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

Started Dec 27, 2017 | Polls thread
nnowak Veteran Member • Posts: 9,074
Re: Will Canon's FF Mirrorless be EF or EF-M Mount?
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Photato wrote:

justmeMN wrote:

lilBuddha wrote:

IMO, what makes the most sense for Canon FF mirrorless is to go EF mount.

Doing that would save Canon a bundle of R&D money, that would be necessary to create a complete set of new mirrorless-specific FF lenses.

Not an issue. Olympus and Fuji made a gamble by creating a large catalog of mirroless lenses despite their much smaller market share. Fuji started from zero.
I don't see a reason why Canon the behemoth can't do the same and they could maintain EF and EF-M systems running simultaneously for a long time and let the market decide.
Business wise Canon can make more money by selling EF-M pro glass than remaining with the EF mount.

Not if people leave Canon for Nikon or Sony.  Sony already has a fairly complete full frame mirrorless lineup, better sensors, and better AF systems.  Why rebuy everything in a new EF-M mount when you can just as easily switch to Sony?  If you need to adapt lenses, the EF to Sony E mount adapters are already working quite well.

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

It's a tiny niche best served by cameras like the Sony RX1.

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