60 millionth EF lens

[Flake]

Not that long ago since Canon announced the 50 millionth, in fact 10 million lenses in just 13 months, leading to comments that no wonder QC is suffering.

It's a huge amount of product and indicates the level of demand, I do wonder what the breakdown is though, especially with L lenses and EF-s versions. How many of these go into kits or bundles?

Anyone know the figures for competing companies?

 

[Loswr]

It's a huge amount of product and indicates the level of demand, I do wonder what the breakdown is though, especially with L lenses and EF-s versions. How many of these go into kits or bundles?

I suspect that >75% of lenses that Canon sells are the kit lenses (excluding the 5DII 'kit lens'). A recent article suggested that 70-80% of Canon lenses are produced in Taiwan, meaning the cheaper EF-S lenses, the nifty-fifty, and the 75-300mm III.

 

[JLN]

IIRC my old nifty fifty was made in malaysia, rather than taiwan.
Though i've also seen some that are made in japan

 

[match14]

When you consider that the EF mount was only launched in 1987 then 60 million lenses is a lot in that space of time.

Nikon passed the 50 million mark for F-mount lenses last year but the F-mount has been around since before 1987, not sure when.