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Re: Canon Road Trip in BC - Canada Tried the RF 28-70 and love it
thunder storm wrote:
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.
I've settled on big and small camera theory; my big is the R, my small these days is the G5X II. I have to concur that the RF lenses are just too big for "fun". You gotta get down to M series or a PowerShot for "fun". Even the non-L RF lenses, still too big/heavy. Not to pick on the R7/10, but they are Rebel DSLR size, and again, the M and PowerShots are in a different category than the Rebels... I get what Canon's doing and why, but from a consumer result, ugh. Sorry, had to get a morning dig in. I love the concept of the R10, but it's still too big; when I went from SL2 to M50, I didn't look back.