Canon has said in various EOS R and RF mount presentations that the RF mount is going to allow them to make some “world's first” type of lenses. We've already seen proof of this in the RF 28-70mm f/2L USM,
We're told that an RF 14-21mm f/1.4L USM is currently in advanced development and will likely be one of a couple of world's first lenses coming for the RF mount next year. After speaking with the source, we did confirm that there's more to this than just a patent published here back in November.
The same source said that a “crazy” prime lens will be coming for the RF mount next year, but that the focal length and speed were unknown at this time.
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But how much it will cost?
If it is 18-28mm F2, already good enough.
Some feelings can only be expressed by emojis. :)
Size, weight, cost...sure, I'll want to see each of those, but this will be a lens I will be very happy exists in the Canon portfolio....and it may be even end up in my bag.
People would still complain Canon isn't innovative, though.
F-stop as f1.55
14.5mm-21mm
It’s more about the perceived ”innovation gap” between Canon lens division and the camera body division. But it is definitely a deliberate strategy from Canon’s part, at least partially. One reason Sony has had to go all in with body features is that (besides being a market underdog) their lens selection was (and still is) not there.
(who then proceeds to put it atop a tripod, stop it down to f/8 and use a trigger...hey, at least I didn't have to turn off a mirror from flipping, lol)
I wonder what th einsane rpime would be. Could it be a 35mm f1.0 ? Pretty please....
I have enjoyed it the last summer going from 10000 ISO to around 3200 for landscape astrophotography. The difference between 1.8 and 1.4 does not justify the extreme cost. With the difference one can get the 16-35 2.8L III (or a similar RF in the future).