I don’t think so. The new SKUs are not for existing products. For example, Google “5554C002” and see what you get. Then try that with the new SKUs (you’ll get this thread and it’s clones, but no products and if you restrict to site:canon.com you get nothing).
I can’t speak for Russia, but in the US the Consumer Product Safety Commission states, “Any material changes, such as changing the paint, metal, fabrics, or other items used to manufacture a product or changing the product's design or manufacturing process, for example, could render the product noncompliant. In that situation, you should retest for compliance to those rules affected by the material change. You may also need to update your GCC.”
You seem to be contradicting what you said in your other post regarding new paint on an old lens. Are you defining a lens as being "new" if it's just a change of paint colour? My guess is that the code-named lenses are simply old models that have had a very minor cosmetic revamp, or maybe some minor parts of the existing lens are now unavailable and had to be replaced with new parts and recertified - could even be something as trivial as a different focus-ring rubber.
No, I’m not contradicting myself. These are two new SKUs, meaning two new lenses. The sequential numbers is consistent with them being two different colors of the same new lens. That suggests an M-series kit lens
They are new SKUs, so they are new lenses.
Because it’s not a new lens, it doesn’t get a new SKU. But a change in the production process may mean a new certification is needed.
OK I'm with you now, I thought you were suggesting that there were 2 new colour versions of an existing M lens, but you are talking about a completely new M kit lens in 2 colour versions. That's a logical enough conclusion based on the SKU's, but I would have thought that there were enough lenses for the M series already (for the market they are aimed at), so I'd think it more likely that this is a pair of small (pancake?) kit lenses designed specifically for the smaller RF cameras (RP and future models below it).
My suggestion was a replacement kit lens, e.g. an EF-M 15-45 MkII (I posted a link to a patent for one). Keep in mind there were many iterations of the APS-C DSLR 18-55mm, and the M15-45 replaced the M18-55.
I've got the RF 24-105mm F4L and yes it's more compact than the EF version, but still a bit large when attached to a small RP body.
Sorry for not being clear, we were talking entry-level kit lenses and I was referring to the RF 24-105 non-L.
Possibly. However, I think the RF mount is simply too large. The RF mount cap is as tall as my EOS M6.
Yes, Canon has only produced well over a million EF mount cameras this year. Total abandonment.
"Fast as" doesn't mean instant abandonment. However, as soon as it was clear the RF line was succeeded, they did a mass announcement of newly discontinued lenses.
