New Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 zoom

[Steve Gibby]

I noticed part way down the DP Review article announcing Canon's release of the 1D Mark III camera, that Canon also announced today the release of a new EF 16-35mm f/2.8 zoom lens. If the new Canon lens has a manual iris ring, and/or some 3rd party developed an EF/RED adapter, and if RED does make a Canon mount, and if it turned out to be as good a lens as the Nikkor 17-35, then it could possibly be an option for use on RED One.

That's a lot of “and/ors”, “ifs” and “possiblys”, but who knows what the future will
bring...

Article link: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0702/07022208canoneos1dmarkiii.asp

Before anyone jumps all over this, I'm quite aware of the obstacles for this ever being a reality - plus it would have to be a real good lens to beat the Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8 zoom.

Just looking at all potential lens options...

[Evin Grant]

Canon makes arguably the best Super teles out there, but their wides have always been suspect. They seem to have aknoledged that with this lens, but the only room for improvement over the Nikon would be at f2.8. Even there it's slim. However it's probably a fantastic lens for the Canon EOS shooters out there.