There is one exception, which is the Canon EOS R50 V, launched in April 2025, but can we really count that even as a new camera or even a hybrid model that photographers might buy? It’s a variant of the regular EOS R50, which was launched back in February 2023, and the ‘V’ version is clearly aimed at vloggers, not even hybrid photographers. The fact is, Canon’s APS-C development seems to have stopped in May 2023 with the old-tech, cut-price EOS R100.
There are rumours of a new EOS R7 II, now pushed back to 2027, but no other indications that Canon is planning to refresh its beginner/enthusiast APS-C cameras. Were Canon’s APS-C mirrorless cameras just a flash in the pan that arrived all and once but will now slowly slide out of view? Let’s hope not. But let’s not forget what happened to the Canon EOS M range either.
Nikon is no better. After the Nikon Z30 (June 2022), the only new APS-C arrival has been the Z50 II (November 2024), a worthwhile but modest refresh of the original Z50 launched way back in 2019. It’s the same with Sony. We got the Sony A6700 in July 2023, but otherwise Sony’s APS-C catalog consists of old-timers like the A6100 and A6400 and vlog-based varations like the ZV-E10 and ZV-E10 II.
This leaves just Fujifilm carrying the torch for the APS-C format, while Canon, Nikon and Sony seem to treat APS-C as a low-cost inducement to new users to draw them into their full-frame camera ranges. I don’t mean that to sound cynical. I think it’s just a business decision that these companies have made.
The worry, I think, for Canon fans, is what this means for its APS-C users. Will there be new APS-C models, will they continue to be affordable and accessible, and will Canon carry on making lenses designed – and priced – for this format?
Three years is a long time in camera development, and for no new APS-C cameras to have appeared over this period of time is conspicuous. Is this it? Was Canon’s initial wave of APS-C models the ONLY wave? I hope not, because what new users need is cameras they can actually afford that they actually want and which don’t use tech that’s already more than three years old.