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Poll, R mount and 3ed party lenses

Started 4 months ago | Polls thread
MikeJ9116 Veteran Member • Posts: 6,955
Re: Poll, R mount and 3ed party lenses
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noggin2k1 wrote:

I'm getting a bit bored of this rhetoric now.

This topic will not subside and it will only grow.  The reason is that as third party lens makers continue to release coveted lenses in other mounts and none for the RF/RF-S mounts, Canon users will express their displeasure over Canon's RF lens monopoly.  Then add in what will likely be inflated prices of RF/RF-S lenses due to a closed mount and the complaints will be even worse.  If the RF lens catalog is lacking in mid to entry level lenses then the complaining will be deafening as time passes.

Look at Sony. When they launched FE, their in house lenses were absolute bobbins - the majority of which were simply DSLR designs shoehorned into mirrorless (some of which are still "current" designs now.

Without 3rd party support, FE mount would have been a car crash.

Putting the massive RF teles to one side, Canon has given us some brilliant "from the ground up" RF lenses. All alongside having full native support for that massive EF back catalogue, which in turn also works with 3rd party EF lenses.

Do you really think Sony's business model is sustainable? Fast forward 5 years when the vast majority of FE lens purchases are 3rd party - where is Sony's incentive to carry on?

We're in a diminishing market. If locking in RF revenue to Canon keeps them investing in the platform, then that's absolutely fine by me. Photography is a business after all.

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