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Canon Road Trip in BC - Canada Tried the RF 28-70 and love it

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thunder storm Forum Pro • Posts: 10,139
Re: Canon Road Trip in BC - Canada Tried the RF 28-70 and love it

To my eye it's either both the RF 28-70mm f/2.0 and 24-105mm f/4.0, or just a 24-70mm f/2.8, as the f/2.0 is a bit too heavy as a walk around lens. For the RF mount the first option is 4700 euro, the last option 2500.

I went with a compromise:  an EF 24-70mm f/2.8 mkII, and I added some primes:  40mm f/1.4 Art, 50mm f/1.4 Art, RF 85mm f/2.0 IS stm, which costed me 2780 euro all together.  (Maybe some will prefer the 28mm Art over either the 40 or 50mm Art here.)

I do see the value of the f/2.0L zoom, and although it's huge, for me my zoom and primes have a much better value proposition.  The zoom is (adapter included) 900 grams when walking around, and so is the 50mm Art. The 40mm Art gives me f/1.4 (the 50mm needs to be at f/1.8 or 2.0 though). Except for the 85mm all these lenses work with the drop filter adapter with polarizer filter.

It's less weight on the camera, but obviously more weight in the bag, and you do have to change lenses. Nonetheless I'm not ready to give up the benefits and pay the price of the f/2.0 L.

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