Canon announces the Canon RF 10-20mm f/4L IS STM

[m4ndr4ke]

Personally, I love the RF 10-20/4. I had the EF 11-24/4 and often left it at home because of the size/weight...the 10-20/4 is far more carry-friendly and means I don't have to skip taking some other lens as I often did with the EF 11-24/4.

However, I can't see it having much utility for your use case. Unlike you, I shoot landscapes (and serious architecture, but for that I'm typically using a TS-E lens). The only times I've had people in shots with the EF 11-24/4 or the RF 10-20/4 are a limited number of situations where I wanted to capture people and space and needed to be close to the subject(s), or indoor shots of large groups in small spaces. Examples are my kids in a prison cell at the Eastern State Penitentiary or a shot of ~40 employees inside the company cafeteria (because we needed the shot that day and it was pouring outside).

Sounds like you understood my doubts, thanks for replying

I have handled this lens before, it’s not like I’m looking at 10mm for the first time, but I never took it on an assignment, this is the first time I have it at home, which obviously is a little different. So far, I’m seeing perspectives of my home that I had never seen, and that’s fun, but it’s not work.

I can imagine some criative uses for this lens, such as:
— Group shots of people interacting with the camera (the kind we usually see with fish-eye lenses);
— Extreme-wide views of rooms like wedding venues, concert halls or halls;
— Extreme-wide views of concerts from the pit (though many concerts I photograph do not have a pit, because often it’s classical music);
— Someone walking a room and me using the wider angle to make the room huge and the subject miniscule

However, I believe 16mm could be enough in most of these scenarios and, to be honest, I don’t shoot at 16mm that often, its use constitutes less than 10% of my photography.

I’ve had situations, at weddings, where the 16mm could not autofocus due to low light (usually at the dance floor, when lights are dimmed). I suppose it would be a lot worse with this 10-20 (I’m talking One Shot AF).

I bought the lens for the price, and because I know I can profit from it. Now that I have it in my possession, I’m just trying to make sure I won’t regret selling it, because definitely I’ll never see this price again.

 

[neuroanatomist]

I have handled this lens before, it’s not like I’m looking at 10mm for the first time, but I never took it on an assignment, this is the first time I have it at home, which obviously is a little different. So far, I’m seeing perspectives of my home that I had never seen, and that’s fun, but it’s not work.

Well, it's definitely a fun lens... Whether that justifies keeping it or selling it for profit is, of course, your call.

 

[m4ndr4ke]

Well, it's definitely a fun lens... Whether that justifies keeping it or selling it for profit is, of course, your call.

Nah, work comes first
I'm happy with my 28 and 45 or 50 1.8 for personal stuff. My fun with photography doesn't need red rings

I'll play around with this for a few days, maybe this weekend, and then I'll make a decision but, most likely, I'll stick with the plan and sell it. I don't think this would add much to my work, It seems to be just too wide.

 

[m4ndr4ke]

Follow-up:

So, I the took the lens for an assignment, on Sunday afternoon, but saw nothing really useful in it (to me, that is), so I packed it up nicely on Monday morning, and sent it away in the afternoon.

It's a really nice lens, the form factor and working mechanics are awesome, but it doesn't really add much to my work, is just excessively wide.

Thanks for brainstorming @neuroanatomist