Keeping EF lenses, or worth it to update to RF

Ralph Arvesen wrote:

Have others decided to keep using their EF lenses on RF mount cameras? I have decided so far, might for a long time. I'm not sure I can justify the price for slight increase in focus accuracy and photo quality.

I primarily use 70-200 IS II 2.8, 24-70 II 2.8, 135mm 2.0. I mostly shoot events where IS does not help. I might even buy more EF lenses.

For people that have upgraded these lenses from EF to RF:

• Did you notice increase focus accuracy?
• Notice increase in photo quality?
• Have any other comments?

Thanks,
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Ralph

My favorite RF lens is not even the topnotch one, it's the RF24mm f/1.8 IS STM. Other than that, I am EF lenses that work like a dream on my R6Mii and R7, especially the EF50mm 1.2, the EF100-400mm 2, and the EF16-35mm.

Do I wish there are native RF equivalents in the same price range? Of course. Until then, the EF lenses gets the job done.

CWaterston wrote:

Canon has actually managed to diminish my love of photography.

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.

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.

I haven't found a real need yet to buy any RF lenses. I have an adapter permanently mounted to my three R bodies, so that transition has been painless. I'm not under any pressure to buy RF lenses, although that 70-200 is very alluring.

I went through the horrendous big bang transition from FD to EF that left my FD lens collection completely unusable, so I'm playing the tiniest violin in the world in sympathy for you now.

CWaterston wrote:

Canon has actually managed to diminish my love of photography.

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.

So why not stay with DSLRs - and enjoy just as before the mirrorless was invented?

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

Just do that

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

Academic - there aren't any

So I'm using the EF lenses still. It sucks to use these with an adapter,

Why?  They work seamlessly - and with all but the smallest lenses, not even noticeable in use.

but the RF versions are just too expensive, and they don't offer enough to make the expenditure worthwhile.

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