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Stop. We're grown ups here. Fro can be a jack-ass all he wants with his pranks. That's not happening here.Has no one noticed what day it is? lol
I agree with most of what you wrote, but for a niggle: I would not agree thatObviously I'm Team Canon in terms of gear.
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The camera bodies after the R6 and R5 did kill a number of EF lenses from third parties. In some cases, these EF lenses simply confirmed focus and reported lens data, such as the IRIX lenses. I doubt very much that the EF instruction set changed for any technical reason in the R6 II / R5 II / R3 / R1 and so am inclined to believe Canon scuttled those lenses despite being yesteryear tech. It very much would necessitate upgrades to new Canon specific lenses and probably raise the ire of customers against the third parties. Then, RF mount adaptations of EF lenses from various Chinese manufactures "disappeared" along with their support.
It's really, really hard to not believe that, at a minimum, Canon is being deliberately antagonistic.
A company like Sigma is probably established enough that the game between them and Canon is somewhat gentlemanly and thus for whatever set of reasons to them there are now Sigma lenses for the RF crop sensor. But, I doubt other than engineering for 35mm projection across 20mm of air for the flange distance (Sony has 18mm of air) there's not much else left for Sigma to do for FF, other than make Canon happy. In fact, I'm starting to think the primary motivation for Canon's allowance for the Sigma crop lenses is simply to sidestep antitrust, as informed by my own corporate work.
Unless Canon or Sigma is very specific in their statement, history suggests the FF electronic lenses from third parties are de facto blocked, regardless of the legal or financial disincentives being used.
But I think the true disgruntlement here is that Canon has not produced a full line for quality mid-tier offerings for a focal range that matches the EF options over the 1990s and 2000s at equivalent pricing. There are steps in that direction, like the 200-800 which is an excellent compromise lens by all accounts. VCM is kinda-sorta in that direction, tech great but cost meh. More is needed to be done. And that pinch makes people look at Sigma, which is an excellent third party example of what can be done, and go... man, I wish I had some of those options in the middle.
If we just sit here and talk the best of the best, then Canon has delivered on all accounts. And priced accordingly. But if we talk great yet competent at hobbyist levels of abuse and engagement then there are huge holes in the lineup compared to what was before in terms of both cost and capability.
I think there's hope. At 6-8 lenses a year, there's room for mid-tier excellence to come into being at reasonable prices. A perfect example I return to over and over is the 300mm f/4 L (IS and non-IS) — it offered 90% of the base 2.8 performance and 80% of the TC performance in a form and cost that allowed Canon and professionals to easily justify the 2.8 option while meeting the interests and wants of the well heeled hobbyists. More of this is needed. Sigma gives that to Sony and Nikon. Does it matter who gives it to Canon? No. But Canon has only very reluctantly shown an interest in doing that in-house for FF up to this point in RF despite making oodles of cash.
It's valid for Canon enthusiasts to stand up and say that they've noticed and its starting to move from annoying to semi-insulting. It's been almost eight years since the RF mount was released. Mid-tier L was well established at the long end by then for EF.
They started great with the 2(3) f/1.2 lenses and the f/2 zoom, they amazed with the R5/6 duo and the 100-300 and a few other great lenses (I am a sucker for the 100-500), but after, from my personal perspective (and no, rumors do not count):If we just sit here and talk the best of the best, then Canon has delivered on all accounts.
If the Canon exec wants to deflect blame from Canon that would be a reason, won't it?Canon execs are well practiced in giving vague non-answers, so there is no reason for them to flat out lie.
@neuroanatomist, to save your time and put it all in the same quotable space, maybe you could start a thread with it carefully explained, as you do every time anyway. You could then post a link to it.I wonder how many more times you will need to explain that?![]()
Very brave of you to explain this to @Del Paso who confuses MILC’s with MILF’sI deleted the original post before I had seen you had replied, sorry. Over here, we use the debauched definition: Oxford Dictionary
Definition of roué noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
roué
noun
/ˈruːeɪ/
/ruːˈeɪ/
(old-fashioned)
a man who behaves badly, especially by drinking a lot of alcohol, having many sexual relationships, etc.
