This doesn't bode well for a 7DIII. Nikon Rumors has placed the D500 on a list of DSLRs that will not be replaced.
I tend to agree with your assessmentThat market space continues to exist though - I have to imagine there are still people who want an ultra-fast camera with solid image quality and build quality, while not needing some of the bells and whistles, which will let the price get outside that of a used car. If you're in the market, what do you do? Look to M43 or other APS-C cameras? The XT3 can do 11 fps before it gets into electronic shutter territory, and if you can deal with the electronic shutter you're talking 30 fps - that's right in the same wheelhouse but without the glass. And one would think with the rapid advancement of autofocus systems on mirrorless bodies, they could eventually become broadly superior for tracking fast moving subjects.
I'm going to bet this becomes a mirrorless camera on both accounts - I have a hard time seeing both companies abandoning that niche completely. Maybe both Canon and Nikon need their 1dXiii and D6 equivalent mirrorless cameras on the market and a more robust glass collection ready before they put out a comparable mirrorless to the 7D/D500 series. I could see a 7D/D500 camera as a reason to buy glass and incentivize buyers moving up market to a flagship camera.
In other words, I'll bet mirrorless equivalents are coming, but maybe not for a couple years yet.
No, but Canon Rumors Guy has been pretty unequivocal that there will be no 7DIII. If Nikon abandons the D500 line, there is no competitive pressure for Canon to continue the line.I don’t suspect canon will bow out of a 7D due to nikon, whose strategy may be based on need not analysis. It might be bad news for potential 7D3 buyers in that canon will have no real competition in that segment.
Maybe, but it might just be wishful thinking. Nikon would actually have an easier time releasing a mirrorless D500 equivalent as they don't currently offer crop sensor mirrorless. Canon has a real dilemma since they have defined the M series as the proper space for APS-C mirrorless. But offering a flagship crop sensor mirrorless that can't accept R lenses is problematic. And, I just don't see Canon offering one APS-C body in the R mount and all the others in the M mount.That market space continues to exist though - I have to imagine there are still people who want an ultra-fast camera with solid image quality and build quality, while not needing some of the bells and whistles, which will let the price get outside that of a used car. If you're in the market, what do you do? Look to M43 or other APS-C cameras? The XT3 can do 11 fps before it gets into electronic shutter territory, and if you can deal with the electronic shutter you're talking 30 fps - that's right in the same wheelhouse but without the glass. And one would think with the rapid advancement of autofocus systems on mirrorless bodies, they could eventually become broadly superior for tracking fast moving subjects.
I'm going to bet this becomes a mirrorless camera on both accounts - I have a hard time seeing both companies abandoning that niche completely. Maybe both Canon and Nikon need their 1dXiii and D6 equivalent mirrorless cameras on the market and a more robust glass collection ready before they put out a comparable mirrorless to the 7D/D500 series. I could see a 7D/D500 camera as a reason to buy glass and incentivize buyers moving up market to a flagship camera.
In other words, I'll bet mirrorless equivalents are coming, but maybe not for a couple years yet.
No, but Canon Rumors Guy has been pretty unequivocal that there will be no 7DIII. If Nikon abandons the D500 line, there is no competitive pressure for Canon to continue the line.
If you are talking about EOS R the pixels would be less so not enough reach. A Canon crop with 20Mpixel is equivalent to 20*(1.6^2) = 20 *2.56 = 51.2 Mpixel camera. So you need about 50Mpixel to get a cropped 20Mpixel. A crop of 30Mpixel would give 11.7 Mpixel area. Not enough reach not solved.Can one "force" Canon R to work in APS-C crop mode? apparently, EF to R adaptor automatically sets R in crop mode when EF-S lens is attached...
that would have the issue of not enough reach solved in an instant
It is silly to judge a five-year-old camera by today's standards. At the time of its release, the sensor was the best Canon APS-C sensor available. Still, even today, the sensor remains very competitive with current APS-C sensors at higher ISOs. It is only at base ISO that it is lacking and that's not where most users live.The second-rate sensor seemed so stingy in an otherwise excellent body. Hoping for better in whatever follows.
Are you forgetting the complaints about sensor-related softness, and noise at relatively low ISO's? It was mediocre at the time of release, middling compared to the competition then. The rest of the camera's features though, including the early implementation of AF for video, received praise. Please don't rewrite history!It is silly to judge a five-year-old camera by today's standards. At the time of its release, the sensor was the best Canon APS-C sensor available. Still, even today, the sensor remains very competitive with current APS-C sensors at higher ISOs. It is only at base ISO that it is lacking and that's not where most users live.
Complaints are not facts. Forum and Internet experts will complain about anything.Are you forgetting the complaints about softness and noise at relatively low ISO's? It was mediocre at the time of release, middling compared to the competition then. The rest of the camera's features though, including the early implementation of AV for video, received praise. Please don't rewrite history!
Thank you for reminding us!Complaints are not facts. Forum and Internet experts will complain about anything.