05-22-2017, 12:59 PM
Quote:And you think they'll battle Sony on a ground where Sony is years ahead ?Of course Canon will stick to 36x24mm, if they would decide that they want to make a FF mirrorless platform. Because 135 format is a format with a very large base of users, it is very popular (ever since the 1950's). Their main lens line is for 135 format, and with a simple adapter one has all these lenses already available.
If they are something bigger from scratch why should they stick to 36x24 ? Just because of the EF-M constraint?
And a different perspective on your statement - the best selling Canon mirrorless camera - body only - is on rank 35.
https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Elec...2556502011
And if you look closely ... the EOS M5 is on rank 42 in the bundle section. The awesome YI M1 is on rank 21 ... just in case you argue that bundles are more popular. In the top 10 there are two invalid entries, and 5 deprecated models (aka cheap).
And who knows, maybe Canon may be thinking of also a bigger sensor specialty camera, and it will be anyone's guess what kind of sensor such a camera would have (only sure thing is that it would have a Canon sensor).
Canon's execs said in the past that they think that mirrorless only makes sense when you do it compact, since that is the advantage of mirrorless.
From that you can derive: they are not that stupid as the people who claim Canon would make mirrorless with a mirrorbox sans mirror. Also, that they were not yet thinking about FF mirrorless at the time of the interviews.
Most mirrorless buyers buy a kit, by the way. Just because else they have a body without a lens to start. Upgraders on the same platform are the ones usually buying body only.