While a lot of people will use a camera until it dies and don't care about the update cycle, there will come a time when Canon will no longer service a camera or lens. Third-party repair shops may continue beyond Canon end of service dates as they do stockpile parts from donor cameras and lenses.

If you're looking to purchase used gear, you may want to consider how long your purchase will be serviced by Canon. I still recommend DSLRs and EF glass to all kinds of shooters that want to save money and want great performance. The “sports Dad” demographic continues to send me images from their recommended EF gear.

Below is an updated list of service end dates for DSLRs, Mirrorless Canon cameras and lenses. Any EOS camera or EF lens not mentioned on this list has reached the end of its Canon service life.

No RF lenses have a scheduled end service date, which will remain that way until they start releasing Version 2s of existing lenses.

Canon EOS DSLRs

  • EOS-1D X Mark II: July 2026
  • EOS-1D X Mark III: TBA
  • EOS 5D Mark IV: TBA
  • EOS 5Ds: May 2027
  • EOS 5Ds R: August 2028
  • EOS 6D: September 2025
  • EOS 6D Mark II: TBA
  • EOS 7D Mark II: January 2027
  • EOS 80D: October 2027
  • EOS 90D: TBA

Canon EOS M Cameras

  • EOS M5: February 2026
  • EOS M6: March 2027
  • EOS M6 Mark II: March 2029
  • EOS M100: November 2026
  • EOS M200: October 2030
  • EOS M200 (Gold): March 2028
  • EOS Kiss M: November 2027
  • EOS Kiss M2: June 2030

Canon EOS R Cameras

Canon EF-M Lenses

  • EF-M11-22 4-5.6 IS STM: August 2030
  • EF-M15-45 3.5-6.3 IS STM: October 2030
  • EF-M18-150 3.5-6.3 IS STM: November 2029
  • EF-M22 2.0 STM: August 2030
  • EF-M28 3.5 Macro IS STM: May 2030
  • EF-M32 1.4 STM: April 2030
  • EF-M55-200 4.5-6.3 IS STM: August 2030

Canon EF-S Lenses

  • EF-S10-18 4.5-5.6 IS STM: To be determined
  • EF-S10-22 3.5-4.5 USM: September 2027
  • EF-S15-85 3.5-5.6 IS USM: November 2026
  • EF-S17-55 2.8 IS USM: June 2030
  • EF-S18-55 3.5-5.6 IS II: Undecided
  • EF-S18-55 3.5-5.6 IS STM: August 2025
  • EF-S18-55 3.5-5.6 IS STM White: April 2024
  • EF-S18-55 4-5.6 IS STM: To be determined
  • EF-S18-135 3.5-5.6 IS USM: Undecided
  • EF-S18-135 3.5-5.6 IS STM: May 2027
  • EF-S18-200 3.5-5.6 IS: May 2027
  • EF-S55-250 4-5.6 IS II: April 2028
  • EF-S55-250 4-5.6 IS STM: Undecided
  • EF-S24 2.8 STM: Undecided
  • EF-S35 2.8 Macro IS STM: May 2028
  • EF-S60 2.8 Macro USM: September 2027

Canon EF Tilt-Shift, Macro and Teleconverters

  • EXT EF1.4X III: TBA
  • EXT EF2X III: TBA
  • EF100 2.8 Macro USM: September 2027
  • EF100 2.8L Macro IS USM: Undecided
  • EF180 3.5L Macro USM: November 2027
  • MP-E65 2.8 Macro: November 2029
  • TS-E17 4L: Undecided
  • TS-E24 3.5L II: Undecided
  • TS-E50 2.8L Macro: Undecided
  • TS-E90 2.8L Macro: Undecided
  • TS-E135 4L Macro: November 2027

Canon EF Zoom Lenses

  • EF8-15 4.0L FE USM: Undecided
  • EF11-24 4.0L USM: May 2030
  • EF16-35 2.8L III USM: Undecided
  • EF16-35 4.0L IS USM: Undecided
  • EF17-40 4.0L USM: February 2029
  • EF24-70 2.8L II USM: Undecided
  • EF24-70 4.0L IS USM: May 2027
  • EF24-105 4.0L IS II USM: Undecided
  • EF24-105 3.5-5.6 IS STM: January 2028
  • EF70-200 2.8L USM: May 2026
  • EF70-200 2.8L IS II USM: May 2025
  • EF70-200 2.8L IS III USM: Undecided
  • EF70-200 4.0L USM: November 2026
  • EF70-200 4.0L IS USM: March 2025
  • EF70-200 4.0L IS II USM: Undecided
  • F28-300 3.5-5.6L IS USM: September 2027
  • EF70-300 4-5.6 IS II USM: Undecided
  • EF70-300 4-5.6L IS USM: November 2027
  • EF100-400 4.5-5.6L IS II USM: Undecided
  • EF200-400 4.0L IS USM EXT1.4: Undecided

