I agree. There is no way Canon will release a 24mp, or a 30mp R1. Sony and Nikon have drawn the line in the sand with their flagship bodies and the R1 will be relatively high res, able to shoot 8k, and have a fps for stills that will most likely be higher than 30 fps. That is the baseline IMO, but of course I could be wrong as I often am. What other "advancements" will come with the R1 no one knows. Given Sony and Nikon have their flagships out, I believe Canon will bring out the R1, or whatever it is called, sooner rather than later. Heck, by the time Canon has the R1 out Sony will most likely be close to releasing the a1 Mk. II . I just don't see Canon taking their time on getting their flagship body announced to the public.When Canon had the 1D and 1Ds both of them were 1 series, not a flagship - and most certainly came out quickly and without such care. Also, Canon released 1 series of cameras when they basically were able to - sans the 1D that were usually in Olympic years. Historically it's only been the "sports or performance" that had any sort of timetable.
A Canon R1 isn't replacing anything directly, neither the R3 nor the 1DX Mark III. The closest historically to what we have now is when there was a 1DS and 1D line.
Also, Canon in the past has never had two strong competitors each with their "flagship" Z 9 and A1 and Canon without one at all, outside of the 1DX Mark III that doesn't really count in this discussion.
IMO, there's about the same chance in hades freezing over it's going to be less than 45MP. not with the A1 and Z9 both shooting 8K.
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