Canon 14-21mm 1.4L

Robert Boyer wrote:

I don't know why there's a faction of people that like their EF lenses but somehow think that using them with the adaptor on the R/RP is somehow "not good". Yes it adds a little bit of extra overall length to the kit but every one of my EF lenses works fantastically on the R with adaptor. So much so I have delayed the purchase of lenses I thought I would buy immediately (like the 50/1.2). Something else to think about is that most of the sigma/sony and even the Nikon "native" glass sort of has a spacer like thing permanently attached to the "native mount". Take a look at most of the Sony G-master glass, ALL of the Sigma "native" mirrorless e-mount glass (which looks a lot like the DSLR glass with a spacer) and even the Nikon 50 0.95.

I thought to myself I would rather have native RF glass but having used my EF glass with the R I am not in such a hurry now. IE I am using my ultra wide zoom EF with adaptor and I am in no hurry now to buy the same lens (or almost the same lens) in native mount. I'll probably end up buying new RF glass that is VERY VERY different than what I have now. I may even buy the 28-70/2 RF but as I said... no hurry.

I'm not against using the adapter per-se, but I do a lot of hiking and being able to have a very nicely sized body like the EOS R, but then having bolt on an adapter and my (probably) larger EF 16-35/4 bugs me in that I am not realizing as much an advantage as is possible. - That Nikon 14-30 is only 485g!!

It is a mixture of real differences and psychological differences, but thanks for your view because it is relevant. I bought a 100D and EF-S 10-18 as my lightweight kit. I think I used it once but was unimpressed. I still carry my 5D2 and 16-35 into the back-country - where there's the will, there's a way...