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An affordable must have prime lens for any bag.

Started Feb 1, 2022 | User reviews thread
davidwien Contributing Member • Posts: 572
Re: An affordable must have prime lens for any bag.
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SteveinLouisville wrote:

I like the 16mm 2.8 a lot. Weightless, small, great IQ for what it is. Oh, and cheap. Match this with the 24-xxx zoom of your choice and you can cover everything. I keep the 16mm on one camera and the RF 24-105 f4.0L on the other, and that covers everything as far as I am concerned.

I still have (and am keeping) my 17-40 f4.0L but that's more for special occasions when that zoom range is going to be used a lot. In practice, not many of those occasions come up, but I am keeping it anyway. I have zero interest in the RF 14-35 f4.0L. My UWA needs are fully met with what I have.

I highly recommend the 16mm 2.8. Really excellent lens.

I am with Steve here. I am also keeping the EF14-40 f/4L. I have the R35mm f/1.8 and the RF50 f/1.8; but am amazed at the usefulness of the RF16. I expected that it would be "too wide angle" for every day use; but with the corrections in PL5, and by taking care to hold it horizontal, I only rarely have the impression of distortions. It joins the RF35 and RF24-240 as a trio of lenses that I would not be without. They provide amazingly high quality for a truly modest outlay.

David

A snap taken on a walkaround on a rare day that was not totally overcast last week!

View of the Augustinerkirche and the Palais Lobkowitz, where Beethoven's Third (Eroica) Symphony was first performed.

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