According to Digital Rev, Canon's biggest selling cameras are the R6 and R6ii. Hardly cheap.
Does Kai provide a source for those statements? Because frankly, that sounds like bullsh!t. I suspect what was meant is that those are the Digital Rev Store's best-selling Canon bodies and lenses. That means absolutely nothing as far as global sales are concerned.
What I'd like is an indication of whether highlights are clipped in any channel in the raw data, rather than in a rastered 8-bit container.
And I have strong doubts as to the future of the L mount.
Curious to see your list of a "lot" of camera vendors that used EF mount. Black Magic has some video cameras and there is an Arri adapter to EF that only supports a tiny bit of the protocol, but I can't think of any still cameras other than Canon. Both L-mount and RF mount will take time for inclusion into cinema because the short flange distance severely limits the room for ND filters. Canon working with Red was brilliant, given Red's tendency to push technology forward.
Leica does not need to sell in high volume to stick around.
So you did, right at the end. I missed the connection to the previous content. It is worth noting that cinema lenses typically do not have autofocus or IS, so the only electronic connection needed is aperture. EF is a rugged mount and has a 10mm shorter flange distance than PL, so a bit easier to design lenses for, but cinema camera vendors using the mount with one function activated is not the same as using EF mount in depth (i.e. using the protocol). As I said above, the short flange distance of all the mirrorless mounts is an obstacle to easy acceptance in the cinema world due to the need for space for ND filters. Clever design could make the short flange distance work, but it won't happen quickly. It is good to remember that there is a lot of superstition in Hollywood. I know of a sound stage that stayed in operation long after it should have been torn down because the sound track for a great and successful movie was made there and many others wanted to make their sound tracks there as well for good luck. Similar superstition surrounds specific Panavision lenses (and I mean specific by serial number). Clearly, the broader market is not weighed down by superstition, but the glitterati still do tend to set the pace for change.
