Oooh yes! It's the Canon EOS RP. I don't
have one in my hands but I do know a man who
does have one in his hands right now and his
name is Lok. This video is not review.
It's not even a hands-on, well I can't do
hands-on when I don't actually have my
hands-on the product - that would be
the worst hands-on ever. But, look, I
didn't even think I was gonna make this
video. I didn't think I was gonna make a
video about the Canon EOS RP and one of
the reasons why I'm doing this is
because Lok has got his hands-on with
it so I've asked him a lot of questions
and also every body has put in their
opinion about this so I thought why
not do it as well. Now interestingly
there's not been too many hands-on
videos released around the time of
launch, quite bizarrely, this time it's
been quite a low-key affair and for
those who don't know what that RP is all
about it's cheap - that's probably what
the 'RP' stands for: reasonably priced and
the budget for the press events were
equally low - in the UK they didn't even
really have a press event they just
invited some retailers and some press to
have a brief hands-on with the camera. In
the US, the event was seemingly held at a
graveyard, which is pretty unfortunate
for a camera that almost spells R.I.P. even more
unfortunate given the amount of
criticism this camera has had. And just
to repeat: Lok has had his hands-on one -
that's his weird double-jointed thumbs on
it right now
DPReview were there, FroKnowsPhoto, Gordon Laign
from CameraLabs had his hands-on with
it. Ken Rockwell - KEN ROCKWELL! Kiddies, if
you don't know who Ken Rockwell is, he's
like the OG photography camera reviewer,
internet troll person with the porn star
name. I mean that is quite odd given that
the EOS event was held in Hawaii or some
fancy exotic location like that, where they
basically spent loads of cash on people
to fly in, just to see their new camera.
This time: nothing! A graveyard.
Dead people surrounded by dead people,
fantastic! But you know what, it's almost
like they didn't want people to talk
about their product or maybe they just
knew what people were going to say about
their product because everybody talked
about it even before it was official. And you
know what, some of my photo geek friends texted
me at a time these leaks came out, all
excitedly saying "oh wow,
a cheap Canon, tilty flippy screen,
Dual Pixel AF, no 1.75 x crop this
could be the ultimate vlogging camera" in
their imaginary world waterfalls were
flowing upward, spoons were bending, Canon
had changed their strategy from their
EOS which was widely criticised for
having an oldish sensor and a video
feature that was just not up to scratch.
That was four months, just four months
ago - what do you think could happen in
four months, hmm? Canon would just think: 'you know
what we're bored of the EOS R, let's
launch a new product that is cheaper, far
cheaper and having better video
capabilities than the EOS R'? NO! Four
months! They would have been developed
at exactly the same time, under the same
strategy-slash-plan, so what is the
actual surprise this time around?! And
most of the criticism is based around the old 81 00:03:02,820 --> 00:03:06,060 26-megapixel sensor within and a video
feature that's not up-to-scratch - does that
sound familiar?
I mean a lot the criticism is video
based, it shoots 4k no Dual Pixel AF in
4k, no AV or TV mode, 1.6x crop no
C-Log it doesn't have 24 P in HD. Yes, yes
that's weird but what's even weirder is
that Lok is eating a plate. When you
put the EF-S lens on you don't get HD.
Internet people not happy. Lok eating
plate - I think he's definitely enjoying
it. anyway
the weirdly crippled video feature,
nothing new, the EOS R had some weird
quirks - it had 4k at 1.75x
C-Log, no TV AV or
Auto ISO in C-Log mode, what's more
no 1080 with EF lenses and forced crop
...so yes the EOS RP has some weird
quirks in video mode, to put it nicely,
but that's just following in the same
line as the EOS R which had a hugely
disappointing crippled video feature.
Is it sad? Yes.
