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  • D
    Too good to be true! This is a lens I will order as soon as it is officially announced. But it needs a "little" companion, the TS-E...
  • neuroanatomist
    I'd buy a 24-70/2 in a heartbeat, especially if it comes in close to the size/weight of the 24-70/2.8. No love for the RF 24-50mm...
  • AccipiterQ
    I was hoping for an announcement like this....I still have my EF 24-70 2.8ii, wouldn't mind upgrading.
  • D
    I just took a look at the macros I shot with the RF 100mm f/2,8 last Sunday. 40% at f/2,8...
  • AlanF
    Sony has knocked a huge amount of weight off the 300/2.8. Their prime weighs 1 kg/ 35 oz less than the Canon zoom coming it at 1.74 kg...
  • S
    PS I agree that new lenses have changed the landscape somewhat. The RF 100-400 is a great near-macro alternative for insects, although...
  • S
    Huh? Are you suggesting people would never use the macro wide open? I use the rather similar Sigma 180 macro and almost always shoot at...
  • John D P
    Yes, the center of mass being off to the side with the Wimberley MH-100 does create an extra balancing issue. The ProMediaGear tomahawk...
  • P
    What's the fuzz with built in TCs? Let's go into details: The EF200-400 with the 1.4 engaged offered 280-560 5.6 @ infinity (you never...
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  • neuroanatomist
    Technically, you’re correct – one is a prime and the other is a zoom, and those are different classes of lenses. But optically, the RF...
  • cruso
    Yes I also had one its a shame they discontinued it is now a none serviceable and the 100-300 is really pricey
  • AlanF
    I had the EF 300mm f2.8 II. It is one hell of a lens. And, the RF 100-300mm F2.8 is pretty much in the same class. If it was lighter and...
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  • cruso
    its not in the same Class as the 300 F2.8 it was one hell of a lens
  • neuroanatomist
    Why the switch? My guess would be to address the issue of the MH-100 putting the center of mass to the side instead of over the monopod...
  • S
    They replaced it with a zoom.
  • N
    The recently deceased 200-500 resuscitated?
  • S
    I don’t have much experience using large telephoto optics. But the thing that as suprised me the mose about zoom lenses is that they are...
  • Chig
    If the zoom is only slightly worse in each aspect I'd still choose it over a prime at least for birding However a really good prime...
  • AlanF
    AlanF replied to the thread Why No EOS R7 Mark II This Year?.
    Speak for yourself! People most often do not deliberately mislead, especially here, but unfortunately deliberate misleading is the curse...
  • AlanF
    Let's face it, if they made a zoom that was the same optical quality, f-number, weight and cost as a prime, you would be crazy not to...
  • Marc73
    Not sure what a 500/5.6 would give me more than my RF100-500 but I guess Canon would have done his homework and made a decent business...
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