I deleted the original post before I had seen you had replied, sorry. Over here, we use the debauched definition: Oxford DictionaryRoue' rather stands for cunning, without scruple, or having "enjoyed" the breaking wheel punishment.![]()
This is really interesting, didn’t know this! I’m still using the original R and really starting to see it lag behind newer cameras. It’s held up pretty well until the last couple of years but an upgrade is definitely on the horizon soon. This explains a lot.
Roue' rather stands for cunning, without scruple, or having "enjoyed" the breaking wheel punishment.You saw the name of the author - Roué, debauched.
Obviously I'm Team Canon in terms of gear.You either believe that it's Sigma's responsibility that we do not have Sigma's FF AF lenses for RF, or you don't.
Based on public knowledge I have access to, I don't.
I'm happy to be corrected, as long as new facts are unveiled.
You either believe that it's Sigma's responsibility that we do not have Sigma's FF AF lenses for RF, or you don't.Canon execs are well practiced in giving vague non-answers, so there is no reason for them to flat out lie.
Ok ok, I was overdramatic. They're not lying, they're obfuscating. Better?Exactly my point. "We do not comment publicly on that," is a frequent answer from Canon to many questions.
Hypothetically, Canon tells Sigma they will license the RF mount for FF lenses and they want a percentage of each lens sold. If that percentage is high enough to make selling the lenses unprofitable for Sigma (i.e., higher than the profit margin on the lens at the price Sigma would want to sell it), Sigma would choose not to make them. Canon tells the truth, that Sigma could make the lenses if they want. Sigma doesn't want to.
Oh yes, but this article is a very far-fetched interpretation of two nothing-burger paragraphs of that interviewThen you didn't actually read the article, or if you did then you're missing the point.
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Just to forestall a next comment, "mars" is French for "March" and does not mean the article was written by aliens.![]()
One of my jobs at a tech company was to deliberately provide versions of a story to various people within the company as products were being developed. The news and competitor rumour mills would be watched and we could identify the leaker. Not 1:1 with your point, but corporate leaks and espionage are interesting things.Canon execs are well practiced in giving vague non-answers, so there is no reason for them to flat out lie.
This lens is yesteryear tech totally worth playing with if you can find one. Our local London Drugs carried one for giggles for years. I don't know who bought it eventually, but just to demo it (under the very close supervision of the store) the Bigma was a hoot. My in-store photos never looked so awesomely ridiculous! (And justified the time at the gym for that one moment.)That is not an easy question to answer. Behemoth is an evocative word term for something of monstrous size, power, or appearance. It is not defined by precise quantities but is something that you know to be huge when you see it. It is frequently used to describe large telephoto lenses. A quick search finds that the 300-600 has already been defined as a behemoth by a respected reviewer.
https://uk.pcmag.com/lenses/158089/sigma-300-600mm-f4-dg-os-sports
“After two weeks of lugging the Sigma 300-600mm F4 around for wildlife snaps at a refuge, the zoo, and my backyard, I walked away with some fantastic photos and a seriously sore shoulder. At 18.5 by 6.6 inches (HD) without the hood attached, and 8.8 pounds, the lens is a behemoth. That's big even among its peers.” And the reviewer recommends: "Keep your Chiropractor on Speed Dial"
So, I think that if there were a hypothetical line to be drawn, the Sigma is likely to be on the behemoth side. Though this guy might disagree.
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I read it as an April 1. prank article, I cannot fathom taking any of its content seriouslyI am sorry but this new article adds objectively nothing to the previous discussion.
So if the aim was to convince people that Canon is not responsible for the current lack of 3rd party RF FF AF lenses, color me unconvinced yet.
There are a few points that make little sense to me. Firstly about Sigma's capacity. There's no law that says that a manufacturer needs to meet demand. It's typical to start with limited quantities to test the waters. Unless one sells stuff as loss-leaders, every single unit sold is a good thing. If capacity was a crippling issue, how come Canon is fine and yet every new lens they sell goes into the "sorry we can't make enough of these" list?
Also the RF mount may be complex but we have no information about material differences between the RF and RF-S mounts, so that point sounds suspect to me too.
Third about Canon execs not lying. Canon is a corporation. Corporations lie. It happens. Not all the times but sometimes it does. Sure they do it in a very careful way to avoid liabilities, but there simply are a lot of circumstances when honesty is bad for business. It is sad but it is what it is. I accept that.
