Canon officially announces the Canon EOS R6 Mark II, Canon RF 135mm f/1.8L IS USM and Canon Speedlite EL-5

[WilliamJ]

No record limit, slight bump in MP from 20 to 24, better rolling shutter performance and a photo/video switch in place of the old on/off button and 150p are all small but important reasons that make me want to upgrade from R6 as my backup wedding camera for both photo and video!

 

[Emyr Evans]

135mm in the UK is £2167 before VAT.

That's $2490 US. So Canon have added $390 (£340) additional Canon Tax for the SAME lens. That's a whopping +15% Canon Tax in the UK.

No thanks. Other camera companies simply don't do this - Fuji for example.

 

[Berowne]

Prices in Frankfurt am Main (Calumet)
* R 6 II: 2.898,99 € (available 29.11.2022)
* RF 135 F1.8 L IS: 2.699,00 € (available 26.01.2023)

So moderate higher Price for the Body and significantly higher Price for the lens, compared to the retail Price. Having a R6 i am not interested in the new Body but the lens is nice.

 

[koenkooi]

Prices in Frankfurt am Main (Calumet)
* R 6 II: 2.898,99 € (available 29.11.2022)
* RF 135 F1.8 L IS: 2.699,00 € (available 26.01.2023)

So moderate higher Price for the Body and significantly higher Price for the lens, compared to the retail Price. Having a R6 i am not interested in the new Body but the lens is nice.

I had expected it to be more than €3000 for the RF 135, so I'm pleasantly surprised about the price for once

 

[Skyscraperfan]

I had expected it to be more than €3000 for the RF 135, so I'm pleasantly surprised about the price for once

So Canon already has got their customers so far that they see it as good news if a new lens costs less than €3000

That reminds me of Apple which convinced its customers than a $799 iPhone is cheap.

 

[Cyborx]

NOOOOO! What I was affraid of, happened.
Canon is charging absurd prices again.
The EOS R6 mark II is 2990 euro’s in Europe.

STOP Robbing us! Just charge 2495,- like the dollar price. Keep your promises!

 

[Del Paso]

Business as usual...
- Raising exaggerated expectations ( $5500 camera's features in a $3000 camera )
- Being angry or disappointed Canon didn't meet one's pressing demand
- Canon bashing, what else?
The cycle is complete, only threatening to jump ship is (till now) missing.

Edit: we now have one declared ship-jumper !

 

[Emyr Evans]

Business as usual...
- Raising exaggerated expectations ( $5500 camera's features in a $3000 camera )
- Being angry or disappointed Canon didn't meet one's pressing demand
- Canon bashing, what else?
The cycle is complete, only threatening to jump ship is (till now) missing.

Go somewhere else if it pi$$es you off.

 

[notalchymy]

Maybe filled with helium? Maybe smaller buffer?
Or you have compared the naked weight of the mark ii with the full weight of the mark i.
According to the us canon homepage R6 is 680g and R6 ii is 688g each with battery and card.

Ye, i checked the canon website and removed my post

 

[xps]

My question: What will this pricing tell us? Better exchange ratios (US$:€) for bodies (R1 under 10.000??) and worser exchange ratio for the 300mm&1.4extender????

 

[Deleted member 381342]

Looks like th camera got some solid updates. And of course it didn‘t have a stacked sensor that costs more than the entire camera, people need to ground expectations. Stacked sensors will come out of the flagships in a decade if at all(improvements to fsi and bsi sensors may make them good enough that stacked sensors remain for only critical applications)

 

[Emyr Evans]

So, in the UK, Canon reckon they can charge £1,000 ($1,150) MORE for their 135mm compared to the Sony version, one of the sharpest lenses ever made.

Yet, in the US, both lenses cost exactly the same.

 

[AlanF]

NOOOOO! What I was affraid of, happened.
Canon is charging absurd prices again.
The EOS R6 mark II is 2990 euro’s in Europe.

STOP Robbing us! Just charge 2495,- like the dollar price. Keep your promises!

How many times does have to be posted: the US prices are without sales tax, the EU and UK have about 20% sales tax added. €2990 is about $2490 when the VAT etc is removed. The price in the EU is the same as the US without taxes. But, the UK gets robbed by Canon EU. Our price is £2799, which equates to about €3250, a mark up of 8.5%.

 

[Emyr Evans]

How many times does have to be posted: the US prices are without sales tax, the EU and UK have about 20% sales tax added. €2990 is about $2490 when the VAT etc is removed. The price in the EU is the same as the US without taxes. But, the UK gets robbed by Canon EU. Our price is £2799, which equates to about €3250, a mark up of 8.5%.

The Canon Tax in the UK is +15% (£340) vs the US price.

Canon are charging £1,000 more for the 135mm f1.8 than Sony.

 

[koenkooi]

So Canon already has got their customers so far that they see it as good news if a new lens costs less than €3000

That reminds me of Apple which convinced its customers than a $799 iPhone is cheap.

That why I mentioned ‘inured’ yesterday, it’s still hella expensive, just less than expected

 

[vangelismm]

Pre-buffer finally makes it on a Canon body!

M6 mark ii?

 

[Del Paso]

Go somewhere else if it pi$$es you off.

Welcome, friendly and polite poster !

 

[binary]

I'm glad the battery life was improved from silly 380-510 shots to 450-760. It was my biggest complain. I also hope it doesn't drain much when the camera is turned off. For me this camera is all I wished for when Mark I came out. I'm not gonna upgrade. Instead I'll wait for release of R5 Mark II and upgrade instead to R5 mark I if the price will go down.

 

[Emyr Evans]

Welcome, friendly and polite poster !

I'm jumping ship.

 

[BurningPlatform]

How many times does have to be posted: the US prices are without sales tax, the EU and UK have about 20% sales tax added. €2990 is about $2490 when the VAT etc is removed. The price in the EU is the same as the US without taxes. But, the UK gets robbed by Canon EU. Our price is £2799, which equates to about €3250, a mark up of 8.5%.

Maybe Canon did the prices for UK while Truss was still PM.