Owner's Manual

Table Of Contents
3.0&&&&&&&&&&&LIMITATIONS&OF&THE&CURRENT&EOS&SYSTEM&!
Assessing!the!current!EOS!system! in!the!context!of! future! considerations!exposes!some! limitations!as!
follows:!
1. Insufficie n t! flexib ilit ies ! in! mo u n t ! diameter! and! ba ck ! focus! distance! to!accomm odate! all!of!
the!increasingly!diverse!requirements!in!zoom!and!prime!lenses!
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2. Limited!speed!of!the!electronic!com mun ication!between!lens!and!camera!
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3. Limited! electronic! channels! between! lens! and! camera! to! accommodate! new! operational!
aspirations!!
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4. Constraints!in!sensor-based!AF!operational!capabilities!
Collectively,! these! considerations! make! a! compelling! case! for! a! more! encompassing! approach! to! the!
intercha n ge a b le! lens -camera! system ! going! forward.! ! ! A! new! lens! system ! is! pivotal! to! form ! an!
underpinning!core!to!the!new!EOS!R!system .!
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4.0& &&&&&&&&A&CHANGING&GLOBAL&MARKETPLACE&
Digital! imaging! has! been! with! us! for! almost! a! quarter! century.! ! But,! the! past! decade! has! seen!
extraordinary!advances!in! both! image! performance! and! creative! flexibilities!offered! by! contemporary!
lenses!and!cameras.!!The!former!lines!separating! still! and!motion!imaging!are!blurred,! image!resolution!
has!soared,! and!end! user! dem ands!for!m ore! operational!em powerments! are!unceasing.!!Applications!of!
intercha n ge a b le!le n s - ca me ra!systems!continually!broaden.!
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