Unthinkable: Canon's flagship camera could miss the Olympics

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It seems unthinkable, but there's a very real possibility that the Canon EOS R1 might miss its Olympic Games debut.

 

 

There's a tradition when it comes to flagship sports cameras: they release every four years, in time for the Olympics, so they can be used (indeed, showcased) by elite photographers to shoot elite athletes. 

However, it looks like there's a very real chance that the Canon EOS R1 – Canon's eagerly anticipated professional camera – might not make it in time for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in July.

After making zero appearances in 2023, even in secret briefings under NDA, pundits like me thought that Canon would unleash the R1 at CP+ 2024 in Japan this month. Surely it had to – we are, after all, just five months away from the Olympics, which isn't a lot of time to announce and ship a camera of this magnitude.

 

 

 

According to the report by Canon Rumors, the R1 will have its development announcement around April (accompanying the launch of the R5 Mark II). For those unaware, a development announcement is effectively a preliminary announcement; it lacks specs, price or release date, merely confirming that a product is on the way.

 

 

 

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