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R7 Resolution Rumors

Started Jan 6, 2021 | Polls thread
Steve Balcombe Forum Pro • Posts: 15,571
Re: R7 Resolution Rumors

quiquae wrote:

Steve Balcombe wrote:

quiquae wrote:

The rumored RF 18-45 would fit the bill for a crop standard zoom, if a bit short on the long end, and the already-released 70-200/100-500 would be great long telephoto lenses on crop. They need to do something about the 45-70mm gap, though: carrying an 18-45 and 24-70 or 24-105 together doesn’t sound terribly elegant.

An 18-45 with an APS-C image circle would be totally underwhelming, and underwhelming is not what we need for a high-end crop body. This is one rumour which doesn't make any sense to me. If the rumour mill has got it wrong and this is in fact an entry-level ultrawide option for full frame (in the same spirit as the EF-S 10-18 for crop DSLR) then I can see how it would be credible.

Rumors suggest that the 18-45 is going to be a full frame lens: a consumer-grade ultrawide zoom for full frame users, a standard zoom for crop users. In other words, a successor to EF 17-40L. If its optical quality on full frame is at least comparable to EF 16-35F4L while being much smaller, I'd certainly give it a thought even if I never buy a crop RF body. 16-35F4L is rather long when mounted on the R with an adapter.

Rumours are just that of course. Canon has an old patent (i.e. not a rumour), reported in 2012, for an 18-45 f/3.5-5.6 for APS-C mirrorless: https://www.canonrumors.com/canon-18-45-f3-5-5-6-kit-lens-for-aps-c-mirrorless-patent/ . The exact same zoom range could be a coincidence of course, but it could have formed a (flimsy) basis for the more recent rumour.

But my main point is that it would be a rubbish standard zoom for a high-end crop-sensor RF body and I absolutely stand by that.

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