I have a gut feel that the EOS-M is far less dead than it might appear to be. The biggest part of that market has been at the consumer level and the M50 has kept that going. To address the higher end APS-c market, several things are needed and they have needed time. Canon is clearly working on IBIS for the M line and Powershots. To get better video with decent recording time, smaller geometry (i.e. lower power) processors are needed. The technology is almost ready. Last, but far from least is the faster lens issue. It will be interesting to see where that goes with some EF-s lenses going obsolete, there may be capacity available to address some faster M lenses. The 7D2 question may remain open for a while as I doubt Canon is interested in either making a set of M lenses to accommodate that market or in making an APS-c R body that would have a bunch of folks screaming for APS-c R lenses. My sense is that the R5S (for want of a better name) will come to market first to see if that will satisfy the majority of the 7d2 market. Clearly, that camera will be able to extract all the resolution that lenses have to offer, so the "more pixels per bird" wish will be satisfied. The bargain hunters may just be out of luck and Fuji is neither a bargain, nor do they offer the lenses necessary to replace the 7D2. On the surface, Sony has the pieces, but the the ergonomics on their APS-c bodies are not even close. Bottom line, I can see Canon putting some pressure on Fuji with the M series, but I think the 7D2 bargain is a thing of the past.