I am amazed... I guess I shall in future buy only from Canon. I still have an FTb from 1974 which works perfectly. I have used Canon cameras and lens on top of mountains at 20'000 feet, in the Arctic and in the desert. They have never once failed to ...
It is possible to update the lens firmware at home in a few minutes if you buy the USB interface. I expect that this would be both simpler and cheaper than flying to South Korea!
I note that the Samyang 14mm F2.8 is in principle fully compatible with the R series and has auto-focus. This may not be the case for the 85mm. However, I found that by loading the latest firmware version into the lens it worked correctly, but only f...
I bought the Samyang because at the time there was no equivalent made by Canon. However, as I have read, Canon does not seem to encourage third-party equipment, whilst other camera manufacturers regard having third-party lens available makes their pr...
I agree that the lens is different, but the problem is the same. A Samyang RF lens will not communicate with the R6 Mark II. Presumably Samyang use the same communications routines in both cases, so if they fix one they could fix the other. However, ...