Why does Canon not make such light zoom lenses anymore ?

victorian squid wrote:

Peter Kwok wrote:

Canon made some very lightweight zoom lens in the past, such as the 3 versions of 28-90mm for their Rebel film cameras. Their cheap constructions kept their weight below 200g. Unlike lightweight kit lens for crop bodies, they fit your FF camera.

In this digital era where we can pixel-peep every lens before we buy, lens like these would not survive the criticism on-line. The 24-105L is considered the minimum quality for FF DSLR.

Dolly Dog - October 2003 - April 2013, one of the few pictures she let me get of her

My ancient Rebel and Nikkor AI 50mm f1.4 (circa 1980) beg to differ. Even with my 6D and 24-70 f2.8L II, I don't really pull a whole heck of a lot more out in terms of sharpness or bokeh. Pixel peep away.

You beg to differ that the old slow zooms of the past are not cutting the mustard on digital FF 135 format, because... a 50mm f1.4 prime works for you? What kind of logic is behind that?

Probably why manual Zeiss lenses that are small and light are commanding such high prices, and why this particular Nikkor lens, as well as my 28/28 are still manufactured.

Don't blame DP, blame us for hanging around gear forums rather than actual gallery forums. It's here because we groove on gear. It's fun. Old and new.

I too have old primes (older than your 50mm), which can deliver nice results, and yet I do know that the slow zooms of the past in general were soft and had a lack of contrast.

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