While it would prefer that filmmakers remember the advantages of RF-mount, speaking exclusively to PetaPixel, Canon is looking on the bright side of Nikon's acquisition of RED Cinema,
The ink is still wet on Nikon's acquisition of RED Cinema, but the two teams are already meeting and working on integrating their technologies.
Last week, Nikon made the surprise announcement that it had acquired RED Cinema, one of the most well-known American cinema camera companies. That one move changed the camera landscape dramatically overnight.
RED's lawsuit against Nikon for infringing on its video compression patents has been dismissed, effectively giving Nikon permission to continue allowing compressed internal RAW video recording in its cameras.
RED Cinema is close to releasing its V-Raptor Rhino 8K S35 which has a native, fully active, Canon RF mount. The fact this relationship exists basically proves Canon is dead-set on selling its lenses above all else.
In May, RED Digital Cinema filed a lawsuit against Nikon, alleging that the data compression technology it uses in the Z9 camera violated its patents. Nikon has responded and argues RED's patent should never have been approved to begin with.
RED has sued Nikon for illegally copying its data compression technology. The lawsuit asserts that Nikon infringed on its patents through capabilities granted to the Nikon Z9 in the recent firmware 2.0 update.