Another zoom? I’m sure it will be optically excellent, and I understand why so many photographers are excited about it.
Personally, my credit card and I will be sitting on the sidelines waiting for Canon’s next generation of stills-first halo primes.
The RF 135mm f/1.8L showed what Canon can do when the design goal is maximum image quality, wide aperture, and excellent handling. I’d be far more excited by a new RF 100mm f/1.4L portrait lens, a redesigned RF 50mm or 85mm f/1.2L II, or a new fast wide-angle prime.
Canon already has a pretty strong RF lineup and I am glad they are challenging Sony with new F2.0 zooms. What I hope they don’t lose sight of is the aspirational role halo primes play in defining the system and inspiring photographers. I’d hate to see Canon cede that part of the market—or the high-resolution bodies needed to fully exploit it—to Sony and medium format.
Just my two cents.
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