Canon Says it’s up to Sigma to Make Full-Frame RF Lenses

[nadroj]

Thanks for the clarification - this helps a lot. I've noticed that the lens corrections appeared to be working despite what I thought the menu was saying. I know that the Sigma Contemporary lenses lean heavily on digital corrections, and the embedded jpegs don't show noticible distortion. It makes sense that the distortion correction is forced on, because it's an integral part of the design of these lenses.

You bet! Happy to hear you're experiencing the same. I'm over the moon with Sigma lenses on Canon bodies and I am excited for the R7 Mark II because of it. Should be a stunner with the 17-40mm f/1.8 which I adore.

 

[nadroj]

Canon wants 30% of the sale price as a fee for anyone using the RF mount. Pay or get sued.

It does seem like there's something like this going on -- but have you found evidence for it being 30%? I think we're all curious what the backroom deals really are, but I haven't seen any proof yet.

 

[neuroanatomist]

It does seem like there's something like this going on -- but have you found evidence for it being 30%? I think we're all curious what the backroom deals really are, but I haven't seen any proof yet.

Someone on YouTube said it. I mean, that's proof, right?

 

[zapper]

You bet! Happy to hear you're experiencing the same. I'm over the moon with Sigma lenses on Canon bodies and I am excited for the R7 Mark II because of it. Should be a stunner with the 17-40mm f/1.8 which I adore.

I'm a bit jealous. I was so excited when the 18-50 f2.8 was announced that I pre-ordered it. I rarely do that, preferring to see what the critics say first. But I had confidence in Sigma, having had several of their DSLR APS-C lenses in the past. But ... I had no inkling that a 17-40mm f1.8 was in the pipeline! I'll spring for one eventually I'm sure. But the R7ii is the first priority.

 

[mimbu]

No, “we” aren’t…you are. The discussion is about full frame lenses.

Why would anyone who put even a modicum of logical thought into the matter assume that those lenses would be bought solely by those with a FF camera? Oh, yes…now your statement makes perfect sense.

Yeah, I thought about changing that, but figured that even you would manage to figure it out. I guess maybe not? Or you just prefer to be a dick? Such a great ambassador for all things Canon. /s

Meanwhile, Canon will continue to indefinitely block the sale of 3rd party FF AF glass, to the detriment of their customers. And I will continue to be amused by the likes of you trying to defend Canon's behavior.

I recommend you stop with the corporate bootlicking before the boot polish gives you cancer.

 

[P-visie]

I recommend you stop with the corporate bootlicking before the boot polish gives you cancer.

You have reached a new low. Cancer kills millions of people each year.

 

[justaCanonuser]

I often bought new Leica gear in the -distant- past. They were expensive, but still not in an excessive way. And quality, apart from the R4, was top. Few Japanese lenses could compete.

In fact, Nikon made some better lenses in the 1950s, but in Western countries nobody knew that until the famous photographer David Douglas Duncan started to use a 2/85mm Nikkor lens (and later other Nikkor lenses) on his Leicas. Pro colleagues were impressed, and that made Nikon well-known quickly. In Wetzlar, they were the first time really under pressure by the Japanese optical industry to improve some of their lenses. Here's the story:

NIKKOR - The Thousand and One Nights No.36 | NIKKOR - The Thousand and One Nights | Nikon Consumer

Btw Norbert Rosing, a German wildlife photographer famous e.g. for his polar bear images he shot for National Geographic, used a Leica R system with big glass (and slide film, of course), here are some of his famous images:

Norbert Rosing Archives - National Gallery of Fine Art

Born in northern Germany in 1953, Norbert Rosing is a passionate nature and wildlife photographer with special dedication to the Arctic, North American landscapes, and the national parks of Germany. In 1980, Rosing published his first photograph in a German photo magazine. Since then he has...

ngfineart.com

Edit: As I wrote in another post, I am more than happy that I can now use even the Leica M UWA lenses without issues on the R5 II. "Italian flag": Gone!

I got a Novoflex M39-RF adapter and have a lot of fun using it on my R5II with some of my beloved Canon M39 lenses from late 1950s and 1960s, in particular Canon's wonderful and rare 85mm f/1.8 lens.

Sorry, but for the price of one single M11, I can get two R5 II + an RF 50mm f/1,4...
I still like the M, but not what it is now meant to represent.

The only M Leicas I personally would be interested in are the M4-6 film cameras. M3 is too much hyped and too expensive, and from that time I prefer my Canon 7 s"z", despite Canon's rangefinder viewfinders aren't a complete match with Leica's very complex VF, but they were parallax controlled, too, and good enough to get reliable in-focus images even with very fast glass in most settings.