Snopchenko wrote:
One hole when considering Canon vs. Nikon lens lineup is that Nikon has a (near) full lineup of up-to-date f/1.8 primes (now from 20 mm through 28, 35 and 50 to 85mm) whereas Canon's lenses in this vein are either dated or nonexistent, the 28/1.8 being particularly far from stellar, as per reviews). The 35/2 IS is, unless I'm missing something, the only new moderately affordable fast prime.
NOTE: I'm a Canon user.
Canon has the 24mm f/2.8 IS, 28mm f/2.8 IS, and 35mm f/2 IS. They're overdue for a 50mm and 85mm refresh.
andyjaggy82 wrote:
What would that be like 180 degree FOV.
Assuming it's a rectilinear lens (not fish eye), at 11mm focal length it would be 126 deg AOV (diagonal) and 117 deg AOV (horizontal) on a 36mm x 24mm "FF" camera.
snapsy wrote:
If true and it performs well this will be the last lens hole in the Canon system vs Nikon, with the Nikon system still having plenty of holes like the 17mm TS-E, image-stabilized short primes, lighter tele-exotics, etc..
Snopchenko wrote:
One hole when considering Canon vs. Nikon lens lineup is that Nikon has a (near) full lineup of up-to-date f/1.8 primes (now from 20 mm through 28, 35 and 50 to 85mm) whereas Canon's lenses in this vein are either dated or nonexistent, the 28/1.8 being particularly far from stellar, as per reviews). The 35/2 IS is, unless I'm missing something, the only new moderately affordable fast prime.
NOTE: I'm a Canon user.
snapsy wrote:
Canon has the 24mm f/2.8 IS, 28mm f/2.8 IS, and 35mm f/2 IS. They're overdue for a 50mm and 85mm refresh.
whumber wrote:
I'm very much looking forward to a new 85 f/2 IS or whatever they decide on.
I would take an updated 28/1.8 over the 28/2.8 IS any day of the week. The latter makes zero sense for me as I own a 16-35. So in the f/1.8 primes department, Canon is still far behind.
Snopchenko wrote:
I would take an updated 28/1.8 over the 28/2.8 IS any day of the week. The latter makes zero sense for me as I own a 16-35. So in the f/1.8 primes department, Canon is still far behind.
I would tend to agree with you. As much as I love IS I think the sweet spot for primes in this range is f/1.8
Snopchenko wrote:
I would take an updated 28/1.8 over the 28/2.8 IS any day of the week. The latter makes zero sense for me as I own a 16-35. So in the f/1.8 primes department, Canon is still far behind.
If you have the 16-35/2.8L II, you'd lack stabilization and corner to corner sharpness; if you have the 16-35/4L IS, you're missing a stop. Both are significantly larger and heavier; even Nikon's spectacular 28/1.8G dwarfs Canon's little 28/2.8 IS. But it's not any better optically.
whumber wrote:
I'm very much looking forward to a new 85 f/2 IS or whatever they decide on.
Honestly I'd take a 50/1.8 IS USM, should it be produced up to the standard of the current triplet. Compact, light, with top-end IS and USM, and wide-open sharpness and contrast, and hopefully a bit better control of LoCA.
