https://www.canonnews.com:443/Home/rss/category/1633/rumorsRSS documenthttps://www.canonnews.com/canon-powershot-new-sensor-rumor-smaller-more-advanced-chip-incoming-but-is-it-smart I regularly review the latest rumors, and someone passed me this one (thanks!). Today, a new rumor was published examining whether Canon will equip its anticipated new PowerShot cameras with a fresh image sensor. According to the rumor,  an entirely new sensor will be equipped and will not reuse the 1.4-type sensor equipped in the V1. It will be smaller than the 1.4-type but will be a “more advanced” one. It is speculated that this sensor will be adopted in multiple PowerShot models. ...]]>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:37:00 GMThttps://www.canonnews.com/canon-powershot-new-sensor-rumor-smaller-more-advanced-chip-incoming-but-is-it-smarthttps://www.canonnews.com/canon-r7-mark-ii-rumors-a-new-rf-s-15-70mm-f4-kit-lens-coming A new rumor has surfaced that the R7 Mark II will also come with a new RF-S kit zoom lens, rumored to be a 15-70mm.  Not much more is known, except that it's thought that it would be a constant F/4 aperture lens and be released with the R7 Mark II. Canon has in the past applied for a patent application for an APS-C 15-70mm F/4 (Japan Patent Number  7770854 ), so we'll talk about this for a bit.  It will give us an idea of what Canon is perhaps thinking about. ...]]>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 03:54:00 GMThttps://www.canonnews.com/canon-r7-mark-ii-rumors-a-new-rf-s-15-70mm-f4-kit-lens-cominghttps://www.canonnews.com/usm-on-the-way-out-highly-unlikely An amusing article crossed my path today (thanks!) about particular musings about VCM and USM.  The author of the article assumed that because Canon hasn't released many ring-type USM lenses and was focusing on VCM, USM must be on the way out the door in terms of optical design at Canon.  Even though this sounds like clickbait (it probably is), it is an interesting thought nonetheless.  So I thought it would be a good idea to drill into this subject in a bit more technical depth.  It ...]]>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 04:04:00 GMThttps://www.canonnews.com/usm-on-the-way-out-highly-unlikelyhttps://www.canonnews.com/canon-rf-300-600mm-f56l-vcm-rumored-crowded-super-tele-zoom-market A new rumor has been circulating that a Canon RF 300-600mm lens may appear in the near future, possibly this year.  Now, I had to go back and look to see if I talked about any RF 300-600mm in patent documents, and it did come up in the past, but faster than what is being alluded to in the current rumor mills.  We'll talk about that one later.  The current rumor suggests that the auto focus is now VCM.  I've noticed a new rumor trend that it seems "trendy" to suggest that VCM will be used ...]]>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:46:00 GMThttps://www.canonnews.com/canon-rf-300-600mm-f56l-vcm-rumored-crowded-super-tele-zoom-markethttps://www.canonnews.com/is-vistilen-quietly-launching-autofocus-lenses-for-canon-rf-mount If you are heavily invested in Canon's mirrorless system, you are surely aware of the company's stance when it comes to third-party autofocus lenses for the RF mount. While the likes of Sigma and Tamron have been expanding the native AF lens selection for the  APS-C RF system, the situation is still mostly limited. In a lot of cases, outside of the major third-party vendors, the only option is manual focus. So when rumors of a new manufacturer announcing autofocus lenses for the RF mount ...]]>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:51:00 GMThttps://www.canonnews.com/is-vistilen-quietly-launching-autofocus-lenses-for-canon-rf-mounthttps://www.canonnews.com/a-new-canon-rf-24-70mm-f28l-is-usm-on-the-horizon Recently, rumors have been published discussing and speculating about an impending Canon RF 20-70mm f/2.8L IS VCM lens, which could be announced as early as 2026. The article I read was based on rumors on rumors, which suggested that Canon’s next iteration of their popular and long-standing standard zoom lens, the RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM, announced as far back as August 2019 could be replaced this year.  It was also rumored that the wide end could be extended from 24mm all the way down to ...]]>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:37:00 GMThttps://www.canonnews.com/a-new-canon-rf-24-70mm-f28l-is-usm-on-the-horizonhttps://www.canonnews.com/canon-eos-r7-mark-ii-rumors New rumors are running through the internet, and to be honest, part of me feels reporting on them is simply clickbait since we know so little at this time.  The latest rumors seem to indicate that the sensor for the new EOS R7 Mark II will be stacked.  This is both a blessing and a curse if true. One of the only issues with the R7's sensor was its readout speed, so it's not exactly a state secret that Canon would be looking at improving the speed of the sensor.  Canon has quite a few ...]]>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 09:05:00 GMThttps://www.canonnews.com/canon-eos-r7-mark-ii-rumorshttps://www.canonnews.com/the-r7-mark-ii-revisited-or-is-it-d233j224-vu I recently read an article detailing the latest rumors on the R7 Mark II, and it seemed to be quite familar to me, so had had to go back and read my thoughts on the R7 Mark II from a month ago.   40MP seems a stretch if Canon wants to increase the readout speed, or frames per second, while Canon can do both at the same time, they don't usually do so.  Remember, there's already a R7 Mark III in the works even while we wait for the R7 Mark II. I'm honestly not sure who stated that ...]]>Fri, 16 May 2025 13:04:00 GMThttps://www.canonnews.com/the-r7-mark-ii-revisited-or-is-it-d233j224-vuhttps://www.canonnews.com/tariffs-adding-uncertainty-the-r6-mark-iii-saga The R6 Mark III has been rumoured since last year, and its release is being pushed back again.  So yes, the R6 Mark III will come. Sometime.  I always thought that the original rumour of it arriving late last year didn't make much sense at the time, and its progressive delay seems to put it back into the regular schedule of 3 years or so between camera releases. I wouldn't be surprised to see it late this year, which would make it 3 years, or even in the spring of 2026. I still think this ...]]>Sat, 19 Apr 2025 02:02:00 GMThttps://www.canonnews.com/tariffs-adding-uncertainty-the-r6-mark-iii-sagahttps://www.canonnews.com/new-rumors-rundown-lenses-and-the-eos-r7-mark-ii The EOS R7 being replaced this year was always pretty much a given since Canon effectively did the full-frame lineup last year, and it's still a bit too soon for the R8 (and I also suspect the R6 Mark II) to get new updates. Like all other manufacturers, Canon makes money by selling goods, not services, so to maximize that, new items have to be continually churned out, which leaves the APS-C lineup to work on. What will the R7 look like?  If someone had asked me before what the R7 ...]]>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 06:17:00 GMThttps://www.canonnews.com/new-rumors-rundown-lenses-and-the-eos-r7-mark-ii