There are 4 wide-angle L prime lenses coming in the next 12 months [CR2]
- Thread starter Canon Rumors Guy
- Start date
Aussie shooter
https://brettguyphotography.picfair.com/
A 12mm f1.8? That seems......odd. I would think milky way/aurora photographers would prefer a 16mm 1.8. who would the 12mm be for? Architecture perhaps?
Upvote
0
There is pattern and I'm not liking it.
Canon were king of the heap for 30 years before RF. Now they seem to only be interested in extremes - extreme fast lenses (f1.2 f1.4 etc) at stupid high prices, or extreme slow, f-****-elevens. To make sure they irritate as much people as possible, they won't let third-party lenses compete.
Canon were king of the heap for 30 years before RF. Now they seem to only be interested in extremes - extreme fast lenses (f1.2 f1.4 etc) at stupid high prices, or extreme slow, f-****-elevens. To make sure they irritate as much people as possible, they won't let third-party lenses compete.
Upvote
0
Consider that you get almost the full range of these (rumored, at this point) fast L primes with an f/4 aperture, L-series build and fast focusing for probably less than what just one of them will cost, by buying the RF 14-35/4L IS.
The L-series, in Canon's philosophy, is about extremes. The goalposts have moved as technology improves, and what was once difficult becomes easier to achieve. But I believe that L-series lenses will always try to push the optical envelope (and the wallet). Slow L-series primes in the wide to short tele range (where there are already multiple L zoom lenses with slow apertures) aren't at all likely.
Upvote
0
Yes, and if Canon ever decides to optimize a wide, fast lens to have low coma and astigmatism then maybe this 12/1.8 will actually serve that purpose. Canon seems to aggressively ignore those aberrations in their lens designs, but there's always hope that will change.
Upvote
0
I agree with all of that neuro, but it still frustrates me that there are very few mid-range, mid-price L-quality lenses with modest apertures that would result in smaller, lighter lenses.
It's difficult to gauge how much demand there is for such optics, but I honestly believe they would sell in high enough numbers to make it worthwhile to Canon, and I also believe that the "policy of extremes" is alienating a lot of existing customers, and discouraging new customers.
Upvote
0
If there was not a supply shortage in the middle then I would tend to agree with you.
It is really hard to predict anything right now.
Upvote
0
I am just wondering why they are using slow STM motors in consumer lenses when they have the super-fast, quiet and tiny nano-USM.
They even used that motor in some cheaper lenses (EF 70-300) then decided to go with the worse STM. What is that if not market segmentation?
They even used that motor in some cheaper lenses (EF 70-300) then decided to go with the worse STM. What is that if not market segmentation?
Upvote
0
Similar threads
