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Canon 14-21mm 1.4L

Started Mar 6, 2019 | Polls thread
lawny13 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,132
Re: Canon 14-21mm 1.4L

Peak freak wrote:

I see Canon Rumors are talking up the chance of a Super wide, super fast zoom, again.

I expect this lens would be awesome for things like astro-photography and some other things I can't think of, but I really don't see the point of this lens from a practical or business point of view (at least in the short term), so a brief, informal Poll.

My point being, would Canon sell enough such exotic lens to make it worthwhile compared to a lens with 'mass market' appeal.

Would you rather Canon make a:

Ah... I would just say to leave it be? I initially wondered the same thing then... I remembered they will also be launching a 15-35 f2.8 for sure. So, most of us will go for the latter right? The 14-21 f1.4 is like the 28-70f2 or 50 f1.2 in my book, exotic and canon flexing its muscles. With those 3 it will already have within a very short time 3 lenses that Sony can't match. So unless you need that extra 14mm, just pretend the lens isn't a consideration?

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