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Friday rant: The future of Canon RF and 3rd party lenses

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José B
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Re: Friday rant: The future of Canon RF and 3rd party lenses
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boldcolors wrote:

Does anyone know if Canon officially claimed that they will not tolerate any 3rd party lenses for the RF mount? I mean...the R was released many years ago by now and we still have no native mount alternatives other than Canons own superexpensive glass. Or the cheapo kit-alternatives which seem to be mediocre at best.

This may sound weird but if this continues I might consider another system and I would hate that. I love what Canon is doing right now in the camera department but if they are going to charge $$$$ for the lenses and force me in that direction, I don't know. Furthermore, I happen to like the warmer rendering from Sigma and Tamron more than Canons own look so there is also that.

Of course there is the EF-RF adapter but both Sigma and Tamron have ditched the EF mount it seems so the options are getting slimmer each time they release a new lens for the other brands.

Cheers and enjoy your friday!

So far I'm happy with the EF-RF seamless transition. I'm priced out with all the premium RF L lenses. The good news is that Canon seems to be doing a great job in making those consumer R lenses. Thus in the future I will seriously considering it but right now I'm more than good with what I have.

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