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Canon has likely finished their announcement cycle for 2025, which is a bit of a bummer as we were hoping that some exciting new lenses would make an appearance before we flip over to 2026.
It’s still possible, but the usual suspects haven’t heard anything about announcements dates. I think Canon will be announcing new lenses in Q1 2026.
New Camera Registration
When a company releases any product with wireless capabilities, they must register them with various agencies around the world. For a Canon, it’s for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
The new camera registration shows that it will be equipped with the same IEEE 802.11ax 2×2 MIMO dual band Wi-Fi 6 module that is found in the EOS R1 and EOS R5 Mark II
The Canon EOS R6 Mark III? It’s equipped with IEEE 802.11ac or Wi-Fi 5 module.
The latest Cinema EOS cameras, the C80 and C400 are both equipped with 802.11ac or Wi-Fi 5 as well.
What would need Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6?
The obvious notion here is that Canon is only equipping their flagship products like the EOS R1 and EOS R5 Mark II with dual-band Wi-Fi 6. The faster wireless file transfer is a needed feature to move data in real-time quickly at a sporting event or in journalism. The EOS R6 Mark III and Cinema EOS cameras? It’s probably less of a need, though faster is always nice to have.
I don’t have a guess now as to what sort of EOS R camera on the horizon would fit into the “flagship” segment. There’s going to be obvious chatter about a follow-up to the EOS R3, which I still have a hard time figuring out how they would segment that from the EOS R1 and fit it between the it and the EOS R5 Mark II on the pricing side of things.
I can’t think of an APS-C camera that would fit the bill either. I expect the EOS R7 Mark II to be a “flagship” APS-C offering, but not in the same realm as the EOS R5 Mark II.
What about an EOS R5 C Mark II?
What could Canon do to make it that much better/different than the EOS R5 Mark II for it to be worthwhile? I’m not a video guy, so there could be possibilities that I’d never think of.
The only thing that comes to mind on the hardware side of things is a global shutter. There has been some “Canon speak” about the possibility of a global shutter.
How Soon Will We Know?
There is no historical consistency as between when a certification application happens to when a product is announced. I have seen it anywhere between 3-18 months. The chance of anything being imminent is highly unlikely.
It’s nice to be intrigued about what’s coming next.
A Canon EOS RC is coming in 2025 - Canon Rumors
Or an newer/different product such as a rangefinder style camera?
Don't you think so @Canon Rumors @Richard CR ?
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The retro camera which was rumored probably won't have top tier tech inside the camera.
Whatever they call it doesn't matter to me 🤣
But I'd be surprised if they did release a non-high-res fast R3 II, since that would cannibalize the R1, methinks, which has a few more years to go before a R1 II sees the light.
Not that I would care... all I want is the RF 35mm 1.2 🤯
The R3 launched at close to the R1 price, drifted down over the later years to sit just above the R5II. I suspect the R3 remains in the lineup solely to provide a lower-cost option to the R1, just as the long-in-the-tooth EOS RP remains 'current' as a lower-cost option to the R8. I'm with CRguy on this, I can't see where they would put an R3II, unless they launched it at a price very close to the current R3 (which I don't see happening). Maybe if they take the line downmarket, I just don't see that as being likely.
I'll have to do some looking around. Not intending to by an OM1 but I'd like to see what it really is before I praise it or throw shade on it.
I think Neuro is right that Canon is unlikely to stick a high-res sensor in a gripped body (because), but that doesn't mean that a new camera can't be a high-res one. Of all the products on the photo side to flesh out, that's the obvious one to me in terms of being an non-optimally-addressed market.