Canon EOS R8 Mark II Announced: Our thoughts and reaction - Canon Rumors

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Canon has officially announced the EOS R8 Mark II , a ground-up redesign of the popular EOS R8. The new design language has received a lot of attention, some love it, some like it and some don't like it at all.

I like it and I will be ordering one because I think it is phenomenallyspecced for a sub-$2000 camera. The addition of IBIS, Pre-Shooting and the Joystick are worth the price of admission on their own. Is it a sports and wildlife camera? Sure, you can shoot anything with anything, but that's not what Canon has done here. The EOS R6 Mark III , R5 Mark II and R1 exist for those shooters.