gwilliams6

Canon opens RF mount for APS-C lenses from Tamron and Sigma, but does not allow any third-party fullframe RF lenses. Any Canon RF users interested in these APS-C lenses ?

gwilliams6

Canon opens RF mount for some APS-C lenses from Tamron and Sigma, but does not allow any third-party fullframe RF lenses. Any Canon RF users interested in these APS-C lenses ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW7waTkpgnI

Cheers

gwilliams6

Sadly, Canon's cripple hammer strikes again, as fullframe R users are still denied access and use of nearly all of the over 150+ (and growing) excellent and affordable Third-Party fullframe lenses available to other brands of cameras.

There is a Laowa fullframe, manual-focus-only 10mm f2.8 rectilinear RF lens allowed by Canon, cost $799 USD.

Nikon Z-mount and Sony E-mount users get the autofocus versions of this Laowa 10mm f2.8 rectilinear lens. I personally spoke with Laowa's USA Rep. ,and he told me Canon wont allow the AF version in RF mount. I have this superb lens in autofocus E-mount for my Sony A1, A9III, A7RV, cost $799 USD.

And there is one manual-focus-only Viltrox RF lens allowed by Canon . I personally have the superb Viltrox Autofocus 16mm f1.8 lens in E-mount, a GM-quality lens, for only $549 USD. Not allowed by Canon in RF mount.

While Canon sells its RF 15-35mm f2.8 RF lens for $2399 USD, on sale for $2100 USD right now at B&H. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1502499-REG/canon_3682c002_rf_15_35mm_f_2_8l_is.html/?ap=y&ap=y&smpadsrd=&smp=y&lsft=BI%3A6879&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwuJ2xBhA3EiwAMVjkVBEj-46PBxr6NrmPzzXiTtkmuLoHoKHmMIDiCNzUDs3yDUKhPT2lxhoC-oYQAvD_BwE

Cheers and best to all Canon R users, APS-C and fullframe.

gwilliams6

So far,

From Sigma, APS-C RF lenses:

18-50mm F2.8 DC DN
10-18mm F2.8 DC DN
16mm F1.4 DC DN
23mm F1.4 DC DN
30mm F1.4 DC DN
56mm F1.4 DC DN

From Tamron, APS-C RF Lens:

11-20mm F2.8 Di III ARXD

Cheers

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Diligence is the mother of good luck. Having a cropped-sensor camera is like dating your cousin.

John O.

There is a number of professional, semi-pro photographers and highly advanced photographers that I know who have migrated from full frame to Micro 4/3rds and they are happy with their results. Full frame is not always the best for every photographer.

I, myself, use a Canon R7 mirrorless (APS-C) with Canon lenses. I have never wanted to switch back to full frame.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Quality APS-C lenses from Tamron and Sigma -- expected at lower relative prices -- will supplement the Canon offerings. Be sure to acknowledge the Sony Troll that is the OP of this topic.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

I might be interested in the future, depends on the lens. The 10-18 is tempting because if I go out with my R7 somewhere, I "might" want to do landscape etc. I would want the widest lens I could get just because of the nature of APS-c. I have an R7 APS-c and RP FF body and a selection of 8 lenses, so far all are FF so I can use them on both bodies. I also have the adapter so I can use all my EF lenses on the RF bodies. But I do have an RF 14 so the 10-18 is probably a 6/7 on a 1>10 "want" list for now.

gwilliams6

I always say use what works for you and be happy.

Maybe you might try out one of these excellent lenses.

One tip, the APS-C Sigma 16mm f1.4 DC DN and Sigma 56mm f1.4 DC DN in E-mount have tested out with equal sharpness of the best top-rated Sony lenses. I had that Sigma 16mm f1.4 DC DN lens for my Sony APS-C A6500 and it was unsurpassed.

I look forward to the inevitable independent comparison tests coming, pitting these third-party APS-C RF lenses against the best Canon APS-C RF lenses.

Cheers and best to you.

gwilliams6

hugEDhog Loc: Bear, Delaware

I have 3 lensbabies RF mount full frame.
Maybe Canon allowed Lensbaby because the lenses are not automated. I put my Canon EOS R on manual mode and there goes the challenge of trial and error.
1. 56 mm. f1.6
2. 35 mm. f2.5
3. 22 mm. f3.5
There is a section on Lensbaby in this forum.

gwilliams6

They aren't autofocus so Canon doesn't fear any loss of fullframe autofocus RF lens revenue . Lensbaby are specialty lenses that dont have a wide market that could threaten Canon, ever.

Sigma and Tamron sell more lenses than Sony, Nikon and Canon. So fullframe RF lenses from Sigma and Tamron would have an economic impact on Canon fullframe RF lens sales.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/independents-rule-sigma-tamron-sell-164147007.html

Canon is only allowing a manual-focus-only Laowa 10mm f2.8 rectilinear lens in RF fullframe mount. This Laowa 10mm f2.8 lens comes in autofocus fullframe versions for Nikon Z-mount, and Sony E-mount. I have the autofocus fullframe version for E-mount, just released in the past month.

Cheers

gwilliams6

A couple of comments from photographers on Worldwide Facebook Photography groups on this announcement.

"Here are the numbers right after the APS-C lens announcement. Canon 39 lenses, 7 third party lenses= 46. Nikon 42 native and 35 third party = 77. Sony 78 native and 161 third party = 238 total."

"As it stands, I shoot on cameras primarily from Sony. But I also own and use Nikon and Fujifilm. The only one of the big four I don’t own a camera is Canon. Their stance on third party lenses has a lot to do with it."

"This is all about having an APS-C RF lens line up without having to design or build any themselves. That way they can continue to make all the full frame lenses themselves. They picked 6 Sigma and 1 Tamron lens. I don't know where the Sigma lenses are in sales but as my camera store sells lots of Tamron lenses I can tell you that the Tamron 11-20 is one of the slowest selling of Tamron's line for Sony E mount cameras. They could have picked (what was a couple of years ago the best selling E mount lens outselling even the Sony lenses), the Tamron 28-75 f2.8. Why didn't they pick that one?"

It will interesting to see how well they all sell, and whether their sales will increase the number of Canon R APS-C cameras sold.

Cheers

Sidwalkastronomy Loc: New Jersey Shore

Guess you've never seen my cousin. LOL

Maxpixel

Still waiting for Canon to produce a best in class astro lens, such as the Sigma 20mm f1.4 DG DN, with special attention paid to eliminating coma (bat wings) in the periphery, or at least let Sigma put an Rf mount on it so I don’t have to buy a Sony camera to use that lens.