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Poll, R mount and 3ed party lenses

Started 4 months ago | Polls thread
sportyaccordy Forum Pro • Posts: 20,562
Re: Poll, R mount and 3ed party lenses
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noggin2k1 wrote:

Canon_Guy wrote:

noggin2k1 wrote:

Sure, if you go hunting through Canon's EF back catalogue, I'm sure you'll find some anomalies where modern 3rd party lenses may perform better.

However, compare modern with modern, and the 3rd party lenses just won't compare.

Didn't read the whole of your beef but this statement is as wrong as it can be.

What I love about modern Sigma Art lenses is that they deliver 95-100% of the image quality of the Canon RF lenses but for 30-50% lower prices.

Sigmas like 14-24/2.8, 40/1.4, 105/1.4, 135/1.8 are fabulous class leading lenses for very reasonable prices.

IQ wise yes, AF no. We're solely talking about 3rd party EF lenses not offering "full native" AF experience.

This is strange because I have been told repeatedly that adapting EF glass was a fine stopgap for plugging holes in the RF lineup with no loss in functionality. When I shot RF most of my kit was comprised of adapted EF glass- much of it 3rd party- and didn't see a big difference in functionality. So I'd be super curious to know how the "full native" AF experience differs from that of say, the 50 ART that I used and had no issues with.

Granted I shot with an EOS R which was not a blazing fast camera, but within its inherent speed limitations every lens I put on it worked fine.

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