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

expro wrote:

Agree but not many plan for 7 years plus…..

in my view new tech after even 4 years is well worth upgrading.

I tend to not swap lenses until they die. Mt EF100-400 did just that due to some clumsy oaf dropping it from height onto the driveway. That lens was abused for 12+ years. My EF100-400II I am using adapted is now over 7 years old and I don’t plan on swapping it out until it either dies, or something amazingly better comes along. My 60mm macro is now nearly 16 years out but has yet to get acne or develop an interest in procreation. I have no plans to retire that, I really enjoy using it. So unless it dies, it will keep on producing images that make me smile. I know many who keep glass for years, in my area most do. I honestly don’t think upgrading good glass every 4 years is going to get you anything other than a bigger dent in your bank balance. My MPE-65 is proof of that, launched in 1999 there is still no updated version and until now there has been little reason to. It has only just been withdrawn from production. Even if Canon release an RF version, I will only upgrade if it is noticeably better by a good margin. Not bad for a 24 year old lens.

Personally I doubt Canon will end EF compatibility in the RF mount system, it is almost too easy to keep it. In 10 years though I think our hobby/job will be very different to today what with AI and computational photography. I think we will see massive changes that will naturally obsolete all the old kit we love today. Like cassette tapes, EF will die its own natural death rather than being forcefully withdrawn by Canon.