Canon EF Prime Lenses

  • EF14 2.8L II USM: October 2027
  • EF20 2.8 USM: July 2025
  • EF24 1.4L II USM: November 2029
  • EF24 2.8 IS USM: November 2027
  • EF28 1.8 USM: July 2025
  • EF28 2.8 IS USM: November 2027
  • EF35 1.4L II USM: Undecided
  • EF35 2.0 IS USM: February 2029
  • EF40 2.8 STM: November 2027EF50 1.2L USM: Undecided
  • EF50 1.4 USM: Undecided
  • EF50 1.8 STM: Undecided
  • EF85 1.2L II USM: October 2026
  • EF85 1.4L IS USM: Undecided
  • EF85 1.8 USM: February 2031
  • EF100 2.0 USM: July 2025
  • EF135 2.0L USM: November 2026

Canon EF “Big White” Lenses

  • EF200 2.0L IS USM: October 2027
  • EF200 2.8L II USM: April 2026
  • EF300 2.8L IS II USM: November 2028
  • EF300 4.0L IS USM: November 2026
  • EF400 2.8L IS II USM: June 2025
  • EF400 2.8L IS III USM: To be determined
  • EF400 4.0 DO IS II USM: February 2029
  • EF400 5.6L USM: April 2026
  • EF500 4.0L IS II USM: February 2029
  • EF600 4.0L IS III USM: Undecided
  • EF600 4.0L IS II USM: July 2025
  • EF800 5.6L IS USM: February 2029

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60 comments

  1. I see 2027 for ef 14mm. Can I hope it means they are working on an rf ultra wide prime L?

    That will be addressed in 2025 according to a roadmap... "Ultra Wide Prime Q4 2025" (paraphrasing). I can't post the slide.
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  2. Its so annoying.

    I have a 24-70mm F2.8 MKI and one of the elements has moved ever so slightly so at 70mm it has a distortion bottom right.

    Nobody will touch it because Canon have discontinued support meaning no parts. So if they open it and a component breaks they won't take it on because at that point its a paper weight.

    The annoying thing is mine is a DEC 2012 build date so coincided with the MKII being released. Cast your mind back that lens was delayed until September 2013 so I bought the MKI.

    This means its had a 12 year life span which is low for an L series lens. Obviously they were released in 2002 so its an "old lens" but not all are 22 years old. Just annoying in my case as for the R6 R6 MKII R8 the lower MP bodies its still a great lens.

    The EF-S 17-55mm was released in 2006 and has support until 2030. 24 years

    Mine is essentially now a paper weight when it's a perfectly good useable bit of glass.

    To replace it for RF its £2500 here in the UK!

    From these charts the RF doesnt perform much better than the MKI


    Ridiculous.
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  3. Its so annoying.

    I have a 24-70mm F2.8 MKI and one of the elements has moved ever so slightly so at 70mm it has a distortion bottom right.

    Nobody will touch it because Canon have discontinued support meaning no parts. So if they open it and a component breaks they won't take it on because at that point its a paper weight.

    The annoying thing is mine is a DEC 2012 build date so coincided with the MKII being released. Cast your mind back that lens was delayed until September 2013 so I bought the MKI.

    This means its had a 12 year life span which is low for an L series lens. Obviously they were released in 2002 so its an "old lens" but not all are 22 years old. Just annoying in my case as for the R6 R6 MKII R8 the lower MP bodies its still a great lens.

    The EF-S 17-55mm was released in 2006 and has support until 2030. 24 years

    Mine is essentially now a paper weight when it's a perfectly good useable bit of glass.

    To replace it for RF its £2500 here in the UK!

    From these charts the RF doesnt perform much better than the MKI


    Ridiculous.
    Why don't replace it with an EF Mk.II? They can be bought used, in perfect condition, for far less?
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  4. Its so annoying.

    I have a 24-70mm F2.8 MKI and one of the elements has moved ever so slightly so at 70mm it has a distortion bottom right.

    Nobody will touch it because Canon have discontinued support meaning no parts. So if they open it and a component breaks they won't take it on because at that point its a paper weight.

    The annoying thing is mine is a DEC 2012 build date so coincided with the MKII being released. Cast your mind back that lens was delayed until September 2013 so I bought the MKI.

    This means its had a 12 year life span which is low for an L series lens. Obviously they were released in 2002 so its an "old lens" but not all are 22 years old. Just annoying in my case as for the R6 R6 MKII R8 the lower MP bodies its still a great lens.

