Canon DSLR lines beyond EOS 5D and Rebel?

[Relmotion]

I currently use a 77D and on occasion my RP. I selected the latter as it uses the same battery. Although, the RP is a power hog.  I noticed that the only lines in the DSLRs are the 5D and Rebel. Has Canon bowed out of other DSLR lines?  

[deebatman316]

Pretty much every camera manufacturer except Pentax has left DSLRs behind. Mirrorless is the future with smaller bodies and lens designs. Also they have less mechanical moving devices in them. They’re also better on the video side of things if you do a lot of video. But the features in video mode are now available in stills mode now like eye detect AF. Also you can focus at even smaller apertures than your typical DSLRs’ limit of F/5.6 or F/8 on pro bodies. Which frees up aperture constraints to make more budget friendly lenses. 

[jrhoffman75]

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@Relmotion wrote:

I currently use a 77D and on occasion my RP. I selected the latter as it uses the same battery. Although, the RP is a power hog.  I noticed that the only lines in the DSLRs are the 5D and Rebel. Has Canon bowed out of other DSLR lines?  

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Canon recently discontinued the 1D X Mark III, so the only DSLRs currently in production for the US market are the 5D Mark IV and the Rebel T7.

[BigAmericanHand]

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[Relmotion]

Tempted to go with a Hasselblad medium format.  I don't know, I found the RP painful at first.  I wear glasses, looking through the viewfinder required removing my glasses. For whatever reason, having tri-focals and the viewfinder, they weren't compatible.  I've used Pentax in the past, both film and digital.  

[SignifDigits · Accepted solution]

I loved my RP - my first mirrorless.  I don't think I wore glasses full time at that time, though.  Have you adjusted the diopter to better accommodate your vision?  I know some who adjust the diopter and are about to shoot without glasses.  There are also eyecup options.  I believe I had one on mine and found it helpful.

I do not do this myself, as I am "old school" (and just "old" to be honest) but others do shoot wholly in Live View mode.  I had mine set up to show live mode and often used that to set things up then switch to viewfinder when it I placed my eye to the viewfinder to really shoot.  I miss that camera - gave it to on of the kids, though and am very happy with the R6 Mark II.

If you're going to shop in the Hasselblad price range I would encourage you to compare comparably priced Canons They all have 50% more pixels in the viewfinder than the RP and easier (IMO) viewfinder "picture".  I shoot with bifocals with no issues, and I'm sure there are those shooting with trifocals, as well.

I haven't shot a medium format Hasselblad since film days.  I'm sure nobody here would say anything but good things about Hasselblad, but I don't think it's accurate to think the RP is viewfinder is representative of the whole Canon mirrorless line.  And I used Pentax film cameras as well.

[Relmotion]

Yeah, looked at the R6s.  Good news, versus a Hasselblad is lenses and such.  Having both the 77D and RP, is lens compatibility.  I have the adapter for my EF lenses to work with the RP.  Might add an 'L' lens at some point. I just enjoy looking through the viewfinder,  grew up that way.

Thanks for some clarity. 

[normadel]

No Canon people seem to know or will say whether the 5D IV  and the Rebel T7 are actually still being produced.

Lots of them are out there new at dealers, also 90D. Question is,  are these what is in dealer inventory with no more to be had?

[Relmotion]

The 90D has always been on my radar. However,  hadn't done the comparisons to the 77D.

[SignifDigits]

Yeah, I don't know how to shoot without a viewfinder either, and don't plan to learn!  I've always even had at least some window on any compacts that I had - all the way back to my Polaroid Swinger. 

I was a Nikon shooter early on and then for years because of my investment into lenses.  I first went mirrorless with the Sony A600 as it was had such an inexpensive entry price.  That was my first mirrorless, but my son taking a couple photography classes he wound up owning that one.  When considering my next camera I felt that Canon had a huge leg up on glass and professional market space and so I bought an RP to replace my Sony.   No regrets - especially as I've moved up to better glass and cameras.  That said, the RP was quite a great consumer camera at the time - good user interface, bracketing, fast and good (especially then) autofocus and with the 24-240 IS USM kit I bought for $1,600 I was a happy convert!  That was just six years ago.

I thought I should get rid of that lens at one point and then went through the pictures I took with it trying to put an ad together and decide "wait, I should keep this lens!"

I loved mirrorless from day one - being able to see the whole frame and, more importantly, actually seeing the image you are shooting without having to push a button and move a mirror was huge.

I hope you find a camera that you can love using.