2020 is shaping up as a big year for new product announcements from Canon, especially on the prosumer and professional fronts. The EOS M lineup will likely see at least one new model as well, as the EOS M50 will likely need a successor.
This rumor is being floated by a site that doesn't source any sites they take information from, so I'll return that favour. :)
Rumoured EOS M50 Mark II / EOS M60
- 32.5mp APS-C CMOS sensor
- DIGIC 8
- UHD 4K 30p / 24p
- Full HD 120p
- Rear monitor 3 inches 1.04 million dots Vari-angle touch panel
- Announcement date September 2020
Rumoured EOS M camera
- 24mp APS-C CMOS sensor
- 3rd generation Dual Pixel CMOS AF technology / Eye AF compatible
- Rear monitor 3-inch vari-angle touch panel
- Announcement date Before July 2020
- Price $849 with kit lens
I don't put a lot of stock in these rumours, as pricing wouldn't even be close to decided at this time.
The EOS M5 isn't going to get a Mark II version according to Canon, and I can't see Canon adding a new model to a lineup that already has the entry-level EOS M200, mid-range EOS M50 and top-end EOS M6 Mark II. Anything APS-C above the EOS M6 Mark II would make more sense with an RF mount in our opinion and I'm not sure a 4th model could slot between any of the mentioned cameras.
I wouldn't put a lot of stock in this one.
To be accurate, Canon never stated this - Canon USA (and USA only) stated that the M6 Mark II effectively replaces the M5 and M6.
The Sigma recycled-Sony-E big heavy old fashioned large-objective designs don't count, either. If we have to have large heavy, how about something like a 15-60 F/4 really good Canon EF-M lens?
They've stated it twice to me.
I agree its an entry level system - a gateway to a future mount for the novices, and to the serious amateur or professional its a smaller kit for leisure time or travel (have it on me all the time camera). In my opinion that is the only logical explanation for why we haven't seen a more broad lens offering than what's already available.
I'm in the market to grab a 2nd hand M50, and must say I'm not really concerned about lens selection. I would only want the 22 f/2, and essentially use it as a compact fixed lens 35mm equivalent camera (albeit with the option to change lenses, should circumstances change - unlike the fuji x100 series etc). That's just me, but I have a feeling Canon is telling a M series owner or prospective owner that if you want more native lens selection then move up to RF.
At the moment it is pretty obvious that Canon is not "serious" about APS-C.
Then it looks like I won't be buying into the EOS M system.
Foolish move by Canon. :(
Agreed, No built in viewfinder kills the M series for me completely.
Now a built in viewfinder and IBIS you can get my interest back.
For the money cameras cost now I look for features in a brand that I am interested in.
Sony definitely not.
Guess you missed the RF system.
An engineering base that puts Sony back to the stone age and with the new RF mount lenses proving it over and over.
Camera wise, yes they will do that as well but they have a habit of getting it right rather than "Upgrade" it every few months leaving the Sony owner with outdated junk almost monthly.
I am jealous waiting for the high end mirrorless options. The rf lenses look great but we just need the following popular bodies as an RF
7d mark
5D mark
1D
this is the holy trinity of bodies
The high megapixel RF is not a high volume camera or very important
Hopefully the M50 ii (or whatever is the builtin-EVF-M-camera) has full sensor 4k and at least one selector ring like thingy in addition to the existing one ... to set params faster. And linear PCM for sound ...!
What I don't see is how the advent of 3 Sigma primes signals anything about how Canon is taking EF-M lens development any more seriously. The element profiles of the Sigma lenses is just recycled DSLR typical: large objective lens with a train of smaller elements behind. The 32mm Canon is a true new mirrorless design, relatively small concave objective lens with a train of large elements behind. You can find this new design profile in the Nikon S 50mm as well.