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Will Canon allow EF lenses to work on future RF bodies?

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RDKirk Forum Pro • Posts: 16,545
Not before there are 30+ RF lenses in the line-up

Arthur Stanley Jefferson wrote:

Just a thought, ….could Canon slowly phase out the compatibility of EF lenses on future RF bodies…

...to increase new sales revenue from RF lenses?

…are the EF lenses we own, that make the transition to RF affordable, a problem to Canon and will they phase out the compatibilityover time?

Right now, Canon is dependent on the current mass of EF lenses to keep the R cameras a viable choice.

Back when Canon's "big bang" transition from the FD mount to the EF mount instantly obsoleted all the FD lenses, there was no decent alternative to the EF mount. The EF mount was vastly superior at that moment to the fiddling-around Nikon was doing trying to automate their F mount, and Nikon was the only professional alternative at the time.

Today, if Canon had tried the same "big bang" obsolescence of the EF mount, darned near all of us would have fled to other manufacturers. There would have been no reason not to.

If they're going to shut down 3rd party manufacturers from making R-mount lenses, they are definitely committed to keeping R-mount cameras compatible with the legacy stockpile of EF lenses at least until they've got a true range of R-mount lenses.

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