Canon’s Chairman and CEO Fujio Mitarai announced that no new DSLRs will be developed by Canon anymore. Their focus will be on mirrorless systems from now on, and the 1D X Mark III will be the last DSLR Canon will distribute. In an interview with Yomiuri Shimbun, Canon CEO and Chairman Fujio Mitarai told him: “Canon’s SLR flagship model is known as the “EOS-1” series, the first of which appeared in 1989. The latest model EOS-1D X Mark III released in 2020 will be the last model in fact” There is no official date on when Canon is actually stopping production on all DSLR lines, but this should take at least a couple of years. The manufacturer will shift development and production towards mirrorless cameras. The 1D X Mark III is still the flagship While the Canon EOS R3 is the top-of-the-line mirrorless camera by Canon, they never called it a “flagship”, the EOS-1D X Mark III held this title. While the 1D X Mark III came out last year, the EOS R3 is experiencing delays due to the pandemic and a global component shortage. Many call it a hybrid between the EOS R5 and the EOS-1D X Mark III. This sounds like an important milestone for Canon, ditching the DSLR market and fully focussing on the mirrorless branch. Companies like Sony and FUJIFILM made similar decisions a few years ago, but with Canon another tech giant follows the trend of smaller professional cameras. This probably also means that the...
Published By: CineD - Monday, 3 January, 2022