Keeping EF lenses, or worth it to update to RF

CWaterston wrote:

Canon has actually managed to diminish my love of photography.

Sorry to hear that

Unless you have loads of time and money sitting around, the switch from EF to RF has been mostly a time and dollar suck without really much payback. I'm not talking about the shift to mirrorless. That has been good. But the concomitant shift to RF lenses has been, on whole, just a pain in the neck and a pain in the wallet.

For me it was the exact opposite.  All of my EF lenses worked better than ever when I moved to RF mount so I never felt any need to move to an RF variant unless it brought me additional benefit.  Meanwhile my (*many*) existing EF lenses were more enjoyable than ever.  As a result I never felt any anxiety or pressure to adopt RF equivalents of the already excellent EF lenses I had.

The first RF lens I bought was the RF24-105/4LIS and it was astonishingly fast at AF while delivering excellent IQ all around.  It felt almost relaxing to choose only RF lenses that would expand my experience and make it more satisfying.  The RF28-70/2L was another one that was a joy to add because it brought a capability that was next level vs prior event zooms solutions.

I'm at the point where just saying no is quite appealing.

I'm not buying anymore RF lenses, and Canon's decision to shut out third party lenses has solidified my decision.

So I'm using the EF lenses still. It sucks to use these with an adapter, but the RF versions are just too expensive, and they don't offer enough to make the expenditure worthwhile.

The Canon RF system has created the best mount transition that has ever been delivered in the ILC world.  Virtually every lens from the prior mount works better with the adapter and new mount than it did previously and the adapters provide rock solid mechanical connection. Your sticking with EF lenses you love makes a lot of sense.