R7 Resolution Rumors

MikeJ9116 wrote:

thunder storm wrote:

MikeJ9116 wrote:

sportyaccordy wrote:

9VIII wrote:

There is really no need to have dedicated APS-C glass on RF mount if all the bodies are going to have IBIS, Canon has the opportunity to assume they can use all the space of a 35mm sensor for stabilization.

Being limited to ancient tourist zoom glass for a basic kit is going to be a real setback for crop RF. It just doesn't make sense. They will hastily slap together a crappy kit lens, likely just a cheap EF-S or EF-M lens with a built in adapter.

I don't see Canon going to all the trouble of bringing out APS-C cameras in the R system and then not properly supporting them with native lenses.

Still, it would be nice to be able to pair the RF 100-500 to a crop 32Mp sensor.

They will likely be a mix of FF and a few APS-C specific ones. For a 7D replacement I don't think it needs much in the way of crop lenses. Where I think RF-S variants shows up is if a budget friendly Rebel type line is introduced. These are the cameras that will need smaller, lighter weight lenses.

I don't believe this will happen. Two reasons:

- RP, RF 24-105mm stm, RF 35mm IS f/1.8 stm, RF 50mm f/1.8 stm are all compact

- Why on earth would Canon develop new stuff for those who want more compact than the above options when the R&D for the M lenses with the more compact M mount is already spend....

Because the M system is a dead end one. There are millions of DSLR APS-C users that will never buy into the M system but will buy into the R system. Also, most DSLR APS-C users don't care about FF cameras and never will. This is why Canon might develop a Rebel/xxD line of RF mount APS-C cameras.

Canon can't afford the reputation of being a manufacturer that brings out a new incompatible APS-C system every eight years or so.  Any APS-C system is a dead-end one. The EOS M system is designed for people who don't care about FF cameras and never will.  It's small, light and generally affordable.  It might extend a bit upmarket if sales of the M6ii and the 32mm take off, but it will never have big fast lenses, because that sort of thing is more cost-effective in FF.  f/1.2 Canon APS-C lenses are effectively f/2 FF lenses.  They are too big and expensive for Canon APS-C even if Fuji can produce f/1.2 lenses (as they haven't a reasonably priced alternative format).

Canon seem to be developing some smallish slow economical FF lenses to tempt APS-C users to upgrade to the R system, but right now you can either stay with the 90D and the Rebels, or move to EF-M if you want to stay with APS-C.