I thought we already knew that the R6 would have a 20mp sensor. If so, how could it replace the R with a 30mp sensor. Where does this 36mp sensor for the R6 come from, other than your desire for it?
The general consensus is that the R's sensor was heavily derived from the 5D4's, as opposed to any master plan about what MP is "right" for that segment. It could simply be that the R nameplate will be "retired" and not "replaced". I do think that the R6's sensor at 20mp seems low, but the reality is canon can't create a sensor for every camera, and 20-26mp is becoming a pretty standard resolution across a lot of prosumer and above bodies (Fuji XT, A7II/II, Z6, even Leica) so as long as the R6 has additional features to make up for being at the low end of the MP heap it should be fine. 12/20 shooting, class leading AF, lots of 4K modes would certainly do the trick.
It would also more clearly differentiate the R5's sensor. The 5D4's bump was nice, but 30 was a sort of weird resolution at the time. Not low enough to give the camera serious speed vs competitors, not high enough to differentiate from a raft of 24mp sensors. Remember that unlike previous canon models, the R5 and R6 are rumored to have equivalent shooting speeds, so differentiation on MP is more important than in the past.
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