Seriously, Canon?

Unfortunately it looks like what we feared is happening, Canon has killed off the M mount.

Canon seems to think they have replaced it with the RF-S systems they have come out with. But really, as it stands, the RF system can't hold a candle to the M mount. All the lenses for RF are either too big/heavy, too slow, or too expensive, or usually, all of the above. The lens lineup for RF sucks.

I can't believe that with where photography is these days, Canon released a couple slow zooms with the R7 and R10. I wasted years trying to take great pictures with slow zooms on APS-C. The truth is, the iPhone beats the crap out of an APS-C with a slow zoom lens in most situations. APS-C needs fast lenses, like F1.4 or faster for portraits or anything indoors. So what options do we have in RF that are 1.4 or faster? The options are $2099, $2599, and $2899. Unbelievable.

With Canon suing anyone making AF RF lenses, Sigma and Tamron are not coming to the rescue.

The R7 has some video improvements that are very compelling to me. But with the lenses available, it would be a giant step down for me photography-wise. A lot more money, worse picture quality, and a much bigger and heavier kit.

Unless Canon comes out with another M mount body or an EF-M to RF adapter--both of which look unlikely--it looks like I'm at a dead end. After two decades, I'm starting to game plan my exit from Canon. We could say that I'm leaving Canon, but the truth is that Canon has left me. They obviously don't care about customers like me anymore.