Mirrorless - Rediscovering EF Glass

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Mike_5D wrote:
I have the EF 16-35 f/4 now and it's much sharper. I just don't like how big it is once adapted. Somehow I have it in my head that wide angle lenses should be small, but this adapted combo isn't.

I actually prefer its ergonomics on the R3 with the plain EF–RF adapter over using it on the 1Ds Mk III, where I always thought the zoom ring was too close to the vertical grip.

Some reviewers criticised this lens when it came out for being almost as big as the f/2.8 of the time. Apparently they thought the better image quality should be had at no size and weight penalty, just because it fitted with their ideas of market segmentation.

Sep 01, 2023 at 10:17 PM

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melcat wrote:
I actually prefer its ergonomics on the R3 with the plain EF–RF adapter over using it on the 1Ds Mk III, where I always thought the zoom ring was too close to the vertical grip. Various reviews suggest it is still the best ultrawide zoom Canon has ever made.

Some reviewers criticised this lens when it came out for being almost as big as the f/2.8 of the time. Apparently they thought the better image quality should be had at no size and weight penalty, just because it fitted with their ideas of market segmentation.

I'm thinking of the size it takes in a bag, which determines whether or not I pack it. I'm not a huge wide angle shooter, so the extra size over something like an RF 14-35 is one more discouragement to taking with me.

Sep 01, 2023 at 10:20 PM

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After a little time with the R6ii and my EF glass and some mirror gazing; This is where my head is at right now.... although going to chill for a few more months before getting rid of anything (partly putting it out here for me to read in 2024

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EFs11-22 ~ Drop - Incredibly straight but I don't do any arch stuff now days - have it out of laziness.
17-40L-f4 ~ Keep - Paired with the inbuilt variND adaptor it's perfect for my use.
24-105L-f4 ~ Drop - Sorry but the RF24-240 just has it's measure (maybe pick RF in future, maybe).
70-200L-IS-f4 ~ Hold - Going to use the 7D as a 2nd body short-term and 70-200 makes sense on it.
70-300DO ~ Drop - This one has never been great for me but was travel instead of conspicuous L.

Rokinon-14mm-f2.8 ~ Keep - Great manual lens and with VariND BETTER as impossible front filter.
40-f2.8 ~ Drop - Going to grab the Rf28mm pancake instead. Sad as it's far better on R6 than dSLR!
50-f1.4 ~ Keep - Just as good as always and not swapping for RF1.8 right now.
85-f1.8 ~ Keep - It's BETTER on the R6 - Outstanding! It's been glued on R6 for 2 days now.
135L-f2 ~ Keep - RF one looks better but my wallet would need witness protection after the R6&lens. I'll keep until I can justify the RF but very happy with this one as is.

RF70-200L-f4 ~ Will add this in the future once get out of mixed body pairing. I'll miss the 5Dii & 7D pair as everything was interchangeable - batteries, lenses, memory-cards, remote etc.

Sep 05, 2023 at 06:05 PM

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I have no hard scientific data but it seemed that my Tamron 45mm has become less finicky to focus when on a mirrorless camera (a Z9, though). The jury is out on the 24L II though (it was the most inconsistent of the bunch); I'm not using it nearly often enough, and it might end up going to the chopping block.

Sep 07, 2023 at 01:15 AM

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robstein wrote:
After a little time with the R6ii and my EF glass and some mirror gazing; This is where my head is at right now.... although going to chill for a few more months before getting rid of anything (partly putting it out here for me to read in 2024

)....

17-40L-f4 ~ Keep - Paired with the inbuilt variND adaptor it's perfect for my use.
70-200L-IS-f4 ~ Hold - Going to use the 7D as a 2nd body short-term and 70-200 makes sense on it.
135L-f2 ~ Keep - RF one looks better but my wallet would need witness protection after the...Show more →

+1. I own these EF lenses from times with my 5D MkII and agree with this assessment even I am using a Sony MLC body with these lenses. I never vested into Canon's RF environment but kept all existing EF gear to this day but use it less than 20% now since I use M-rangefinder lenses most.

Sep 07, 2023 at 11:45 AM

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p.2 #6 · p.2 #6 · Mirrorless - Rediscovering EF Glass

Second day of my R6/2 experience. Seems like I'm keeping all my EF glass, no rush going for RF.

I was very pleasantly surprised that my Sigma 50/2.8 EX Macro worked as expected, even though people are having problems with Sigmas EX left and right.

My two newer Sigma DGs work also well, my 50Art which needed 6 MFA now focuses well, as expected from a mirrorless system.

The only unusable EF lens is the mirror Sigma 600/8, which is totally manual and the mount has no electric contacts. R6/2 doesn't want to take the picture, just like old DSLRs in the past with the non-electronic M42 converters.... Anybody having a trick up the sleeve? (Without gluing on the fake contact chip, preferably)

Sep 21, 2023 at 05:35 PM

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MintMar wrote:
The only unusable EF lens is the mirror Sigma 600/8, which is totally manual and the mount has no electric contacts. R6/2 doesn't want to take the picture, just like old DSLRs in the past with the non-electronic M42 converters.... Anybody having a trick up the sleeve? (Without gluing on the fake contact chip, preferably)

Make sure that “release shutter without lens” is set to “on”. On my R6 it’s in Custom Function menu 4.

Sep 21, 2023 at 08:20 PM

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p.2 #8 · p.2 #8 · Mirrorless - Rediscovering EF Glass

Indeed! Thank you very much, I got somewhat overwhelmed by the expansion of menu options in R6/2

Sep 22, 2023 at 03:09 AM

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