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Canon head scratcher: 24-70 f4 IS
cmason
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Yep, Canon just announced the 24-70 f4 IS. Hmmmm.
For those of us desperately holding out for a 24-70 f2.8 IS, this is a bit of a blow. While Canon does add IS to this lens, it does it on an f4 model. Note that this is the new kit lens for the Canon 6D.
I suppose this is an attempt to provide a lower cost 24-70 lens, but given the 24-105 f4 IS already exists, this one has me baffled. I don' t get why this lens exists. For one thing, it can't be as big a piece of glass as the 24-70 f2.8, and perhaps won't be as good as the pixel peepers want. But they have a 70-200 f2.8 IS, and yes its $2Big, but I don't see why a 24-70 f2.8 IS would not be in a similar price range as the 70-200 f2.8 IS, meaning not significantly over priced. Perhaps I am missing something that adding IS to this lens would just make it $5000 or something.
For those of us desperately holding out for a 24-70 f2.8 IS, this is a bit of a blow. While Canon does add IS to this lens, it does it on an f4 model. Note that this is the new kit lens for the Canon 6D.
I suppose this is an attempt to provide a lower cost 24-70 lens, but given the 24-105 f4 IS already exists, this one has me baffled. I don' t get why this lens exists. For one thing, it can't be as big a piece of glass as the 24-70 f2.8, and perhaps won't be as good as the pixel peepers want. But they have a 70-200 f2.8 IS, and yes its $2Big, but I don't see why a 24-70 f2.8 IS would not be in a similar price range as the 70-200 f2.8 IS, meaning not significantly over priced. Perhaps I am missing something that adding IS to this lens would just make it $5000 or something.
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