    The EF-S 17-55mm was released in 2006 and has support until 2030. 24 years

    Mine is essentially now a paper weight when it's a perfectly good useable bit of glass.

    To replace it for RF its £2500 here in the UK!

    From these charts the RF doesnt perform much better than the MKI


    Ridiculous.

    Hey... that's actually really easy to fix, I had to do it all the time. You have to take off the front ring with the model name and there are screws to align the front element. Or, take off the zoom grip, there are screws under there too. You can do it on a tripod aimed at something simple that you can focus on with some simple detail. I had a large focus chart, but those aren't cheap. Sometimes the barrel has to come off. It's not for the faint of heart, but I got the lesson from Uncle Roger and Aaron at Lensrentals.com.

    The odd time a shim comes out. (Yes, there were shims and some lenses had multiple front elements with different shim setups.) I gave up on the 85 1.2 front element repairs, that was a nightmare.

    Unfortunately that was a really poorly build lens.

    It's weird that no one will touch it since it's usually a simple fix. There must be a third party shop that has an alignment tool/machine. Lensrentals has/had a projector lens alignment set up in a dedicated room. The 24-70, 70-200 and 100-400 (and its stupid ribbon cable, man I hated that stupid push/pull design) of that era were constantly knocked out of alignment.
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  5. Its so annoying.

    I have a 24-70mm F2.8 MKI and one of the elements has moved ever so slightly so at 70mm it has a distortion bottom right.

    Nobody will touch it because Canon have discontinued support meaning no parts. So if they open it and a component breaks they won't take it on because at that point its a paper weight.

    The annoying thing is mine is a DEC 2012 build date so coincided with the MKII being released. Cast your mind back that lens was delayed until September 2013 so I bought the MKI.

    This means its had a 12 year life span which is low for an L series lens. Obviously they were released in 2002 so its an "old lens" but not all are 22 years old. Just annoying in my case as for the R6 R6 MKII R8 the lower MP bodies its still a great lens.

    The EF-S 17-55mm was released in 2006 and has support until 2030. 24 years

    Mine is essentially now a paper weight when it's a perfectly good useable bit of glass.

    To replace it for RF its £2500 here in the UK!

    From these charts the RF doesnt perform much better than the MKI


    Ridiculous.
    Normal time span of your EF24-70 MK1 has passed long long time ago, I also have a friend who owns this lens still didn’t send it to repair before the end of service from Canon HK, then the lens is only a paper weight
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  6. Hey... that's actually really easy to fix, I had to do it all the time. You have to take off the front ring with the model name and there are screws to align the front element.[...]
    If you do, pay attention to the screws, they are likely JIS, not philips and that makes a difference when they are stuck. I stripped a screw on my MP-E65mm by using the wrong screwdriver. Don't be me :)
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  7. Its so annoying.

    I have a 24-70mm F2.8 MKI and one of the elements has moved ever so slightly so at 70mm it has a distortion bottom right.

    Nobody will touch it because Canon have discontinued support meaning no parts. So if they open it and a component breaks they won't take it on because at that point its a paper weight.

    The annoying thing is mine is a DEC 2012 build date so coincided with the MKII being released. Cast your mind back that lens was delayed until September 2013 so I bought the MKI.

    This means its had a 12 year life span which is low for an L series lens. Obviously they were released in 2002 so its an "old lens" but not all are 22 years old. Just annoying in my case as for the R6 R6 MKII R8 the lower MP bodies its still a great lens.

    The EF-S 17-55mm was released in 2006 and has support until 2030. 24 years

    Mine is essentially now a paper weight when it's a perfectly good useable bit of glass.

    To replace it for RF its £2500 here in the UK!

    From these charts the RF doesnt perform much better than the MKI


    Ridiculous.
    I bought my EF 24-70mm f2.8 L mk I back in early 2008 and it was one of my "darling" lenses. It was so versatile and I like the (often misunderstood) reverse zoom function. The hood worked spectacularly well in the wet and harsh sun, keeping the element clear at 70mm and 24mm really well. My copy was nice and sharp, even at 70mm f2.8. It's a lens I know well and used a lot. It's ability to shoot wedding rings shot on the fly was amazing. I used it on my 5D/ mk II & mkIII.
    I've been very blessed with my copy, it had a hard life and the riggors of wedding photography and landscape workshops could be hard on this well documented lens. It could suffer from optical alignment issues if it was dropped or bumped. I was fortunate that my copy never suffered from this. I've also heard that calibrating this lens was a literal night mare.

