topic Re: Canon DSLR lines beyond EOS 5D and Rebel? in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Canon DSLR lines beyond EOS 5D and Rebel?

Relmotion — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:38:31 GMT

I currently use a 77D and on occasion my RP. I selected the latter as it uses the same battery. Although, the RP is a power hog. I noticed that the only lines in the DSLRs are the 5D and Rebel. Has Canon bowed out of other DSLR lines?

Re: Canon DSLR lines beyond EOS 5D and Rebel?

deebatman316 — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:57:38 GMT

Pretty much every camera manufacturer except Pentax has left DSLRs behind. Mirrorless is the future with smaller bodies and lens designs. Also they have less mechanical moving devices in them. They’re also better on the video side of things if you do a lot of video. But the features in video mode are now available in stills mode now like eye detect AF. Also you can focus at even smaller apertures than your typical DSLRs’ limit of F/5.6 or F/8 on pro bodies. Which frees up aperture constraints to make more budget friendly lenses.

Re: Canon DSLR lines beyond EOS 5D and Rebel?

jrhoffman75 — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 17:52:48 GMT

@Relmotion wrote:

I currently use a 77D and on occasion my RP. I selected the latter as it uses the same battery. Although, the RP is a power hog. I noticed that the only lines in the DSLRs are the 5D and Rebel. Has Canon bowed out of other DSLR lines?

Canon recently discontinued the 1D X Mark III, so the only DSLRs currently in production for the US market are the 5D Mark IV and the Rebel T7.

Re: Canon DSLR lines beyond EOS 5D and Rebel?

Relmotion — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 13:58:25 GMT

Tempted to go with a Hasselblad medium format. I don't know, I found the RP painful at first. I wear glasses, looking through the viewfinder required removing my glasses. For whatever reason, having tri-focals and the viewfinder, they weren't compatible. I've used Pentax in the past, both film and digital.

Re: Canon DSLR lines beyond EOS 5D and Rebel?

SignifDigits — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 18:28:19 GMT

I loved my RP - my first mirrorless. I don't think I wore glasses full time at that time, though. Have you adjusted the diopter to better accommodate your vision? I know some who adjust the diopter and are about to shoot without glasses. There are also eyecup options. I believe I had one on mine and found it helpful.

I do not do this myself, as I am "old school" (and just "old" to be honest) but others do shoot wholly in Live View mode. I had mine set up to show live mode and often used that to set things up then switch to viewfinder when it I placed my eye to the viewfinder to really shoot. I miss that camera - gave it to on of the kids, though and am very happy with the R6 Mark II.

If you're going to shop in the Hasselblad price range I would encourage you to compare comparably priced Canons They all have 50% more pixels in the viewfinder than the RP and easier (IMO) viewfinder "picture". I shoot with bifocals with no issues, and I'm sure there are those shooting with trifocals, as well.

I haven't shot a medium format Hasselblad since film days. I'm sure nobody here would say anything but good things about Hasselblad, but I don't think it's accurate to think the RP is viewfinder is representative of the whole Canon mirrorless line. And I used Pentax film cameras as well.

Re: Canon DSLR lines beyond EOS 5D and Rebel?

Relmotion — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 19:12:27 GMT

Yeah, looked at the R6s. Good news, versus a Hasselblad is lenses and such. Having both the 77D and RP, is lens compatibility. I have the adapter for my EF lenses to work with the RP. Might add an 'L' lens at some point. I just enjoy looking through the viewfinder, grew up that way.

Thanks for some clarity.

Re: Canon DSLR lines beyond EOS 5D and Rebel?

normadel — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 19:23:22 GMT

No Canon people seem to know or will say whether the 5D IV and the Rebel T7 are actually still being produced.

Lots of them are out there new at dealers, also 90D. Question is, are these what is in dealer inventory with no more to be had?

Re: Canon DSLR lines beyond EOS 5D and Rebel?

Relmotion — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 19:39:56 GMT

The 90D has always been on my radar. However, hadn't done the comparisons to the 77D.

Re: Canon DSLR lines beyond EOS 5D and Rebel?

SignifDigits — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 20:53:55 GMT

Yeah, I don't know how to shoot without a viewfinder either, and don't plan to learn! I've always even had at least some window on any compacts that I had - all the way back to my Polaroid Swinger.

I was a Nikon shooter early on and then for years because of my investment into lenses. I first went mirrorless with the Sony A600 as it was had such an inexpensive entry price. That was my first mirrorless, but my son taking a couple photography classes he wound up owning that one. When considering my next camera I felt that Canon had a huge leg up on glass and professional market space and so I bought an RP to replace my Sony. No regrets - especially as I've moved up to better glass and cameras. That said, the RP was quite a great consumer camera at the time - good user interface, bracketing, fast and good (especially then) autofocus and with the 24-240 IS USM kit I bought for $1,600 I was a happy convert! That was just six years ago.

I thought I should get rid of that lens at one point and then went through the pictures I took with it trying to put an ad together and decide "wait, I should keep this lens!"

I loved mirrorless from day one - being able to see the whole frame and, more importantly, actually seeing the image you are shooting without having to push a button and move a mirror was huge.

I hope you find a camera that you can love using.

Re: Canon DSLR lines beyond EOS 5D and Rebel?

SignifDigits — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 01:52:23 GMT

I think if Canon is still selling the product on their site it is in production. The 5D Mark IV is still for sale as is the Rebel T7 (known as the Kiss X90 in Japan). The 90D is only listed as possible for refurbished models. Thus, I would say it is likely discontinued for manufacture.

