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

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Canon_Guy
Canon_Guy Senior Member • Posts: 1,486
Re: Is the RF 24-50mm a serious threat for crop RF camera's?

thunder storm wrote:

Canon_Guy wrote:

F119 wrote:

thunder storm wrote:

charisgratia wrote:

drsnoopy wrote:

RobertoHUN wrote:

Judging by the dpreview samples, the RF 24-50 is absolutely worthless, I'd rather buy a cheaper body and some better lenses. What's the point of using a fullframe body with a cr@p lens?

As yet there are NO samples that I can find on dpreview or indeed anywhere else. You may not like the specifications, but it’s a bit premature to call it “worthless”. It would make a nice compact walk around solution with an RP/R8 size body. Not everyone needs - or can afford - a large aperture or L-level construction. The low cost 24-105 STM shows that Canon can make very good budget zooms.

There are a bunch of images taken with the RF 24-50 in the R8 sample gallery (e.g., images 10, 14, 15, 20, 22, 23, 31, 33, 36, 40, 53 & more... 35 images in total).

https://www.dpreview.com/sample-galleries/1916332853/canon-eos-r8-sample-gallery/0277863660

Well, that's not for my R5. I'll skip this one. FE 28-60mm is definitely better.

For its price tag, I still think RF 24-50 performs OK, . Please don't forget that the 28-60 is marked 66% more expensive yet without any OSS.

Exactly. Although the new RF 24-50 is not a stellar performer (which is logical and OK for its price), it delivers very decent results considering its price. As for its purpose - entry level FF zoom kit lens - it is just fine.

If not sufficient then there are

You can't get an option that compact performing better.

Sure, still it is a result of a logical balance between size, optical quality, aperture size, zoom range and price.

RFs 24-105 STM, 24-240, 24-105L, 24-70L or 28-70L. Enough options for everyone.

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