The Latest Leica Canon And Nikon Rumours

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With 2025 winding down, the photography rumour mill is starting to settle into a clearer picture of what is still coming this year. One of the most likely announcements is the Leica Q3 Monochrom, expected to debut on November 20, 2025, according to multiple reports. As the name suggests, it will be a monochrome-only sibling to the existing Q3, using a true black-and-white sensor but sticking with the Q3’s familiar 28mm lens rather than the 43mm glass found on the Q3 43.

Canon, on the other hand, already had a big release this month with the EOS R6 Mark III and the RF 45mm f/1.2 STM. Even so, there were a bunch of rumours last September hinting at a second Canon event in late November focused entirely on lenses. The list of possibilities is pretty long, an RF 300–600mm f/4–5.6L USM, an RF 20–50mm f/4 PZ, and a refreshed RF 24–70mm f/2.8L that may show up with IS and a new autofocus system. It is hard to say which of these might actually appear, but none of them would be surprising given Canon’s current pace.

Nikon fans were hoping for at least a teaser of the Z9 II before the end of the year, but that now seems off the table. New reports suggest the camera won’t show up until sometime in 2026, which makes any major Nikon announcements in 2025 pretty unlikely. If Nikon does make a move, it will probably be lenses rather than bodies. The ones getting the most chatter right now include a 70–200mm f/2.8 II, an 85mm f/1.4, a new ultra-wide option, updated standard zooms like a 24–105mm or 24–50mm, a fast 100–300mm or 120–300mm f/2.8, and even some possible Z-mount cinema lenses in the works.