The Canon EOS R7 Mark II is in the Wild

Thank you for the update :). The main question for me is whether the rolling shutter of the R7 has been improved significantly enough. I hope the readout speed would be closer to the R5ii, but realistically, expect it to at best be around the r6iii's.
I agree. The question is....is it a cropped sensor R5ii or a cropped sensor R6iii? The R7 inherited a sensor from a DSLR cousin that never had any sensor read out speed issues because of the mechanincal shutter of those models. This is the first Canon dedicated Mirrorless cropped sensor with a consideration to readout speed. The big question is...is it based off the R6iii or the R5ii architecture: will it have a fast non stacked or a super fast stacked sensor?
Only canon knows at this moment. However a sub 14m/s readout will be a massive improvement over the R7's readout speed. Hey...we would love a sub 5m/s readout though.....
A common user interface will be a big improvement for the R7 linage, dual cards (One CF express) is another boon....as will be the improved AF capability. Maybe a superior resolution EVF of the R6III will be cool too. I tend to find the sub 3 mill pixel EVF's to be grainy and jumpy. Over that res, I can't seem to see any difference between them other than contrast.
I'm really looking forwards to this camera, I think it needs to be a camera that's greater than the sum of it's parts / specification.
 
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Hi.
I used the 7D and 7D Mark II for 14 years. When I bought the R7, I thought it was rubbish. A week later, I had no problems at all. By the way, with some limitations, I think the R7 is a great camera for the price. A while ago, I tried using the 7D Mark II and found it very difficult. The R7 II will surely be better than the R7 in every way, and I'm not worried about the ergonomics because in a few days it will feel like an extension of my body. I'll definitely buy it.
 
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I don't think R100 buyers are agonizing over features and specs anyway.

And I don’t mean that in a critical way to the buyers. But from Canon's perspective, seems like it’d make sense to skip R&D expenditures and keep the price low, low, low.

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The R10 though… well, I was recently a buyer in this price range, and I couldn’t understand the R10's positioning. Its missing features the cheaper R50/R50V have. It feels dated.

And it’s $1000! That’s a price range where most buyers, I think, look at specifications more closely. That body definitely needs an update.
 
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Serious now: The R100 is no joke at all. This camera sells extremely well in many countries, it could even mean a first step into Canonworld for some.
In some countries 50 $ more or less decided if a person can start with the hobby called photography. Also, revenue for photo services is much less and so cameras like the R100 and R50 are very, very important choices. I don´t think (although I don't prove) the R100 was mainly developed for USA, Japan and Europe, but more like for markets like southasia, Africa and south and middle America. Of course, it does sell in Europe, USA etc. as well because there is demand for it.
We, forum members, may criticise it, this jewel was never developed for us, but for beginners and users with a very limited budget.
It is nevertheless a very inexpensive camera taking very good pictures.
I keep in touch with my guide from a Safari in Kenya which I went to in 2022. He often posts Safari pics on his WhatsApp accounts and we sometimes chat about them. I often curiously ask about how took a photo, which camera gear etc... it is really surprising how many great pics are taken with entry level cameras, and yes, the R100 got a mention once.

In the end, I do not really comprehend (right word? "nachvollziehbar" in German) the hatred towards the R100. Imo, yes, a touchscreen should have been feasible or maybe even a floppy screen because R&D should been paid by all the cameras that have used and in order to get SP users to switch a touchscreen would've been more intriguing. Other than that, the cameras offers good value (sometimes great given the price point) for the money.
 
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I don't think R100 buyers are agonizing over features and specs anyway.
Totally agree! I would even go out on a limb and say that several R100 customers don´t do any research concerning specs. They walk into Best Buy, look at the app. three options that fit their budget, take them for a spin within the shop and just buy one of them. Reading/ writing that, it becomes more evident that pricing is key here.
And I don’t mean that in a critical way to the buyers. But from Canon's perspective, seems like it’d make sense to skip R&D expenditures and keep the price low, low, low.
Agree again as mentioned above.
The R10 though… well, I was recently a buyer in this price range, and I couldn’t understand the R10's positioning. Its missing features the cheaper R50/R50V have. It feels dated.

And it’s $1000! That’s a price range where most buyers, I think, look at specifications more closely. That body definitely needs an update.
I was looking into the R10, but I didn't like the ergonomics. For me, the camera feels cramped maybe because it looks like a traditional camera design (concerning ergonomics) in a very small factor. I like what Canon did with the R50 V although with all the video features it is not for me.
 
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It's a shame it won't have the top down LCD, I think mirror-less needs that feature even more then the old DSLR's, I'm always using on it on my 90D and 6D, it's very useful when your camera is on a tripod at night and you can just quickly change the settings without looking at the viewfinder or main screen.
Canon - if they're listening - could add an option to change the shooting information display on the rear LCD to red (instead of white) to help preserve night vision.

We'd all have so much fun (and overly complicated cameras) if we could make there requests to Canon.
 
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