Re: Canon needs a compact walk around RF 35mm
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Goodmeme wrote:
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,
I would update that one anyway, and there is a compact RF f/1.8 IS stm option available.
85 usm and 20 usm, are so much bigger with the RF adapter. My 35L is even bigger, obviously!
It's partly a mindset. Your camera is smaller than a DSLR because it's mirrorless. Your adapter is taking away that advantage, but it's not making your lens bigger. And a mirrorless camera + adapter still weights less than a DSLR.
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.
The FE mount has smaller primes available. Canon makes better bodies these days though.
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.