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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chosun Juan" data-source="post: 3801871" data-attributes="member: 92780">The 2020 1DX MkIII will definitely be the flagship (going head to head with Nikon's D6, and probably a Sony a9m2 as well), but it's been 3-odd years now that the Nikon D500 has had it all over Canon's 7D II ....Canon should take a leaf out of Nikon's book and have it's 'pro' APS-C on a pretty much even AF footing as the pro FF DSLR flagship. There are always other differences between pro APS-C and pro FF that sufficiently differentiate them (extra fps of the FF, better high ISO performance, full sensor 4K 60fps video vs cropped), but by and large they are both their respective 'flagships'. In terms of AF, Nikon's pecking order goes D5, D500, D850, everything else. Obviously Mirrorless is the future (especially where video centric models play), but there are no super AF models on the near horizon for CaNikon - that will be left to the DSLR flagships (FF and APS-C). What we will see though, perhaps toward the end of 2019? or after the Olympics is high resolution (60-75MP) Mirrorless offerings. If they manage to match the Nikon D850 in AF performance they will be going well.Canon needs to come out with a killer DSLR 7D III. It is possible they could do this in 2019 as a lead in to the IDX III arriving at the start of 2020.That's my take on things anyway ....Chosun  :gh:</blockquote>