The Canon EOS R7 Mark II likely isn’t coming in 2026

[mimbu]

Redheads are my favourite.

Just keep in mind that natural red hair is generally more a shade of orange than red.

Fun fact: English lacked a word for the color "orange" until the early 1500s. Until then, orange was just a shade of red. Hence "red" hair.

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[MkSprintz]

Looks like Canon just opened the door for the Nikon Z90.

The odds of that ever coming to market are well under 10%.

 

[dwkdnvr]

The odds of that ever coming to market are well under 10%.

My guess is that we’ll either see BOTH the uber-R7II and the Z90 or we’ll see neither.

 

[MkSprintz]

My guess is that we’ll either see BOTH the uber-R7II and the Z90 or we’ll see neither.

The R7ii has far better odds even if it's likely late 2027.

 

[Exploreshootshare]

From reading this: “I can now say with 99% confidence that the EOS R7 Mark II will be announced in Q2 of this year” a few days ago, to these rumors today.
Credibility is built on consistency—and nothing erodes trust faster than confidently contradicting yourself days apart. Even rumor platforms carry a responsibility to distinguish speculation from reliability, because once confidence is lost, reputation follows quickly behind. In an age of instant information, accountability isn’t optional—it’s the currency of trust.

First of, as a reader of rumor site you should never assume that all predictions actually come to fruition. Furthermore, the nature of rumors has they are contradictive at some times. Secondly, throughout a decade or two CR has been incredibly accurate, so if CR guys needs to spend some "currency of trust", he can easily do so because he has earned lots and lots of currency to pay for "mistakes". If you don't "trust" this site anymore, farewell and goodbye. Get your "trustworthy" information somewhere else.

CR Guy stated over and over again that these are rumors and one shouldn't count on it anymore. He has also stated that predictions have become increasingly difficult, therefore he eliminated the CR 0/1/2 rating. Look at the world, everything is unpredictable.

Lastly, companies nowadays place rumors on purpose to get attention or to disrupt predictions on purpose. Having the R7ii surely being next month would massively hurt current R7 sales. What to do? Kill the rumor, stop the hype, sell more R7 and announce it later. Maybe in August 2026, maybe in November or in March 2027. They don't tell anybody when they're announcing it. They are just protecting current sales.

Manchester United even employs/ employed a "director of transfer news", a guy who purposely talks about players and potential new club. They're aiming at misdirecting the market to make potential transfers for them cheaper and more expensive for the competition. Corporate business engage in such behavior as well at the moment.

I could easily see Canon creating rumors about the R7 (or letting them slip), then get some market research done and finally decided to delay it, announce it accordingly to their schedule or pulling the trigger asap. Last month I visited my wife grandparents in middle Germany. I went to two cameras stores (Foto Erhard/ Calumet) along the trip: in both stores I was told they don't expect/ don't believe the R7ii because the R7 is "still selling like hot buns". Sure, only small stores in grand scale, but still a hint of whats going on.

 

[Michael Clark]

This is looking like 2017 all over again. Canon's product development division created a camera, field tested it, and then the business department decided it wasn't a good economic move to release it. With the instability regards tariffs into the U.S., and the soaring price globally of memory chips of all kinds due to the international "data center arms race", only higher end products make sense right now, where the margins are higher to be able to absorb the more expensive components that they all need.

Even spinning hard disc drives, almost on the endangered species list a couple of years ago, are now selling for 2X per TB what they were selling for a couple of years ago. And don't even think of building a new computer right now with the price of RAM! 32GB of DDR5 6000 was a little over $100 in the U.S. in 2024. Now you're lucky to find it for less than $400.

 

[Zadak]

Rumors are rumors

 

[Maximilian]

The last week or so has been a flurry of information from people that I know and trust. Not much of the information about the EOS R6 V and EOS R8 Mark II has come from the world of the anonymous source.

Any initial screw-ups in the reporting on both cameras was my fault, and mine alone.

TBH, I don't see any "fault" here at all.
@Canon Rumors, @Craig:
You get bits of information, you interpret this, and then you share your conclusion with us.
Rumors are rumours , it would be quite boring if they all became fact the moment you spread them.

OTOH...

