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RF 28-70 F2 or RF 24-70 F2.8 IS?

Started Oct 22, 2018 | Polls thread
lumenite Senior Member • Posts: 1,208
Re: RF 28-70 F2 or RF 24-70 F2.8 IS?

The Fat Fish wrote:

Hi all,

I have been thinking about the practicality of the newly announced Canon 28-70 F2 L lens. Whilst it’s impressive, I’d have much preferred a 24-70mm F2.8 L IS Lens. This would be:

  • Significantly cheaper
  • Significantly lighter
  • Significantly smaller
  • Offer a wider range (24mm)
  • Offer IS on a non-IBIS equipped camera

I understand Canon wanted an interesting lens to get some attention but it seems like a very impractical decision. The extra light gathering performance doesn’t offer much in the world of today’s high ISO performance and the subject separation will be minimal.

So the question is: What would you prefer Canon released?

It appears that it is the similar reason you have 16-35 4L IS rather than 16-35 2.8L III.

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