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

[mb66energy]

Well, the rumored upgrades were hardly minor. Regardless, it doesn't explain a year plus of rumored specs from "accurate" sources. Canon didn't leak the false specs. That said, I have my doubts Canon will ever make a mirrorless APS body suitable for birding. Too much cost, too few buyers. We wanted to believe the fantasy.

Shure but that is the reason I mentioned video and photo - APS-C photo has its uses in sports IMO and as a format similar to Super35 it is a great format for "classical" movie productions. A very fast sensor (w/ or w/o global shutter) is a real differentiator.
Maybe Canon is trying to choose from two releas concepts:
→ R7 ii with lots of video specs
→ R7 ii PLUS R7 V for both directions with specialized bodies using a broad set of identical parts but different body/software/hw controls for both scenarios.

 

[mb66energy]

The longer it takes to release an R7 ii the longer I do not have to think about upgrading or not. Peace of mind is guaranteed for a while ;-)

 

[candyman]

The longer it takes to release an R7 ii the longer I do not have to think about upgrading or not. Peace of mind is guaranteed for a while ;-)

It is good the way that works for you. There are quite a few people here on the forum who suffer from GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) . They won't be able to keep that up.

 

[@zajicekpavel]

I've been waiting to buy it since the beginning of the year, after this news I didn't wait any longer and bought the R7 for a great price of 800 dollars Now it will last me a while and then I'll buy the R7M2 on sale (if it ever comes out) ... I managed to get to that price because Canon currently has cashback and I bought it with a gift (EF-RF converter) and set lens RF-S 18-150mm ....which I sold both in no time .. thanks CR : )

And what's the first thing to photograph with the R7 than birds?

Happy spring everyone

April 25, 2026 by Pavel Zajíček

adobe.ly

 

[Keithf2.8is]

Well, if it is true that the R7 MII won't be released until 2027, it follows the slow release and constant release date changes of the 7D MII. This June will be 4 years since the R7 was released and Canon really needs to update their top of the line APS camera, desperately. And why update the R8 when it's only 3 years old and the R6 MII and R5 MII were just released? Whereas the "flagship APS" R7 is 4 years old and lacking many advanced features(can't even put a grip on it!). Many photographers can't wait to purchase the R7 MII.

 

[ISv]

And colors are colours.

"Colors" are always "colours"! Surprisingly rumors are not always rumors... But if you believe in every rumor you are close to getting PTSD !

 

[scyrene]

Well, if it is true that the R7 MII won't be released until 2027, it follows the slow release and constant release date changes of the 7D MII. This June will be 4 years since the R7 was released and Canon really needs to update their top of the line APS camera, desperately. And why update the R8 when it's only 3 years old and the R6 MII and R5 MII were just released? Whereas the "flagship APS" R7 is 4 years old and lacking many advanced features(can't even put a grip on it!). Many photographers can't wait to purchase the R7 MII.

In the DSLR days, sometimes lower tier models were updated more frequently than higher ones, this is nothing new.

 

[neuroanatomist]

Whereas the "flagship APS" R7 is 4 years old and lacking many advanced features(can't even put a grip on it!).

In the DSLR days, sometimes lower tier models were updated more frequently than higher ones, this is nothing new.

As I’ve stated before, the 7-series historically has been the least frequently updated.

7D – 2009​

7DII – 2014​

R7 – 2022​

The line moved downmarket with the R7. The concept of a ‘flagship APS-C’ isn’t really relevant. Lens sales are very profitable for Canon, they likely want high-end users to buy FF bodies and lenses.

 

[Michael Clark]

If their financial models indicate that they can’t make a profit on the product, then ultimately it would be yes - write it off.

I actually think the ‘supply chain crunch’ is a very plausible explanation of the situation. The rumored R7II is basically an R5II with an APS-C sensor rather than a FF sensor. You almost certainly aren’t going to save $1k+ on a camera just by switching to APS-C so the R7II was already going to have narrower margins - price increases in RAM and associated electronics could easily squeeze those margins to the point where it just doesn’t make economic sense to proceed at this time.

If this is the case, then it’s highly likely that they aren’t abandoning the project, but instead putting it on hold for 6 or 8 months to see what happens with the supply chain landscape.

The crunch for memory chips is not going away anytime soon. It takes YEARS to ramp up new production capacity. Demand currently is high with the explosion of data center construction and production capacity has not increased in years.

 

[Michael Clark]

My Nikonian friend tells me that she thinks Nikon has basically given up on the crop bodies. Nothing really since the D7500. 7200 really since they went with less pixel density in later models. Birders aren't all that happy, though they're still great cameras.

The D500 was Nikon's last APS-C birding camera. It went out of production in early 2022.

 

[Michael Clark]

I had the 7D and 7DII for many years. My R7 is a huge upgrade over both cameras in every way that matters to me.

I'm glad it works for you.

The lack of a way for even a third party to make a usable grip was the thing I couldn't ignore. My right rotator cuff makes it near impossible for me to shoot vertically without a grip with vertical controls.

 

[Michael Clark]

I'd have to presume it is to some degree, given the discord between the build/positioning of the R7 to the 7D series.

Nah. Most of the 7D Mark II bodies still being used are high frame count bodies. They're not going to get any cheaper than the $300-600 they're currently getting at sites like MBP and KEH.