Canon patents 16-35mm f/2-2.8 lens

9 Comments

1. Bonetti
   Posted January 20, 2011 at 1:42 pm | Permalink

   This is probably the f2 zoom that was talked about many months ago

   • Harold Ellis
     Posted January 20, 2011 at 1:55 pm | Permalink

     too wide to be usefull at f2.
     bring 24-70 f2-f2.8 and i switch

     • Global
       Posted January 20, 2011 at 5:24 pm | Permalink

       Not too wide to be f/2! You can get very shallow with up-close objects. This removes the need for faster prime wides.

       You can stop down to 2.8 and likely ensure optical beauty, even if wide-open is slightly unsharp (as wide-open often is).

       In many cases any bit of light helps.

       • Harold Ellis
         Posted January 21, 2011 at 2:56 am | Permalink

         hm, no

         • Skeptic
           Posted January 21, 2011 at 10:27 pm | Permalink

           Harold be trollinnnn

2. gnohz
   Posted January 21, 2011 at 4:42 am | Permalink

   2-2.8 looks delicious!
   By the way, this lens seems to be internal focusing

   • gnohz
     Posted January 21, 2011 at 4:45 am | Permalink

     And also that the high disperson lens in this patent corrects for chromatic aberrations present in the old lens.

   • camaman
     Posted January 21, 2011 at 9:13 am | Permalink

     What else would it be?!
     You have to hold an additional element by hand in front of the lens!?

     j/k!

3. Zeusman
   Posted January 21, 2011 at 10:39 am | Permalink

   I agree I’d prefer to see a f2-2.8 in the 24-70 range. But this would make for a great low light focusing journalist lens.