Where is the successor to the original EOS R?

KEG wrote:

Swerky 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.

The R and RP formed a test run for the new mirrorless system. If we make a comparison with the DSLR lineup, the R5 replaces the 5D series and the R6 replaces the 6D series. Seems that’s it for a pro-sumer lineup. Not sure wether the market would take a model below the R6 as well. Something like Nikon’s Z5, a model with ibis. That would arrange me as I don’t need the speed of the R6 nor the 4K video. Depends what the market wants I guess and what is profitable for the company.

As for what you’re asking for, in general, higher end specs apply to all the camera. It won’t have high end stuff here and lower end stuff there.

I am fairly sure that R5 and R6 will end up replacing R and RP, probably on the same day as when R5 mk II and R6 mk II get announced.

Chip shortage could also be the primary reason for the high price of R5/R6, they are both around $500 - $1000 more expensive than their actual standing in the lineup indicates.

Those cameras were released in mid-2020. There was no chip shortage yet. The chip shortage took a solid year after the beginning of the pandemic to become a thing.

Canon maintains price points almost to the exclusion of all else. They have had camera bodies refreshed with inexplicably minor updates and at the same price point as the previous generation. If they make an adjustment to the price it is almost always very minor. The biggest price point adjustment I can recall is when they split the 40D update into a $1,200 50D and an $1,800 7D diverging from the typical $1,500 price.

Also, why would the R5II and R6II replace the R and RP when the R5 and R6 didn't? Canon doesn't replace a body and then keep selling the old body.

The various justifications for thinking the R5 and R6 match the 5D and the 6D come down to this: the numbers look the same.