--- Ken Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > **************************************************************** > > Sounds pretty impossible, Canon would have announced this incompatibility > along with the 1D Mk3 announcement, rather than still keeping it a surprise > even now when the 1D Mk3 is due in the stores in May. > > The FD to EF mount change many years ago was necessary to bring auto focus > into the game, sure Nikon kept their mount so their older lens can still be > used with the new bodies but without any AF or IS or otherwise, but Canon > felt it was necessary to go to a different mount, I can accept that. > > Canon introduced the EF-S a couple of years ago for the smaller sensor > DSLRs, but all EF lenses are still usable with the EF-S bodies, so even if > (and that is a BIG IF) Canon does come out with a "different" lens mount for > the 1D Mk3, it would be so that all EF lenses are still compatible, Canon > cannot afford to alienate their clientele out there with the investment in > their EF lens system. > > My favourite camera store gave me a copy of the Spring 2007 EOS System > booklet last week, which covers all the Canon digital and 35mm SLR bodies, > EF and EF-S lenses, all photo accessories and printers. Nowhere is there > even a hint of yet another format of lens for the 1D Mk3, there is a picture > of the bare 1D Mk3 housing without the lens mounted and it looked just like > the standard EF mount, there is another picture of the 1D Mk3 with an > EF-50mm f1.4 lens mounted on it. > > So I think it's pretty safe to bet that even if there is a sliver of truth > to this rumour that the 1D Mk3 will have a new lens mount, it is going to be > at least compatible with the EF lens format. > > Not that I would believe for a nano second that Canon would be hiding this > "secret" still at this point, they have absolutely nothing to gain and > everything to loose if they were to pull this stunt. > > Maybe this rumour is an effort of dis-information by Nikonians? > > :-) > > Ken > Ken, am catching up on emails, so this has probably been addressed already. The rumor is in regards the 1DS, not the 1D. And I still have no further information. But it appears to be a possibility. Jane
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