the 2.8 version is for crop sensors only
i believe the topic is about the XP 10mm 3.5 for full frame

slclick said:

Is the grip extender a gimmick? Do users find it handy? I find it odd that it is not listed for sale anywhere.

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Without the extender and using a 'heavy' lens like the 24-105 or RF50 the RP will rub at the base of my ring finger leaving a red spot that takes about a day to go away. With the extender I can shoot it all day, every day. I have medium sized hands for my 6 ft length.

Nowadays I'm using the RP+EG-E1 mostly with the MP-E65 + MT24-EX. No problem with the weight or grip: Masked bee

This is a pretty cool concept. Any timeline on this lens?

wsmith96 said:

So the url you are sending ppl too before going to B&H, is that at affiliate link?

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I wouldn't think so. I did not expect anyone to use it to buy a submarine camera. Those who need them, I expect, likely have them.

I’d go for accessories - second battery, grip, etc.

dcm said:

I see that CC moved from Sherman. I'll have to drop by when I'm up in July.

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The problem is that they can't afford to stock any of the higher end model equipment, just entry level, or occasionally a trade-in. They do order it and get it promptly. They have managed to get new models for me that no one else could get.

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I would more like to read Canon will announce such an lens....

Graphic.Artifacts said:

i guess this is going to sound snarky and I'm saying this generally rather than to a specific poster. "Did anybody really expect to?"

The true benefit of the new mount is that Canon, one way or another, is going to find a way to get RF mount users to buy "improved" versions of all their existing EF lenses. Regardless of whether they're any better.

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Another consideration is that with so many ef lenses available on the second hand market, canon is positioning to make them obsolete and force cash flow back to them directly. Once you have an r mount camera, will you consider purchasing more ef lenses?

Kit. said:

The RP needs a matching lens to sell well.

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It looks to me as though Canon has settled on 24-105 as the market sweet spot for focal range for a normal walk around FF zoom, and they already have several out there. Unless something shorter and less expensive might capitalize on the small size of the RP. Some patents along those lines have shown up

Valvebounce said:

Hi Rick.
See this post, or this post, it doesn’t seem like waiting for a 7DIII is going to be very rewarding!
As for whether it suits your needs, only you can really answer that.
I think the sensor in the 7DII is showing its age now, I think it might be worth looking to newer crop bodies, having said that I do like my 7DII.

Cheers, Graham.

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Thanks, I checked out posts.

I think I've said it here before, my copy (bought it for kicks) was so far off the charts, I could not AFMA enough. Canon allows +/- 20, I can't imagine what it needed if the 5D3 allowed a wider latitude. Good thing for Prime returns.

Don Haines said:

And then there are those of us who think about digital backs for the 8X10! Unless I win several lotteries, it isn’t going to happen.......

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Yeah, but MFR sounds about right.

$7.5k per lens is still a little pricey for most independent cinematographers, but it's a hell of a lot more affordable than the Leitz Summilux-C glass. It's somewhat amusing to see how the battle of cine glass used to be getting the sharpest image possible, but now it's starting to swing in favor of making less sharp images due to the rise of 4k+ super35 & full-frame sensors.

I'd like to see if Canon are able to develop a fast zoom lens from the Sumire line for a super35 image circle. Sigma did a decent job with the 18-35mm & 50-100mm T2 lenses; it would be nice to have that kind of focal length versatility with the Sumire look.

NikonRumors is reporting that a 600mm PF lens may be announced this summer. Of course the reportedly stellar 500 PF that came out late last year has been unavailable for months.

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Why can’t Canon come with a cheaper 500mm f5.6 lens!

I really can't get over how much I love the 50mm f/1.2. That rf is worth the price alone. There's more at
bit.ly/appleorchardsampler and to test the video, i even combined a few rando video clips I took throughout the day to make a video at

neuroanatomist said:

Current UWA zoom lenses have an inner barrel
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So, I would expect the RF UWA lenses to be fixed length with a moving inner barrel.

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Thanks for that explaination.
I wasn't aware that this would be called "fixed length" or even "internal zoom".

So then the RF 15-35 would/could have a constant barrel with about 115 mm length.

CanonFanBoy said:

You gave me a good laugh

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You're welcome.

felipeolveram said:

What do the different "Whole length of the lens" mean? There are three different lengths.

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The length changes as you zoom the lens. In the case of the 15-35, the front element will move slightly behind the plane of the filter threads, as current UWA zooms do.

IMHO Canon made a disservice to itself with the show. So eager to promote the R system it gave photographers just an R camera and the only two of the very few lenses available when the show was shot last Winter - the 24-105/4 and 50/1.2 (not the 28-70/2) No adapter and EF lenses.

Just, the first assignment was "archeological landscape" (at Ostia Antica site) - and the R system looked quite "poor" on the screen, as all the mirrorless advantages could not be shown.

Evidently they wanted to advertise the R system to a generic public, but I would have throw in a couple of TS lenses to show what Canon can deliver - I don't believe it's a matter of price if you show the 50/1.2

Viggo said:

Hi good people!

I recently bought a 135 L to use with my R.

But I get seriously disappointing results regarding Servo AF. My RF50 can’t miss, and the 135 can’t hit.

It’s okay, but only okay, in One Shot and in servo I get a 2 out of 15 shots sharp, the rest is so OOF you can’t tell who I took a picture of.

Anyone has used this combo and like to chime in with your experience?

Thanks!

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Had an F2 135 for years.

First shot with my trusty crusty 24-70 f2.8 in the dark with the R. Felt like my lens got an upgrade with af off the sensor and focused in areas in the dark where my 5d3 couldn’t.

Then shot with F135 and despite being an f2, had less of a hit ratio in same location.

GoldWing said:

The shots seem soft. I expected so much better from a 100MP $10,000 body. This camera is not going to sell to me or those that want a $10K MF body with these lens choices. Even if it was $2,000 it's too soft!!!! PhaseOne and Hasselblad used is a much better choice at this price point

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Do you have the real files or you aree judging from images sites

uri.raz said:

Yes, RF mount isn't just about the shorter BF distance, but why make it shorter at all? Just to make the body ~1" shallower?

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Apparently so. Just a guess, but Canon is probably looking for the sweet spot in size between the M series (uncomfortably small for perhaps half the world market, but near perfect for the home market), and their DSLRs (uncomfortably large for the home market, but acceptable for US/Europe). Yes, for decades we have all adjusted to whatever size was available because we had no choice (anyone remember the Olympus OM-1 making quite the splash in the 1970's because the body was a good bit smaller than the other 35mm bodies of the era), but now that there is opportunity to optimize the size of the body for the largest percentage of the population, it makes sense to do so to maximize market share overall.

Which is the overarching goal. Crush the competition, take their market share, maximize sales and profits, please the shareholders.

That they can do amazing things with the shorter BF distance might very well have been a nice benefit, even if perhaps it wasn't the initial goal.

Those must have been really interesting design meetings.

Hi Alan!

Almost the same time we posted the same *lol
I was 13 min faster