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RF-S Lenses - What We Know and What is Rumored

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MikeJ9116 Veteran Member • Posts: 6,955
Re: RF-S Lenses - What We Know and What is Rumored

ThrillaMozilla wrote:

MikeJ9116 wrote:

musicmaster wrote:

insalada wrote:

An rf-s 18-55 f2.8 as a replacement for the terrific ef-s 17-55 f2.8 would be a wonderful news. The old one is really large and heavy, not to mention with the adapter. Too much overkill for the R7 and R10.

IMHO 18 isn't wide enough for a general walk around. I still don't get why the butchered the 15-45 into an 18-45.

I agree. Canon should have ported the EF-M 15-45mm straight over to the RF-S mount with some improvements in build consistency. IMO, the reason they didn't do this is because it would have been to good and would have effected the sale of other, more expensive, RF lenses.

Or maybe it's because everyone trashed the 15-45.

I don't think so because the main complaint with the 15-45mm was build consistency.  Some people had very good copies of this lens that performed well.  The 18-45mm is just too limited in focal length, IMO, and Canon should have done with the 15-45mm what they appear to be doing with the other EF-M lenses ported to the RF mount.  That is keep the focal length and basic design.  Then tweak them to be a little better than the EF-M versions.

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