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dpreviewTV: EF-M 22mm F2 not "ideal" for the M6 Mk II?

Started Sep 20, 2019 | Discussions thread
nnowak Veteran Member • Posts: 9,074
Re: You're kidding, right?
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RLight wrote:

nnowak wrote:

Every camera manufacturer produces very high quality lenses. The notion that every single Canon lens is better than the equivalent lenses from all other manufacturers has no basis in reality.

The latest RF 50mm, 85mm f/1.2L's have no peer (f/1.2 lens with that high of performance). Or for that matter, how many other mfgs have f/1.2 primes? Not many. They often stop at f/1.4.

You seem to be forgetting that Nikon even exists. Their Z roadmap lists 35mm f/1.2, 50mm f/1.2 and 85mm f/1.2

Nor does the RF 28-70 f/2L in operational specs (f/2 zoom with that focal range, or performance)

And Nikon has a 58mm f/0.95.  Do you seriously think that no other manufacturer is even capable of building a high quality f/2.0 zoom?  It is not an engineering constraint that prevents others from building such a lens, but a marketing constraint.  Just like the EF 50mm f/1.0, the 28-70mm f/2.0 is a marketing stunt.  The RF 24-70mm f/2.8 IS will outsell the 28-70mm f/2.0 by very, very large margin.

Nobody, has a 11-24 f/4L.

Sony has the FE 12-24mm f/4.0 G and Fuji has an equivalent XF 8-16mm f/2.8.  If you are bragging about the lens being 1mm wider than the competition, you had better take a look at the image quality at 11mm first.

Canon's great whites?

Have you seen the Nikon PF Telephotos? In case you weren't aware, PF is Nikon's version of Canon's DO.   And how many years did it take before Canon finally built some wide angle lenses that weren't garbage?  For a very long time, Nikon ruled the wide angles and Canon ruled the telephotos, but that was years ago.  There will be plenty of professionals on the sidelines of the upcoming summer Olympics shooting with Nikon and Sony telephoto lenses.

Beg to differ, ahem.

I am not trying to disparage Canon glass, but you seem to be completely unaware of the fantastic lenses being produced by other manufacturers.

Don't kid yourself. Canon isn't king of the hill without reason. Now could that king be upset in the future? Sure. But that's a sizable advantage in the here and now.

USM AF is what got Canon to the level of pro adoption they enjoy today, not shear optical quality.

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