Shocking, surprising? No. That's like
saying 'oh that guy who's got
incontinence, I'm really surprised that
he pissed the bed again' Let me just
reemphasise: this has been announced just
four months after the R and this is one
thousand dollars cheaper than the R,
that's just like going to Burger King
complaining about it not tasting like
a gourmet barbecue burger. Criticism of
the EOS R video: fair game, it costs a
fair bit of money. But it would be
delusional thinking that Canon would give
more for less money for sure for video
geeks it was never gonna be any good. For
Canon, it's par-for-the-course the whole
EOS consumer Canon that just happens to
take really quite decent video - the Sun
has set on that a long time ago. Just let
it go. Let it go. If I was Canon I would
completely omit the video feature,
paint it silver, say it's all retro and
shit and people would accept that it doesn't
have video. I'd call it the RNP: Really
Not Patronising. Oh, but let's not forget
we're talking about a stills camera,
what features has it got? It's got full
frame...it's got five FPS...88% AF coverage
that way, 100% that way...just got a spec
sheet up there...handy. It's, it's,
it's full-frame...2.36 million dot EVF not
bad not bad
similar to the Sony. 6D Mark II sensor...
damn it, I should be focusing on the
positives shouldn't I? 29-different
languages which means it's multilingual!
How many languages do you know god damn
it? It's clever, it's really clever, smart.
No, seriously the biggest feature about
the Canon EOS RP is that it's
full-frame, oh I think I've forgotten to
mention that, oh yes look at that in all
its fullness, but image quality isn't
going to be class-leading. Dynamic range
will be pants and it is pants. Those
aren't actual pants but what was that
white detail there supposed to be? And
that big right wall thing that's just all
white I mean it's literally all white.
It's bland, it's cheap, it's full frame
and that pretty much sums up the whole
point of the EOS RP and that's probably
why Canon didn't build up too much hype
about the camera. They didn't hold any
fancy events in some exotic locations
because you can just explain the camera
in one tidy sentence like that. They
didn't need people to review it because
they know that this camera is gonna sell
well
no matter what and, look, in some ways
there's nothing really offensive about
a camera that has a full-frame sensor
and takes photos for a not too expensive
price...hold on just one moment we're
talking about how cheap this is and the
body only is relatively cheap at $1,300
but when you get the 24 to 105mm
kit that's $2,200. That is the problem
the cheapest R lens is a $500 macro
lens and the trouble is if you want
cheap, bland
full-frame cameras that are slightly
outdated tech-wise you've got that with
Sony, the a7 II is still available at
$1000 and if you want the kit, the one
with a 24-70, 28-70, quite a
mediocre lens, $1,200 and if you can
stretch your budget by a few more coins
you can go for the a7R II - which is
what I would do and the thing is with the Sony
system as all Sony fanboys will tell you -
they've got lenses, lots of lenses
available: pro lenses but also cheap
lenses. And then you have to make the
choice of where you want really bland
full frame camera for a low price or a
truly kick-ass crop sensor camera like
the X-T3 from Fujifilm or the Sony
a6400 which have incredible auto
focusing systems and bursts. So to sum up,
what is the actual point of the EOS RP?
Well it's full-frame for less and that's
it. For some they just want their cameras
to have a decently-sized sensor that
simply takes photos; some people like
vanilla and the color beige. But look, it's
all good if you like vanilla, this is an
entry-level full-frame camera sans lens
and almost seems a bit silly to slag
off a camera that could end up being
someone's first camera, someone's first
full-frame, to take photos and create
with. I don't think someone who's getting
started should be pointed away from the
camera just because some video geek didn't
get what they wanted or some photo nerd
needs more dynamic range. It is what it
is and with entry-level cameras all that
should be important is that you pick the
camera that feels right in your hands and
not what social media influencers have to
say about a product that they didn't even
handle themselves...oh, that includes
myself then I guess.
I don't think I'll be gettingg hands-on with
the EOS RP but I think I've said all that I
want to say about it. For actual hands-on
go check out Lok's video. Subscribe to my
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