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What will Canon's next EF lens be?

Started Dec 5, 2018 | Polls thread
sportyaccordy Forum Pro • Posts: 20,562
Re: What will Canon's next EF lens be?

Great Bustard wrote:

But a 24-70 / 4L IS II *could* be better than the 24-105 / 4L IS II, and still retain it's 1:2 max mag. I'm not saying Canon will make it, but I am saying that it could, and should, have higher IQ.

I figured there had to be something the 24-70 had over the 24-105.

Well, there is the 16-35 / 4L IS, so I don't see a need (or even desire) for a 17-40 / 4L II. However, your idea of a 17-40 / 3.5-4.5 IS STM in the form of a 16-35 / 3.5-5.6 IS STM ala the 24-105 / 3.5-5.6 IS STM is a good idea.

IIRC the 16-35 is a good bit bigger than the 17-40. But yea filling out the bottom of the entry level lens range with an STM UWA would work well.

There are definitely some old lenses in Canon's lineup... 50 1.4 and 85 1.8 seem most obvious... but the fact that it's a stretch to think of what to replace otherwise speaks to the completeness of the EF lens system. Just in time to be superceded by the RF system........................

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