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

Started Dec 27, 2017 | Polls thread
Dlee13
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Re: Will Canon's FF Mirrorless be EF or EF-M Mount?

MikeJ9116 wrote:

I think it will be an EF mount. Canon has shown little interest in developing the EF-M mount in any serious way and they have a massive investment in the EF catalog. If anything I think they will offer a variation of the EF-M mount that will be like the EF mount is to the EF-S mount. Also, if they offer a serious FF MILC that is targeted at professionals then having an EF mount is critical to its success, IMO. Otherwise, they would have to launch 5-10 new, high quality lenses along with the body and I don't think Canon will take a risk like this.

Lastly, we have seen that when it comes to professional, bright lenses the size/weight advantage of any MILC vanishes which further pushes the mount toward EF. I think it would be smart if Canon allowed the FF MILC to use EF-S lenses in a crop mode for the sensor. This would let a user take advantage of the small, lightweight, STM EF-S lenses they are offering. Basically, it would give the new FF MILC the ability to go small and lightweight if the user wanted to.

You actually made me wonder about this. I have the M3/M5 and they both work flawlessly with the adapter Canon provides so even if it was an EF-M Mount body, I know the adaptor wouldn't have an issue.

Now onto my crazy theory. With the current mounts, it's undeniable that EF gets more love than EF-S lenses. Now considering we have hardly had any new EF-M lenses and minimal EF-S lenses, what if this is because Canon shifted their focus onto FF EF-M lenses to launch alongside the new body? The body would have no issues using the EF-M adapter so we could have some lenses made just for the new mirrorless body as well as all our existing lenses.

It is just a wild theory but could be feasible too.

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