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kraush · Dec 30, 2025

EOS 4 Life said:
I think they are reading way too much into the meaning of the numbers.

1 is top.
5 is midrange.
9 is the theoretical bottom, before we head into the double-digit APS-C camera range.
There are a bunch of numbers in between.
None of this tells us what specific features a camera will have, but we can go back to history for existing model names.

That is my opinion too. It's sort of numerology. Especially the comparison of xyzD and Ru models. Canon itself made it moot by slicing the APS-C R7 between the FF R6 Mark v and the R8 Mark w specimen.
Regards, Hans

AccipiterQ · Dec 30, 2025

It's important to note that for this review, and for subsequent updates, I will do my best to shoot as much footage as possible in the XF-AVC S YCC422 10 bit flavor of the h.264 codec, in Intra frame compression

Why not use h.265? I don't shoot a ton of video, so this may be a silly question, but does h.264 offer any advantage?

AccipiterQ · Dec 30, 2025

The most disappointing camera I have ever used was the R7, I see it as more a 90D successor than anything else. I'm hoping that the R7ii is a true successor to the 7D ii. Just make it usable above 1600 ISO, make it so that the shutter slap doesn't set off local richter-scale sensors, and have the construction of the body actually feel solid, and that's a win to me.

Olli · Dec 30, 2025

Sadly not as Canon bring just one Body after the next. Really annoying me to not finally getting a new tele lens which seems to have a need for a lot people dont want to spend +10k on one but need a lighter than the existing ones...
Of course just my 2 cents...

Bob Howland · Dec 30, 2025

Mark flyer said:
Are u being sarcastic? In my experience, a 45-60mp takes almost identical pics to a 24mp camera in the same price range.

A 6000 X 4000 sensor gives a 20in X 30in print at 200 Pixels/inch. That's enough for me. It seems that the most important reason for more is to allow more cropping, including video. Video aficionados sometimes say that 8K video allows them to be looser (sloppier?) in their composition and to make their 4K decisions later, especially if important stuff unexpectedly happens near the edge of the 8K image..

Red Dog · Dec 30, 2025

More than happy to welcome an R3 Mkii with slightly more megapixels than the current one, provided it can still produce as clean an image as the current version at high ISO values. As a freelance sports photographer the R3 has been my go to body since I bought it several years ago, and apart from a few teething issues getting to understand how to get the best AF tracking settings for my usage, its been a terrific camera.
I also now have the R5mkii in the armoury and it serves 2 purposes, a back up to the R3 on match days, but its also now my main body for motorsports events, provided the light is good. The extra MP is a great benefit especially when shooting at distance, as H&S don't really like you standing a couple of yards from a 200 mph missile these days (unless you're in the Isle of Man of course).

Apart from high ISO performance the R5Mkii is let down by shocking battery performance. It just eats them. A full days shooting requires a pocket full of batteries at present whereas the R3 could handle the same on 2 batteries at most. If the R3mkii does appear I hope Canon retain the current battery otherwise it'll be staying well clear. Whilst 2 CFExpress card slots would be a bonus, the current card slot set-up doesn't impact on my use of either camera, so it wouldn't be a massive incentive. I'll be watching for any action images from the Olympics with interest, as I know one particular photographer going who was given the original R3 to test before it came onto the market. He was very straight and honest in his opinion of its overall performance including the things which didn't work particularly well for him.

GMCPhotographics · Dec 30, 2025

Surab said:
Maybe the R3 will become to R5 what the R6II is to the R8. Same imaging platform but more advanced hardware features.

My main doubt with this hypothesis is that Canon would decrease, albeit only slightly, the sensor read-out speed for the R3 line if they did this step.

If true, it might be the only way to get a R5ii camera with a decent buffer size! The R6iii’s buffer is way superior!

Mark flyer · Dec 30, 2025

gdanmitchell said:
The good news is — I guess — is that if we extrapolate the photosite density of the APS-C sensor… Canon might eventually catch up with the 60MP FF sensors that Sony has had for a few years… as Sony is rumored to go beyond that.

Swell.

Are u being sarcastic? In my experience, a 45-60mp takes almost identical pics to a 24mp camera in the same price range.

