In other words, Canon made a deliberate, conscious marketing decision to not extend what the M-system could have been. If you want to know what an M-flagship camera could have been, look at the OM-1. The only things that are givens with the M-system are the lens mount and sensor size.
So where is your proof for anything? How long will the 6DII be produced? Maybe it isn't in production anymore. I don't know, do you? It is indeed unlikely but maybe the 6DI is still in production. I don't know, do you?
What credibility do you expect? There will be no evidence or fact to prove you or I are right. It is all about likelihood.
With the arrival of the R7/R10 and (even more important) RF-S lenses this process already started. You don't trust canon rumors but if I remember right canon watch was first mentioning the rumored R100. Do you really think it would be wise to produce M200 and an assumed R100 simultaniously? Maybe the stock of M200 is already high enough to satisfy the customers till R100 is in production. Specualtion - yes. But not unlikely.
R7 and R10 with two lenses is already enough substance. You say later - I say sooner. Precise enough?
False. Two years ago the majority of comments was against cropped RF cameras and esp. against RF-S lenses.
True. But what made you think I'm against this statement? By the way: Personally I'm not interested in something like the R100. I'm only interested in RF-S lenses. How likely is it that new lenses will come to the R100? How likely is it that new lenses will come to the M200?
That should be the end of the arguments here.Canon Japan lists their discontinued products:
The M6 II is on the list. The M200 is not yet on it, but if you visit the canon.jp web store you'll see that none of the product links allow an M200/kit to be added to a cart. You can still buy M50 II kits (called Kiss M2 there). That happened with the M6II as well, before it showed up on the Discontinued Products page.
Only one adapted. The RF-S 18-150 is adapted from the EF-M lens, it’s actually the same optics packaged in a new barrel.
I think many people would be happy with EF-M ports, they could do what they did with the 18-150 to the M11-22, M22/2 and other M lenses.
I can't see any technical reason for the constraint. Maybe, just maybe, it was part of an agreement made between various factions within Canon to prevent the M-system from seriously competing with the EOS and R mount cameras.
Nor can I. More likely an aesthetic constraint, which can be very important in a Japanese company. The lenses are all the same size as the outer diameter as the mount itself, which ensures a small overall system size. That was one of Canon’s explicit goals for the system.
That seems unlikely. The M system launched in 2012, so not competing with R mount cameras that didn’t launch until 2018 doesn’t make much sense. If the goal was not to compete seriously with EF mount cameras that was ultimately a failure since 30% of cameras Canon now sells are M (more than the 20% R and 10% P&S, and not far off the 40% DLSR).
Maybe you should ask, or do a search, before acting this way. https://www.canonnews.com/the-canon-m6-mark-ii-is-discontinued-in-japan
Actuall B&H does NOT show it discontinued. Maybe you need to clear your cache. B&H sales support stated that it has not been discontinued in the USA. Canonnews.com gets their info from Canon Rumors. Canon Rumors has been trying to kill off the M system for nearly a decade. Consistantly being wrong. Every time, Canon releases another M50 or M6 Read the arquives. Canon will probably release and M6 MK 3
