The camera industry, unable to find new directions to move in, has decided to move sideways — and in Canon’s case, backwards. Fifty years after the AE-1 changed amateur photography forever, Canon is reportedly preparing to celebrate by selling you a modern camera shaped like a memory. Canon: Nostalgia as a Product Strategy According to Canon Rumors, Canon is planning a retro full-frame mirrorless camera for 2026 — a deliberate nod to the AE-1, which debuted in April 1976 and turned into one of the best-selling film cameras of all time.

It’s February. The camera manufacturers haven’t officially announced anything interesting yet, but the rumor mill is running at 40fps — stacked sensor, of course. Let’s review what the internet thinks is coming in 2026, presented with the appropriate level of skepticism. Canon: Nostalgia Is a Product Strategy According to Canon Rumors, Canon has big plans for 2026. Big, carefully-leaked plans. EOS R7 Mark II is reportedly coming in the first half of the year with a 39-megapixel BSI sensor (stacked or not — sources can’t agree), 8.