Canon Unveils Unprecedented "Analog Concept Camera"

[Vaughn]

It is called cropping.

Duh…
But it would give the square format the full use of available pixels. Which I think is cool.

 

[wiltw]

50k Yen is only US$322 at current exchange, 100k Yen would still be dirt cheap compared to mirrorless or dSLR prices! So 36x36 sensor would be a bargain by any measure.

 

[gbroadbridge]

I Google translated this from CNET Japan...

Canon unveils unprecedented "analog concept camera" - waist-level digital camera, commercialization yet to be decided

I believe if Canon released that as a 35mm half frame film camera, it would be more interesting to the retro crowd.

 

[xkaes]

Why stop at 35mm half-frame? Sharan made a tiny Hasselblad replica for Minox film.

 

[Pieter12]

lifetime behind me

50k Yen is only US$322 at current exchange, 100k Yen would still be dirt cheap compared to mirrorless or dSLR prices! So 36x36 sensor would be a bargain by any measure.

DSLRs are still being made?

 

[gbroadbridge]

lifetime behind me


DSLRs are still being made?

Canon still sell the EOS 5D4 brand new. Still plenty of demand.

EOS 5D Mark IV

For photographers in pursuit of the perfect shot

www.canon.com.au

 

[wiltw]

lifetime behind me


DSLRs are still being made?

In 2025 just under 7,000 were shipped, per CIPA. While dSLR volume continues to slip, mirrorless are hardly 'the rage'...2025 shipped only 6 Million mirrorless, while 2012 had just over 3 Million mirrorless, and dSLR shipments were about 17 Million. Smartphones have displaced the need for dedicated cameras.

 

[warden]

. Smartphones have displaced the need for dedicated cameras.

I understand the reasons for that, but it does make me sad tbh.

 

[wiltw]

I understand the reasons for that, but it does make me sad tbh.

Back 25 years ago there was an industry analyst who argued that smartphones would erode P&S sales, but not the more professional cameras. And even as late as 2021, industry forecasts such as by Statista projected that camera sales would still exceed 125 Million units, yet the total for 2025 ended up about 9 Million. Indeed, smartphone did erode all cameras, not merely P&S market.

 

[gbroadbridge]

Indeed, smartphone did erode all cameras, not merely P&S market.

I think these days, the devices are more cameras with a phone tacked on, rather than the other way around.
They're quite incredible imaging devices - more than almost everyone actually needs.

 

[wiltw]

I think these days, the devices are more cameras with a phone tacked on, rather than the other way around.
They're quite incredible imaging devices - more than almost everyone actually needs.

Since 'zoom' is merely decimation of pixels used at the outer edges of the frame, and there is resorting to (default, undisclosed) image enhancement techniques to improve the perception of sharpness/contrast, etc. I hesistate to call these devices 'cameras' in the same context as professional grade cameras (or even entry level ones) with interchangeable lenses/zooms.

Some years ago, on another forum, another member postprocessed an image from a smartphone which I had posted which was used to compare smartphone vs. dSLR image, clearly demonstrating the edge enhancement of what should have been a uniformly dark (a.k.a 'black') shape, . This is like the altered image he posted...(what I had later post processed, in effort to validate/disprove his claim), it should have been uniform in density across the entire 'black' shape of the target photographed. I verified his claims...the dSLR image did not exhibit similar characteristics as this...

Yes, they do have image capture capability with postprocessing built in. But smartphones are not 'cameras' in the classic IMHO
Yes, they can do more than most people need.

 

[Pieter12]

I believe Apple demonstrated that smartphones are indeed cameras and can easily replace cameras in certain situations. Apple's ad agency produced full-blown commercial still and motion shoots years ago, with professional photographers and cinematographers and crews, using iPhones instead of the usual professional cameras and lenses.