Where is the successor to the original EOS R?

Droster wrote:

Thomas A Anderson wrote:

Droster wrote:

Craig Smith wrote:

Canon is starting to run out of ranking numbers.

R3, R5, R6, R7, R10

Does the R become the R8?

Does the RP becomes the R9?

Now that they're fleshing out the lineup with the numbered R cameras, they can just retire the R. The R was the $2kish full frame competitor to the a7iii and Z6. The R6 is now doing that role.

How can a 20MP camera replace a 30MP camera? That's not how Canon does things.

You can say the R6 has effectively replaced the R.

How? It's more expensive. Lower resolution. It was released 2 years after the R, which Canon also never does.

They will update the R6 (as with the R5). So the question then is how will Canon update their $2kish camera to compete against Sony's $2kish a7iv.

Why not? The same way Sony updated a 24MP camera into a 33MP camera.

You'll have to ask Canon.  They may go from 30MP to 40MP, but for FF that’s a 4 to 5 year cycle, never 2.

They updated the a7iii's $2k to the a7iv's $2.5k.

I know you said that's not Canon does things. But I look at price points and how most companies won't have same categories of product in similar price brackets. That's why I say they will update the R6. There will be another full frame camera in the $2k price bracket.

Which isn’t the R6.  It’s not even the R.  It’s not even the way cheaper RP.  The closest is the R, but an R MII won’t be cheaper.

So I don't want to restrict myself and say "is it an R or R6", I just want to ask how will Canon update their $2kish full frame camera. It may or may not look like the R or R6, but there will be a camera occupying that spot.

There are two spots a few hundred dollars apart.  Very on brand for Canon.

To answer the original question. The R was a full frame camera occupying the $2k price range.

The R6 is the full frame camera to take over the R in that same price range. How will Canon make the next $2k price range full frame camera?

They don’t reduce MP in updates.  Canon does wrr weird stuff occasionally.  I can’t think of one time they did that.  Maybe the G1X II?