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

pyla wrote:

MikeJ9116 wrote:

thunder storm wrote:

I was wondering: Is the RF 24-50mm a serious threat for crop RF camera's? The R7 will be fine as a teleconverter the luxe, but the R10 and R50 might get some competition from used RPs and Rs flooding the second hand market to be paired with this very compact RF 24-50mm. The RF-s zooms are starting at 18mm (29ish equivalent), and the ef-m 15-45mm will never see future M bodies. A used R is only 1000 euro, and that price will even go down further in the future. That 24-50mm is 300 euro or so? 1300 euro. Who's buying an R10 or R50 with this kind of competition around?

The R8 has me reevaluating whether I will buy a crop camera moving forward. It is small, lightweight, extremely capable and comes it at a very good price point. Plus, it negates the whole issue of whether Canon will provide a decent set of RF-S lenses. Right now if I had to choose the R8 or the R7 the R8 wins hands down.

I bought the R7 for 1650 Euros. When the R8 was announced at the same price as the R7, I started to regret my decision to buy the R7. I then went and checked the price of the R8. 1939 Euros!!!!! In the U.K. 1700 pounds or 1920 Euros/ 2049 dollars. That regret has now gone away.

Ouch on that price!  Here in the USA the price is virtually identical to the R7 at $1,499 body only for the R8.  The nice thing about the R8 for me is it would replace the R I have been using for the past 2.5 years and keep me from buying an R APS-C camera.  Being able to get what I need from one camera and sensor size saves a lot of money.  With the gear I can now unload I can buy the R8, RF 15-30mm and the RF 100-400mm with me only putting in $200-$300.  This is according to B&H's price estimates for my trade-in gear.  It is an easy decision for me to ditch APS-C and buy the R8.