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Are you fed up with the ever increasing cost of Canon gear?

Started Sep 10, 2021 | Polls thread
EmotionBlur
EmotionBlur Regular Member • Posts: 475
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jimbrobb wrote:

It seems everything is increasing in price. OK if you bought 2 years ago and now selling but for the majority, like myself, I am puting off buying.

Canon can charge what they want in these scarce times and still make nice profits!

... canon had more than decent EF non-L lenses (I still love my 100mm f/2 on my R6, and I used to have the 50mm f1.4) that had USM AF and didn't cost a kidney. Now we see either those cheap STM RF lenses with "electric" motor (at least the buzz sounds like that) which don't inspire much confidence to me in terms of video nor fast people tracking, or super premium L glass which is totally out of my league. Moreover back in 2005 I spent 1300 bucks for my EF 70-200 f2.8/L IS (which was the top, and I still own), now the RF version costs more than double, and 900 bucks more than the current EF equivalent. Same goes for RF 24-105 f4/L IS compared to the EF equivalent. And third parties are sleeping.

Long live the adapters!

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Canon EOS R6 Canon EF 100mm f/2.0 USM Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Sigma 12-24mm F4.5-5.6 II DG HSM Canon RF 24-105mm F4L IS USM +6 more
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