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Canon won't repair my 135L! Other options?

Started 6 months ago | Discussions thread
bodeswell Senior Member • Posts: 1,378
Re: Canon won't repair my 135L! Other options?

John Crowe wrote:

I don't think manufacturing EF lenses would slow down RF introductions. They just need to make a commitment to RF introductions, which they have not.

Not sure I follow. They have been announcing new lenses steadily. It’s shipments, I think, that people want. Announcements are just words.

There is still a huge market for EF lenses.

Especially used.

What I find more disturbing is that Canon has bailed on servicing EF lenses so quickly.

I think you are maybe jumping to conclusions based on one 135L that they didn’t have a part for.

Perhaps this strategy better explains why they want to halt EF lens production asap. One of the key reasons people buy the latest $5000 plus EF lenses is that they think they will be serviceable for five years or more. Obviously this may not be the case, so effectively Canon is shooting themselves in the foot by suspending service.

Once again, you are making a big extrapolation from one 135 to “suspending service”.

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