EF 20mm f/2.8 USM update?

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No, it is not profitable at all. If they came out with any kind of new wide-angle EF lens, that would be a 20mm f/1.4L - as they've already made a CN-E one for their cinema cameras. But the RF-mount enables much better wide-angle lens designs, so that's where they are going to do one as time goes on and they will make their primes faster than f/2.8 (unless it is a pancake) and rely on the future bodies with IBIS as well.
 
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Sigma has you covered if you dare to do 3rd party and the weight
Unfortunately I dare not...
Focusing issues, weight and size !
I'm looking for a lens like the Nikkor 1,8/20, but already own the 21 mm Zeiss (large and heavy, no AF, but real good).
Anyway, the 16-35 f.4 is my usual companion.
 
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Unfortunately I dare not...
Focusing issues, weight and size !
I'm looking for a lens like the Nikkor 1,8/20, but already own the 21 mm Zeiss (large and heavy, no AF, but real good).
Anyway, the 16-35 f.4 is my usual companion.
The 16-35 f4 is one reason that a new 20mm f2.8 is unlikely in my opinion. I have a 28mm f2.8 IS, It is a good lens, but I haven't used it much at all since since I got the 16-35 f4. If the 16-35 had been on the market, I wouldn't have bought the 28.
 
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The 16-35 f4 is one reason that a new 20mm f2.8 is unlikely in my opinion. I have a 28mm f2.8 IS, It is a good lens, but I haven't used it much at all since since I got the 16-35 f4. If the 16-35 had been on the market, I wouldn't have bought the 28.
I use mine (28 IS) whenever I need a small lens with a real good IQ (streets, pubs, etc.).
It's also good for discreet photography on the EOS R, used with the back-screen tilted in horizontal position.
But otherwise, 16-35/f.4 !!!
 
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