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

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sportyaccordy Forum Pro • Posts: 20,562
Re: Will Canon allow EF lenses to work on future RF bodies?
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Sittatunga wrote:

EmotionBlur wrote:

Sittatunga wrote:

Are either of us the average canon R user? The adapter lived on the camera for the first couple of years, so effectively I had an EF mount EOS R.

That's you. I'm different and I'm happy to know that the adapter won't live on my camera any longer. Time will tell but imagine any photographer who is now switching to FF. Checks sony: plenty of lenses and brands. Checks Nikon: 3rd parties have started to release their lenses. Checks canon: either entry level lenses, or the not-so-cheap 24-105 f4, or premium, or "I see an adapter in your future". Ahem...

This thread is about EF lenses on mirrorless cameras. Of course they'll need an adapter for EF lenses. The Pentax mirrorless camera which took Pentax DSLR lenses vanished very quickly, almost without a trace.

I think EB is speaking to the broader point that adapting lenses shouldn't even be a huge concern ~5 years into a system. It's not for Nikon which launched around the same time. And ironically Sigma began launching lenses for Sony FE around 5 years from launch. So it's just kind of weird that RF users have to keep looking backwards instead of forwards. It's great to retain use of EF glass but it almost seems necessary to build out a full kit for many people.

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