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- No, no, no, no, no.
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Okay, let me just preface this video
by saying that I love Canon.
I'm filming on a Canon camera right now, the C300.
I use my EOS R all the time, 1D X Mark II.
Great cameras.
But last night I went on Twitter and I saw
that they had announced the Canon EOS RP finally.
And I was looking at the specs and I was like,
this is pretty interesting.
4K, okay, there's no dual pixel autofocus in 4K,
so that kinda sucks, but you can still use it
if you really want, just without good autofocus.
I don't really use 4K that much anyway,
so totally fine with me.
We still got 1080, good color science,
we got the autofocus, full frame, flip LCD screen.
This is a camera that I can really start recommending
to people who are wanting to get into video,
wanting to start a YouTube channel,
just wanting to get into the film world.
This is a great camera.
Flip LCD screen, full frame, Canon autofocus,
all of that good stuff.
And I went to bed thinking, great,
definitely gonna review this camera.
Can't wait to try it out.
I think it's gonna be really good for a lot of,
king of beginner, or people
that want to get into filmmaking.
Those people, it's gonna be really good for them.
Then I woke up in the morning, and again,
I was checking Twitter.
Then I saw that it doesn't actually shoot
in 24 frames per second in 1080.
There's no 24 frames per second in 1080.
It only does either 60 frames or 30 frames.
No 24 frames per second.
And 24 frames per second is the reason Canon cameras
got so big with video in the first place.
When they put 24 frames per second in the Canon 5D,
that's what made them blow up.
Even the M50 has 24 frames per second in 1080.
So now I'm looking at this camera,
and if you're kind of a beginner filmmaker,
or just getting into filmmaking, you can't shoot in 4K
because there's no Canon dual pixel autofocus,
so that's not too good.
And you can't film in 1080
because there's no 24 frames per second.
So what is this camera good for?
And my answer right now, in terms of video for filmmakers,
it's not good for anything.
Usually, actually always, I've been able to find some area
or some type of filmmaking that pretty much every camera
that has come out in the last couple years
would be good for, including the EOS R.
People were so underwhelmed by the specs of this camera
and I was, too, but I've been loving this camera.
I've been using it a lot.
I've tried the Sonys, I've tried Panasonics,
I've tried Fujifilm, and still I'm using this camera.
It just fits my needs right now.
I'm not saying it's the best camera by any means,
but it has it's place.
Full frame, flip LCD screen,
great autofocus, Canon color science.
There's just a lot of great things about this camera.
But the EOS RP, I don't know what it's good for.
What is it good for?
I would say it's a completely useless camera right now
if these specs are true, and I think they are.
Unless you're a photographer
and you just want to do photography,
I'm sure its a great camera.
If you're just a photographer, definitely check it out.
But if you're at all in to filmmaking,
I can't see myself ever using this camera right now.
If you put in a preorder,
or you're thinking about getting this camera,
I would say cancel your preorder
and do not get this camera right now in it's current form.
Unless they change the firmware,
unless they add 24 frames per second in 1080,
I think it's a useless camera right now.
I still think Canon is great.
I think they make great products,
but they are also starting to lose the video people slowly.
Every single camera that comes out
and the specs are just so underwhelming
or they just do weird stunts like this,
like not putting 24 frames per second in 1080.
People are starting to walk away.
They're starting to go to Sony,
they're starting to go to Panasonic,
they're starting to go to Fujifilm.
All these different camera companies
are really pushing the specs.
And I think Canon has to do the same.
Eventually Canon has to put out a camera
that's not only great quality,
just great stuff in there,
but also specs-wise is really impressive.
So you can just look at the specs on paper and think,
dang, that's a good camera.
And I'm hoping they're gonna do that.
I'm hoping the mirrorless version of the 1DX II
is gonna be just a beast of a camera.
If it is, it will cost an arm and a leg
and possibly even a kidney.
Even if it's not spec'd out super crazy
it's still gonna cost an arm and a leg.
But they can't keep playing this game of being conservative
and trying to protect their other products.
Not putting in too many features
because it might cannibalize another product.
They cannot keep doing this game.
And that's why I'm saying do not buy this camera.
I'm hoping this camera is a massive flop
so that Canon can learn and actually put some features
in there that you guys deserve.
At least things like 24 frames per second.
I don't think that that's too much to ask for
considering even the M50 has 24 frames per second.
Um, yeah, I'm honestly hoping that this camera
is a massive flop so do not buy this camera right now.
Maybe they'll update the firmware,
maybe they'll listen to you and us
and change some stuff around.
If they don't, yeah, I cannot see myself ever using
the Canon RP for anything really.
Sorry for being a bit of a negative Nancy.
I wanted to warn you guys.
I don't want you guys to waste your money.
And if a camera is really not good in my opinion,
I wanna put that out there because, yeah,
I don't want you to spend your hard-earned cash
on a camera that really doesn't work for filmmakers.
I had a completely different video
that I was gonna post for today, but yeah.
I just had to make this.
Dang it, Canon.
Dang it.
Why'd you have to do this to me?