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

The Canon EOS M mirrorless system could also be useless, however one in every of its cameras is being exhumed and reincarnated into a brand new mannequin for the continued EOS R collection. The EOS R100 is the newest of Canon’s APS-C mirrorless choices. It incorporates 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 bought for $599.99 in a equipment with the RF-S 18–45mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM lens or $829.99 in a two-zoom equipment with that very same sluggish 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.

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On paper, the R100 is sort of a useless ringer for the, properly, useless 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 music of the EOS M system did. Nevertheless it’s additionally lacking some key issues from that digital camera — belongings you usually count on in each trendy digital camera, 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, however it ain’t doing a factor.

No touchscreen, no joystick, not even a dang thumbwheel. It actually jogs my memory of my authentic Digital Insurgent. Picture: Canon

That is definitely scraping the underside of the barrel for budget-system cameras and searching a bit of paltry in comparison with the extra succesful EOS R50 that sits above at $679.99. However to be honest, the two.5-year-old M50 Mark II that the R100 is predicated on had a beginning worth of just about $800 (which perhaps speaks to why that system is useless), and for round that a lot cash, you may get this new mannequin in a equipment 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 respectable footage of household or main life occasions.

However whereas this digital camera 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 digital camera has an autofocus system that far outclasses something available on the market from these days, however sacrificing an articulating display and lots of different options which have grow to be desk stakes is probably going a deal-breaker for somebody making an attempt their hand at content material creation right this moment.

The brand new 28mm pancake looks as if a pleasant finances walkaround lens, even for full-frame Canon house owners. Picture: Canon

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