- Canon teases launch event for September 9 2025 at 2pm BST / 11pm AEST
- Instagram teaser captioned "Open your world to what's next"
- Rumored to be Canon EOS C50, a direct rival to the Sony FX3
A new Canon camera is about to land, and the company just dropped a major hint about one of its features.
As we reported last week, Canon is launching something tomorrow – something that looks very much like a compact new Cinema EOS camera primed to take on the Sony FX3. Ahead of the launch (which you’ll be able to watch live on YouTube – scroll down to see the embedded video), the company has published an Instagram video captioned, “Open your world to what’s next. 9.9.25”.
The video shows a side-on silhouette of the new camera, which is interesting, but it’s the choice of words in that caption that excites us even more. The use of “open” seems a clear hint that this camera will support Open Gate video recording – using the whole surface of the image sensor.
Open Gate is prized by filmmakers and content creators because of its support for cropping video into any aspect ratio.
Despite rival Panasonic giving users Open Gate recording with several of its video cameras, such as the Lumix S1 II, the feature hasn’t been available on a Canon camera before, so its inclusion here would be big news.
Check back tomorrow
Make sure to check back tomorrow for full details of Canon’s new launch, which is rumored to be called the Canon EOS C50 and come with a 32MP full-frame sensor and weight of under 700g (without a lens or other attachments). You can watch the launch live using the embedded YouTube video below.
We’ll be publishing a story on whatever it is Canon is cooking up. If you’re a videographer, filmmaker or content creator excited about the rumored EOS C50, let us know in the comments what features and specs you’d like to see in Canon’s next Cinema EOS camera.
