Is the RF 24-50mm a serious threat for crop RF camera's?

RLight wrote:

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RLight wrote:

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RLight wrote:

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Edit: I was replying to MAC, but something went wrong or I made a mistake.

I think it's a pretty bad idea to mount such a slow yet big wide angle zoom as a standard zoom on a crop camera.

The RF mount is clearly designed for full frame, and to combine this mount with aps-c sensors are clearly an afterthought.

I ordered an FE 28-60mm for compactness sake by the way. I will consider it to be an f/8.0 lens for IQ reasons. But even stopped down that far it will do the same thing as a 17-38mm f/5 on a Canon crop sensor in a really small and light weight package. I think that's a better idea than a big slow 15-30mm on an M50, with no space at all for your fingers.

And the same logic applies to the RF24-50 on the R8 or RP.

I didn't see great IQ around f/8.0 yet from this 24-50mm lens.

It will be a great option as a daylight, walk-around kit.

I hope you're right, but I'm afraid it's more a budget option than a compact option.

Those MTFs tell me it performs better than the 24-240. So it’s a budget and compact option. Quality? There’s no L here. Price is right though, as is size.

Im pausing though at any of these options. Although formidable compact power (R8/R50), I dunno, something’s missing here. R50 has several corners cut that are annoying (no self cleaning, m50 buffer size and is still UHS-I). R8 although impressive lacks a compact telephoto option. Neither of these are M-killers even though they’re clearly supposed to be. The R50 and new 55-210 get pretty close though.

The RF 100-400mm is about as close to a compact long telephoto lens one will get for a FF camera.

The EF70-300 DO is truly remarkable in compactness, ideal in fact. Its contrast rendering holds it back. Fix that? Instant buy. Canon has done the 600 and 800 DOs, but they’re f/11, no zoom. They can do better…

I think the RF 100-400mm is about all Canon will offer for a small compact long zoom. Having an RF version of the 70-300mm DO is probably something they would consider redundant at this point. I am not at all interested in the 600mm/800mm f/11 zooms. I would rather use the RF 100-400mm with the 1.4 extender that could be useful on other lenses.

Although I agree, it’s a much better solution. They didn’t due to cost I’m sure. But that leaves crop, then for compact telephoto…

What Canon put out for a telephoto lens in the RF-S mount wasn't impressive to me.  IMO, one would be better off adapting the EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 STM.