28 Again

The RF 28-70mm f/2.8 IS STM lens arrived late last week and I've been out with it a couple of times. Looking back at past blog articles about my former copy of this lens I noticed that a lot of the images I chose to include were at the 28mm focal length. 

It's generally accepted by reviewers that the wide end of this lens is its weakest performance. A comparison with Canon's 28mm pancake lens from The Digital Picture appears to bear this out. 

Having traded in my 24mm and 45mm lenses when I picked up the new zoom lens, I was without a small option as the new zoom is as large as the 85mm f/2 lens. The logical conclusion is that I need another copy of the 28mm pancake lens. I have a place for it in the Case Logic Kontrast DSLR bag I'm using for the rest of the gear and I have a small Lowepro bag which just fits the R6 Mark II with the pancake lens. 

Here are some photos from the new zoom lens.

Old Champlain Canal
RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 37mm, f/4, 1/750 sec., ISO 100

Old Champlain Canal
RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 61mm, f/8, 1/500 sec., ISO 100

Oakwood Cemetery
RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/6.7, 1/350 sec., ISO 100

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 39mm, f/8, 1/500 sec., ISO 100

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/11, 1/250 sec., ISO 100

General George Thomas Grave
RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 50mm, f/11, 1/500 sec., ISO 100