And maybe they were not lying, but logic is not on their side on this one. Until we know more facts, or until Sigma RF FF AF lenses appear, I remain skeptical.
Some people just can't see the forest for the trees, or in this case, the picture for the pixels. They'll happily measurebate their little pixels all day, physics be damned.I wonder how many more times you will need to explain that?![]()
Yes, evidently. The concepts you are fixated on are applicable to pixels, not to pictures. Image noise is inversely proportional to total light gathered. Total light gathered is dependent on the area of the sensor, and independent of pixel size.I definetly don't understand

Yes. Each photosite collects less light. But there are more photosites, so for the sensor as a whole the same total amount of light is collected. Same image noise.I think we agree that for the same chip size, as you increase the number of pixels (or decrease the size of the individual collection sites), for each site as the density increases, the individual site collects less light. So, Canon in increasing pixel count, actually decreased the ability of each site to collect light and decreased the signal to noise (made the noise performance worse) of each site.
Each photosite would collect more light. But there would be fewer photosites, so for the sensor as a whole the same total amount of light is collected. Same image noise.If for example, Canon would conversely chose to go to 24MP, then each indiividual site would be larger and collect even more light than the smaller individual site on a 32MP chip;
At the level of the individual pixels. Not at the level of the whole sensor.and the signal to noise would increase (noise performance would improve at 24MP over 32MP).
I am not implying it, I am stating it explicitly. Going to a larger format is the way to get better noise performance.So it is incorrect to say that simply going to a larger format, is the only way to improve noise figure, if that is what you are implying.
No. The whole point is that the size of the pixel is irrelevant. Only the area of the sensor matters.I do also agree that as you increase the size of a photo site by going to a larger chip size or format you should also improve signal to noise but the discussion within a specific chip size and the fundamental underlying physics is the same. Increase site size, better noise performance, decrease cell size, worse noise performance. There are design choices that can be made to make the signal to noise better on an APC-S chip.
As already discussed, that is not true for the pixel sizes relevant here. But if you want to drink the marketing Koolaid, go right ahead.If the rumour is true and Canon has decided to go to newer sensor technology as in BSI, then that technology actually improves each sites ability to collect light. BSI technology moves the collection site higher and closer to the lens actually improving light collection and increasing (making better) the signal to noise
If Canon stays at the original 32MP density and improved the sensor technology by evolving to a BSI sensor, then the noise figure could have actually improved on the new R7 APC-S chip.
I wasn't exactly intending to enumerate all the causes of the likely years-long implosion of consumer electronics.I agree that CE will be affected for years, but for a different reason than the implied shortage. The continuation of the AI boom is dependent on continued financing and so far a lot of the money is flowing in a loop (or not flowing at all). Nvidia invests in an AI company and then the AI company agrees to buy Nvidia GPUs, but as you say, there is no power to run the beast. They hype causes gullible investors to throw money at the AI company and by association at Nvidia, which has a completely ridiculous market cap. The timeline is too long for investor patience to last, even if there is some magic application out there that could eventually produce enough revenue to fund the monster. When the house of cards collapses, the dot com bust will look like child's play and the ensuing recession will have an effect on CE for years to come. Take pictures and invest wisely.
Ah thank you - I tend to forget about patentsCanon has a patent application for a 400-600mm f2.8-f4 lens (and a Canon RF 300-600mm F2.8-4.5L)
See: https://www.canonrumors.com/canon-patent-application-lets-go-long/
This is really interesting, didn’t know this! I’m still using the original R and really starting to see it lag behind newer cameras. It’s held up pretty well until the last couple of years but an upgrade is definitely on the horizon soon. This explains a lot.The only thing I know for sure that changed is the AA filter. The R used the sensor from the 5DIV, with the old-style AA filter (‘4-point’). The R5II uses the newer ‘16-point’ AA filter. That new design is the reason that the 24 MP R1, R3 and R8 deliver higher resolution than the 30 MP R/5DIV (and a prime example of why resolution does not equate to MP count).
Canon has a patent application for a 400-600mm f2.8-f4 lens (and a Canon RF 300-600mm F2.8-4.5L)I haven't heard of a Canon RF 400-600 2.8-4 - that would be awesome if indeed they make one but I would expect it to be more than $15K... and in any case it is academic until it materializes.