if we open the mount license, it means that our RF lens group is already complete. In fact, we have considered this issue separately. Whether to open the RF mount to third-party lens companies and whether Canon’s own product line is complete are two separate issues.
In fact, since the launch of the RF system in 2018, in order to meet the various levels of photography needs of customers, we have been constantly working on expanding our lens product line. Currently, we have 37 lenses. In order to maximize the advantages of the EOS R system and better meet the needs of customers in different photography fields, Canon will continue to strive to continuously enrich its lens product line in the future.
Key Points from the Interview
Canon has opened the RF mount to third-party lens manufacturers through licensing, but it is still limited to some special companies.
If Canon receives a request from a third-party lens company to open the mount, they will study whether to license it according to their own business planning and strategy.
Canon is currently communicating with several third-party lens companies in this regard.
Whether to open the RF mount to third-party lens companies and whether Canon’s own product line is complete are two separate issues.
This means Canon is in contact with Sigma and Tamron, these two are the leading third-party lens makers right now, lets hope for the best soon we will see some rebranded stuff from Canon too.
A new Yongnuo 50mm f/1.8 RDF DSM lens is coming for Canon. The available information shows that the lens allows an automatic exposure setting suitable for Canon RF mounts. However, at the moment, we don’t have any information that the lens also features an auto-focusing system or if it’s a manual focus lens. Since Canon doesn’t allow third-party lens makers to build or sell auto-focus lenses for the RF Mount, we will post more updates soon.
Yongnuo announced YN85mm F1.8 Lens for Canon 2 years ago, but after Canon officially announced that Canon RF Mount is locked and no third-party lens maker is allowed to make AF lenses, the 85mm F1.8 production was stopped and no longer its available.
Canon’s profit is now increased by 10.8% according to the financial report published by Canon for the second quarter of 2023. Take a look at the press text issues by Canon
Canon’s Q2 financial results – Press Text
As for Imaging, by expanding sales of new mirrorless cameras and also maintaining the growth of network cameras by capturing expanding demand, sales and profit have increased and profitability remains at a high level.
As for cameras, we expect the market to grow slightly to 5.85 million units in 2023, as user demand is stimulated by new mirrorless cameras launched by each company.
Since last year, we have launched 6 mirrorless cameras, from entry class to advanced amateur models, in an effort to strengthen our EOS R series lineup. In the second quarter, sales of these new products were strong, and sales of RF lenses along with camera units increased, resulting in double-digital sales growth.
For the full year as well, we will aim for double-digit sales growth and unit sales of 2.9 million units, which exceeds that of last year. In order to broaden the scope of camera users, following the EOS R50 in March, our first entry-class model of our EOS R series, we released the EOS R100 in June. This product is the smallest and lightest in the series, and it is a model that users can easily enjoy full-fledged image capturing, which will encourage people to step up from smartphones.
In June, we launched the PowerShot V10, a camera specifically designed for vlogging to capture growing demand. We will continue to offer new cameras while differentiating ourselves from smartphones, featuring 4K 30 frames per second longduration video capturing and natural selfies at close range with a wide-angle lens
We have new Sirui S35 Cinema lenses of 24 mm, 35 mm, and 55 mm focal length for Canon RF mount, Sony E-mount, and even for Micro Four Thirds mount. So finally, we have a S35 / APS-C cinema lens made for RF mount party lens maker. All these lenses are fully manual and don’t exhibit any electrical contact.
Canon is rumored to announce the Canon R5 Mark II in 2024 and the Canon R5C Mark II camera will arrive sometime in 2025, according to the source of the rumor mill. No details about the specification of the upcoming camera available right now.
Now, if we look at the past, the Canon R5 was announced back in July 2020 and the Canon R5C camera was announced in 2022. So, we do have a good gap between these two cameras and the rumor mill is expecting a similar kind of gap between the announcement of the Canon R5 Mark II and the Canon R5C Mark II.
But at the same time, we have to understand one thing very clearly: the requirement for the Canon R5C camera arose because the Canon R5 was not able to deliver the promised specifications to cinematographers, and due to excessive overheating, Canon announced a separate line of R5C series cameras.
If we look at all the factors, then the R5C was needed at that moment because the original Canon R5 was not able to handle 8K video files properly due to excessive internal overheating.
If Canon makes a perfect Canon R5 Mark II camera with a proper heat sink unit that doesn’t allow the camera to overheat even after extensive use, then there is actually no need for a separate series like an R5C.
On the design part, we would require two extra things: one is an extra port for time code and the other is a full-size HDMI.
According to the latest information from a new source, the upcoming Canon R5 Mark II camera uses a 60-megapixel sensor. With internal raw recording, it can capture 8k videos of up to 60 frames per second.
Please take a look at the summary of the latest rumors we have related to the Canon EOS R5 Mark II
Canon R5 Mark II camera’s early prototypes were said to use 60MP DPAF Sensor
Internal 8K/60p video recording
8K/180p via HDMI
Advance Heatsink Unit
Introduction AI AF (not very clear what it does mean, since Canon is already using dedicated AI AF algorithms in advanced AF tracking, maybe they introduce more advance for of AI inside the upcoming Canon cameras with a dedicated hardware AI chip, just like we have in Sony A7R 5.)
Announcement in Q1 of 2023
The 60-megapixel sensor rumor is something new that we have seen. Earlier, it was said that the camera may have a 45 to 50-megapixel sensor. We will post more updates as soon as more information become available to us
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