The Japanese publication Mynavi posted online an interview where Tsuyoshi Tokura (Senior Managing Executive Officer in charge of the Canon Imaging Group) confirmed that Canon is in talks with third-party lens manufacturers about commercializing and opening the RF mount – here is the recap by digicame-info:
Sigma is rumored to announce their first lenses for Canon RF mount in February 2024:
Canon never released any official statements on the report that Viltrox was forced to stop selling RF-mount mirrorless lenses until today. The German site Photografix Magazin published the first official statement where Canon Germany indicated that third-party lenses infringe on their patent and design rights. Here is the full text:
It seems that Canon is actively preventing 3rd parties from releasing mirrorless lenses for RF mount – take a look at this conversation between a customer and the Chinese lens manufacturer Viltrox: Viltrox basically confirms that Canon told them “to stop selling all RF mont products”.
Viltrox is rumored to release 23mm, 35mm, and 50mm full-frame mirrorless lenses for Canon RF-mount. Viltrox will is also rumored to release 23mm, 35mm, and 56mm APS-C mirrorless lenses for RF-mount (Canon will announce several new APS-C products next week). The new lenses are expected by the end of 2022. Viltrox already has the 85mm […]
Today Venus Optics announced three new ultra-wide cinema lenses for Canon RF mount cameras that already available in their online store: 9mm T2.9 Zero-D Cine 12mm T2.9 Zero-D Cine 15mm T2.9 FE Zero-D Cine Additional information:
Samyang is the first company to offer third party Canon RF AF full-frame mirrorless lenses. The first lens will be the Samyang AF 14mm f/2.8 RF that will come with a lens station for firmware updates (the lens already exists for other mounts):
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