Nah. Canon is the biggest one out there. They just had an excellent quarterly report. I have no doubt they will surpass Sony’s mirrorless sales. No one can easily ignore the mount. They figured out the EOS DSLR mount, and they’ll figure this one out too.
I love my Sigma ART lenses on the R5. I also like the fact that I can use the drop in polarizing filter adapter on all my EF mount lenses on the R5. I'm not in any hurry to replace them with RF mount lenses. But I do look at some the DG DN ART lenses that Sigma is releasing for Sony and wish that they were usable on Canon cameras.
Do you know if the point about regulatory limitations about licensing EF AF protocols to non Japanese lens manufacturers is true too?
I doubt there is any plot here. Fully manual lenses just need a mechanical adapter to connect to any camera that fits in their BF range. You will see the same thing from Viltrox and others. For this kind of lens it makes the most sense to buy it with the shortest mount (on the lens side-typically Nikon F) and then use adapters so it will work on just about any camera, but some folks love "native" lenses, so the Chinese manufacturers will accommodate. If the lens was originally designed for mirrorless, then the variations make more sense since the BF distances are too close for adapters to be used. In any case, don't get your hopes up for an APS-c R.
Sorry, no. First I've heard that one. It may be true, I've heard the argument that it's not in Canon's interest to license their AF protocols, but they could certainly do so in a fiscally logical way, i.e. charge 3rd parties for licensing (which may make it illogical for those 3rd parties to do so, because they'd have to pass those costs along to customers and that would narrow the cost gap).
The EOS 1 was the first Canon professional body for EF lenses, it came out 2 years after they switched from FD to EF, and in that case there was no simple, optics-free adapter to allow use of the older lenses on the newer body.
Everything where you need or want a higher resoluation or better Studio features.
Its certainly much better for the customers. 3rd party offered SO many great lenses, its what made the EF cameras so desirable. Many lenses never got a equivalent from Canon. 3rd party is great, competition is good for business in my opinion =)
If Canon realy would want to stop this, they could maybe use some encryption on the AF communication. I guess it would be very easy to make reverse engineriing the new AF system as difficult as possible... I hope they dont do this though.
Possibly. Or, they could compromise and release a flagship R1 in 2023, with development announcement in third quarter 2022.
I'm curious – what great 3rd party lenses are there for which there are no Canon equivalents? The optically stellar manual focus Zeiss lenses come to mind (although there are Canon L-series equivalents, just slightly less optically impressive and much cheaper). There are a handful of 3rd party options for lenses like the TS-E lenses (Schneider) and MP-E 65 (Venus, Mitakon), but again, Canon has versions.
