Canon Emphasises Lens Potential With EOS R System
After we’ve waited around for at least a couple of years for Canon and Nikon to get their acts together with full-35mm format mirrorless camera systems, both launched within a couple of weeks of each other… emphatically ending Sony’s long honeymoon in this sector. Nikon was first with its Z series and, just 15 days later, Canon unleashed its EOS R system (and then, of course, Panasonic followed at Photokina).
Canon’s EOS R system is based around an all-new RF mount which has an inner diameter of 54 millimetres and a flange back distance of 20 millimetres. It’s a three-claw bayonet fitting with 12 contact pins. The system launches with one camera