Bob Howland · Dec 30, 2025

Craig, is there any more word on an R7V?

EOS 4 Life · Dec 30, 2025

Michael Clark said:
By the time we pay sales tax is the U.S. (taxes are not included in posted prices in the U.S.), for the R5 Mark II that's another $312-390 depending on location as tax rates are different in different states, counties, and cities. If we want more than a 1-year warranty it's another $199 for 2 years, $280 for 3 years, and $390 for 4 years. So with sales tax and a 5-year warranty, we pay around $4,600 USD.

For the R6 Mark III, that adds $224-280 in sales taxes and $290 for four years of CarePAK past the one-year warranty, though some dealers are giving the 2-year CarePAK version at no additional charge as an incentive at the moment. So it's actually around $3,050 with sales tax and a 3-year warranty or $3,340 for a 5-year warranty.

Not everyone pays sales tax in the USA.
There is also Payboo on B&H.

EOS 4 Life · Dec 30, 2025

Michael Clark said:
These are similar to the positions of the EF mount DSLRs. Of course there was no 8D. There were no 2D, 3D, 4D, or 9D series, either. Just 1D, 5D, 6D, and 7D.

There's no guarantee there will ever be an R2 or R4 camera. Or R9 for that matter. The R6 was the continuation of the EOS R. (Yes, The EOS R has the 5D Mark IV sensor, but most everything else about it was squarely in the 6-Series niche rather than the 5-Series.) The R8 is the budget FF that began with the EOS RP. (Again, the RP had the 6D Mark II sensor, but it was not a 6-Series camera in many other respects. It was more like a FF version of the 77D: A little more than a Rebel, not quite an x0D.)

The EOS 3 FILM body was the first to offer eye controlled AF.

Prior to 2012 The 1Ds series were the resolution kings.

For all practical purposes, the 5D Mark III was the continuation of the 1Ds line, other than the gripped indestructible body and larger battery.

The 2007 1Ds Mark III was 21.1 MP, compared to the 2008 5D Mark II at 21.0 MP (which seemed at the time to be intentional to not exceed the 1Ds Mark III)
The 2004 1Ds Mark II was 16.7 MP, compared to the 2005 5D at 12.7 MP.

The 5D Mark II had only a slightly better than x0D grade AF system with only 9 AF points (plus 6 AF "Assist Points" unmarked in the viewfinder that were only active when using AI Servo AF). It was fairly poor at shot-to-shot AF consistency. It was a consumer grade AF system.

When Canon introduced the FF 18 MP EOS 1D X in 2012, they claimed it unified the APS-H 1D Series and FF 1Ds series (the most current models were the 16.1 MP APS-H 1D Mark IV that could shoot at 10 fps and the FF 21.1 MP 1Ds Mark III that was limited to 5 fps). They said they did this because processing power had reached the point where one no longer had to trade resolution for speed.

But in reality the 18 MP 1D X was a FF 1D Mark IV successor that handled faster than the APS-H 1D Mark IV but gave up resolution compared to the 21.1 MP 1Ds Mark III.

It's no coincidence that just after the 1D X was introduced, the 5D Mark III followed with 22.3 MP and the same PDAF array part number found in the 1D X. (There were some slight differences in firmware and AF menu options. A few AF menu options were only available with the 1D X, but the 5D Mark III allowed the selection and customization of several AF "cases", just as the 1-Series had exclusively offered in the past.) The frame rate increased to 6 fps from the 5D Mark II with 3.9 fps. The 5D Series now had a pro grade AF system that it had previously lacked, a frame rate faster than the 5 fps 1Ds Mark III, higher resolution than the 1Ds Mark III, and a substantially lower price tag. Many 1Ds Mark III shooters, particularly wedding photographers, migrated to the 5D Mark III or later to the 5D Mark IV.

From the 5D Mark III on, the 5-Series was the functional continuation of the 1Ds line. Higher resolution but slower handling than the 1D series. The ultimate model in terms of resolution was the 50 MP 5Ds/5Ds R.

I think they are reading way too much into the meaning of the numbers.

1 is top.
5 is midrange.
9 is the theoretical bottom, before we head into the double-digit APS-C camera range.
There are a bunch of numbers in between.
None of this tells us what specific features a camera will have, but we can go back to history for existing model names.

