Rumors Is an R7 MkII in the works?

[Chris Summers]

Well most likely Canon will come out with an improved R7 in the future, perhaps by the end of the year. Canon Rumors mentions it, I found the blog on the topic a bit more enlightening as far as guesses on what it will include.

Is a Canon EOS R7 Mark II coming this year? [CR2]

It looks like 2024 will be the year of the EOS R1 and EOS R5 Mark II, but there will be other new cameras this year. One of those cameras may be the EOS R7 Mark II. A solid source has let us know that there have been hints about the follow-up to 2022’s Canon See full article...

www.canonrumors.com

 

[BasilFawlty]

Well most likely Canon will come out with an improved R7 in the future, perhaps by the end of the year. Canon Rumors mentions it, I found the blog on the topic a bit more enlightening as far as guesses on what it will include.

Is a Canon EOS R7 Mark II coming this year? [CR2]

It looks like 2024 will be the year of the EOS R1 and EOS R5 Mark II, but there will be other new cameras this year. One of those cameras may be the EOS R7 Mark II. A solid source has let us know that there have been hints about the follow-up to 2022’s Canon See full article...

www.canonrumors.com

I hope so. Been wanting a crop sensor body for wildlife and birds but have been hoping for an improved R7 II.

 

[Bucolic Old Sir Henry]

I will be sorely tempted by an RE-1…

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[Philnick]

Just sent my R6 Mark II and RF 28-70mm f/2.8 IS STM to MPB, after realizing that my R7 with the Sigma RF-S 18-50mm f/2.8 did the same job with less weight, and I was hardly using the full frame rig. I'll put what MPB pays me towards the R7 Mark II. For low light situations I'll use the Sigma RF-S 56mm f/1.4.

 

[chipman]

I'll probably send my R6ii down the road also, for the same reason. Give it to my daughter, she can take pics of her grandkids.
But I have a feeling they will change the body on the R7ii. Too many people don't like the new design, even if it is better.
So I have 3 R7s, 2 for my wildlife kit and one for backup. The R7ii will have to be a big, major, upgrade to get me to switch.
Maybe a new sensor at 40 meg.

 

[Philnick]

I'm another who prefers the dial around the joystick to the traditional one lower down on the body. Unfortunately, the stick-in-the-mud full-frame crowd want the R7 to be like their toys. Leave it alone!

 

[RickyRed]

I also love the Joystick on the R7. I also love the Sigma 18-50 2.8, paired with the R7. There are draw backs to the R7, Cheap shutter, Mushy shutter Button. Very Slow sensor. You can overcome these faults and craft great pictures with this body. R7ll? R6ll Body, updated sensor and AF. A modern 7D.

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[Navy_Photog]

I have both the R6ii and the R7, while I like the R7 the lack of a vertical grip bugs me because the camera is so small, I have larger hands. my old 5D classic which I still have fits me perfectly. I created a vertical grip by cutting off the extension on a BG2 and use that with the R7, makes it very comfortable.
I am also waiting to see what the R7ii will be, in the meantime I use both my cameras with my RF100-500 and my RF200-800. Shooting BIF in the early morning or late evening I find that above ISO 3200 the R7 is VERY noisy I use the R6ii in low light as it can handle the noise better while I use the R7 in good light with the long lenses. Shooting at 600 or 800mm using a 50mm f/1.4 isn't practical.

I am hoping that one of the changes with the R7ii will be a battery grip!!

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[Only RF]

KEH is in town today and my R7 is packed to go. I have nothing negative to say about it except the loud mechanical shutter but I worked around that. Excellent AF.

Over the last year I decided to only use my 100-500 on the R7. The 100-500 and the 1.4 on my R6II. I used these combos a lot when I was in Portugal in February and March. It just seemed I enjoyed using my R6II more. I lose 100mm but I was stunned how well my R6II held up to cropping. I really liked using the R6II and the 100-500 without the TC for sports, etc. My RF 24-105 is a perfect fit for that body as well. Very sharp images with both those lenses and the FF.

I'll miss the location for the QC dial the R7 but I prefer that the R6II has a second QC dial. I especially like that you can map Subject to Detect on the R6II to a button. It's very handy and simple programming so I wonder why Canon could not have added that to the R7.

Rumoured R72 around the corner (if it ever comes) so I figured maybe it's time to take the plunge. I'll be OK with the R6II for now. Canon rumours says that the ergonomics of the R72 will be the same as the R5/6 bodies but who knows. One thing I liked about my 5D4 and 7D2 is the button/dial layout was the same. Less thumbing around.

 

[Only RF]

R7 went today. There must be have been 15 people waiting for KEH. It was my dealers location so I asked it they wanted it. They did and plus I get the proportionate sales tax back. I also ordered a Mac Mini today.

 

[Philnick]

Just got the Sigma 10-18mm f/2.8 DC DN C RF Fit. (I don't know why, but Canon has never licensed the -S variations of their lens mounts! "DC" in a Sigma's name means it's for APS-C crop sensors. Since it uses the standard RF mount, it won't automatically trigger crop mode on a full-frame R camera.)

This lens gets me the 16mm angle of view my old RF 16mm f/2.8 had on the R6 II, and is a third the weight (and two thirds the length) of the Tokina EF 11-20mm f/2.8 I experimented with last year. Instead, it's about the same size and weight as the Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN C RF Fit that lives on my R7.

With their 56mm f/21.4 DC DN C RF Fit (also about the same size) for low light situations, I now have half of their initial offering of RF lenses and have overcome the two major shortcomings of APS-C: low light and narrow angle of view.

The R7's IBIS lets me have small light lenses and a much more portable kit.

One tip about these lenses: they all follow the approach of the smaller RF primes of sharing a ring between Control and Focus modes - but without a switch on the lens or any marking on the lens that it's anything other than a focus ring (that's controlled through the camera's menu). I recommend setting the menus (1) to make such rings act as manual focus rings, (2) turn on "full time manual focus," and be done with it.

 

[Philnick]

I'd like to start a campaign to get DxO to support the Sigma RF lenses. While all six of them are supported on the Sony, Fujifilm and EOS-M cameras, only the 18-50mm is supported on EOS R - and that only after I got Sigma to send them one to test.

Since the R7 and the M6 II (on which they're all supported by DxO) share the same 32.5 mp resolution, I don't see why DxO is dragging its feet on this, other than fear of Canon dominance.

Please submit a request to DxO to support the other Sigmas on the R7 (the 10-18 f/2.8 and the four f/1.4 primes: 16mm, 23mm, 30mm and 56mm) at DxO Supported Cameras.

It's gonna take a lot of requests.