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The Canon EOS R7 Mark II is the most anticipated EOS R camera coming in 2026. The current R7 is a much loved crop camera if you go by all of the related communities out there. The 7 series has always been a mix of performance and value.
Sensor Resolution
The biggest question from enthusiasts around these parts is what Canon has planned for the image sensor. As far as resolution, I have been told multiple times that it will be 39mp. I haven't been told a different resolution, even from the anonymous folks.
Canon EOS R7Mirrorless Camera
Canon EOS R7
APS-C 32.5MP with a maximum electronic frame rate of 30fps.
Back-Side Illuminated
I think I can give some great news with a good level of confidence. The EOS R7 Mark II will have a backside-illuminated stacked sensor. This will be the first for a Canon APS-C camera. I don't think we'll see this specification on any other APS-C camera from Canon this year. It will be a 7 series exclusive for a while at least.
Nothing is a 100% ahead of an official camera launch, but this is the first time I have a level of confidence to write about it.
When is the EOS R7 Mark II Coming?
As we've reported before, we expect the EOS R7 Mark II to arrive sometime between mid-May and early June. This announcement timeframe has been reported multiple times around the web. I don't believe the information has just been recycled around the rumormill, all the external signs point to this announcement date being highly likely.
Announcement dates are always difficult to pin down months out from an announcement, and I get them wrong all the time. I think we're all right about this one.
Are There More Specification?
I have nothing I want to write about today, there are a few contradictions with what we have heard. Sometiimes the contradictions are just misunderstandings or lost in translation, but I'll wait on that for now.
With the R7ii getting a 39 mp stacked back-side illuminated sensor (with IBIS of course) and going (way?!) upmarket, I believe there is room for a IBIS equipped R10ii. If this happens, Canon would have one the most intriguing APS-C line-up, even though the native lens portfolio is nothing to brag about.
He did not say stacked. He said BSI. While all stacked sensors are BSI, not all BSI sensors are stacked.[Edit: I stand corrected and somehow missed that he wrote stacked. That does make it even more laughable though, the R7ii is not getting a stacked sensor.]It is EXTREMELY unlikely that the R7ii will get a stacked sensor. In fact I doubt it will be BSI either as Canon didn't put BSI into the R6iii.
The R6iii was "rumored" to get a fully stacked sensor, lots of discussion about it getting the R3 sensor, yadda yadda. Even the R6ii early rumors were of stacked sensors.
Personally I think Canon will stuff another low-tech FSI sensor into the R7ii and just bump the resolution. Same thing they did with the R6iii. I'd like to be wrong, but I doubt that I will be.
I'd love to see Canon up their sensor game, but they don't seem to want to spend the money. They should just buy Sony sensors, but they never will.
Canon often introduces newer technologies in smaller sensor sizes before they do on full frame. For instance, the Powershot G7X III had a stacked sensor before they were even a thing. Personally, I think stacked sensors aren't mature yet, they are slightly more noisy than older Canon sensors, especially when lifting shadows.
He clearly stated a stacked sensor.
Update, hypothetical question: So are all these improvements worth a $1000 price increase?
It never made any sense that the R6iii would get a stacked sensor. It would compete way too much with R1, R3, R5mkii then and they would raise price a bunch and leave a big gap.
R7mkii even stacked doesn't really compete with those cameras. It does compete a little with R5mkii as a "high resolution" camera but a lot of people would get a R7mkii as a second camera instead so canon wouldn't really be losing out on sales.