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Would anyone have any interest in the following lenses?

Started Jun 7, 2017 | Polls thread
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Re: Would anyone have any interest in the following lenses?

DtEW wrote:

I'd push the long-end of your standard zoom from 70mm to 85mm.

A stabilized 35-85mm f/2 would make for a very interesting option for the purposes of social photography.

That said, Sigma does a 24-35mm f/2 without OS and it's a kilogram. I would certainly expect any f/2 zoom at either 70mm or 85mm on the long-end to be considerably heavier.

A lot bigger and heavier -- probably more so than a 70-200 / 2.8.

A crop-image-circle, stabilized 24-58mm f/2 might be more feasible.

I think that would be larger and heavier than a 35-70 / 2 since it goes from WA to normal which, I think, is more of an issue than normal to slightly telephoto.

In any case, look at the size, weight, and cost of the Sigma 24-35 / 2A and then consider what the size, weight, and cost of increasing that zoom ratio by an additional 66% to a 24-58 / 2 might be.

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