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RF 16/2.8 a no-brainer?

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Canon_Guy
Canon_Guy Senior Member • Posts: 1,486
Re: RF 16/2.8 a no-brainer?
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rmexpress22 wrote:

For how inexpensive it is and how little I use UWA, I would have considered it over the Sigma 14-24mm Art I have if it existed when I bought the Sigma. I know the Sigma is better, but it's large and sometimes I just don't take it with me for that reason.

RF 16/2.8 and Sigma 14-24/2.8 are very hard to compare. Both are from a very different worlds in basicaly all possible meanings:

- 14 mm vs 16 mm widest angle

- zoom vs fixed

- weather sealed vs unsealed

- metal body vs plastic

- Sigma made to be excellent, Canon made to be cheap

- Sigma much better at 16mm f/2.8 than Canon although Sigma is a zoom: much sharper off the centre and in the corners, much less vigneting, aberrations free vs a lot of aberration on Canon

Sigma is even much sharper, less vignetting and less aberrating at f/2.8 than Canon at f/8!

https://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx?Lens=1573&Camera=1508&Sample=0&FLI=0&API=0&LensComp=1182&CameraComp=979&SampleComp=0&FLIComp=1&APIComp=0

But of course, the absolute superiority of IQ, build and features have their trade off in the size, weight and price of Sigma. Although its price/performance ratio is much better than with RF 15-35/2.8.

 Canon_Guy's gear list:Canon_Guy's gear list
Canon EOS R6 Canon EF 70-200mm F2.8L IS II USM Sigma 14-24mm F2.8 DG HSM Art Sigma 105mm F1.4 DG HSM Art Canon RF 24-105mm F4L IS USM +6 more
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