We have been told that Canon is hard at work on another f/2 zoom for the RF mount. This would go with the already available and incredible Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM.
The focal length of this zoom lens is unknown at the time of writing this. However, the source did say this could end up being a “second holy trinity” of lenses for the RF mount. The current “holy trinity” is generally accepted to be the RF 15-35mm f/2.8L IS, RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS and RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS.
More to come…
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I do expect that this next one will cost even more than the 28-70, since it will be either wider or longer than the "standard" types of focal ranges.
Agreed, with the patents out there for a 70-130mm F/2 I wouldn't be surprised if that's what we're going to get. 70-150mm f/2 even would be really sweet, close enough to 200mm to not be a huge loss, and a whole stop brighter. Add image stabilization and you have me sold! I would rather them cut down on the long end and keep this handholdable than to go all the way to 200/2 and make it a great white.
Wasn't there a 14-24mm f/1.4 mentioned before? They could do something crazy on the wide end, too.
So now I have absolutely no clue what FL the next f/2 could bring. Not even if they'd go wide or tele.
Really exiting.
The wide end would be welcome at this end. 10mm would be awesome, 12mm would be OK. The big heavy superwide lenses need a tripod mount.
Helps more on wide lenses, shouldn't make any significant difference for telephoto lenses.
Add to that a pro body with dual card slots, ibis and a joystick instead of the Touch Bar, and I’ll invest in that system, even if it is at the expense of a new car
The lens I’m finding myself adapting most at present is my EF 17-40 F4 so what I’d like to see next is something along those lines keeping it F4 so it can be compact. I don’t mind adapting my bigger glass so much, such as my 24-70 2.8 and 70-200 2.8 as they are big anyway, but I’d love to be able to reduce the size and weight of my 17-40 F4 and lose the adaptor (please Canon!)
I only have the RF 35 1.8 at present an awesome lens but not always wide enough to use all the time, but it feels beautiful when attached to the EOS-R so for the rest of my glass I’m still adapting.
To be honest, the only comparisons I’ve seen between fast RF primes and the 28-70 have been people shooting test charts. This is not a substitute for real world evaluation. In charts, the 28-70 does not compare well in terms of sharpness.
Connect to a 50 or better mp sensor and there would be a whole lot if takers.
With regards to the new lens, I expect this to be a UWA lens. They will chop one side of the range, probably the wide end like they did with the 28-70. I’d guess they can get a 16-35 f/2 to fit with the same 95mm filters. Maybe it will be 17, but that would make most of us happy. There aren’t many current full frame options below 20mm faster than f/2.8.