This might have been covered somewhere else but - why are there no EF-S prime lenses?
davidchang said:besides the 60mm f/2.8 macro?
snowweasel said:There's at least one I know of off the top of my head (because I own it) the EF-S 60mm f/2.8 macro.
lonelywhitelights said:This might have been covered somewhere else but - why are there no EF-S prime lenses?
neuroanatomist said:EF-S lenses, generically speaking from a marketing perspective, are aimed at the consumer market. Today's consumers vastly prefer zooms over primes. However, the 50/1.8 II is a popular lens (primarily due to its low cost), so I can see an EF-S 30mm or 35mm f/1.8 lens at some point - but for it to sell well, it will need to be cheap.
If Canon does release EF-S primes other than the 1:1 macro, I'd expect them to be low-end consumer grade lenses.
Daniel Flather said:The ef 35/2.0 on a crop has a FOV of a 56.7mm lens*, but a perspective of a 35 wide angle lens. Hence the want for an efs-prime.
*1.62 crop factor
Random Orbits said:Daniel Flather said:The ef 35/2.0 on a crop has a FOV of a 56.7mm lens*, but a perspective of a 35 wide angle lens. Hence the want for an efs-prime.
*1.62 crop factor
Maybe it's not a big enough of a market for Canon to make it profitable. It'd be easier for Sigma and other 3rd party manufacturers because they have lower costs than Canon and they have a potentially larger base (Canon + Nikon crop users).
Daniel Flather said:Random Orbits said:Maybe it's not a big enough of a market for Canon to make it profitable. It'd be easier for Sigma and other 3rd party manufacturers because they have lower costs than Canon and they have a potentially larger base (Canon + Nikon crop users).
Yes, but I'm on the 5d3 list and will be selling my 50D, so, for me, crop issues are now moot —yes.