I don't see how it's a "paradigm shift". DSLRs have never been a majority of image-capturing devices, and "full frame" format by itself is defined as being a hostage to legacy lenses.No, simply a phasing out of dSLR.
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I don't see how it's a "paradigm shift". DSLRs have never been a majority of image-capturing devices, and "full frame" format by itself is defined as being a hostage to legacy lenses.No, simply a phasing out of dSLR.
These are not good analogies for those who believe that FF mirrorless will result, over time, in a paradigm shift...
[a] 3rd party [Metabones et al.] cross-company mount adapters with very different mount geometries - both factors present much more risk for mis-alignment than a original Canon-to-Canon adapter.
All adaptors will add error into a system. Period!
Why? Regardless of whether it’s cross company or not, and a different mount on each side, the parallelism is understood. Sure Canon may have a different requirement than Sony(parallel to within .0003 versus .0002, or something), but the company fabricating something like this isn’t going to struggle with parallelism due to the geometry of what’s on the parallel faces.
Yes I agree the OEM will likely have better QC if for no better reason than they have no one to point fingers at.yes. But Metabones & assorted 3rd party sh*itters: = cr*ap, poor QC
Canon = gold standard, no problems.
No?
Again: for Canon to Canon adapter: optical bench: = maybe. real life = not relevant.
If EF is dethroned by a new full-frame mirrorless mount, would you hold on to your collection of EF lenses? How long? Would you keep those "L" beauties for the rest of your life, leaving them as a legacy to posterity?
What type of performance threshold would you demand of an adapter?
Personally, as y'all know, I think Canon is delaying a FF announcement because it won't bring good news to EF owners. Canon might be waiting to see how Nikon's new mount affects Nikon customers...
But I also believe Canon will continue to service current EF lenses and any in the pipeline for another 7-10 years. So, call me chicken little, or just an EF owner interested in the question of what to do with lenses that will no longer have the great resale value we've enjoyed for many years.
Really ... nobody posted here ...
hard to eat that crow I guess ...