Canon and Takara Tomy to release realistic Transformer DSLRs

Looking for a new DSLR? You might well hit up Canon for an EOS.

Would you expect a multi-thousand-dollar camera to transform into a robot? Well, you’d be right. However, working with the design and production company Takara Tomy Canon will release Transformers model EOS in Japan.

They’re not real. The Transformers are just models, but you can press the shutter button, move the dial, use the viewfinder and even remove the lens to expose what looks like a 35mm sensor.

The Canon L lens red ring is present too. I’m sure this camera would fool me.

Hundreds of dollars, not many thousands, will be required to buy one of these models. Pre-orders are open now and will close in September, and then the models will ship and go on retail in February on the 25th.