RF-S Lenses - What We Know and What is Rumored

KEG wrote:

musicmaster wrote:

KEG wrote:

heffnerc1 wrote:

Sittatunga wrote:

heffnerc1 wrote:

Newbie here. The R7 was released for sale on June 23, 2022, along with the RF-S lenses 18-45 and 18-150.

I realize it's only been 7 months since the R7 debut, but has there been any official indication from Canon that they're going to release any further RF-S lenses? I've not seen anything (at all), and am not real keen on buying an APS-C camera that's going to need full frame lenses with full frame price tags and full frame weights.

If you want reasonably sized APS-C cameras and lenses that don't have full frame price tags and full frame weights, you should be looking at EOS M. The R7 is bigger, heavier and more expensive than the full-frame RP. It's ideal for the TS-E and big white lenses but really wasted on EF-S lenses, never mind RF-S.

Thank you. ^^^ This is the type of comparative insight that a typical enthusiast doesn't get when reading many reviews about cameras A, B, and C.

A lot of reviewers are on a mission to discredit EF-M into non-existence to force people like you to eventully break down and buy Fuji/Sony.

Canon discredited EF-M themselves.

Slow zooms, the "Prosumer" body M5 was never updated and always the seemingly red-headed stepchild with a few firmware quirks that were never fixed.

well, as a matter of fact there are more native f/1.4 primes with autofocus available for EF-M than RF right now.

I have a M5, M100, 15-45, 22, 11-22 and 55-200 sitting right behind me.

It takes fine photos for the limitations of the lenses and sensor, but at this point, the only benefit of the system is the size and dirt cheap pricing.

The R10 is what the M5 MKII should have been, although it is using the same old 24MP sensor from 6 years ago that frankly, pales in comparison in low light performance and dynamic range to the 32MP much less the 26MP Fuji's.

You mean like the 32 MP M6 mk II?

Yes, a lot of people just couldn't cope with a removable EVF. For me, it's the ideal form factor for a small, light, travel camera. I only ever mount the EVF when I'm using longer lenses on my M6II, which is quite rarely (pretty much only the EF-M 18-150 these days, and I only use that occasionally when traveling). I much prefer not being saddled with an EVF that I rarely use permanently attached to the camera. The detachable one is so small and light that I simply have it in a small external pocket of my camera bag for those rare occasions when I need it. But tastes differ, and some people just can't contemplate having a camera without a hump in the middle.

RF-S would be so much more appealing if the Sigma 18-50 2.8 and Tokina 11-18 2.8 were on it. Small, light weight (in comparison), but high quality.