Canon EOS R100: Entry-level camera with RF bayonet
24.5.2023
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Canon is courting newcomers to photography with a new camera at a moderate price. Thanks to the RF bayonet, the purchase is not a dead end, unlike previous suppliers.
Whoever was looking for an entry-level camera from Canon previously had two options: The EOS 2000D is an SLR camera, the EOS M50 Mark II, a mirrorless camera with an M bayonet. Two unsatisfactory options, as both systems will die out sooner or later. Canon is not developing new lenses for either the EF-S or the M bayonet.
The future belongs to the RF bayonet. Canon has now presented the EOS R100 for this. The camera has an APS-C sensor with 24 megapixels and costs 639 francs at launch, including the RF-S 18-45mm F4.5-6.3 IS STM kit lens. Apart from the new lens mount, it borrows generously from its M sister: in addition to the sensor, the battery and Digic 8 processor also come from the EOS M50 Mark II, which is now three years old.
In keeping with the low price, the other specifications are nothing special either: there is no image stabiliser. The display of the EOS R100 cannot be rotated and has no touch functions. Canon uses an OLED display with 2.36 million pixels as the electronic viewfinder. The camera records videos in a maximum of 4K at 30 frames per second - with a crop and exclusively with contrast-based autofocus.
Source: Canon
In photo mode, the EOS R100 also focuses using faster phase autofocus and has face and eye recognition. However, it does not automatically recognise animals or objects.
The biggest advantage of the new Canon is probably its compactness: the body measures 116 × 86 × 69 millimetres and weighs 356 grams. This makes the EOS R100 the smallest R camera in the range.
New lens: RF 28mm F2.8 STM
Canon is launching a new fixed focal length at the same time as the new mirrorless camera. The RF 28mm F2.8 STM is a small "pancake" that fits well with the EOS R100. It has a minimum focus distance of 23 centimetres and weighs 120 grams. On an APS-C camera, the focal length corresponds to 45 millimetres. At market launch, the new lens will cost 329 francs.
Source: Canon
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