Canon has a brand new mirrorless digicam that feels straight out of 2013

The Canon EOS M mirrorless system could also be lifeless, however one among its cameras is being exhumed and reincarnated into a brand new mannequin for the continuing EOS R sequence. The EOS R100 is the newest of Canon’s APS-C mirrorless choices. It includes a 24.1-megapixel sensor, eye-tracking twin pixel autofocus, and a really compact measurement for $479.99 body-only, launching in July. It can even be offered for $599.99 in a package with the RF-S 18–45mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM lens or $829.99 in a two-zoom package with that very same gradual lens plus an RF-S 55–210mm f/5-7.1 IS STM telephoto. Launching alongside the R100 is a Canon RF 28mm f/2.8 STM pancake lens for $299.99 that’s suitable with crop or full-frame cameras and solely a bit bigger than a physique cap.

On paper, the R100 is nearly a lifeless ringer for the, nicely, lifeless Canon EOS M50 Mark II. It’s acquired the identical sensor, Digic 8 processor, 2.36 million dot OLED EVF, and cropped 4K video as that swan tune of the EOS M system did. However it’s additionally lacking some key issues from that digicam — stuff you usually anticipate in each fashionable digicam, frankly — like an articulating display, in-body picture stabilization, webcam streaming, or any contact controls. That’s proper, contact the R100’s three-inch rear LCD all you need, but it surely ain’t doing a factor.

That is definitely scraping the underside of the barrel for budget-system cameras and looking out a little bit paltry in comparison with the extra succesful EOS R50 that sits above at $679.99. However to be truthful, the two.5-year-old M50 Mark II that the R100 relies on had a beginning value of just about $800 (which perhaps speaks to why that system is lifeless), and for round that a lot cash, you will get this new mannequin in a package with two lenses. I’m not going to say these are good lenses or that it’s definitely worth the cash, however there’s one thing naively charming about Canon making an attempt to relive its glory days of its Canon Insurgent DSLRs — a time when an entry-level DSLR was a no brainer funding for anybody trying to get into images or simply take some first rate photos of household or main life occasions.

However whereas this digicam provides me a contact of nostalgia for the times of promoting regardless of the present Insurgent of the second was to anticipating dad and mom and school grads, the world of cameras is now a really totally different place. Certain, this sub-$500 digicam has an autofocus system that far outclasses something in the marketplace from these days, however sacrificing an articulating display and plenty of different options which have turn out to be desk stakes is probably going a deal-breaker for somebody making an attempt their hand at content material creation right this moment.

Maybe the EOS R100 can thrive simply positive on its aggressive value alone, hoping to hook inexperienced persons right into a rising RF lens ecosystem that retains them upgrading inside the Canon household. However customers could not love what they see price-wise once they search for the road as a result of, along with entry-level consumer conduct altering over these years, midrange to top-tier cameras and lenses have solely trended extra area of interest and costly.