Tag Archives: third party RF lenses for Canon EOS R

Upcoming Sigma mirrorless lenses for Canon RF-mount

By PR admin | Published: June 30, 2024

After the Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary lens for Canon RF-mount official announcement, here are the rest of the upcoming Sigma lenses for Canon RF mount (only APS-C for now) – already listed at B&H Photo: Sigma 16mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary Sigma 23mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary […]

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Officially released: Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary lens for Canon RF-mount

By PR admin | Published: June 25, 2024

As already reported earlier, Sigma officially released their 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary lens for Canon RF (the lens has been available for Sony E and Leica L Mounts since 2021 and for Fujifilm X mount since last year). This is one of the first six Sigma APS-C lenses (no full-frame lenses for now) that […]

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Canon is in talks with third-party lens manufacturers about commercializing and opening the RF mount: “There are no restrictions”

By PR admin | Published: February 25, 2024

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:

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Sigma is rumored to announce their first lenses for Canon EOS R cameras (RF mount) in February 2024

By PR admin | Published: November 29, 2023

Sigma is rumored to announce their first lenses for Canon RF mount in February 2024:

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Canon Germany on third-party Viltrox lenses: “Canon believes that these products infringe their patent and design rights and has therefore requested the company to stop all activities that infringe Canon’s intellectual property rights”

By PR admin | Published: September 5, 2022

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:

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Viltrox: “We have been told by Canon to stop selling all RF mount products”

By PR admin | Published: August 28, 2022

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”.

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Viltrox is rumored to release several mirrorless lenses for Canon RF-mount (full-frame and APS-C)

By PR admin | Published: May 22, 2022

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 […]

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Viltrox announced their first full-frame autofocus mirrorless lens for Canon RF-mount: Viltrox AF 85mm f/1.8 STM

By PR admin | Published: November 5, 2021

Viltrox announced their first full-frame autofocus mirrorless lens for Canon RF-mount: Viltrox AF 85mm f/1.8 STM. Additional information is available here. Pre-orders are already open at: Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon DE | Amazon CA Pergear (international shipping) Viltrox online store (international shipping) Rollei is now the official Viltrox lens distributor in Germany […]

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