DSLR lenses are disappearing, with Canon discontinuing all but nine EF primes. This update comes on the heels of a Canon patent featuring some incredible new zooms.
We’ve been covering the slow death of DSLR bodies and lenses for a bit now. Sony recently pulled the plug on its A-mount, and now it seems like Canon is slowly following suit.
Even though Canon had said it planned on making consumer-level DSLR bodies, its range of lenses for this format has been reduced.
But as the old tech starts disappearing, the photography sleuths have uncovered some Canon patents that may blow your socks off.
Let’s dig in a bit deeper.
EF Lenses All But Gone
While Canon has quietly discontinued many of its EF lenses over the last year, a new report by PetaPixel suggests the end might be close for Canon’s DSLR lenses altogether.
A Japanese photographer, Kimio Tanaka, tweeted the other day and compared Canon’s offering of EF lenses between January and February 2022.
For those that don’t speak Japanese, Twitter translated the following from Tanaka.
Author: Yaroslav Altunin
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
