Ever since the launch of Canon's EOS R and EOS RP, speculation has been widespread about yet another professional full-frame mirrorless camera in the pipeline. Instead, canon shifted focus and brought us the 90D EOS and the Eos M6 Mark II.
However, it looks like all the talk about ultra high-res full-frame mirrorless canon snappers may have some truth to it, with online cam publishing canon news Details of a new patent for an 83MP image sensor are revealed.
That's not all, although the day after the news of the patent was revealed, canon rumors sent a list of specs for full-frame mirrorless cameras to a source who claims to have "got his hands on" it.
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More is better?
According to the rumored website, perhaps Canon's new cameras are running an 80MP full-frame sensor in a body that is "slightly larger" than the EOS R and RP. The grip, too, is said to be larger than the previous two full-frame mirrorless models.
Apparently, there are more design changes in the body: canon rumors that the back of the LCD is also larger than the WB, R, and also with a larger viewfinder, which, according to the source, is a tilt type. We were a little skeptical about this part and it's possible that this is a real bug and the person might be referring to the LCD.
There should also be a "new joystick style" - exactly what "new style" is possible is currently unclear, but it certainly has our piqued interest. There's the usual dual SD card slots, but currently no specs for the video camera are known.
If the rumors about this new camera are true, it's highly likely that Canon plans to replace its current arsenal of high-resolution full-frame DSLRs - the 50MP Dynasty EOS 5 and Dynasty EOS 5 R - with an ultra high-resolution mirrorless option.
Given the source claims it's a full-frame mirrorless model, canon rumors have already named a possible new action camera EOS RS and predicts a launch sitting in the first half of 2020 - although just a few days ago a Japanese newspaper reported that Canon would "introduce a top model mirrorless camera with using a 35mm full-size sensor in 2021."
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