Rumored RF lens roadmap update

[shawnc]

No.
R7 users seem fine with full-frame lenses.
It could help R10 sales though.

Fine with full frame lenses? News to me. I’d be very interested in RF-S glass, along with my RF.

 

[AlanF]

Fine with full frame lenses? News to me. I’d be very interested in RF-S glass, along with my RF.

The RF 100-400mm goes beautifully with the R7, and in general for focal lengths longer than about 200mm, there's no advantage in specifically designing lenses for APS-C as they will be the same size and weight as for FF. The RF 100-500mm is a cracker on the R7. I do like the RF-S 18-150 and would like to see more lenses like an RF-S 11-22 etc.

 

[shawnc]

The RF 100-400mm goes beautifully with the R7, and in general for focal lengths longer than about 200mm, there's no advantage in specifically designing lenses for APS-C as they will be the same size and weight as for FF. The RF 100-500mm is a cracker on the R7. I do like the RF-S 18-150 and would like to see more lenses like an RF-S 11-22 etc.

Agreed. What I’d like would be fast (fast-ish anyway) wide and compact. 22mm f1.4, 10mm 2.8, and a 14-50 2.8 or even f2 all purpose RF-S lens. And I don’t understand Canon’s need to limit a few dollars worth of weather sealing, at a mass production level, to FF (L) lenses.

 

[neuroanatomist]

Agreed. What I’d like would be fast (fast-ish anyway) wide and compact. 22mm f1.4, 10mm 2.8, and a 14-50 2.8 or even f2 all purpose RF-S lens.

EF-S never went faster than f/2.8. Canon offered a couple of fast EF-M primes (22/2, 32/1.4). I have no idea how well they sold, but Canon does. The M22/2 was released when the M system launched, and the M11-22 the year after. The M55-200 was 4th, the M18-150 was 6th.

It seems likely that Canon would consider the sales data from EF-M in their decisions for RF-S. This time, they prioritized the superzoom and telezoom lenses over the UWA zoom and any prime.

Add to that the availability of the RF 16/2.8, 28/2.8, and 50/1.8 that are all in the right price range for APS-C and give a wide/normal/short tele trinity of FF equivalent focal lengths, which I suspect reduces the perceived need for RF-S primes even more.

I certainly like my M22/2 and M32/1.4, and the lenses you mention for RF-S sound interesting, But I would not get my hopes too high, if I wanted them.

And I don’t understand Canon’s need to limit a few dollars worth of weather sealing, at a mass production level, to FF (L) lenses.

That few dollars eats into profit, especially at a mass production level since the margins are lower.

A rain cover is really better than relying on weather sealing and those cost only a few dollars for the user.