robertjerl wrote:
I believe Canon has goofed on the no third party RF lenses.
I am a retired teacher, with other sources of income but still, not rich, photography is a hobby, so I can't write off lenses as a business expense.
I have an R7 and 3 RF lenses, first was the 18-150 kit lens, then the 100-400 non L and after saving for several months I got the RF 100-500L + the RF 1.4x extender. But for most other lenses, I am using my EF mount lenses with the EF>RF adapter. Since making the switch to Canon (from Sigma RD10 & RD14 with 8 lenses) over ten years ago I now have: 6D, 7DII, 80D, 90D, 5DIV and R7. I have lenses in EF mounts by Canon, Tamron, Samyang and in the past I had a couple of Sigmas.
My bridge cameras have gone from Olympus C2030 to Fuji HS10 to Sony RX10iv. I got my wife a Canon SX50, then a T6s and 4 lenses (bought from someone who purchased them while on a European vacation to replace cameras that were stolen)
And I have an old Panasonic ZS6 I got from Costco when it was still a new model, and it has lived in the pocket of one of my jackets or shirts ever since. When I leave the house, it goes with me, no matter what else I may or may not take.
Somewhere north of $40K* on cameras and lenses + editing capable desktop and laptop computers since the 1990s. The great majority of that to Canon products.
But as I said, I am a retired teacher, my wife is a retired Surgical RN and even though I also have a second pension, VA disability, SS (wife has max SS + a 401k) and an outside source of income I am not going to be spending a lot of money on lenses since I have lenses that cover just about everything and they work. Maybe not as well as the latest and greatest RFs but they work and are already paid for.
The only thing I have a borderline case of GAS for is a mirrorless FF, but I don't need it as my 6D and 5DIV have full frame covered.
People like myself need the less expensive third party lenses to use with our Canon bodies. If we can't afford lenses, then we don't buy the bodies.
*I am a bit scared to dig through my records and add up all the cameras, lenses and photo related gear I have bought since the early 90's. I have a suspicion the off the top of my head number will come out too low.
It is a good thing I don't drink or do drugs or take cruises several times a year like one guy I know in the Senior Center Camera Club. That way I can afford my books (mostly e-books), photo gear, sewing stuff for my wife etc.
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How would you feel if you spent millions of dollars developing a technology and companies in a country that's not exactly aligned with the rest of the world start copying your technology and selling cheaper and in many cases inferior copies!?
When Canon is ready to license their technology to reputable companies like Sigma and Tamron, they will. Until then anyone who buys the unlicensed knockoffs is simply saying, stealing is ok.