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

[Kanivete]

What the actual f***
This camera started to be rumoured in 2025, and now it isn't coming in 2026...

 

[Kanivete]

Why were they selling off the R7 I then? And interestingly enough, its price fell down to 1050 EUR just a couple of weeks ago when it rose to 1150. Seems almost as if they changed their mind.

Its seasonal: during winter you can buy it body only for under 1000€ in France. Prices rise when good weather comes.

 

[Mr. Warbucks]

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 are steeling my thunder! When I read this post I most probably switch to ON-1ii as well with their Zuiko 100-400 lens. 120 fps, stacked sensor, the whole lot. Unfortunately 400 grams heavier but IP55 sealed!
Still I wait till end of June, to see what happens if the patent embargo is lifted.

 

[JensR]

This is bracing. I really am looking forward to the R7II.

My problem now is, how precise is this new prediction of the R7II not coming in 2026?
A week ago it was 99% coming in may...

I looked at these rumors in the past like "where there's smoke, there's fire"...
Apparently, that was my bad, and i overestimated the quality of information provided.

This will change how and if i look at rumors in the future.
I really like the idea of getting information ahead of time,
but i rather have no information than wrong information.

One way or another we will see what the future brings...

 

[scyrene]

Part of it will be if it falls far enough behind the competition in the interim that it requires a redesign/revision.

But there is no competition if as you and others have indicated the rival manufacturers have "given up" on (prosumer) crop.

 

[Sylvester]

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.

I think your situation is similar to the dilemma that many of us are facing.
The R5mkii convinced me that Canon mirror-less was finally ready to replace the DSLR, specifically eliminating rolling shutter with fully electronic shutter to the point that its a none issue. While bringing many great performance and feature updates.
I was really hoping for a return to the 7DmkII approach, essentially an R5mkii with a cropped sensor, as the 7Dmkii was to the 5Dmkiii, which was the perfect pairing. Having shot with the R5mkii the 7Dii now feel rather "agricultural" and dated.

The current R7 is just not there features and performance, wise and especially with the body layout. Otherwise I'd have picked on up as an interim step.
The R6mkIII does not have the reach and also does not resolve the rolling shutter issue.

The ideal solution that would keep me firmly in the Canon ecosystem is an R7mkii with an RF100-500 (assuming of course that it lived up the the rumored specs). While the loan RF100-500 is a fantastic lens on the R5ii it's still not got the reach of a proper crop body. Where as crop mode drops the resolution just a little to far. I wonder if Canon take into consideration that lost lens sales opportunities along side the body decision. In my case the EF-100-400 would have been replaced with an RF100-500 along with the new body.

I guess both the 7Dii and EF100-400 are coming off sale now.

I was disappointed that the R7mkii seemed to be on the cards for late 2025 and then into 2026 - a further delay starts to rule Canon out for my crop needs for Aviation and Wildlife.

 

[scyrene]

I wonder if Canon take into consideration that lost lens sales opportunities along side the body decision.

Presumably? This isn't their first rodeo

 

[Sylvester]

Presumably? This isn't their first rodeo

You would hope so -
Canon obviously have much more data than we do about what sells and what does not.
Similarly they will have survey and focus group data - but that's very subjective based on which audience and question you ask.

What no marketing department have is a view of how well the product that they did not launch would have done or how many people purchased an alternative because you had a gap in your lineup. Not many people call to say hey I bought something else or switched systems.

I really do hope that Canon come though with a worthy successor sooner rather than later.

 

[scyrene]

You would hope so -
Canon obviously have much more data than we do about what sells and what does not.
Similarly they will have survey and focus group data - but that's very subjective based on which audience and question you ask.

What no marketing department have is a view of how well the product that they did not launch would have done or how many people purchased an alternative because you had a gap in your lineup. Not many people call to say hey I bought something else or switched systems.

I really do hope that Canon come though with a worthy successor sooner rather than later.

Sure, it's not an exact science by any means. But if anyone in the industry has a handle on it, the perennial market leader should. I'm quite suspicious of a lot of forum posts that boil down to trying to make personal disappointment into sometging bigger and more objective (not aimed at anyone in particular).

Anyhow, a lot of people have assumed this represents a postponement but if it boils down to CR misreading the runes then maybe it was never planned to come this soon.

 

[SteB1]

There's no criticism from me about the rumours, because they are just rumours, and until things are announced, you can't be sure. But it does just about confirm that I'll be leaving Canon RF, I will keep my EF system based around a 5Ds, because it will be useful for high resolution FF landscapes and macro. I got a m4/3 system, based around an OM-1 mkII because it does most of what an R7 mkII will do without quite the resolution, which is no big deal as my 7D was only 20mp.

 

[snapshot]

I seem to recall a rumor that the R7m2 was "out in the wild." If this was true, it might be the real world testing by photographers they respect didn't produce very good results. Maybe they need some time to improve it.

 

[neuroanatomist]

I seem to recall a rumor that the R7m2 was "out in the wild." If this was true, it might be the real world testing by photographers they respect didn't produce very good results. Maybe they need some time to improve it.

Or perhaps the R6 V was ‘out in the wild’ and assumptions were made about it being the R7II.

 

[ashmadux]

I miss my glory days of canon crop. The XSI and t2i- which i still own - and battery still works - were just champions. The clarity of that xsi sensor, the colors of the t2i..those were the days.

After trips across the globe, My 7d fell apart, sensor wise. Canon could never fix (4 tries!!) and i said never again to large crop cameras after that.

RFS- not s chance. The r50v cheap build made me look elsewhere..and right to an s9 retired my m62 w/ evf & awesome smallrig cage, + 32mm sigma, 11-22, etc.

Small full frame is the play. + Sigma lenses..win.