Viddrumr32 · Dec 30, 2025

GMCPhotographics said:
That's maybe your prediction, but that's not what the artical reports. It's looking a lot like a super-pro version of the R5 linage.
The R1 is sports dedicated camera. It can easily shoot most things and it's very versatile. But the designers have honed and forged it for a life of profressional sports photographers. But this is a small niche in the professional world of photography, but it's the niche that grabs the headlines and it's where Canon likes to place it's top tier camera. If those photographers like a non extended 70-200/f2.8....then we get the new Z lens option. If those photographers don't want 45mp, but prefer 24mp...then that's what gets delivered, regardless of the wants / hopes / needs of any other type of photographer. It's been like this for years and years. Even pre digital...rememerber those days?

For years, (pre mirrorless) a pair of 5D series camera bodies were the staple of working pro photographers. They just worked, had the right level of build , durability and features. They were do it all cameras. Canon split this line into the 5D and 6D cameras, with the 5D going up in price and the 6D being a more budget friendly option (considering most pros buy a pair of these). In the mirrorless world, Canon pushed this envelope even further. The R5ii is a far more porfessional camera than it's 5DIII forebare, with a higher price tag to suit. I suspect that the near miss with the EOS R (many considered it to be an immature project camera), Canon threw everything the had at the R5 and it's the first camera in living memory where Canon poured so much tech and ability into it.
As a consequence, the R5 has become the pinaccle of versatility with the cropablity of it's 45mp sensor. You can do top tier landscapes, wild life...pretty much anything that you can throw at it. You see a lot of profressional wildlife, landscape, portraiture, wedding, events...all using a R5 or R5ii. It's THAT versatile.
Since the stacked sensor in the 5D mkII, it's easily THE most versatile camera Canon have ever made. The 45mp is actually overkill for many photographers, it seems to be the standard that we have all gotten used to. Which is why the R6 range is so popular, it's a slightly less extreme R5.

Which means that from a product and development point of view, Canon really have only one play with the R3II. Essentially making a R5II in a sports pro body, like the 1Ds series used to be, and make it a dev tray / play pen for fancy things like global shutter options. If Canon had put a stacked sensor in the R6iii, then it would seriously rob sales of the R5ii. An R3ii would never rob sales of a R5 series...more likely sell a few more R5ii's as a backup to the R3ii. The R5 range is the camera that Canon makes it's super profit from and it's the camera they will endeavour to protect it's market. A 50mp R3ii won't rob sales from the R1 either, because those photographers are not interested in post production or crop-ability. They need speed and a fast workflow. Shoot....get it right in frame....send to agency.

I don't think a R3ii will be a particaulrly big seller, and in some repects it's a halo camera, so it doesn't need to sell well. Both the R6 and R5 sell in far more profitable quantaties.

We have amazing choices and options in the Canon range as we enter 2026!

Now that's intriguing to think about. To have the R5ii sensor in a pro-style body would be nice. But that's such a significant departure from what the R3 has been. I feel like that's too big of a leap for the marketing department to sign off on. But I agree about your thoughts for the R3ii being a testing zone. It feels ripe for their first global shutter foray just like the Sony A9iii. I wouldn't be surprised if they use a 24-30mp resolution for the global shutter sensor at $6000. That grabs headlines while comfortably avoiding impact on the R5ii (resolution will be too low and price too high) and R1 (worse image quality from global shutter and unproven tech the pros won't want to deal with).

Selfishly, it would work perfectly for me to help solve the banding/flicker issues I deal with on a weekly basis so I'd be first in line. I just hope the timing is accurate. I remember thinking in fall 2024 that the R6iii was imminent.

Click · Dec 30, 2025

Same here. Lovely series, ISv.

Click · Dec 30, 2025

I like the pose of the first one with the Carpenter bee facing us. The takeoff on the second one is superb.

neuroanatomist · Dec 30, 2025

el peso said:
What exactly is unclear? That f/2.8 on a crop body gives you crappy bokeh similar to roughly f/4.5 on full frame?

I know you’re being facetious, but the pedantic part of me can’t help but point out that bokeh is about the quality of the blur, not the quantity.

