Happy New Year! Voting for the best from Canon in 2018 has finished, and here are the results! I put my picks in parenthesis.
Your favourite new Canon camera of 2018
- Canon EOS R 66.4% (CR's Pick)
- Canon EOS M50 23.7%
- Canon EOS Rebel T7 3.6%
- Canon EOS 4000D 2.4%
- Canon PowerShot SX740 HS 2.1%
- Canon PowerShot SX70 HS 1.8%
Your favourite new Canon lens of 2018
- Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM 20.5%
- Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM 17.2% (CR's Pick)
- Canon RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM 11.3%
- Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS III USM 10.6%
- Canon EF-M 32mm f/1.4 STM 10.1%
- Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS II USM 9.1%
- Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS III USM 8.5%
- Canon EF 400mm f/2.8L IS III USM 6.8%
- Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 IS Macro STM 6.1%
Your favourite new third-party autofocus lens of 2018
- Sigma 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 20.9%
- Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG HSM Art 16.6%
- Sigma 60-600mm f/4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM Sports 14.9%
- Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Sports 11.3%
- Tamron SP 15-30mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 8.2%
- Sigma 40mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 6.3%
- Rokinon AF 14mm f/2.8 5.3%
- Sigma 28mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 4.7% (CR's Pick)
- Tamron 70-210mm F/4 Di VC USD 3.3%
- Tamron 17-35mm F/2.8-4 Di OSD 3.1%
- Rokinon AF 85mm f/1.4 2.8%
- Sigma 70mm f/2.8 DG Macro Art 2.4%
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I think the M32/1.4 is also a significant move. Fast primes and zooms are almost de rigueur for a new FF system, as is recapitulating the popular FF kit lens – nice, but no surprise. A fast prime for the APS-C M series was a surprise, and perhaps indicates a bigger commitment to the line. Plus, it's a great lens!
It's just that the 28-70 is more perfect as a walk around lens. Really is. In my opinion.
I have the opposite approach. The more experienced I get, the more I value the possibility to use large apertures. For most of my use, I find the flexibility in aperture more important than the flexibility in zooming. Therefore I like and use prime lenses much more than zooms.
And yes, modern zooms offers fantastic quality images.
Maybe it’s because they’ve made it before that people have a relation to it, and when they made the RF a hundred times better people appreciate the effort.
And I’ve, at least, waited for a 50 L since 2006 when I bought and hated the EF version. And it’s an instant classic, even the feel and quality makes my 85 IS look and feel very cheap..
World's best 1,2/50, superb 28/70 F 2, 1,4/32 M, etc...
Different needs, different preferences, and Canon gives us more choices than anybody else !
Specs are one thing, the 28-70mm is beautiful and the top in that department. If you're aiming for a comfortable lens that you would take anywhere, all that glass is a burden to hang around your neck all day. the EOS R + 35mm is so light and compact, it might be hard to find a better FF package to compete with the portability, features, Images and video (IS is important to me for that reason).
Well, I suppose for an extra 1000€ (here in Europe) it should feel a bit more luxury than the 85 f/1.4. Besides, 2500€ for a prime lens isn‘t quite a bargain and I guess there are some psychological aspects to the „very cheap“ look and feel of the 85 f/1.4. We all love our new tools ;-).