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$499 RF 35/1.8 have (IS + Macro) but not in a $479 EF-M 32/1.4 (annoying)

Started Feb 7, 2019 | Discussions thread
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Re: EF-M 32mm f/1.4 ... comparisons
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007peter wrote:

Kharan wrote:

Bhotoz wrote:

I believe Dslrs + EF-s and EF-lenses will be discontinued in the future (I'm sure we won't see any new EF-s lens in the future). But M-cameras will stay as a small and affordable system for those, who don't want to buy bigger, heavier and more expensive FF/R-system.

No, they won't, because EF-M represents the worst of all worlds - a mount that is wholly incompatible with RF, that has a tiny market share penetration in comparison with EF and EF-S, that stems from the Powershot division, that has a truncated and limited system, and that has served to be a testbed for Canon to find out exactly what do customers want in an entry-level mirrorless camera. Armed with this knowledge, Canon can now replicate their same success with RF mount, and consolidate their offerings around a single mount.

I think you nail it on the head. The fact that canon can EASILY dismiss entire EF-M platfor is giving me pauses. I want to believe there is a future for EF-M, but my cynical past negative experience has taught me that company often says ONE thing and does another: sony say it won't abandon Alpha then does; Samsung say NX isn't canceled but completely disappear from sale chanel; Olympus deny forth-third was cancel until just last year.

I also suspect EF-S DSLR will continues (even outlast EF-M) because Canon is still selling boat lots of Canon Rebels to Walmart & Costco discounter. DSLR may not sell as well as it used to but it is still a profitable business for canon operating in the positive.

It will take some time, but these boat lots of dslr's won't last forever, and part of these boat lots will become mirrorless in the future. A lot of these customers are just making the wrong buying decisions today without knowing it - yet. These customers "thinking" "bigger = better" so it does not have to necessarily have to be replaced with M, although it is also quite well possible.  The M mount has a function in market separation. The function is Canon can sell you a body at dump prices without allowing you to mount the best Canon glass on it. In other words: for those who want to use the best glass the low prices of M bodies won't let M sales eating R sales.

The upgrade path would be suffering from this, but there are cheap R lenses like the 35mm making upgrading a bit easier. There will be also affordable second hand EF glass available.

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