Patent: Canon RF 50mm f/1.4 USM and other primes

[justaCanonuser]

Though the 90 f2.0 didn’t seem small.

The Leica 2.0/90mm must have been close to the size and weight of my Canon Serenar 100mm f/2.0 Leica M39 mount (LTM) from the early 60s - for a rangefinder lens this one is quite massive. I still use it, even for street shooting with my vintage Canon 7 (if I have enough time to get it focused). Ilove the vintage character of the images shot with it, plus it is surprisingly sharp in the center @ f = 2.0. Sharp enough for fine film grain.



whereas Canon's vintage nifty fifty 1.8/50mm LTM is really tiny and light, I love to use it in the street, stopped down it is impressively sharp for such a vintage lens.

 

[Daner]

An RF35 1.4 would be no-brainer. Can be without IS.

I don't see the logic of introducing a third RF 50mm that lacks IS.