Hard to call it a bad decision in the face of real numbers. Canons share has actually grown since RF was released. But Sony’s growth has come at the expense of Nikon, Pentax, Panasonic, and others. Now Sony also owns a big chunk of Tamron as well which changes the math for them anyway. Sony went open mount because they weren’t going to make a dent in Canon and Nikon sales if they didn’t have Sigma and Tamron making lenses for them. Which makes sense when you have over 45% of the ILC market. Don’t violate their patents without permission. As Meike seems to be showing, that means work with Canon and they’ll work with you. Canon EOS R Mirrorless Digital Camera (Body Only, Black) Dual pixel CMOS AF 30.3MP full-frame CMOS sensor and DIGIC 8 image processor UHD 4K video recording. No facts.Ĭanon has said they will handle third party lenses on a case by case basis. Image stabilisation of up to 4.5 stops with three IS modes Supports high-speed shooting of EOS R system with 1/8 step aperture control for movie recording. Or, they also violated a patent and didn’t want to deal with it.įrom there YouTube and the interwebs exploded with the idea that Canon banned third parties and Canon was going to magically release firmware that bricked all EF third party lenses. Either an overreaction because a lawsuit was more expensive that the profits they were making. Samyang/Rokinon got wind of that and pulled their RF AF lenses (which still work by the way) for fear of getting sued. Battery Grip Kit for Canon EOS 70D, EOS 80D, EOS 90D Digital SLR Camera Includes Qty 2 BM Prmeium LP-E6 Batteries + BG-E14 Replacement Battery Grip. Just a patent infringement cease and desist. This item: Canon EOS 80D Digital SLR Camera Body (Black) (Renewed) 75399. No formal announcement forbidding third party lenses. Canon filed a cease and desist presumably due to some kind of patent infringement regarding the RF communication protocol. There was a third party manufacturer (Viltrox?) that released or planned to release RF lenses with auto focus.
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