Or, not short enough, actually. By switching from the 24-105mm f/4L to the 28-70mm f/2.8 lens, I've lost focal lengths at both ends, as I've mentioned. This morning's sunrise revealed one of the limitations of 28mm as a landscape focal length. Not wide (or short) enough for big skies, especially with water reflections.
The same can be said for 24mm, however. Ideally, I would add the RF 16-28mm f/2.8 lens to cover the times I want something wider than 28mm. But then I'm back with the lens change issue as either could be kept on the camera and I'd end up not changing.
So, I decided to trade in the 28mm pancake lens toward the RF 16mm f/2.8 STM lens, which I've had previously. My thinking is that if I want something wider than 28mm, that's not going to be 24mm or even 20mm. I'd be using the 16-28mm zoom lens at 16mm the vast majority of the time.
The 16mm STM lens is small, light and cheap. Not quite the image quality of the four times more expensive zoom lens but it's not far off.
The lens is small and light and the temptation to not change back to the standard zoom after I use it won't be there like it would be with a more versatile ultra wide zoom lens. That's the plan anyway.
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| 70mm, f/4, 1/125 sec., ISO 400 |
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| 28mm, f/4, 1/350 sec., ISO 400 |
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| 70mm, f/4, 1/750 sec., ISO 200 |
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| 28mm, f/5.6, 1/350 sec., ISO 200 |
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| 39mm, f/5.6, 1/60 sec., ISO 200 |
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| 28mm, f/5.6, 1/250 sec., ISO 200 |
