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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
There's no evidence that Canon will do anything differently
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EmotionBlur wrote:

That's always been the case, but this time it's a matter of not infringing Canon's AF patent. Samyang had to pull its reverse-engineered AF lenses off the market because of that and now it's got manual focus lenses only.

It's always been a case of not infringing on Canon's patents. Canon has never been indulging infringements on its IPs. If Samyang pulled its lenses, it's because Samyang knew they were infringing on Canon's IPs.

Do you see any reason why canon should release new updates to the R cameras firmwares related to EF mount, after all this time? By "support" I mostly meant that. If it works, fine. If it ain't, your problem. There are already old EF lenses that cannot benefit of the full features (like shooting at 8fps instead of 12) and never will. Let's say EF is phasing out

Canon's obligation to EF lens owners was to give them all the operational capability with R-mount cameras that those lenses had with EF-mount cameras. Obviously RF lenses are going to have additional capabilities with RF cameras...it would be silly to think otherwise.

Canon's continuing obligation to EF lens owners is to maintain the same level of capability for the duration of the normal service period for each model of lens, typically seven to ten years after the cessation of manufacture.

There is no evidence that Canon plans to do any differently.

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