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R7 Resolution Rumors

Started Jan 6, 2021 | Polls thread
Sittatunga Veteran Member • Posts: 5,406
Re: R7 Resolution Rumors
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MikeJ9116 wrote:

Sittatunga wrote:

MikeJ9116 wrote:

justmeMN wrote:

MikeJ9116 wrote:

Because the M system is a dead end one.

And yet, the M50 is Canon's best selling mirrorless camera, both in the USA and in Japan.

It is still a dead end system in Canon's MILC world and one with a pathetic native lens catalog that Canon chose to orphan with the release of the RF mount. Canon has shown little reason why the M system will be around long term. Eight years in and they still haven't built a compelling lens catalog and are letting 2nd party lens makers take profits they would be taking themselves if they were committed to this system. Now that the RF mount is off limits for it the M system's future doesn't look all that bright, IMO. Especially considering the commitment they have shown to the R system in just 2.5 years. If APS-C comes to the RF mount I don't see the M system being actively supported for the long term by Canon.

If APS-C comes to the RF mount I don't see Canon having as much commitment to it as they have had to the M system.

I see that APS-C coming to the RF mount would already have much more commitment than they have shown in the M system with just the current RF lens catalog. Add in a few APS-C oriented RF lenses and there would be no comparison. The current RF lens catalog supplemented with the EF-S 10-18mm, 55-250mm STM, 15-85mm and the EF-S primes would be miles ahead of the M system. I would rather have the RF 35mm IS than the EF-M 32mm without IS. Then there is the RF 85mm F/2 and 50mm f/1.8 that will natively mount among many other existing RF lenses with many more to come.

Can you point me to a lens roadmap for the EF-M mount? Has one ever existed?

I don't think one has ever been published, but then Canon didn't publish  EF-S, EF or FD lens roadmaps either.

I've actually tried the RF 35mm lens and found it wanting; I'd hoped to replace my other 35mm lens with it.  Its combination of astigmatism and coma makes it worse for astro on the EOS R than the 21mm f/1.4 Samyang is on the EOS M.  I've not tried the EF-M 32mm as it's a lot more than I am prepared to pay for an APS-C lens, but from all reports it's a much better lens.  Don't forget that the EOS M can also use all those EF-S lenses you mentioned, not to mention 60-odd EF lenses too.

I just don't see the appeal of RF mount APS-C format apart from the 7D sports/birding camera replacement.

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