Canon 14-21mm 1.4L

Robert Boyer wrote:

Peak freak wrote:

rrccad wrote:

I'm more curious why you think it's impossible for Canon do to both lenses.

I don't doubt Canon could do both lenses, but where are the rumors or Canon roadmap for compact RF zooms similar to the Nikon lenses? To me, these make more sense than Canon proving they can make lenses that haven't been made before.

I'm a long time Canon user that has been pondering an update to my venerable 5D2.

I'm looking at the very good offerings from Sony, Nikon, Fuji and the EOS R. I have a limited budget that the EOS falls nicely within, but I would also like a native lens selection that leverages the benefits of the new mirrorless design by being compact and affordable rather than 'awesome' but big and expensive too.

I am trying to gauge a bit of feedback and there seems to a bit of support for more 'real world use' lenses. They might come, but instead I am seeing patents and rumors of a 'mega lens'.

Personally, I think the 14-21/1.4 zoom is bordering on ridiculous when a prime would would be more practical. I expect the 15-35/2.8 to be a fantastic lens, but reasonably pricey because of it's 'pro' designation. I want an 'RF 16-35/4' for about $1000 and similar offerings. I don't think I am alone on that.

I don't know why there's a faction of people that like their EF lenses but somehow think that using them with the adaptor on the R/RP is somehow "not good". Yes it adds a little bit of extra overall length to the kit but every one of my EF lenses works fantastically on the R with adaptor. So much so I have delayed the purchase of lenses I thought I would buy immediately (like the 50/1.2). Something else to think about is that most of the sigma/sony and even the Nikon "native" glass sort of has a spacer like thing permanently attached to the "native mount". Take a look at most of the Sony G-master glass, ALL of the Sigma "native" mirrorless e-mount glass (which looks a lot like the DSLR glass with a spacer) and even the Nikon 50 0.95.

I thought to myself I would rather have native RF glass but having used my EF glass with the R I am not in such a hurry now. IE I am using my ultra wide zoom EF with adaptor and I am in no hurry now to buy the same lens (or almost the same lens) in native mount. I'll probably end up buying new RF glass that is VERY VERY different than what I have now. I may even buy the 28-70/2 RF but as I said... no hurry.

For a lot of folks, myself included, the RP is their first full frame camera. I would like a replacement for my ef-s 10-22 USM that won't crop resolution. I'm not going to buy a modern lens that has to be adapted to my camera. I also want RF lenses that are smaller and lighter than their EF equivalents.