What’s a “realistic” lens that you’d like to see Canon make?

justaCanonuser

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An affordable, compact RF 50mm F/1.4 non-L USM would be great, since they don't ever will come up with a modern upgrade for the severely aged EF 50mm F/1.4. Not everyone needs the huge, expensive F/1.2 lens, but an F/1.8 nifty fifty may already be too limited for some users.
 
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usern4cr

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I would like to see some lenses like these:

RF 15-35mm f4 IS (a light carry around lens)
RF 24-70mm f4 IS (as light as possible)
RF 70-200mm f4 IS (as light as possible)

RF 14mm f1,4 (f1,2 or f1,8 would be fine as well) with as little vignetting as possible

200mm f4 IS MACRO (180mm or more and IS)

500mm f5,6 DO IS (as sharp and light as possible)
500mm or 600 f4 DO IS

RF 18 or 20mm f2,8
Tilt-Shift with AF when in neutral position (I don't know how possible this is, especially if it doesn't have heavy vignetting - maybe someone who has more technical knowledge can explain what it would take to create a 20mm 2.8 TS lens)
I'd like any of the lenses you mentioned (good choices).
I'd also like:
RF 17-70mm f4 L IS (or f3.5-5.6)
RF 22-200 f?-5.6 L IS
RF 65mm f2.8 L IS 1-5x macro
RF 70-135 f2 L IS
RF 105mm f1.8 L IS 1/2 macro


(Gee, this is so much more fun than griping about overheating!)
 
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Danglin52

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You will see a common theme here:
RF 200-400 f4 L IS with 1.4x / 2x switchable TC, they have a patent for the TC and I would be happy with the old 200-400 with the III version weight loss program. This was a perfect wildlife lens, just needed a 2lb weight loss program.
RF 200-500 f5.6 L IS (fine with DO)
RF 500 f5.6 DO IS (build / IQ like the 400 DO II)
RF 600 f5.6 DO IS
RF f4 big white replacements.

All high quality wildlife lenses.
 
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Danglin52

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RF 24-70 f/4L IS
RF 70-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS
RF 50 f/1.8
RF 16 f/1.4L or so.

I do mostly landscape photography, along with some architecture thrown in. I'd like to get into a bit of astro as well. That would be my ideal kit, along with an extender.

Other nice lenses to have:

RF 200-500 f/4-5.6L
RF 14-35 f/4L
I would signup for the 200-500 f4-5.6 L as long as it was less then 6lbs. I would even go for a 200-600 f4-f6.3. A RF 24-70, RF 70-200, RF 200-600, 1.4x TC, 2x TC in the bag and you can take on almost anything.
 
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usern4cr

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For those that want a relatively lightweight single somewhat-extrawide-through-normal zoom to pair with their 70-whatever or 100-whatever zoom or primes, I'd like to suggest these choices:
RF 17-70 f4 L IS (or f3.5-5.6 as in their patent if they can't do a f4 good enough)
RF 20(or 22)-100 f4 L IS (or similar f# range like above)

I'd prefer these in a "L" for better build/weather/image quality, but I know many would prefer a non-L to keep the cost & weight down.

It's nice to have single lightweight choice to balance with the multiple heavier premium choices.
 
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koenkooi

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RF 200mm f4 macro ,focus stacking special lens

I've been using the EF180mm extensively the past week and what I'd to see is a gadget to get me nice, soft light. Could be a simple as a softbox you velcro around the lens hood and attach to an on-camera flash.

A clip-on version of the ring light builtin to the EF-S35 and EF-M28 would be a nice start. And it shouldn't cost north of $1000 like the other macro lights Canon produces.
 
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