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

MAC wrote:

Alastair Norcross wrote:

MikeJ9116 wrote:

heffnerc1 wrote:

musicmaster wrote:

I don't know. I feel like I'm at a weird crossroad here. There isn't an affordable camera out there that can match the size/weight and IQ of the M100 and 15-45 or 22 which is fantastic for the ultimate light weight setup.

On the other hand, I feel like all of the APS-C options out there have one major drawback or another. Canon has the best body, by far, but the worst lens lineup. Sony has an outdated cramped body with good AF and an OK lens selection, including many 3rd party lenses. Fuji has fantastic lens options, but X-Trans and poor performing AF. Nikon hasn't done much with their APS-C lens line either, and to be honest, 20MP is less-than-ideal.

Realistically, all Canon needs to do to "win" me back is give me a wide angle zoom and a fast standard zoom lens that's wider than 18.

I hear you, and expect many others do too. I'm currently learning the Photography 101 fundamentals with a Canon 600D (recycled from back when I was doing overhead book and periodicals digitization for libraries), an 18-55 kit lens, and a 50mm 1.8 prime. While getting better at the basics, I'm evaluating where the future lies once I'm ready to up my game to a more modern camera. It's not pretty, as your manufacturer critique notes.

It took Canon six years after the release of the 300D to release the EF-S 15-85mm. If they follow the same interval you might expect the wide standard zoom lens you want from Canon in 2028. I don't think they will ever release a lens like this in the RF-S mount. It would be too detrimental to the sales of FF lenses. I have the EF-S 17-55mm and the EF-S 15-85mm. I bought the 17-55mm not long after it launched and it was pricey at the time selling for around $1,200. I don't think we will ever see a high end crop lens again from Canon. The only hope to see this kind of lens is if third party RF lenses will appear some day.

Yes, it’s too bad for those who want such zooms. I shot exclusively with crop cameras for 16 years, and never wanted such a lens. I prefer either the longer range zooms, like the excellent 18-135 options on EF-S or the even better 18-150 on EF-M and RF-S, or fast primes, which are plentiful and getting more plentiful.

not

where is the RF-s 16 f1.4, 22 f2, 32 f1.4, 56 f1.4

For me, the 17-55 F2.8 was neither long enough nor fast enough.

where is the 18-50 f2.8

But that’s me. If you absolutely must have a fastish short range zoom for your crop camera, you might be out of luck with Canon. It’s unlikely that complaining about it on this forum will change anything, but maybe it makes people feel better. If I were on the Sony or Nikon or Fuji forums, I might just complain endlessly about the unavailability of anything like the Canon RF 100-400 or 85 F2 (or 600 F11 or 800 F11, or 16 F2.8, or…). Or I might just switch to Canon to get those lenses.

on the long end - yes

on the short end -- siggy's f1.4's primes and F2.8 zoom are affordable and very hard to beat

Not to mention that the lenses referenced like the RF 100-400mm, the 600mm/800mm and others are not all that bright.  If one says the 17-55mm f/2.8 wasn't fast enough for them then how can 600mm/800mm lenses at f/11,and the RF 100-400mm, be something they can recommend?  Especially on a crop camera where the use cases for a f/11 lens is so narrow it makes them almost unusable.  Even the RF 100-400mm is limited on a crop camera.