A 100 MP Canon mirrorless body with IBIS would be the first stabilized sensor of this kind of resolution in a standard-sized body. If true, it could rewrite the playbook on ultra-high-megapixel cameras and could pose a serious problem for the medium format industry.
Canon Rumors reported a note from Northlight Images about the possibility of an extraordinarily high-resolution mirrorless EOS R body from Canon. Just as the latest 50-megapixel bodies closed the gap between DSLRs and bulkier and pricier medium format cameras, a 100 MP EOS R camera would begin to touch the latest high-megapixel Hasselblad and Phase One resolution limit.
Of course, Phase One recently released the 150 MP IQ4 system, and Hasselblad can't be far behind. Add to this that the 100 MP EOS R isn't rumored to be released until at least 2020 and the fact that you're still talking less surface area on that chip, and it's clear Hasselblad and Phase One will still have the edge for a long time (although they will soon be joined by Fujifilm with its own 100 MP medium format option coming mid-2019). But to have in-body image stabilization would be a huge win for high-megapixel lovers, as those pixels need to be protected as much as possible from any kind of camera shake. Not to mention, you'd get all the other features that come with a smaller mirrorless body, including everything from portability to a bit more than just a single focus point.
I am very ready for this. Are you?
Meh! It will be 100 mega pixels of cramped pixels on a 35mm sensor size.
In love with Fuji GFX :) I can't even withstand the image quality of my 45MP Nikon-D850 for tight beauty shoots now that I have the Fuji medium format ... it is MUCH better ... number says ok 5 mp more but noooo, it is the sensor size
I see a future Silver Award at DPR.
Snarkiness aside, I would love for Canon to do anything groundbreaking. It's been over 10 years since the 5D2 which blew the industry away, and since then everything has been incremental or just-not-quite-as-good as other offerings out there. So I'm intrigued, and hopeful.
Do it.... Do it
The 50 mp canon eos is ok for studio work but a poor performer in the real world due to lack of dynamic range. I would be very surprised if canon have come such a long way in a short period of time to double the mp and yet improve dynamic range. If not then there is no real benifit to a high mp sensor in a small body with IBIS thats gonna be sitting on a tripod in a studio .
Two things:
1. Fujifilm has already announced that its 2019 100 MP GFX camera will have IBIS, surprised Fstoppers writers are not aware.
2. Canon's 100 MP is likely on a smaller full frame sized sensor, so it means the dynamic range and noise performance will be lower than the current Canon full frame cameras. And logically the Fujifilm GFX100 will have better noise performance and Dynamic range, since it is a larger sensor. (And lenses designed for 100 MP)
The GFX sensor will certainly be nicer. But everyone keeps pointing out the GFX as the same thing as this, but better. I agree that it's amazing and should create some incredible images. But it's a BIG body. Still makes a difference. And no doubt the EOS R AF system combined with physically smaller/lighter lenses should mean a lot for focus performance (which is always an IQ consideration). Just saying, there's still something to be said for a better-featured, smaller body with ultra-high-resolution like this if they can pull it off. Two different beasts.
It's the one I'm waiting for. Love my 5Ds. For what I shoot speed/fps isn't the need. Resolution and detail to handle any size of commercial need a big plus. Being able to keep using all my Canon glass at 100Mb on all that a mirrorless system offers? Sure!
Dual SD card slots?
and lens diffraction ?!!!
Without a larger sensor, isn’t this this just wasted data? Or am I wrong and all that info can fit into the FF sensor?
Well, if you can fit that many pixels onto the sensor, you can do so, of course (and they can do that). Then there are additional issues of heat dissipation and diffraction and the general smaller size of the pixels, which leads to less DR and low light sensitivity. But the question is if they can develop it to be useful enough to overcome those issues (or if they can also mitigate some of those somehow).