There is a Canon site in Canon Japan that I found (you can click the Japanese or English language option - in Google Chrome at least you can) that details the support periods for the various product. https://canon.jp/support/repair/period

The 90D is scheduled to be supported through July 2031, and the 5D Mark IV and Kiss X90 (aka T7) are both TBA (which probably means longer as all of the currently product line is TBA).

I don't work for Canon so this information is in no way speaking on behalf of Canon - just passing along data points and making my own conclusions.

Re: Canon DSLR lines beyond EOS 5D and Rebel?

normadel — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 06:59:24 GMT

They can be showing 5D and T7 because they still have factory inventory., maybe because if they say they are discontinued they'd be expected to discount them. We just don't know.

Re: Canon DSLR lines beyond EOS 5D and Rebel?

SignifDigits — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 12:27:15 GMT

Good point. I expect they will be making that decision based upon profit and loss. Getting down to just a couple models, like it appears they have done, makes business sense as long as there is a profitable market.

If they aren't putting a lot of R&D money into non-recurring engineering into those products which could be a cash cow for them. They may apply some firmware features that they develop for the mirrorless line, but that should be about it. I wouldn't expect them to invest in new DSLR Digic processors, products, etc.

The same could be true for EF lenses. EF lenses might actually be more profitable per unit than RF lenses. I'm sure at some point they will no longer continue the EF and DSLR line, but as long as it's profitable for them and doesn't put a strain on their mirrorless RF and RF-S lines why not continue?

I suspect these decisions are made in the C-suite and are close-hold proprietary. And since market conditions can turn on a dime - if a niche supplier of critical EF parts were to suddenly cease to exist, for instance - they might then need to drop products on short notice. So it can be a bit frustrating for consumers, but it's in our best interests for Canon to not tell us too much and run their business profitably enough to continue R&D, support, etc. that keeps us satisfied with their new product development.

Re: Canon DSLR lines beyond EOS 5D and Rebel?

LeeP — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 21:29:47 GMT

Ricoh--the people who glue the "Pentax" name onto Ricoh cameras--don't want to waste money on a mirrorless EVF camera nor do they want to move beyond the antiquated K mount because they are lazy and cheap.

Instead, they act like their DSLRs are somehow better than mirrorless EVF. The viewfinders on my mirrorless Canons are brighter and clearer than ANY SLR viewfinder on ANY D/SLR camera. Ricoh had to kill a couple of Pentax DSLRs because suppliers moved on from making old, outdated components.

One benefit of Pentax going EVF/mirrorless would be that their mirror failures would be a thing of the past. Since the mid-80s Pentax cameras have been notorious for mirror actuation mechanism failures. For a while it was rampant. It is less so now, but the demons still plague them.

I've said in Pentax forums that Pentax needs to do two mirrorless bodies: one that looks like an ME and one that looks like a Spotmatic i.e. retro styling. Then instead of the K mount or a new mount, just license RF and have Canon put "Pentax" on a couple of lenses like the 28mm RF pancake lens. An ME2 and a Spotmatic M with an RF mount would sell.

I would LOVE it if when Canon does their mirrorless AE1 homage that they DO NOT call it RE1, but literally resurrect the historical name with a nod: AE-2.

Re: Canon DSLR lines beyond EOS 5D and Rebel?

deebatman316 — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 22:00:08 GMT

I always thought about Pentax joining the L Mount. I never thought of Pentax using the RF Mount. Also some of their newer lenses. Have a hybrid AF system that’s known to fail frequently. Pentax for compatibility with older cameras jammed both screw drive AF and in lens motors in 1 lens. These in lens AF motors Pentax used were Micro Motor. What is supposed to happen is that on older camera bodies the lens falls back to screw drive. Then on new camera bodies the in lens AF motor is used. When these in lens AF motors fail they will not AF on a newer camera body. But they’ll AF fine on an older body that only supports screw drive AF. Pentax has a history of being behind everyone else. Pentax joined AF in 1991 with screw drive AF. In 2007 they started using in lens AF motors. In 2016 they finally adopted electronic aperture control like Canon. They also added support for PLM lenses (Canon’s equivalent of STM lenses). These new lenses broke compatibility with the K Mount. They won’t AF or MF on older bodies nor can you control the lens aperture. Since it’s controlled digitally. Even Nikon adopted these technologies far faster than Pentax. Nikon started using in lens AF motors in 1992. Then adopted electronic aperture control in 2007. In 2014 they began supporting AF-P lenses. This is Nikon’s equivalent to STM. Now Sony/ Minolta A Mount in lens motors in 1998. But older cameras can’t focus these lenses at all. They also never added electronic aperture control. Or any type of focus by wire system. Sony began to make in lens AF motors standard. When Minolta added support for in lens AF motors they added 3 more additional pins to control this. Thus made older cameras incompatible with these lenses. There are online procedures to force in lens AF motor lenses for Pentax use screw drive AF only. Many of Pentax’s lenses aren’t made by Pentax anymore and are made by Tamron now.

Re: Canon DSLR lines beyond EOS 5D and Rebel?

LeeP — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 13:32:53 GMT

The reason I suggested that the ideal solution for Pentax would be the RF mount is that if Pentax were to do something like that, they would need to make themselves as mainstream as they can. Let's face it, Canon is the mainstream. But to be honest, I'm surprised that Ricoh hasn't shut Pentax down given the lack of perceptible sales. They are currently limping along with only the K3 III monochrome in production.