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Canon: We are in talks with other [lens-]manufacturers

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Myles Baker
Myles Baker Regular Member • Posts: 176
Re: Third party lenses are coming
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chipman wrote:

If it's true that Sony owns a chunk of Tamron I doubt Canon will have anything to do with them.

But I could be wrong.

Sony is the largest shareholder in Tamron

https://www.tamron.com/ir/stockbond/stockbond_04.html

The second largest shareholder in Tamron is also the largest shareholder in Nikon.

https://www.nikon.com/about/ir/stock_info/status/index.htm

Whether that means anything in relation to Canon is debatable, but Sony in particular and Nikons major shareholder, benefit from Tamrons lens sales, irrespective of any licensing deals.

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