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When will we see 24-105 f2.8 competitors? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by IAmBillN@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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Now that Canon has announced theirs and there has been plenty of reviews of it, I'm wondering when we can see competing products from the likes of Sony and Nikon or third parties like Tamron or Sigma? I'm new to photography and haven't yet grasped the cadence of releases like this. Do competing products come around pretty quickly or are all of them just blindsided by this and maybe more than a year off from having a viable product?

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[–] telekinetic@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Four years after the release of the RF 28-70 F2L, Canon is still the only company with a standard zoom with lower aperture than f2.8. I wouldn't count on anyone else developing a 24-105 f2.8, or, if they do, it was probably already on their roadmap as a natural evolution of the 24-105 f4, which most brands have.

[–] quantum-quetzal@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Sigma's 24-35mm f/2 Art is the only other full frame lens with a constant aperture under f/2.8 that I can think of.

Not only is it a much shorter zoom range than the 28-70mm, but it appears that its been discontinued, so the 28-70mm is the only f/2 FF zoom on the market now.