Waiting for the successor to M5

nnowak wrote:

Marco Nero wrote:

lumenite wrote:

Canon R5 and R6 are announced yesterday.

I do not think that Canon would release something like 7D, which has FF-like body but APSC sensor. However, I believe that Canon would continue M5 or M6 lineup for their APSC market. We had M5 first and M6 later. Now We have M6mk2, but not M5mk2 yet. Some users like me are still waiting for M5mk2. I believe even some M6mk2 users hope that M6mk2 would be upgraded at some points.

If you want something from a successor to M5/M6, what do you want to see?

DPREVIEW were told directly BY CANON that "the M6II is the replacement for both the M5 and M6". They published this key line when reviewing the M6 II.
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As for those thinking about moving to the R system, it's only as good as its lenses. That means spending a LOT of money to use the right lenses. It's MUCH larger and MUCH heavier and MUCH more expensive. Pick your poison.

Yes, the RF mount has some massive lenses with superlative optical quality. And yes, the M system has some truly tiny lenses. What is missing in your comparison is the middle ground and it is a sector that Canon is targeting with the RF mount. Take a look at some of the recent RF lenses and what an equivalent EF-M version would beed to be....

RF 35mm f/1.8 = EF-M 22mm f/1.1

RF 85mm f/2.0 = EF-M 53mm f/1.2

RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 = EF-M 15-65mm f/2.5-4.5

RF 24-240mm f/4-6.3 = EF-M 15-150mm f/2.5-4

RF 600mm f/11 = EF-M 375mm f/7.1

RF 800mm f/11 = EF-M 500mm f/7.1

Compared to the RF "L" lenses, none of the lenses above would be considered massive nor expensive, but they all have an optical advantage over the existing EF-M lineup. Unless Canon breaks their artificial 61mm diameter constraint on EF-M lenses, the entire middle ground will go to the RF mount.

and this is unfortunate for m upgrade hopes

it looks to me the RF 85 f2 IS beats the siggy 56

and then we'll see with the RF 50 f1.8 also

I guess hopes of having smaller are over for me