Where is the successor to the original EOS R?

yerach wrote:

Trent Severn wrote:

So many new mirror-less camera body releases since the original EOS R, but I haven't heard much when (or if) a direct successor is coming.

I don't want/need a pro body, and I don't want a crop sensor. Does Canon expect us to upgrade to the R5/R6?

For the most part, I'm mostly fine with the R, but it's auto-focus system is definitely looking quite dated.

I'm basically looking for the same R body + updated focusing system (that every other newer R-body camera seems to have), and a faster sensor readout fo a more useable silent/electronic shutter (without the banding/stretching artifacts). Everything else can pretty much stay the same.

i'm dreadfully sorry to grief you, but yes, the "successor" to the r was the r5, take it or leave it, the r was a camera that didn't hold a place in canon's lineup (thus wasn't numbered), it was a testbed for creating a proper mirrorless system, skipping nikon-like flops, they merely took 5d iv tech and reorganized it in the most daring way they possibly could allow themselves to, shipped out the thing, and waited to see what happens, what they learned from this "experiment" brought about the r5/r6, which were, are, and i suppose will be for quite a while, some of the most well rounded, well planned out bodies around, once they were released, the r5 filled the 5d series position (as the number implies), thus replacing the r, which is essentially a mirrorless 5d iv, and the r6 replaced the 6d series respectively, though far higher-end, as that is the nature of mirrorless and the current market.

that is not to say the r isn't a good camera, it is, as is the 5d iv, and especially for the bargain price they can be found at now.

i am suspecting the r1 "flagship" thing might just knock the whole range's pricing a notch down, as a 7k$+ body will need to be something out of this world to compete with the 6k$ a1 and the 5.5k$ z9, but i wouldn't count on it.

your request list sounds a bit like a r5 mk ii at sub 2k$, that's not happening any time soon if that's your concern...

i personally am hoping for something to be a "ff rp successor", and i think that's a little more likely to happen.

I agree. I see the are as a prototype test camera for the R system. I do not see Canon coming out with a direct replacement. I think the next two cameras from Canon will be an RP replacement that will probably be called the R8 or R9, and the much anticipated R1. I don't believe Canon plans a high res R5, I would guess it would have it's own number like an R4.

Pretty sure the original R will fade into history once the parts supply of 5D IV sensors is exhausted.