Canon Is (Maybe, Possibly, Allegedly) Working on Three New PowerShot Cameras in 2026

Because one vague promise wasn’t enough.

Let’s review the facts, such as they are: a retail source, in a country that must not be named, like some kind of camera Voldemort, sat in on a “future products” meeting with Canon sales reps and came away with this bombshell intelligence: Canon might have up to three new PowerShot cameras coming in 2026.

Up to three. That’s technically anywhere from zero to three, which is essentially the range of outcomes for any Canon compact camera rumor at any point in the last eight years. But hey, it’s on the record now.

Canon’s Executive Vice President Has Spoken (Vaguely)

At CP+ 2026 in Yokohama, Canon’s Executive Vice President and Head of Imaging, Go Tokura, told DPReview that the next compact camera needs to “offer new technologies or a new use case.” That’s a sentence that means everything and nothing simultaneously. A true masterpiece of corporate communication.

What kind of new technology? Unknown. What use case? Unclear. When? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

But crucially: Canon said it. Out loud. In public. That alone puts us ahead of schedule compared to the previous eight years of absolute compact camera silence.

So What Are These Three Cameras?

Here’s what the rumor mill is grinding out:

Camera #1: The Super Zoom PowerShot

Think Nikon P1000 energy, but Canon. The source specifically mentions “pre-capture” functionality, a feature that records frames before you press the shutter button, so you can finally photograph that bird that flew away 0.3 seconds before you were ready. Canon will reportedly not replicate Nikon’s bonkers 24-3000mm equivalent zoom range (good, that camera is basically a telescope with a shutter button), but something with serious telephoto reach is on the table.

Fact check: The Nikon P-series (P950, P1000) is a real product line that genuinely exists and genuinely costs around $600-$800 USD. Bird photographers actually love it. Canon abandoned the SX super zoom line in 2018. The demand is real. ✅

Camera #2: The G7 X Series Successor

The PowerShot G7 X Mark III, which currently sells for over $1,300 new and over $1,000 used because Canon hasn’t made a better one, is getting a new sibling. Canon reps apparently confirmed a G7 X series camera is coming, with a “fast constant aperture lens.” It won’t be called the Mark IV because Canon apparently wants to keep us guessing about naming conventions too.

Fact check: The G7 X Mark III was released in 2019 and runs on Canon’s DIGIC 8 processor, which launched in 2018. DIGIC 8 is now seven years old. For reference, in smartphone years, that’s roughly the Jurassic period. The resale prices are genuinely absurd for a 2019 camera. ✅

Camera #3: The Mystery Box

Nobody knows. The source says it’ll be something “affordable” for the mass market. The source of the rumor floats the idea of a modern PowerShot ELPH 360 HS (a slim little pocket camera) as the mass-market option. It would complete a lineup of: enthusiast zoom, vlogger/creator, and “I just want a camera that fits in my pocket and isn’t my phone.”

Fact check: Canon did re-release the PowerShot ELPH 360 HS A in 2025 as a sort of nostalgic stopgap. The original ELPH 360 HS launched in 2016. Yes, they re-released a 2016 camera in 2025. Canon is just built different. ✅

The Elephant in the Room

Canon already released the PowerShot V1 in 2025, a video-first compact. So the video lane is covered. What’s been missing is a photography compact that uses Canon’s current sensor and processor technology. The current flagship compact uses DIGIC 8. Canon’s current mirrorless cameras use DIGIC X and DIGIC Accelerator. That’s not a gap, that’s a canyon.

To Canon’s credit, Go Tokura’s CP+ statement was surprisingly direct: new compact cameras are coming, and they’ll have new technology. No hedging, no “we’re always looking at market opportunities.” Just: yeah, we’re doing it.

Should You Believe This?

The “up to three cameras” claim comes from a single unnamed retail source, in an unnamed country, who attended an unverified sales meeting. That’s about four layers of telephone game. However, it aligns with what Canon executives said publicly at CP+ 2026, and with the broader industry chatter about a compact camera revival.

There’s clearly something happening. Whether it’s three cameras, two cameras, or one camera arriving at some point before 2030 remains to be seen.

But at least Canon’s executives are using the word “coming” now. That’s progress. We’ll take it.

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Source: Canon Rumors | Canon executives quoted by DPReview at CP+ 2026