Specifications for Unnamed EOS R APS-C Camera Body

[mb66energy]

It's time for a cube shaped body with two 3.5 inch displays on top and on the back for INFO & IMAGE switchable for image on back or top. Give it some mounting points, a large battery, Mic and Headphone connectors which are well placed and maybe some more selector wheels for white balance, audio params etc. - like Rollei 6000 or 2000 system.
240 fps @FullHD is very interesting - 10x slomo at 24fps projects!

Would be a wish come true for me but maybe too disrupting for conservativ Canon.

 

[PhotonShark]

It looks like an APS-C flagship built for speed. But R7MK1 already comes with a 32.5MP sensor, so I’m curious—has Canon ever released a next-generation product with a lower pixel count than its predecessor in the past? Or perhaps, this isn’t the R7MK2. The R7MK2 might use a sensor that's even more powerful, with faster speeds?

I don't find the current R7 a good successor to the old 7D Mark II.

An R7 Mark II with

• EOS R6 Mark II body
• 24mp cropped sensor with improved low light and dynamic range
• Stacked sensor for electronic shutter
• GPS

Now THAT would be a true successor to the legendary 7D Mark II.

 

[Steve Balcombe]

I don't find the current R7 a good successor to the old 7D Mark II.

An R7 Mark II with

• EOS R6 Mark II body
• 24mp cropped sensor with improved low light and dynamic range
• Stacked sensor for electronic shutter
• GPS

Now THAT would be a true successor to the legendary 7D Mark II.

There's no need to reduce the resolution. The almost-3-year-old OM-1 has a superb stacked BSI sensor with very little rolling shutter, and a pixel pitch which is almost identical to the 90D/R7. All that would be needed for a 32.5 MP R7 Mark II compared with the OM-1 is some extra processing power to handle the higher pixel count, but no new technology as such. I'd be fine with leaving out the OM-1's 120 fps mode if it helps with processing and cooling.

But GPS, yes. Why oh why was it left out of the R7?

 

[Steve Balcombe]

As far as I know, Sony doesn't support 8K DCI for their hybrid cameras and there hasn't been any complaints that I have seen. Nor any complaints that they don't support raw recording without codecs.

Prompted by your comment I checked just one - the A1 II which only offers 7680 x 4320, despite having an 8640 x 5760 (50 MP) sensor. I can't suggest what the rationale for that would be.

 

[AlanF]

I don't find the current R7 a good successor to the old 7D Mark II.

An R7 Mark II with

• EOS R6 Mark II body
• 24mp cropped sensor with improved low light and dynamic range
• Stacked sensor for electronic shutter
• GPS

Now THAT would be a true successor to the legendary 7D Mark II.

The R7 has an excellent dynamic range and low light performance for an APS-C crop sensor - it's as good as the R1 in APS-C mode and better than the old 7Dii. A new 24 Mpx crop sensor is not going to beat it.

 

[David - Sydney]

Prompted by your comment I checked just one - the A1 II which only offers 7680 x 4320, despite having an 8640 x 5760 (50 MP) sensor. I can't suggest what the rationale for that would be.

The only reason I can think of is that DCI would mean moving more data and heat and could limit their use of USH-II SD cards for recording ie only the CF-A cards could be used.
I haven't seen complaints for either no DCI or no internal raw recording which is weird given what the R5 delivers and at Sony's significant price premium.
I guess that their users don't need or want it.

 

[PhotonShark]

The R7 has an excellent dynamic range and low light performance for an APS-C crop sensor - it's as good as the R1 in APS-C mode and better than the old 7Dii. A new 24 Mpx crop sensor is not going to beat it.

The reason for the stacked sensor is so we can get rid of the mechanical shutter. If you've ever been in the bush (Africa) listening to a shutter going mad you'll understand what I'm talking about.

I would rather a 24 megapixel crop sensor with R3 readout speed. The 7D Mark II was such a great camera with only a 20.2 megapixel sensor and that produced awesome images.

 

[AlanF]

The reason for the stacked sensor is so we can get rid of the mechanical shutter. If you've ever been in the bush (Africa) listening to a shutter going mad you'll understand what I'm talking about.

I would rather a 24 megapixel crop sensor with R3 readout speed. The 7D Mark II was such a great camera with only a 20.2 megapixel sensor and that produced awesome images.

You wrote you wanted

• 24mp cropped sensor with improved low light and dynamic range

And I replied specifically to that point, which you don’t seem to have understood. A new 24 Mpx sensor is most unlikely to have an improved low light and dynamic range. And being stacked won’t improve that.

(As an aside, I use my R5 and R5ii solely in electronic shutter, and the R7 99%, and most of my shooting is of birds and wild life. I’ve used a variety of DSLRs in the bush, 7D-5DIV-5DSR, but never got close enough to scare things off with mechanical shutter or mirror slap. The R7 does have EFCS shutter mode if you don’t want to use ES or mechanical, but the R5ii stacked sensor is a good thing).