|
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here's how it works. |
The Canon EOS R7 Mark II is coming in the next 4-6 months, whether that's an announcement date or a shipping date isn't known at this time.
We were recently sent an image of what does look to be the follow-up to the EOS R7, but we were not given permission to post the image at this time. This isn't unusual, as very few people would have access to seeing the camera, and at a lot of NDA'd meetings, phones aren't allowed either.
We hope to be able to post the image(s) in the near future.
What We See – EOS R7 Mark II
- Camera body is bigger than the EOS R7
- The EVF bump is bigger
- The joystick has been moved to a more conventional position on the back
- The rear LCD appears to be able to tip up and down, though we don't see it flipped to the side as we're used to in the Canon world.
- We know it's an APS-C camera and not a 6 series due to the lens that is attached to it. Yes, you can mount RF-S lenses to a full-frame RF mount camera, in the context of the image(s), that wouldn't make much sense.
- There is no top down LCD.
There was no way to see if Canon has removed the mechanical shutter from the EOS R7 Mark II as previously rumored.
When is it coming?
We don't know for certain, which has been the case for a long while when it comes to announcement dates.
Next week we expect Canon to announce a new Cinema EOS product, and don't think that they will be announcing an EOS R product at the same time.
We're looking forward to telling you more.
Header image is a mockup of the EOS R7 Mark II
And of course fix the AF accuracy issues
Then my preorder will be certain
I going to assume that Canon heard everyone and resolved those issues but only so I can give them my money when it's released. I wanted a APS-C and because of all the noise around the focus and rolling shutter issues picked up a R50, decent little camera but......
I posted a thread on this 3 years ago.
The "noise" that put you off the R7 about the rolling shutter and shutter slap on the R7 comes as usual from those who don't know how to use a particular camera (or lens). It's the constant problem on the net - complaints from those who haven't tried or haven't the ability to work around problems or who are just chronic naysayers. Use ES in situations of speeds where shutter shock would cause problems and rolling shutter is not problematic. That actually covers by far the most of its use. Rolling shutter can become problematic where there is fast movement. But, that is the situation where you usually need fast shutter speeds and that is where there aren't any problems from shutter shock if you use mechanical shutter, or you can use EFCS. My wife uses the R7 for birding and it's always in ES mode for what she does with no problems for static birds and she switches to another shutter mode for BIF. When I borrow it for insects with rapidly moving wings, I use ms or EFCS. I presume you do the same with your R50.
All EOS SLRs, both film and digital, have had electronically controlled vertically traveling blade shutters.
The AE-1, AE-1P, New F1, and most other late FD mount bodies in the A-Series and F-Series had horizontally travelling one-piece cloth shutter curtains. This made camera design simpler so that the same mechanical motion from the film advance lever also cocked the shutter curtains. The final FD mount bodies, the T-Series introduced in 1983, had vertical shutters. There were also a limited number, reportedly less than 100, of New F-1 bodies made for use by press photographers at the 1984 Summer Olympics with vertical blade shutters, enhanced motor drives, and pellicle mirrors that could shoot at a then record 14 fps.
The tipping point for going from horizontal to vertical shutter curtains was the elimination of manual film advance levers as 35mm film cameras were introduced with automated film advance built into the body. The shorter transit distance across the short dimension of the frame and blade curtains driven by electronic motors rather than cloth curtains resulted in shorter X-sync timings. Instead of 1/60-1/90 X-sync Tv, cameras quickly went to 1/120-1/180 X-sync for flash photography. The T-90 had an X-sync of 1/250! The professional New F-1 with horizontal cloth shutter was limited to 1/90 X-sync.
For what it's worth, my Konica FS-1 has a built-in 2.5 fps motor drive and a vertically travelling electronically controlled blade shutter. It was introduced in 1979, about four years before the 1.5 fps Canon T-50.