Sorry to burst everyone's naming scheme bubble, but I'm not convinced just yet.
Too little information at this point, but it certainly seems plausible that the R5 is a video oriented mirrorless and the R6 is a stills-oriented low-light action camera.
So a 50 MP rig is clearly a stills product, but gaming up the res in a video rig to 45 MP just to pull off 8K video makes it a video rig all of a sudden?
I disagree. I think it's eeeeeeasy to water down video specs with DPAF limitations, crop, codec, etc. that could make this less dreamy of a video rig, but 45 x 12 with a mechanical shutter is 45 x 12 unless they pull some bush-league (must be JPG, AE locked, no RAW at max fps, etc.) nonsense that we typically don't see in cameras of this level.
Far more likely Canon is beefing up the 5D do-everything line, possibly due to Sony demonstrating success at stealing some Canon pros. I think the R5 is the mirrorless 5D5 effectively -- the big, bad all-battlefield workhorse.
12 fps? In an entry-level body?
Current entry levels:
A7 III = 24x10
D780* = 24x12 (e-shutter, but still)
Z6 = 24x12 (12 bit, however)
(*D6XX = RIP, I guess?)
So, yeah, that's bonkers for an average non-action enthusiast with a 6D... but it's where we are in 2020.
The 20 MP is admittedly odd and invites questions, though. But the '6' in the name, if true, should dispel that this is some gripped 1-series mirrorless.
But: point taken on the naming schemes. I'm presuming that Canon will be a rigid creature of habit, or that they think a brand's value is highly tied to it's identifiability by name, they are afraid folks buy a lesser priced rig because the naming confused them, etc. For all we know, Canon may have always regretted aspects of the 1/5DS/5/6/7 split and want to rectify that with the new platform, or they may have altogether new-purpose lines and FF segmentation plans.
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