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Why has Canon Abandoned F/2.8?

Started Nov 18, 2014 | Discussions thread
Jonathan Brady
Jonathan Brady Veteran Member • Posts: 6,725
Re: Why has Canon Abandoned F/2.8?
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DavidNJ100 wrote:

A basic set of lenses consists of three zooms. For Nikon those were 12-24, 24-70, and 70-200 F2.8 zooms. For Canon they have been a 16-35, 24-70, and 70-200 F2.8 zooms. In both cases only the 70-200 have IS. Tamron and Sigma have 24-70 and 70-200 F2.8 zooms. Tamron has a 15-30 zoom coming out early next year.

Canon introduced the 70-200 in 2010 and the 24-70 in 2012 which makes them much newer than Nikon's lenses which date from 2007-2009. The two Tamron's on the market are from 2012.

Then in 2014 Canon introduced 16-35/4L IS. And it now appears we are moments from seeing a new 11-24/4L in early 2015. Canon's 16-35/2.8 dates from 2007.

Have Canon abandoned fast super wide angle lenses? For video and activities that have motion, including wedding photography, the shutter speed can't be dropped below 1/50th (video) or 1/80th second or so. Low light is often an issue.

Is Canon abandoning F2.8 under the assumption that a higher ISO can compensate? Do they expect their future cameras to have better high ISO performance?

Look how big that front element is... now imagine it needs to let in another stop of light...

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