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R6 mk I prices to drop on secondhand market? Still worth it?

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KEG
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Re: R6 mk I prices to drop on secondhand market? Still worth it?

KLO82 wrote:

KEG wrote:

gipper51 wrote:

Mark B. wrote:

KEG wrote:

I fully believe that Mk I is the R replacement and whenever R5 mk II arrives it will be the RP replacement.

LOL, so you think a $3,300 USD body is going to replace a sub-$1000 entry level body? First, no. Second, Canon won't give up the entry-level market like that.

I think he means when the R5II is released the R6 will remain and drop in price to occupy the entry level spot.

I don't see that as a likely scenario either. The RP will have a true successor at some point is my guess.

Canon's own naming convention dictates this.

Fullframe:

R1

R3

R5

R6

Crop:

R7

Rx0

Rxy0

Rxy00

In the future there won't be a cheaper ff than R7, R6 mk I will end sooner or later at pricepoint of around R7 price plus $100 - $200.

You raised a very interesting point. It seems that R and RP do not fit in Canon's standard naming scheme. And the R6 already has its successor available whereas there are no successors in sight for R and RP even though they are older models. Maybe R and RP are one-off models? But then, R6 is not really a low-end FF model. It's more like a budget sports/ performance FF camera. Maybe the R8 name is available for the entry-level FF model that would be the successor of both R and RP?

furthermore I have evidence backed hunch that Canon has stopped taking orders for R and RP from retailers, 2 of 3 local retailers do not list R and RP anymore and the 3rd one has R on heavy discount.

According to Canon Rumours (which claimed last year that R is discontinued) that R8 is a M6 mk II replacement and will be announced next month.
I think there are 2 possibilities

  • that Canon is doing the same thing with R6 which it did with G7 X, just keep the old one in production at lower price
  • introduce a R6S which would be a 30-32 MP landscape version of R6 and discontinue R/RP
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