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and a few other 3rd party lens makers. By doing so, Canon customers are forced to buy their RF mount lens, which brings in good cash flow, this will boost the bottomline. The typical body to lens ...

DSLR mount or RF mount ? Most camera shops do not carry RF mount Viltrox anymore; the legal threat sent by Canon is world-wide enforced.

AF , MF, & Cine lens. All other 3rd party lens will be killed off soon, manual forcus or auto focus. The EF -mount 3rd party lens are still available, congratulations on Canon, it cornered the ...

Canon has made it clear NO 3rd PARTY AF lens are allowed. I am not sure about your country, here in US, all Samyang, Rokinon, Viltrox, .... RF mount lens are taken off shelf. Maybe in 2025, around ...

Samyang, Viltrox, Yongnuo, Sirui. I think it's very clear now, Canon is blocking/ threatening 3rd Party lens maker actively.

Viltrox is the only one who spoke up. Samyang, Nisi, Sirui... a few other 3rd party lens all got dickslapped; hence ALL 3rd party RF mount lens are gone, the situation won't change untill later ...

Looking back, I think Canon started to kill 3rd party lens with Samyang, the sickle moved swiftly since then.

Just checked. The Sony And Nikon versions are still for sale, this is not a good sign.

fixed focal length, fixed aperture, lol

Fabulous shots

No need to use it & worry all the time.

Once you go through the proper customization, assign & configure the buttons according to your particular style, you will rarely need to touch the menu. You can assign C1~ C4, control wheel, M1~ ...

I concur. The 200-600 works perfect on A1, monopod helps, I handhold mostly though. OTOH, the 100-400mm has the G master designation with a reason, it's sharper and focuses quickly in the twilight.

Oh, God. As if the cataract is not bad enough. The curse is, it doesn't develop gradually, it falls off the cliff. I find myself checking the histogram constantly in the post-processing.

Michael, you are not alone. My eyes sights deteriorated over the years, I always bump up the contrast on the tiny display. Oliver

The Sony A9 is like straight Bourbon, aged pretty well even in 2021; some of my friends couldn't believe it's a "mirrorless" camera from 2017 ! :D

TOF, with Sony A9/A1, I could use DMF: with a nudge of focus ring,  the AF plane goes through the net to focus on the subjects. There must be a similar option on Z9. Regards

That's quick. Congratulations & enjoy your holiday.

I stopped order on BH ande Adorama two years ago, in stead I turned to local ande regional camera stores.

The resolution is 33MP. Personally, I think it is a sweet spot: quite adequate for the crop, workflow, video, photo.