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

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Steve Balcombe Forum Pro • Posts: 15,571
Re: Will Canon allow EF lenses to work on future RF bodies?

Messier Object wrote:

RDKirk wrote:

Messier Object wrote:

I think the answer is YES, EF lenses will continue to work if not explicitly supported,

however there is no guarantee that there won't be future camera features which will only work with RF lenses because of certain EF lens electromechanical performance limitations. And perhaps Canon will contrive to make that happen

Peter

That much was true from the very beginning. There are already features that only work with RF lenses. That's not a matter of "contrivance," that's a matter of progress.

yes but Canon might design some features that only work with RF lenses - could be some form of advanced in-camera focus stacking etc - ie features deliberately designed to add value to RF lens ownership but offer nothing to EF lens users.

I would be OK with this - it's reasonable for a new feature to require both a new spec body and a new spec lens. There are already minor examples of this, like the distance scale in the viewfinder which anybody who has an exclusively EF lens collection will never have seen.

The worry is that Canon will actively hobble the use of EF lenses at some point, and while I don't personally think it will happen, I can understand why some people don't trust Canon to maintain full legacy support.

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