Have you looked at the Sony α6600? 24MP APS-C with fast AF and tracking, IBIS, face/eye and animal eye AF, and there are several EF lens mount adapters available, including one from Sigma that should be well paired (in terms of its electronic command protocol) to their Art lenses (if you have to adapt your EF lenses anyway, why limit yourself to Canon bodies?). Sony also makes a US$2000 200-600 lens that looks amazing. You can see some examples of what people are doing with it here.
Maybe I should have said basically confirmed, but there's a [CR3] rated blog post about it (here) near the end of last year.Confirmed by whom? Certainly not Canon.
I am also surprised that they discontinue lenses BEFORE they even announced (yet alone actualy deliver) equivalent lenses (with equivalent focal length and aperture)....
If these lenses are being discontinued, it seems obvious that the reason is that sales numbers are way down or non-existent, regardless of how popular the lens might have been at one time. My guess is that those buying the latest DSLR's (The 1DX III and the 5D IV) are users that were already in the FF system and not buying new EF lenses in any substantial number. Canon would have that info, and clearly they will use the time and facilities they have to produce what is in demand now - and that is RF lenses. Would you schedule manufacturing time making EF lenses when your R5 and R6 Cameras are selling beyond expectations and lenses are on backorder everywhere?
As soon as I read of Canon discontinuing lenses I threw my EF 135mm f/2L in the garbage. Everyone knows that discontinued lenses don't work anymore... so the landfills be damned. I'd imagine people all over the world have been dumping their glass into the landfills for the past week.If Canon is going to discontinue all of their EF lineup then it would be good to see some leadership from Canon with regards to the e-waste situation that they are now setting up. What does that mean? Offering trade-ins for owners of EF cameras and lenses so that those discontinued models don't just end up in land fill and go back to Canon for Canon to take responsibility for disposing of.
So, ehm, asking for a friend: where do you dump your garbage?As soon as I read of Canon discontinuing lenses I threw my EF 135mm f/2L in the garbage. Everyone knows that discontinued lenses don't work anymore... so the landfills be damned. I'd imagine people all over the world have been dumping their glass into the landfills for the past week.
Canon has huge issues keeping up with the demand for RF lenses. I was lucky getting my RF 100-500mm after only a few weeks. So Canon is probably making space for moving new RF lenses forward faster and maintaining a better production rate. This makes sense as the likelihood of seeing any new EF mount bodies released seems to be zero. Meanwhile every delayed order adds the risk that buyers go elsewhere with their money.I am also surprised that they discontinue lenses BEFORE they even announced (yet alone actualy deliver) equivalent lenses (with equivalent focal length and aperture)....
I think that would be a very bad move. Right now EF/EF-S users can easily switch to RF with the adapter and stay with Canon. If they got rid of the compatilbilty in the future it would just make people continue to use the old EF bodies for longer, and when they want to upgrade in the future there would be no incentive to stay with Canon.IMHO, I think this signifies that very soon, existing EF lenses will be totally incompatible with forthcoming RF cameras as Canon eagerly wants to become the big brother in the mirrorless arena and so does not want the compatibility matter in the EF-RF transition hinders her ambition. I hypothesize this because similar thing happened in Canon once during her FD-EF transition some thirty year ago!
What do you think? ^^
As soon as I read of Canon discontinuing lenses I threw my EF 135mm f/2L in the garbage. Everyone knows that discontinued lenses don't work anymore... so the landfills be damned. I'd imagine people all over the world have been dumping their glass into the landfills for the past week.
Well, I have bought a Tamron EF 45mm and a Canon EF 135mm f/2L since getting my R, but I don't care a bit which lenses Canon discontinues. Would I buy another EF lens? Wish I could buy, again, the EF 35mm f/1.4L II. No money, no honey.Just a fun poll if you've read this far: what is the most recent purchase you've done of EF glass? Personally, it was getting the 50/1.2 and 8-15 fish in 2011. Anyone buy new EF glass more recently than that? Anyone buy new EF glass since RF came out?
Actually that's not true. After the seven year period Canon won't repair or service it, but all available parts are sold on to approved third party outfits, and they may well be able to repair Canonfanboy's 135L twenty years from now.Sarcasm noted.
But in 6 years time, it will no longer be possible to repair that EF 135 f/2L, so if it develops a fault, it may as well go in the garbage.
Worth taking into account. But anyone in the repair business - from cameras to cars - can attest that repairs and repair shops are a dying thing or alternatively very expensive. Just see some of the repair costs people quote here at CR. I fear this trend will accelerate in the coming years. In many countries in Europe a non-Canon repair is practically impossible or very expensive already.Actually that's not true. After the seven year period Canon won't repair or service it, but all available parts are sold on to approved third party outfits, and they may well be able to repair Canonfanboy's 135L twenty years from now.
I had an old EF 20-35/2.8 that was 1989 vintage and was discontinued in the early '90s, and a few years ago Colchester Camera, an approved Canon repair centre (that has recently closed unfortunately), was able to replace the centre barrel that has the AF/Manual switch in it. So messages of "after six years your EF lenses can't be repaired" are not necessarily correct.
I agree with much of the direction of your comments, but, in the spirit of your query, I've purchased the TS-E 50mm and 180macro in the last 12 months.Just a fun poll if you've read this far: what is the most recent purchase you've done of EF glass? Personally, it was getting the 50/1.2 and 8-15 fish in 2011. Anyone buy new EF glass more recently than that? Anyone buy new EF glass since RF came out?
I'm not one of the bemoaners.Just a fun poll if you've read this far: what is the most recent purchase you've done of EF glass? Personally, it was getting the 50/1.2 and 8-15 fish in 2011. Anyone buy new EF glass more recently than that? Anyone buy new EF glass since RF came out?