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The Canon EOS R7 Mark II will likely be Canon's biggest camera announcement of 2026. While it may not be the “best” camera that Canon releases this year, it will be a camera that will sell in droves. Selling lots of things tends to be quite important to a business.
Some recent discoveries have pointed to a later May or early June announcement, and that does fit into the Q2 schedule. Yes, nailing down release dates hasn't been a strength of this site for a long while, but I can't do anything about that.
Canon EOS R7 Mark II
I can now say with 99% confidence that the EOS R7 Mark II will be announced in Q2 of this year. I can also say that the new camera is in the hands of a select few photographers. The camera is present in Milan, but it won't be used at major events or by many people. There's no need to go and scour images of cameras and suspect that it's the R72, it probably isn't.
What I have seen does fit with the release window and that the camera does look a bit different than the original EOS R7. Without scale, I can't tell the size of the camera, but it does look a more robust. There is no top-down LCD and it shares some of the same design cues as the R6 series of cameras. Outside of that, there's not really much to add.
For a long time there was a feeling that the next 7 series would be more like the 5 series in design and ergonomics, but I think it being more inline with the 6 series of cameras make more sense. The R72 will use the LP-E6P battery and be equipped with the same CFexpress Type B and SD card slots.
Stacked Sensor?
I have no idea, and I don't think that'll be known until much closer to the announcement in May. This is a topic that will be good internet fodder. Canon does things the way Canon wants to do them, they don't follow the perceived trends that exist in our echo chamber. A majority of 7 series buyers won't care either way. We'll just have to see how that plays out.
Other APS-C Cameras in 2026?
I have no information about a follow-up to cameras like the EOS R10 and EOS R100. Both of those cameras sell extremely well in may markets around the world. They're just not the type of cameras that end up in the hands of professionals for testing.
More to come…
A radical idea 🙂 is that Canon could eventually release an R100 II that includes touchscreen, like the M100/M200 had.
Taking the R6 ergonomics makes sense imo. The R5 shares some features with the R3/ R1 e.g. the top LCD, while R6/7/8 will probably share the wheel instead of a top LCD. It also gives us a slight clue about the pricing or at least in which area it will be. If R6iii/ R7ii share similar ergonomics and users beeing able to switch seamlessly, that could benefit Canons sales.
I got mine to take in the field with the kit lens for my 2-week Navy training and posted this bloopers reel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_WQgCAaGKA not bad for the price.
We, forum members, may criticise it, this jewel was never developed for us, but for beginners and users with a very limited budget.
It is nevertheless a very inexpensive camera taking very good pictures.
Nice shots/ videos, I look at the entire video tomorrow (it is 2:00 AM) here.
I'm still looking forward to seeing how the R7 II will compare to the original R7.
It'd be useful if they used e-ink displays for them, so they'd remain legible while the body was asleep.