GMCPhotographics · Dec 30, 2025

AlanF said:
The R5ii, R6ii and R6iii have the same noise and DR at high iso when viewed at the same size.

AlanF, yes i'm very aware of those figures. However, we all make a choice of where on that scale we choose to buy into the MP density scale. For me, I prefer the lower noise in my final images and post production file handling of the R6ii and I'm not seeing a massive amount over extra fine detail in my images from my R5. It's there but nit as much as I was expecting.

If we are talking about printing to the same size equivelence, then why isn't the R7 more popular?

A number of professional Youtube influenceres (such as Duade Paton and Jan Wegener have made comments on how the R5ii is a slight step backwards over the R5 (in low light post image processing) and sometimes prefers the lower light capability of the R1. His results speak for themselves. I have other less noisy pro friends who use the R5 and R5ii professionally who have commented similarly. But they all take the "rough with the smooth" because now they have a workable 30fps ES.
We can argue charts and labs, but at the end of the day, it's the end results that speak for themselves. We all choose where we want to place our money and on which sensor.
If we take into consideration of the sensor resolution tests of https://www.optyczne.pl/testy_aparatów.html, (thank you AlanF for showing them to me), then the sensor's resolution should also become a consideration as well as DR and ISO ability. It seems that not all 24mp or 45mp sensor are equal in terms of clarity or detail rendition even with the same brand. I think this is what Jan and others ahve found. There is a slight trade off with Canon's stacked sensor designs and it's an area I'm sure Canon will improve upon in future releases.
In the modern era of Lightroom (and other) raw editors, there's a huge ability to tweek slightly softer or lower resolving images to match the higher resolving sensors....however, our sensor and lens resolution is our base line.

GMCPhotographics · Dec 30, 2025

I'm looking forwards to seeing what Canon are going to offer with the R7ii. However....I suspect by the time it's launched and available....I'd have upgraded my R5 to a R5ii and it's becomes a bit of a moot point. I'm curious in the R7ii but I'm not convinced one will ever grace my camera bag....buy hey...you never know.

GMCPhotographics · Dec 30, 2025

masterpix said:
If there is R3 with 50MP sensor, than the R5III will have to have something much bigger than that so it will contonue to be "different" from it. The R1 will be the "fastest" thing around with lower resolution (as the 1D were) the R5 will be the "camera with the most MP" and the R3 will be somewhere in the middle while it features new things that later will come to the R1 (2) and the R5 (3).

That's maybe your prediction, but that's not what the artical reports. It's looking a lot like a super-pro version of the R5 linage.
The R1 is sports dedicated camera. It can easily shoot most things and it's very versatile. But the designers have honed and forged it for a life of profressional sports photographers. But this is a small niche in the professional world of photography, but it's the niche that grabs the headlines and it's where Canon likes to place it's top tier camera. If those photographers like a non extended 70-200/f2.8....then we get the new Z lens option. If those photographers don't want 45mp, but prefer 24mp...then that's what gets delivered, regardless of the wants / hopes / needs of any other type of photographer. It's been like this for years and years. Even pre digital...rememerber those days?

For years, (pre mirrorless) a pair of 5D series camera bodies were the staple of working pro photographers. They just worked, had the right level of build , durability and features. They were do it all cameras. Canon split this line into the 5D and 6D cameras, with the 5D going up in price and the 6D being a more budget friendly option (considering most pros buy a pair of these). In the mirrorless world, Canon pushed this envelope even further. The R5ii is a far more porfessional camera than it's 5DIII forebare, with a higher price tag to suit. I suspect that the near miss with the EOS R (many considered it to be an immature project camera), Canon threw everything the had at the R5 and it's the first camera in living memory where Canon poured so much tech and ability into it.
As a consequence, the R5 has become the pinaccle of versatility with the cropablity of it's 45mp sensor. You can do top tier landscapes, wild life...pretty much anything that you can throw at it. You see a lot of profressional wildlife, landscape, portraiture, wedding, events...all using a R5 or R5ii. It's THAT versatile.
Since the stacked sensor in the 5D mkII, it's easily THE most versatile camera Canon have ever made. The 45mp is actually overkill for many photographers, it seems to be the standard that we have all gotten used to. Which is why the R6 range is so popular, it's a slightly less extreme R5.

