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

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photogopinion Regular Member • Posts: 197
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!

Interview by phototrend.fr with Sigma CEO at CP+23 (my translation):

”It’s a strategic decision by Canon. [Whether or not to open the RF mount to third parties.] I don’t know what their intentions are; the RF mount is only five years in, so no doubt they need some time to assess the market.”

[Interestingly, he said Tamron and Sigma can ‘propose’ what lenses they would like to offer in Z mount, but Nikon will decide which ones they can. Sigma suggested those three APSC Z mount lenses to Nikon, but don’t expect to ‘propose’ any full-frame ones.]

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