[Leica] To Sell or Not to Sell now Canon/Nikon

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

I don't think Canon has come out with a comparable lens in focal length to
Nikons 14-24. Which is a full frame lens.


It gets compared with a 12-24 which I'm using tomorrow upstate as if its a
jump up; but a 12-24 is a cropped lens.
Which means its really an 18-35.

An 18-35 and a 14-24 are not the same thing;
An 18-35 is a normal vanilla wide zoom
A 14-24 is an ultra wide zoom.
Its a full banana split.

With a 1.5 crop you'd need a 9.3mm lens to get 14mm's.
And it only goes to 24 where you want it to go to 35.
Not much reach.

It took Canon over a year to match Nikons 12-24 but then the cropped format
was not its first consideration especially in the pro line.
But its got a Zoom Super Wide Angle EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM AutoFocus Lens
I'm sure by now they've already redesigned it to go to 14;
With plenty of rainbows for everybody. Very trippy.
Slide melts.

The 14-24 2.8 is two or three times bigger and heavier than a 12-24 f4
14-24 2.8 is a monster. I'll take mine with pontoons. And a parachute.
You don't take it out walking the dogs.
You don't leave the house with it in the morning and carry it alone with you
on errands then bring it home at night.

When I get a D700 I'm going to use my 14mm 2.8 on it.
And my 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 IF-ED AF-S

And my 28 1.4
And 105 2.5 and 55 3.5 Macro



Mark William Rabiner



> From: Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:12:10 -0700
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] To Sell or Not to Sell now Canon/Nikon
> 
> It's certainly better than anything
> Canon has in that range right now with the possible exception of the
> two new T/S lenses, the 17 and 24. Those two look very good;
> especially the 17. So even Canon is _slowly_ putting out some good
> wideangles. Their fast teles have been world class for a while.