The price is where I feared and expected it to be, considering the 70-200 f4L and the 100mm macro pricing. Out of reach for me, by about 30-40 %.
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I partly agree.The profit margin is probably constant, but the development + production costs, parts shortages, increased shipping costs etc. have ramped up the price.
to be honest, I don't really see a price drop of RF lenses after a few months, at least not here in Europe. Both the 15-35 and 24-70 have been more or less stable in the past two yearsTo be honest $1699 was my first thought... then I backspaced and went nahhh... that can't be. Look at the Nikon Z 14-30... so then I went.. yeah it'll be $1399.
$1699 is heavy but I think as per usual, the price will go down a couple hundred after a few months. This is the early adopter price for professionals that need it now. At this point, you may as well pay a bit more and get a 2.8.
I'd be all over a $700 17-40 replacement for the RF, no IS. But who are we kidding, those days are gone.
I've been consistently impressed by the 24-240. No, it's not an L lens, but for the crazy range it offers and the fact you can find it around $600 used the results are quite good. My only real complaint is the fringing can get pretty bad under certain conditions but it's usually totally fixable and that's such a small trade off for the versatility of the lens.I honestly think that Canon believes that’s what you should do then. Unfortunately, I think their mindset is that if you want something more affordable, there is nearly zero compromise to using the EF lens other than the addition length and “hassle” of the adaptor. I really don’t see any reason to upgrade from the 16-35 you have now unless you were unhappy with the image quality or you thought you would benefit from the additional 2mm on the wide end.
My biggest disappointment with the RF mount is that their “affordable” lenses -particularly the zooms- are basically terrible. The 24-105 variable apaerture lens and 24-240 aren’t winning any image quality awards.
It's an underwhelming "26% off!" the price of the superlative 15-35 f2.8. Which I already own and would leave me with less than half the $600 difference after selling used and shipping. I'm staying put (but still have a preorder just in case), and likely to swap when the 10-24 comes out.Same here. I was thinking of lightening my pack by selling the 15-35 and picking this up. The price absolutely killed that plan.