Canon bans Viltrox lens

NanoCam wrote:

I just read that Canon has forbidden Viltrox from producing a lens (85/1.8 and maybe others?) in Canon RF mount. In this case who cares? There are lots of 85mm lenses including Canons’ great 85/2 macro.

I also know there has been an astounding Samyang/Rokinon 10mm f3.5 rectilinear 130° lens around since 2018 available In Canon EF mount. Now I ask what Canon EF user really needs it with the 11-24 zoom?

The 10mm f3.5 remains unavailable in Nikon F mount. So something similar is going on with Nikon. No one including B&H knows and the manufacturer wont answer. Nikon makes no 10 mm in F or Z mount, so it is much needed for surreal fx shooters. One can get a Voigtlander 10mm clumsily manually adapted to the Z, Canon RF, and Voigtlander makes it for Sony and Leica. but 14mm remains the Nikon wide limit.
I’ve been an ultrawide user since Nikons’ glory days 15mm f5.6, so for me 14mm is not new

Why are they preventing this?
Whether Nikon or Samyang/ Rokinon, they’re only hurting themselves!

I’m sick and tired of these limitations! This is one important reason if & when I decide to go to mirrorless I will probably skip Nikon and go to Canon which is more innovative and likely to produce more new lenses like a new smaller 11-24 or wider. And Sony already makes a 12-24/2.8.

Sigma with their Art series made Canon lose a lot of revenue in their EF system. They aren’t probably worried about Viltrox, but about Zeiss, Sigma, Tamron and Voigtlander, that can significantly hurt the sales of Canon RF lenses.

I think this will reduce Canon body sales, for people that could afford the body, but not also the exorbitant price of high quality Canon RF lenses.

Sony opted to open their FE system to third party manufacturers, so those manufacturers AF works at the same level as native lenses. It doesn’t seem to have significantly hurt Sony’s sales, the company is confident they can make better lenses to justify the premium. And it helped Sony gain momentum when their lens catalog was reduced.

Nikon already has Voigtlander making lenses for the Z-system. Not sure if reverse engineering will be required for AF lenses, potentially reducing their performance.