What's next for the VCM Hybrid Prime lens line up?

[GTCRMedia]

Hey everyone!

So to date, we have gotten the 24, 35 and 50mm f1.4 VCM hybrid lenses from Canon.
What's next in this line up?

I'm really hoping they try to go wider

I personally would love to see anything from a RF 14mm 1.4/1.8/2/2.8, RF 16mm 1.4/1.8/2/2.8 VCM or RF 20mm 1.4/1.8/2.0 VCM on the wide end

I list all those apertures above because at times when going that wide it's hard to keep the same form factor so i'm showing those as potential options
I would prefer they keep them all 1.4 if possible.
Along with the same form factor to keep them all small.
Keep the custom button as it comes in handy for certain scenarios.

doubt they'll have IS built in like the latest ones.

What are your guys thoughts??

 

[jeffa4444]

Im hoping they add a RF 85mm f1.4L VCM. Its likely it will not come with IS like the EF 85mm f1.4L IS USM but lets see. As for the wide end not likely to do a 16mm as they have the RF 16mm f2.8 but the 20mm is conceivable but I think at 14mm would be at the most f1.8 or even just f2.8 to keep the size down.

 

[bn5fg]

Designing a lightweight f1.4 UWA lens isn’t easy, and honestly, I don’t think it's all that necessary. For landscapes and architecture, f1.4 isn’t required. Astro shots can be done with manual lenses, and shooting portraits with a 14mm is both difficult and niche.

But an 85mm f1.4? That’s a low-hanging fruit. It's a straightforward design (even Chinese manufacturers are doing it now), and the demand among portrait photographers would be massive. The 85mm f1.2 is too heavy, and the 85mm f2 is too slow. Personally, I'd love to swap out my somewhat problematic Meike RF85 f1.4 for a proper Canon RF85 f1.4. IS isn’t crucial here since we mostly shoot portraits with strobes anyway.

The only reason we probably won’t see an RF85 f1.4 is because some marketing guy at Canon would rather push us toward the RF85 f1.2. But I hope the ROI on the f1.2 is already solid so Canon can move on from that.

As for UWA I would rather buy some cheap and lightweight 20f1.8 like Sony-G.