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
- EOS R: November 2029
- EOS R3: TBA
- EOS R5: TBA
- EOS R5 Mark II: TBA
- EOS R6: May 2030
- EOS R6 Mark II: TBA
- EOS R7: TBA
- EOS R8: TBA
- EOS R10: TBA
- EOS R100: TBA
- EOS R50: TBA
- EOS Ra: January 2028
- EOS RP: TBA
- EOS RP (Gold): June 2026
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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That will be addressed in 2025 according to a roadmap... "Ultra Wide Prime Q4 2025" (paraphrasing). I can't post the slide.
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
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM Lens Image Quality
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.
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.
Both the EF 24-70mm f2.8 Mk II and the RF 24-70mm f2.8 are vastly superior to the Mk I.
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.
I have a feeling they're going to do something new with future macro lenses. Just a feeling, no info.
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...
O.K. I know it's only a "feeling"...:cool:
I’ll keep the dremel suggestions in my mind when another piece of debris decides to camp out in the center.