I have been told that Canon has plans to announce a “high-end” APS-C camera in late 2020 or early 2021. Product launches are obviously affected by the current global landscape.
What I cannot figure out from the bits of information that I have received is whether or not this camera has an EF-M mount or an RF mount.
One source claims the new APS-C camera will basically be an “EOS R6 with a small sensor”, but the source hasn't responded for clarification about what mount the camera would be equipped with.
Canon will also likely release an RF 18-45mm IS STM lens in the first half of 2021, which hasn't historically been a focal range for a full-frame camera. I am not suggesting that there will be an RF-S mount, but something relatively inexpensive to stick to the front of an APS-C equipped EOS R camera makes some sense, but I'm just hypothesizing here.
One thing multiple sources seem to agree with is that we are going to get some kind of EOS 7D Mark II replacement in mirrorless camera form, and no offense to the EOS M6 Mark II and EOS R6, neither of those cameras truly fit the heritage of Canon's popular high-end APS-C camera.
More to come…
I would be happy taking a 7dII or 1D body into the wild, but one with (in Canon's words suggesting inferior) 6 series weather/environmental sealing.
Lets hope for a really nice and not overpriced 7D-like camera!!
28MP would be in line with the R5's sensor.
The 32MP is an excellent sensor, gives a nice amount of croppability, and Canon's new tech should be plenty fast enough for wildlife/sports—after all, the M6II already shoots at 14fps with the mechanical shutter, handily beating the 7D2!
RF mount sounds more likely given the lens selection. Yes, I know you can adapt on the EF-M mount, but still.
I could see an APS-C R7 style costing well over $2,000, but that is better than $3,900 for R5.
Many of the lenses I use on my 7Dii (and all of the better glass such as 100-400L, 70-200L, 300L) are full frame.
If they don't, it's Canon's way of saying 'FINE. Here's your damn 7D3, you guys never stop asking for it!' but birders/wildlifers lose their mirrors.
If they do, yowza -- it would mark the beginning of the end for both EF-M *and EF-S* mount bodies.
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I've got a 7D II also, and I didn't place any preorders. I'd thought about the R6, but I need more pixels.
That should be enough for 90% of the customers.
I just imagined an EOS R with 6x7 sensor :eek: