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Why has Canon Abandoned F/2.8?

Started Nov 18, 2014 | Discussions thread
Al Downie Senior Member • Posts: 1,407
Re: Why has Canon Abandoned F/2.8?
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DavidNJ100 wrote:

A basic set of lenses consists of three zooms.

Where did you read THAT??

Have Canon abandoned fast super wide angle lenses?

Wider than 35mm, nobody's very interested in shallow depth of field, so avoidance of camera shake is the only real reason to want 'more light', and Image Stabilisation pretty much takes care of that.

11mm f2.8?? That would be nuts! First of all it'd be HUGE; secondly, you'd have to actually be a Parkinson's patient driving a car with square wheels in the middle of an earthquake to see camera shake through an 11mm lens.

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