On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 23:25:25 -0600, Rich wrote:
: Robert Coe wrote in
: news :
: So what's the point of the just-announced Canon 24-70mm f/4L IS lens?
: It's a stop too slow to be a good indoor lens, and as an outdoor lens
: it doesn't have nearly the range of the 24-105 f/4 that most people
: like. Is it aimed mainly at compulsive pixel peepers who think the
: 24-105 isn't sharp enough but can't afford the new 24-70 f/2.8? Is
: that a big enough market to be worth the trouble?
:
: Going 22-70mm would have given them one more step above Nikon.

Yeah, I guess; but doing that might have made them miss the price point. Is
there really a significant demand for that extra 2mm?

Bob