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Would anyone have any interest in the following lenses?

Started Jun 7, 2017 | Polls thread
Andy Blanchard Senior Member • Posts: 1,349
Re: Would anyone have any interest in the following lenses?

No to all for me, my personal reasons based on my usage as follows:

35-70 / 2A OS: Debatable if the extra stop would be much use over my 24-70mm f/2.8, especially if Canon ever ever makes the oft-discussed version with IS at some point. Then again, 35-70mm would make a good street shooting combo with a 16-35mm...

70 / 1.8A OS: Odd focal length. If I'm after shallow DoF and nice bokeh (which is presumably the point) I'd go probably go for an 85mm f/1.8 instead and just take a step or two further back for even shallower DoF and creamier bokeh.

100-300 / 4S OS: Might be a good travel lens, but you'd probably do better with a 70-200mm f/2.8 and a 1.4x TC, which is how I generally cover that range at present.

Like others, I'm not seeing many gaps in the current line up other than maybe a slower but longer complement to the 200-400mm; a 300-600mm f/5.6, perhaps?  Specialist lenses like macros with built in ringlights, TS-Es, and so on, sure - there's maybe a market for such things, but mostly at this point it's about improving the optics, providing faster AF, and - in some cases - the addition of IS.

Andy

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