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Canon EF and RF Lenses – All Autofocus Motors

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Re: Canon EF and RF Lenses – All Autofocus Motors

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Post by dghlsakjg »

IgorPartola wrote: post #15
michh wrote: post #12

I’ve recently been shooting film with an old EOS camera from the 90s I bought used and it was really nice being able to use the EOS lenses I bought for my DSLR in the 2000s and 2010s. It’s a dying standard now but it’s really impressive it lasted as long as it has, with significant technological innovation on both sides of the lens mount while retaining full compatibility. A brand new EOS EF lens still works with an…

As a Canon owner, Nikon has a much longer back compatibility range. Having autofocus motors and IS in body rather than in lens seems to be a part of their trick.

Nikon lenses will mount on any Nikon body, but that’s sort of where the compatibility ends.

Their f mount autofocus lenses are a variety of standards that are not at all backwards compatible across eras.

Re: Canon EF and RF Lenses – All Autofocus Motors

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Post by Retr0id »

SSLy wrote: post #18
ExAr wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry to hear that. I tried on my Firefox and it worked. Not sure what might cause that issue.

depending on how the UA's anti-tracking is set up, your cookie pop-up (non-GDPR compliant btw) might prevent the scroll. It's this snippet html.disable--interaction.show--consent, html.disable-- interaction.show--consent body { height: auto !important; overflow: hidden !important; }

Which aspect of it is non-GDPR compliant?

Re: Canon EF and RF Lenses – All Autofocus Motors

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Post by michh »

hyperbovine wrote: post #16
michh wrote: post #12

I’ve recently been shooting film with an old EOS camera from the 90s I bought used and it was really nice being able to use the EOS lenses I bought for my DSLR in the 2000s and 2010s. It’s a dying standard now but it’s really impressive it lasted as long as it has, with significant technological innovation on both sides of the lens mount while retaining full compatibility. A brand new EOS EF lens still works with an…

I must be old -- I vividly remember the Nikon crowd crowing loudly online forums (fredmiranda.com I'm looking at you) about how Canon broke backwards compatibility when they moved from FD to EF. Whereas you could slap an F-mount lens from the 1950s on any Nikon DSLR ever made, no problemo. (Remarkably, this continues to be true!)

Oh yeah, that’s even better, totally agree, but it doesn’t negate my point. I don’t think Canon’s 30 or 40 years would be matched by a hypothetical present-day camera upstart, let alone Nikon’s 70 years.

Re: Canon EF and RF Lenses – All Autofocus Motors

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Post by pnathan »

MartijnBraam wrote: post #20

I've always wanted to know how the various autofocus systems worked. This page is incredible. I wish there was another one with the Nikon autofocus systems since that's what I actually have. I still have several lenses with autofocus that don't have an AF motor in it at all, the motor is in the camera body instead there's a tiny screw on the lens mount that transfers the motor rotation to the autofocus parts in the l…

Tolerably modern Nikon lenses have in-lens AF I believe.

Re: Canon EF and RF Lenses – All Autofocus Motors

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Post by chaosprint »

Forgeties79 wrote: post #8
chaosprint wrote: post #3

Canon's lenses are great, but they're really expensive. The camara body itself has the same issue. Sony seems to be the first choice for indie filmmakers and youtubers right now. L-mount and M43 also seem to have great potential as Panasonic supports Phase Detection Autofocus. edit: There is no need to be cynical here. Market figures are cruel. I hope they are all good. Competition is the best. I should also mention…

Considering my 70-200 can still hang after 10 years and will last another 20 easily with some TLC I was fine with my $1500 purchase - which I made as an indie filmmaker! Jokes aside Sony glass really isn’t all that much cheaper.

Agreed. EF's short flange focal distance can also be easily connected to Sony to utilize dual ISO. Indie uses manual focus anyway.

Re: Canon EF and RF Lenses – All Autofocus Motors

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Post by SSLy »

Retr0id wrote: post #22
SSLy wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

depending on how the UA's anti-tracking is set up, your cookie pop-up (non-GDPR compliant btw) might prevent the scroll. It's this snippet html.disable--interaction.show--consent, html.disable-- interaction.show--consent body { height: auto !important; overflow: hidden !important; }

Which aspect of it is non-GDPR compliant?

the accept and reject buttons should not have differentiated colours. See point 3.4, 3.5 (p. 27 onwards) in https://noyb.eu/sites/default/files/2024-07/noyb_Cookie_Repo...

Re: Canon EF and RF Lenses – All Autofocus Motors

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Post by ExAr »

turnsout wrote: post #14

This is seriously impressive! Just curious, how do you have the time to do all these deep-dives, and how can people give you money??

turnsout Thank you very much. Trying to understand complex things has always fascinated me. Indeed it takes a lot of time (rd. 1.600 hours for the complete series of Canon lens chapters) but its people like you who drive me forward. I don't have a donation page yet, I never thought it would be used :-)

Re: Canon EF and RF Lenses – All Autofocus Motors

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Post by jeffbee »

dylan604 wrote: post #19
chaosprint wrote: post #3

Canon's lenses are great, but they're really expensive. The camara body itself has the same issue. Sony seems to be the first choice for indie filmmakers and youtubers right now. L-mount and M43 also seem to have great potential as Panasonic supports Phase Detection Autofocus. edit: There is no need to be cynical here. Market figures are cruel. I hope they are all good. Competition is the best. I should also mention…

As the old saying goes, buy the glass, rent the body. Camera bodies change much more quickly than the lenses, so as an indie your money is better spent on the glass. However, shit is so cheap now that you can almost upgrade your gear like your phone. IF you’re a cut ally making money with it, you can pay off your gear in one or two gigs. Unless you’re the “nephew with a 5D asking $500” to shoot that project

Most shops that offered still photo rentals in my city have gone out of business, and it's a major city. I used to be able to count on renting a big telephoto that I didn't need to own, for a few hundred per weekend, but these days I'd have to take a long drive to get to the one remaining shop.

Re: Canon EF and RF Lenses – All Autofocus Motors

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Post by sizzzzlerz »

chaosprint wrote: post #3

Canon's lenses are great, but they're really expensive. The camara body itself has the same issue. Sony seems to be the first choice for indie filmmakers and youtubers right now. L-mount and M43 also seem to have great potential as Panasonic supports Phase Detection Autofocus. edit: There is no need to be cynical here. Market figures are cruel. I hope they are all good. Competition is the best. I should also mention…

I chose early on to invest in Canon's L lenses even though I'm an amateur. Yes, they are considerably more expensive than consumer lenses but for the price, you get a more rugged, weatherproof body, sharper and faster glass, and a greater selection of both fixed and zoom lens. The down side is they are quite heavy making them more difficult to carry when shooting outdoors and they can require a stronger tripod to support the weight of the lens and camera. But, the images they can produce can be simply stunning at times and that, after all, is why we do photography.

Re: Canon EF and RF Lenses – All Autofocus Motors

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Post by ExAr »

SSLy wrote: post #26
Retr0id wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which aspect of it is non-GDPR compliant?

the accept and reject buttons should not have differentiated colours. See point 3.4, 3.5 (p. 27 onwards) in https://noyb.eu/sites/default/files/2024-07/noyb_Cookie_Repo...

You are right, I can change that.
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