I think for a company that charges a premium over their competitors we should expect a bit better.
Are details like having to add an arca swiss plate a deal breaker? No, but If I spend 2+ grands on a telephoto lens I would expect not have to add one or at least be able to replace the foot.
Is the asymmetric design of the lens mount a deal breaker? No, but it’s super annoying fiddling with lens caps in the field
Is the lack of a lightweight 600mm 6.3 and 800 6.3 a deal breaker? No I can do with a 100-400, 500 f4 and teleconverter but I have to cope with a really heavy backpack.
Is it a deal breaker that the 400 and 600, 800 and 1200 primes are a recycled ef design? No but i would have preferred that they prioritised new designs, the 800 and 1200 are almost a joke and just released for marketing purposes.
Is the lack of an affordable stacked sensor camera like the z8 a deal breaker? No my r5 is good enough but if I had to switch to mirrorless now instead of 2 years ago I would choose nikon over canon and I have been with canon since the first 300d.
Now is great that we have a zoom that as some people here say can shoot at 800mm f9 1/30 of a sec, but honestly I don’t think I would be able to say that that would be the 80% of the situations I want to be in.
If you are canon wildlife shooter you either spend 2k for a slow zoom, 5k for a second hand, heavy and soon unserviceable prime or 10k+ plus for a prime without integrated converter.
I think canon did a great job with the 100-300 so hopefully they will catch up with the rest and maybe fill the gaps in the 2k-10+k range.
Nov 11, 2023 at 06:09 AM
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