Maybe, maybe not. Given the amount of rumors floating around this time, I've no doubt Canon is releasing something. Whether it's a 7D successor or something else remains to be seen.
My 7D is still very competent. You either 1) have a bad copy or 2) don't own one.
The hype will come when the camera is announced, as always.
Well, it's not that the speculation sent expectations too high as much as some people's expectations are so high they would never be satisfied with a realistic camera. As far as the spec of the new 7D being higher than than the 1,5, & 6, you have to realize that a 7D is directed toward a different type user. The 7D is directed toward sports/wildlife shooters who want a high frame rate, fast AF, and the reach of a crop sensor. It will most certainly, with the exception of noise, out spec the 6D. For that matter, the current 7D does that. It's a slow camera that is designed to appeal to portrait/landscape photographers. The 1DX is aimed at the professional sports photographer and there is much more than AF and Frame Rate that would set it apart. If you can justify the cost of a 1DX, there's no way you would even consider a 7D2. The bottom line is that no matter how high spec the new 7D will be, it won't cut into sales from the other cameras as they are aimed at entirely different markets.
You might be right, you might not. For now, its speculation.
That theory comes up occasionally, especially for Nikon. The thing is, you could also say the 5DIII takes sales from the 1DX so why make it? I guess Canon decided that making both cameras makes more sense to them than making just one of them. I guess they feel the same about any camera they make, or else they don't make it.
Really - The last 1Ds was a 5FPS camera, as I remember. The clue is in the name, it isn't '1Dx', it's '1D X'.
