Will Canon EF Lenses be compatable with future interchangeable hd cameras?

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If i were to invest in Canon L-series lenses, for use currently on my 60D, would i still be able to use these lenses for the future of interchangeable lens High Definition cameras?

Will there always be an adaptor that will allow this ef mount system to adapt onto the next generation video camera?

What about aperature control and auto focus?

Ive read on these forums and else where that investing in good glass, is worth it, because you will always be able to use those lenses. The camera body will change but the lenses will remain.

Is this true? Or is this only applicable to canon lenses with canon bodies?
 
I own very few EF mount lenses with electronic control. Just a few zooms, 11-16mm, 16-50mm, 70-200mm.

Just about all of my other lenses are completely manual for future compatability.
 
since there are so much people working with canon vdslr's i guess yes there will be a broad compatibility in future, companies know that people buy expensive lenses to last for a decade - and you'll always find some kind of adaptor like the metabones or such if you want to..
 
Red has EF mount as an option for its lenses and a lot of people are very happy with their EF mounts especially since the RED cameras allow AF in video with the canon lenses. Canon has got a very strong strategy to make the EF as a mount to be accepted in Hollywood/all cinema users. if you see the strategy of Canon, mostly they release the EF mount of their cameras and lenses first followed by the PL version after sometime. They could have done an interchangeable mount like RED has done. However, in the long run Canon wants the EF mount to be acceptable. So don't worry about investing in L series lenses.
 
David W. Jones said:
I own very few EF mount lenses with electronic control. Just a few zooms, 11-16mm, 16-50mm, 70-200mm.

Just about all of my other lenses are completely manual for future compatability.
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This ^
electronics in the lens = obsolescence at SOME point. Most of my current lenses are between 40 and 60 years old.
 
Back to the original point -- Canon EF lenses *aren't* video lenses. They're stills lenses. They're not made for shooting video. They will never be truly ideal for that purpose. They will be, at best, serviceable. (and the same goes for Nikon lenses, etc).
 
My primes are de-clicked Nikon F lenses. I have some Canons, but I'm confident that I can also use those Nikons on practically any camera.
 
Barry_Green said:
Back to the original point -- Canon EF lenses *aren't* video lenses. They're stills lenses. They're not made for shooting video. They will never be truly ideal for that purpose. They will be, at best, serviceable. (and the same goes for Nikon lenses, etc).
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True as well. They are a "cheap" solution (any stills lens) with the trade offs that come with that.
 
Barry what are the main differences between a video lens and still lenses? I'm aware of things like declicked aperture, long focus throw, barrel markings and toothed rings but optically is there a common difference between video and stills lenses? The two just look so totally different.
 
Well, there's basically three types of lenses, I guess -- video, still, and cinema. Best to look at RPO's article where he really lays out so many excellent differentiating factors between stills glass and cinema glass. It's the kind of thing I wish I had written.

A "video" lens would typically be one that had smooth video-style autofocus, a totally stepless aperture, and a servo zoom.
 
Barry_Green said:
Back to the original point -- Canon EF lenses *aren't* video lenses. They're stills lenses. They're not made for shooting video. They will never be truly ideal for that purpose. They will be, at best, serviceable. (and the same goes for Nikon lenses, etc).
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This puts it into perspective. So maybe the question i should be asking is: Will the future of HD Video cameras and next generation video cameras, utilize slr lenses, like the canon L-Series? I understand there are differences between video lenses and still lenses, but are videographers just simply ignoring the benefits of the video lenses to get the shallow depth of field and film look that's always been missing in video cameras. If i can use a slr lens as well as a video lens, then surely it makes no difference and i should choose the slr for depth of field type work.
 
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