Which means that from a product and development point of view, Canon really have only one play with the R3II. Essentially making a R5II in a sports pro body, like the 1Ds series used to be, and make it a dev tray / play pen for fancy things like global shutter options. If Canon had put a stacked sensor in the R6iii, then it would seriously rob sales of the R5ii. An R3ii would never rob sales of a R5 series...more likely sell a few more R5ii's as a backup to the R3ii. The R5 range is the camera that Canon makes it's super profit from and it's the camera they will endeavour to protect it's market. A 50mp R3ii won't rob sales from the R1 either, because those photographers are not interested in post production or crop-ability. They need speed and a fast workflow. Shoot....get it right in frame....send to agency.

I don't think a R3ii will be a particaulrly big seller, and in some repects it's a halo camera, so it doesn't need to sell well. Both the R6 and R5 sell in far more profitable quantaties.

We have amazing choices and options in the Canon range as we enter 2026!

Noreaster · Dec 30, 2025

Some great shots, number 3 is my favorite.

BurningPlatform · Dec 30, 2025

Markov said:
In the Netherlands, the R5 mark ii is ridiculously expensive. About 4600 euro, versus 3900 $ in the US.

For the R5 mark ii the difference is much less: 2950 euro in the Netherlands versus 2800 $ in the US.

No idea why this is the case.

There is a 400 € cashback, though, for the R5 mk II

Etnaphele · Dec 30, 2025

el peso said:
Don’t be silly — light gathering isn’t the issue on APS-C. No one recalculates f-numbers to full frame because of light gathering. It’s about how poor the bokeh looks on APS-C.

I’m not sure I understand your comment (which I perceive as rude), but you’re just formulating the same concept with other words. Exposure values are calculated with physical lens aperture, resulting DOF is dependent on sensor size and as a consequence bokeh is affected. I wanted to point it out as another commenter asked about aperture equivalence.

Moritz_RD02 · Dec 30, 2025

Quack said:
It seems as if virtually all the actual tests from many sources and various charts from Photons to photos show that there is little or no difference between Sony and Canon sensors. So, I'm curious as to what info you might have that Canon sensor tech is such a weakness in comparison to Sony. Or are you just about 7 or 8 years behind the times?

If sensor quality of ANY major brand from the past ten years - be it ISO performance or resolution - are of concern and hinders the way of working with the gear: it's you, not the myriad of available products.

Apart from that: I still fondly look back at the 1Ds Mark III, a dream from my past, very broke student me. Paired with the EF 50 L that behemoth was the stuff of my dreams. And now that I've got the RF 50 L Canon could make my wish come true with a mirrorless version of it ;-)

And that's the thing: I don't see Canon releasing another speed-orientated "1" style body that somewhat cannibalizes the still pretty new R1. My best guess would be a trailblazer product, something with a global shutter and or high megapixel count above the R5 line or (even though highly unlikely) some Foveon-like sensor.

Anything else I'd consider odd, but that was also kind of the motto of the original R3.

Surab · Dec 30, 2025

Maybe the R3 will become to R5 what the R6II is to the R8. Same imaging platform but more advanced hardware features.

My main doubt with this hypothesis is that Canon would decrease, albeit only slightly, the sensor read-out speed for the R3 line if they did this step.

EricN · Dec 30, 2025

Quack said:
It seems as if virtually all the actual tests from many sources and various charts from Photons to photos show that there is little or no difference between Sony and Canon sensors. So, I'm curious as to what info you might have that Canon sensor tech is such a weakness in comparison to Sony. Or are you just about 7 or 8 years behind the times?

Sony does have a higher resolution sensor and the global shutter. I don't think it's a huge difference for most people, but I am interested to see what will happen, nonetheless.
I don't think it will happen from Canon but Leica has a monochrome sensor.
There was also a rumor about Canon adding an IR channel. Of course they have done a handful of bodies optimized for astrophotogravy.

EricN · Dec 30, 2025

Del Paso said:
The best of 2026?
R3 II & RF 14mm TSE & RF 35mm f/1,2

RF ~180mm macro

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