We have the EOS R6 V coming on May 13, and then we have the EOS R8 Mark II in “retro” aesthetics, ...

Those two are quite boring to me. And I already shared my thought, that I don't like the R8(m2) being hijacked for a retro style cam.
Make this retro cam a solitaire, make it unique, especially in its name (RE-1 was a no-brainer to me, just great!) , then even I would like it - but still won't buy it.
But please don't take away the product line of a small modern (!) FF entry camera, with modern egos and so on.

The EOS R7 Mark II? It has officially become a unicorn.

This was the one cam I was interested in.

Looking around, seems that 2026 is becoming more and more disappointing, in any facet I can think of... meh.

 

[neuroanatomist]

Looking around, seems that 2026 is becoming more and more disappointing, in any facet I can think of... meh.

I found the RF 14/1.4L VCM to be exciting, and I'm hoping for more good lens announcements this year.

 

[blackcoffee17]

The R7ii has far better odds even if it's likely late 2027.

The R7 was released years ago already and still no direct competitor from Nikon.

 

[Maximilian]

I found the RF 14/1.4L VCM to be exciting, and I'm hoping for more good lens announcements this year.

OMG, I am so, so bad at UWA.

I also was talking about any facets you could think of, not only Canon announcements.
See here, for example.

 

[fox40phil]

Damn … this hit hard!
I was about to sell my r7 … but I have shot with it yesterday.. AF was better then remembered … soo expected the damn slow and loud shutter, annoying handling (1 wheel is missing)… it’s a really ok camera…

I would love to have a nice low light apsc with 24-26MP and stacked sensor…

 

[Del Paso]

TBH, I don't see any "fault" here at all.
@Canon Rumors, @Craig:
You get bits of information, you interpret this, and then you share your conclusion with us.
Rumors are rumours , it would be quite boring if they all became fact the moment you spread them.

OTOH...

Those two are quite boring to me. And I already shared my thought, that I don't like the R8(m2) being hijacked for a retro style cam.
Make this retro cam a solitaire, make it unique, especially in its name (RE-1 was a no-brainer to me, just great!) , then even I would like it - but still won't buy it.
But please don't take away the product line of a small modern (!) FF entry camera, with modern egos and so on.


This was the one cam I was interested in.

Looking around, seems that 2026 is becoming more and more disappointing, in any facet I can think of... meh.

There are still 8 more months to come, and, why not, a 14 TSE, a 20-70 L, new big whites...

 

[MkSprintz]

I have been waiting for the R7MKii to replace my 90D. I could not see going to the R7 as it was not much of an upgrade for me and I do have a R5 as well as a Nikon Z6. For my wildlife photography (the majority of my photography) I use my R5 with a RF100-500 and RF200-800 along with my 90D with my EF 800 f/5.6. I was hoping for the R7 MKII to upgrade this. Since the delays in the R7 MKII I have been looking at the OM System OM-1 MKII for more range and better performance than my 90D. Looks like I will be adding the OM-1MKII to my camera systems and keeping the 90D for a while. I could even go to the OM-5 MKII and have an upgrade over my 90D and better performance over the R7. Canons marketing strategies has lost them another customer and longtime Canon user. Also, since I use the Nikon for street and travel photography, I can get rid of that and just use the OM System to cover all my photo needs.

You could also replace the Nikon Z6 with the Nikon Z6iii which is a fairly good wildlife option in and of itself. Yes the R6ii and R6iii even without a partially stacked sensor are marginally better, but its minuscule differences at best.

 

[GMCPhotographics]

With this news about the r7ii’s delay…are we ready to spot ourselves on the Kubler-Ross curve?

 

[mb66energy]

Maybe Canon wants to skip minor changes and is thinking about a real leap forward IMO this might be a global shutter or at least a really fast readout of the sensor for video and electronic shutter as a real difference between other offerings.
To make such a sensor in a e.g. 2000 €-body is a large step.

 

[Martin868]

It is understood that rumors are rumors. However the way this site keep writing about a camera like the R7 ii, and keep coming up with posts to collect clicks, you are setting expectations. In the end it sure looks like it is just a lot of BS being posted to get the clicks and sell ads.