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Canon needs a compact walk around RF 35mm

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Goodmeme Forum Member • Posts: 52
Re: Canon needs a compact walk around RF 35mm
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Dave King wrote:

From the reviews I've read, the f/1.8 is not it !

A lot of complaints about focus hunting....it needs a switch to lock out the macro range.

The 40mm f2.8 pancake is my favorite walk around EF lens....how bout one for the RF mount?

Or a standard 35mm compact "street" lens, f/2.8 would be fine.

Either would make the RP body a killer street combo.

Why did Canon leave such an essential "use type" out of it's RF lineup?

Dave

Yes I just bought my first MILC, a lightly used EOS R6, and have been disappointed, partly because I want an R3 viewfinder with OVF simulation, but partly because my just about small enough set of primes, 35 non is, 85 usm and 20 usm, are so much bigger with the RF adapter. My 35L is even bigger, obviously!

For walkaround /travel etc, I would love a 35 f2.8 the same size as Sony's lens. In fact, I am even beginning to think about switching systems because of it.

Needless to say, if Canon had licensed its lens mount to Sigma, Samyang and Tamron, there would be less frustration, and I'd be sticking around to buy an R6 II, R5 II, or perhaps even an R1.

While I'm ranting about Canon, the thing they need to do most of all, is release an R2-D2, I mean an R2 model, which is an R1 without built-in vertical grip, similar to the Sony A1.

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