Seems a weird choice .
* Folks report EF glass works spectacular with the RF > EF adapter on R5/R6. Therefore there is no doubt they could have created an EF mount R series.
* No one is buying the R5/R6/R3 if they want the slimmest camera. In fact, they had to beef up these cameras to closer to the size of an EF mount DSLR for people to get interested in canon FF mirrorless. So reducing the distance to the sensor doesn't buy them much.
* Most of the RF lenses have been different than - but not necessarily head and shoulders better than - similar EF equivalents. Many of them with improvements also had tradeoffs in cost, bokeh, functionality, or size. It's also possible many of these different lens formulas could have been made in EF mount if RF never happened
I don't get it. A single native mount (EF) that works great on the old and new cameras seems a much more powerful thing than a new mount that only works on new with gains that don't necessarily match the compatibility break. Was it just an attempt to tank 3rd party lens companies?
* Folks report EF glass works spectacular with the RF > EF adapter on R5/R6. Therefore there is no doubt they could have created an EF mount R series.
* No one is buying the R5/R6/R3 if they want the slimmest camera. In fact, they had to beef up these cameras to closer to the size of an EF mount DSLR for people to get interested in canon FF mirrorless. So reducing the distance to the sensor doesn't buy them much.
* Most of the RF lenses have been different than - but not necessarily head and shoulders better than - similar EF equivalents. Many of them with improvements also had tradeoffs in cost, bokeh, functionality, or size. It's also possible many of these different lens formulas could have been made in EF mount if RF never happened
I don't get it. A single native mount (EF) that works great on the old and new cameras seems a much more powerful thing than a new mount that only works on new with gains that don't necessarily match the compatibility break. Was it just an attempt to tank 3rd party lens companies?
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