Too good to be true?
A cryptic message today said Canon is developing their first f/2 zoom. The broken english of the email said the lens would be a “short zoom range”. There was no focal length given.
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What faster EF-S lenses? They need to make some more. I’m disappointed the 15-85 isn’t a f/2.8.
Yes, but Olympus cameras have a 2x crop factor. So those lenses, if made for a Canon, would be EF-S 18-44 and EF-S 44-125. I’m not sure how the 2x crop would affect the aperture. Would it equal F/4?
Many shots I’ve seen with the 17-40 have shown embarassing distortion away from the center. I must admit that I don’t understand the popularity of this lens.
And I do – it’s one of the cheapest “L” lens ]:->
Perhaps its not a ‘L’, not an EF, not even EF-S lens for that matter??
Perhaps its a zoom lens to coincide with the ‘EV-I-L’ development ??
Now, for a camera with a super short focus plane, a f/2 zoom would make wonderful sense wouldn’t it ?? It wouldn’t have to to be a big lens, possibly smaller than the size of a Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 with an 35mm equivalent 24-60mm focal length instead ?? A 24-60 f/2.0 for the ‘EV-I-L’ camera ??
Match it up with a APS-C sensor like that found on the 7D and you have a total market killer!
Now that would be a real product coup!! (expensive no doubt…)