Canon Concept Consumer Cameras Come to CES 2020

Yes, the EOS-1D X Mark III DSLR is the major release from Canon’s imaging team at CES 2020. However, tucked away in the Canon booth is a section with multiple camera concepts that are interesting, unique, and sometimes make it into production. The IVY REC is a perfect example of a CES concept becoming a reality, and we had a preview of it at CES last year. Once again, Canon showed up with a bunch of cool new cameras that may just be available to you in the near future.

Intelligent Compact Camera

The Intelligent Compact Camera is something we have seen variations on for the past couple of years, and it is still very cool. It’s a small camera that fits in your hand and functions similarly to many PTZ cameras. Size is a major selling point here because it’s small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. This makes it well suited to being placed in spaces where a more conspicuous camera would be a problem. It also has great pan-tilt-zoom functions. It’ll pan 170 degrees, tilt 110 degrees, and zoom up to 4x. Intelligent functions make it possible to follow subjects.

Putting it on your desk for webcam use, placing one in a corner to act as a baby monitor or pet camera, or functioning as a discreet security camera are all viable uses. I would even consider it useful for parties or weddings to serve as part of a digital guestbook setup or photo booth. There are also voice commands and manual shooting modes. Software can make the camera even more useful. Canon showed off a program that snapped a photo and then graded it based on whether people are smiling. It is not a far stretch to think this could be set up at a wedding, automatically take pictures when people are smiling, and sort out the images in which people are not.