Canon’s flagship DSLR line will end with the EOS-1D X Mark III, eventually

Canon’s flagship DSLR line will end with the EOS-1D X Mark III, eventually
By Richard Lawler

Canon EOS-1D X Mark III | Image: Canon

When Canon revealed the EOS-1D X Mark III in January 2020, we proclaimed that the DSLR “still isn’t dead,” but that camera will mark the end of the line for a flagship model that some pro photographers still swear by to capture everything from sporting events to wild animals.

An end to the production and development timeline of the EOS-1 is estimated as “within a few years.”

CanonRumors points out an interview Canon’s chairman and CEO Fujio Mitarai gave this week to the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun (via Y.M. Cinema Magazine). The piece highlight how high-end mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras have taken market share digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras previously dominated.

In it, the CEO is quoted (in Japanese, which...

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December 31, 2021 at 05:18AM
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