    However, with my migration to mirrorless last year I found the R8 / R6ii's sensor was exposing my copy of this lens' optical deficiencies in sharpness at 70mm @f2.8. it was fine stopped down to f4.
    So I figured that maybe it was time to migrate to either the RF version or the EF mkII. Trust me, the mkII lens is a lot sharper at 70mm @ f2.8.
    I chose the Ef mkII lens over the RF version for a number of reasons.
    Firstly, because I can use a EF to R drop in adaptor. This allows me to use rear mount drop in polarisers & ND filters with this lens and all my other EF lenses and I don't need to take an arry of filter duplicates or troublesome step down rings with me. I've also found that the canon lens coatings are far superior then any 3rd party filter I have used. having the filter behind then les has yielded better IQ and lower ghosting and flare issues too.

    Secondly, the optics. Optically, the EF mkII lens is pretty much the same sharpness as the RF lens, it's a similar size (when adapted) and about the same weight. The Mk II is vastly sharper than the mkII and this is easily seen in photos from my R6 & R6ii. I'm guessing it would be even more obvious on a R5.
    Thirdly, it's a LOT cheaper. 2.5x cheaper new (£1K vs £2.5K) and far more available S/H in immaculate condition.

    The RF lens has two main benefits over the EF mkII. It's MFD is slightly better than the EF mk1 and a lot better than the EF mkII. I use a small extension tube with my EF mkII to off set this. The other feature of the RF lens is the inclusion of an optical Image Stabiliser. My R6ii has IBIS so it's a but mute, however the IBIS is inferior. 3-4 stops - better at the wide end than at the long end vs the 8.5 stops of the combined snf coordinated lens IS and IBIS that the Rf lesn offers.

    If I was really interested in the RF version, I would probaby step sideways and get the RF 24-105mm f4 LIS instead, because the never cameras have better ISo noice ability and the fact that it's only £1.5K compared to the over priced £2.5K of the RF 24-70mm f2.8 LIS. I like good / great...but I also like cheap.
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  8. EF180 3.5L Macro USM: November 2027: I hope we do not have to wait until the end of 2027 before we get an RF 180-200mm macro lens.
    This is interesting that Canon have announed and EOF / service life for this lens any yet there's no direct replacement available in the Rf line up.
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  9. From these charts the RF doesnt perform much better than the MKI

    These charts do not tell the complete picture. I owned the EF 24-70 f2.8 Mk I. The image quality fell apart on a 21mp sensor (5D Mk II).
    Both the EF 24-70mm f2.8 Mk II and the RF 24-70mm f2.8 are vastly superior to the Mk I.
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  10. If you do, pay attention to the screws, they are likely JIS, not philips and that makes a difference when they are stuck. I stripped a screw on my MP-E65mm by using the wrong screwdriver. Don't be me :)

    Dremel and made it a slot? I had to do that to 100-400 screws when getting the dust out of them. I know dust doesn't matter, but it was a bad look when sending it to a customer.
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  11. This is interesting that Canon have announed and EOF / service life for this lens any yet there's no direct replacement available in the Rf line up.
    I agree. The EF 180mm was discontinued in 2021 (along with a lot of other EF lenses for which there is no RF ‘equivalent’). Patent applications for long RF macro lenses where published on CR in August, so there might be a long RF macro one day (soon I hope).
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  12. I agree. The EF 180mm was discontinued in 2021 (along with a lot of other EF lenses for which there is no RF ‘equivalent’). Patent applications for long RF macro lenses where published on CR in August, so there might be a long RF macro one day (soon I hope).

    I have a feeling they're going to do something new with future macro lenses. Just a feeling, no info.
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  13. If you do, pay attention to the screws, they are likely JIS, not philips and that makes a difference when they are stuck. I stripped a screw on my MP-E65mm by using the wrong screwdriver. Don't be me :)
    I can only confirm!
    JIS are a different standard, Philips screwdrivers are likely to damage them, thus rendering disassembly difficult or plain impossible.
    JIS sets can be bought from Amazon, but do not buy the cheap ones! :)
    PS: I learnt it the hard way too, on an Olympus OM 2...
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  14. I have a feeling they're going to do something new with future macro lenses. Just a feeling, no info.
    Future macro lenseS ? Sounds like we could get a 50mm as well!
    O.K. I know it's only a "feeling"...:cool:
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  15. Dremel and made it a slot? I had to do that to 100-400 screws when getting the dust out of them. I know dust doesn't matter, but it was a bad look when sending it to a customer.
    The tiny blade of grass that made it inside somehow disappeared a few weeks later, so I don’t have a reason to open it up any more.
    I’ll keep the dremel suggestions in my mind when another piece of debris decides to camp out in the center.
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