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

[Michael Clark]

With respect, I strongly believe that Canon’s market research data is more quantitative, more accurate and more relevant than ‘all the talk and videos’ you’ve seen.

Decisions on what Canon does with that data are based on maximizing profit.

They're not basing it on maximizing sales units, nor are they basing it on pleasing the most potential Canon users.

So the two things can both be true: Lots of folks want a true successor to the 7D Mark II AND canon thinks they can maximize profitability by not producing such a camera, perhaps because enough of those potential R7 Mark II buyers will break down and buy an R5 Mark II instead (or a less capable but higher profit margin at this point in its life cycle R7).

 

[Michael Clark]

Honestly, one of the things that might have made the R5 II (that's mk two, not eleven)

You could have saved a bunch of keystrokes and just typed "R5 Mark II".

 

[Michael Clark]

The AF of the RF 200-800mm is significantly better on the R5ii than on the R5.

Is not the AF on the R5 Mark II significantly better than the R5 with a lot of different lenses? Especially with animal eye AF or humans wearing race helmets?

 

[Michael Clark]

We could be seeing a sensor that resolves over 1.0 at 50 l/mm.

MTF 1.0 is theoretically perfect reproduction which is indistinguishable from the original.

 

[neuroanatomist]

MTF 1.0 is theoretically perfect reproduction which is indistinguishable from the original.

So it will go to 11 (or 1.1, as the case may be).

RIP Rob Reiner.

 

[AlanF]

Is not the AF on the R5 Mark II significantly better than the R5 with a lot of different lenses? Especially with animal eye AF or humans wearing race helmets?

Reputedly so. The 200-800 is the one I have noted personally to be improved, and we were talking about it. The RF 100-500 is so fast any improvement is indetectable.

 

[GMCPhotographics]

MTF 1.0 is theoretically perfect reproduction which is indistinguishable from the original.

Is that an assumotion on your part or a documented fact? I thought it was a linear scale not a log scale.
Is a MFT score of 1.0 just the current top value on the chart. 1.1 is another value thats just over the current scale and would require a longer chart that goes over 1.0. There are sensors (on other camera brands) that are already resolving detail over 1.1 on a MFT 50 lpm chart.
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The X-H2 is scoring a sensor resolution value of 106 (1.06) and the GH6 gets a score of 111 (1.11). Both are over the nominal 1.0 top value on a lot of lens MFT charts.