Will there be an R7 Mk II ?

spec68 wrote:

chipman wrote:

My crystal ball is cracked and pretty dusty, but I'm thinking there's a higher end APSC (R4?) coming, with a fast stacked sensor, before 3-4 years. Canon had to be stung by all the rolling shutter and cheap build complaints on the R7. But that's just my WAG.

Some say this place -

https://mirrorlesscomparison.com/best/mirrorless-cameras-for-birds-in-flight/

is where you go for BIF info. YMMV.

I keep thinking (wishing) that too but if you go by Canon's model numbering for the R series it goes, without break, from most expensive (R30 to least expensive (R10). An R5 is normally $3900. I can't see a crop sensor body, even if borrows the R3's body, going for 4K+ or actually anything close to the R5's MSRP. Even the esteemed Nikon D500, which in its day was a pro-ish crop body was priced at $2K, about the same as Nikon's lower level FF bodies.

So I think (hope) the R7 II will correct most of the criticisms the R7 bring just a small price hike over and above inflation (will happily pay). I don't think it will be a pro-level body though. Of course we are years away from that moment so who knows. I would love to see a more advanced crop R, but IF the rumor about the R5 II having a digital 2-8x tele converter is true AND its actually usable then there really won't be a need for a pro-ish crop body.

Ah, the long-rumoured digital teleconverter.  Think about it, even if a future full frame body had an 83MP sensor (upscaled from the 32.5MP APS-C sensor), an 8x “digital teleconverter” which is effectively a crop factor of 8, would give a 1.3MP image.  If 61MP (a la Sony), 0.95MP, etc.

Maybe we will see one announced on April 1st.