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Will Canon's FF Mirrorless be EF or EF-M Mount?

Started Dec 27, 2017 | Polls thread
Photato
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Re: Will Canon's FF Mirrorless be EF or EF-M Mount?

J A C S wrote:

Photato wrote:

And where is the compact FF mirrorless option if Canon were to stick to the EF mount?

It can still be compact with a newly designed lenses for mirrorless EF mount bodies. They just have to be carful to prevent them from mounting on dSLRs.

26mm makes a lot of difference when designing a very compact body. It certainly be at a size / weight disadvantage against Sony and of course m43.
The 26mm integrated "tube" has to be sturdy enough to support heavier EF glass.

A steady mount is a must for Canon. It does not have to be a tube. It could be not much different than the current dSLRs overall, with a good grip and a solid mount. It could add 100g or so but with a shorter flange, you either use an adaptor or a longer lens.

With a shorter flange mount you have the OPTION to have specialist bodies to travel light and small with certain lens designed for that purpose, like compacts pancakes and software corrected zoom lenses.

Want to shoot with large zoom ? The option is there with adapter or native lenses.
Want to adapt other lenses from other mounts ? That option is only possible with a short flange mount such as EF-M.
In other words the EF-M mount is more versatile, it open up more possibilities.

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