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Why has Canon Abandoned F/2.8?

Started Nov 18, 2014 | Discussions thread
Landscapeforfun Contributing Member • Posts: 739
Re: Why has Canon Abandoned F/2.8?

Al Downie wrote:

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.

or shooting astrolandscape images. 2.8 is nice to have when you are limited to 30 second exposures and trying to reduce noise. I would LOVE an 11mm 2.8 lens.

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