I am in the camp that wants stabilized lenses. My R5c is not stabilized.
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Happy Hallowe’en! Canon to announce 3 lenses on October 31, 2024
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I prefer stabilized lenses as well, but for lenses like the 28STM and 16STM I appreciate the trade off.
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I've been spoiled by Canon's zooms, the 28-70mm f/2 and 70-200mm f/2.8 are all I ever use for gigs. I have a few of the more affordable primes but they're just nice-to-haves for more casual shooting.
With the 28-70mm I have no need for any of the higher end f/1.2 or f/1.4 primes. If you can live with the weight it's absolutely worth it.
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I was thinking perhaps Canon could make the ultimate super tele zoom based on the RF 400mm f/2.8:
RF 200-800mm f/5.6 which would have same entrance pupil and front lens element and probably a bit longer and heavier and of course more expensive.
Pretty niche but some rich people would buy it and it would be a halo product.
I'd buy it too if I won the lottery
RF 200-800mm f/5.6 which would have same entrance pupil and front lens element and probably a bit longer and heavier and of course more expensive.
Pretty niche but some rich people would buy it and it would be a halo product.
I'd buy it too if I won the lottery
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There are tons in the boomer demographic that will happily purchase such a lens. I meet lots of them when I'm in Africa. They have all the disposible income in the world. I met a former oil executive from Texas, he had the white 400, 600, 800 & 200-400 with him. Nevermind the wide angle, 70-200 and 3 1DX whatevers. It was hilarious... I think he used more effort moving them around than he did shooting.
I roll with a 100-500 and 400 2.8. oh... and an Instax! It's cool framing all those shots... people actually look more closely at those than anything else on the walls.
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I am with you - I like the size and weight of the new 35 1.4, but, me being old fashioned and disagreeable as I am, glass over software always!
I do hope we won't have to wait too long for it
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Love your portfolio...I am with you - I like the size and weight of the new 35 1.4, but, me being old fashioned and disagreeable as I am, glass over software always!
I do hope we won't have to wait too long for it
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Having used both Sigma 20 f/1.4, 24 f/1.4 and 14 f/1.8, for me an RF 24 f/1.4 and RF 14 f/1.4 combo would be ideal. The 20mm got me some great results but the round front element was limiting (filters) and not wide enough for some scenes but close enough to 24mm. If Canon makes a 12 or 14mm fast prime I may even sell my 10-20L.
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Thanks! Appreciate that
Apologies I cannot look at yours from the office Please note that some of my fashion images were taken with Canon cameras (mainly 1D X and R5), but most have been taken with my MF rig (H5X + IQ1 80)
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I have also met these people so they definitely exist and tend to go on one workshop after another to fill in retirement time and spend their money. I am not sure if there is a lot or tons out there though. Most workshops are pretty small groups of shooters so would there even be hundreds out there? Divide that between Sony/Nikon/Canon and the numbers go down further. Numbering in the thousands seems ambitious.
Common sense does seem to be separate though with one guy I met with a Sony 600/4 and 2 x A1 in a yellow pelican case which is just asking for someone to walk off with it. I did suggest he put the case in a nondescript soft bag but he could probably afford to buy another set.
I thought that Africa/small planes would have limited what you could bring (size/weight) though irrespective of money...?
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Software fixing is cheaper/lighter than fixing in glass. It seems to be a common trend to use software and there doesn't seem to be a significant penalty (if any).
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That rule may be one of the reasons stuff is always more expensive in the UK and EU. If the laws forcibly allow a grey market, then the manufacturers will figure out another way to even the score. Just a thought.
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grey market / parallel importing is allowed in most countries... you can't really stop it in theory eg someone travels to another country, buys a local model and returns home with it. Has a problem and needs servicing. Servicing can also be done via OEM or 3rd party eg cars, phones, etc.
We see some second hand Japanese cars in Australia and they can all be serviced locally by a 3rd party (if not the OEM) but no parts will be available locally.
I believe that some states in the US now allows direct purchase of OEM spare parts for phones for instance so you can repair yourself.
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I doubt it. Putting up prices encourages a grey market whereas lowering prices to US levels would discourage it.
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Hard to tell if Canon Japan loves or hates the grey market, but the local subsidiary is charged with making a profit and if they have to by law support stuff that they didn't sell, then it seems logical that they are going to find a way to make that profit. AFAIK, the US generally allows the grey market to exist, but doesn't require the manufacturer to provide support. If the UK and EU do require that, then there is a key difference.
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The law does not require Canon to provide free support as for warranty but to provide the same profit making support of the Canon repair service. The logic is clear: higher local prices encourages personal imports from cheaper regions. The extra profit made by Canon EU by higher EU/UK/Norwegian pricing must outway the small fraction of grey market imports otherwise they would lower prices to minimise the grey market.
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