Canon EF-S 30 f/1.4 USM on my wishlist

Hi, I don't know the figures but I suppose the vast majority of Canon DSLRs currently on the market are 1.6 crop bodies. I have one and I will likely have (at least) one for a long time. So far I've been missing a really good and really fast "normal" prime at around 30 mm focal length. I know there's the Sigma option - it may be a good one but I would really prefer a similar Canon lens. The EF 28 f/1.8lenscould of course be an option, but I'm hesitating also on this one. I've heard too much mixed opinions about it to be convinced.


If Canon would come up with something like a Canon EF-S 30 f/1.4 USM at a reasonable price I would likely get it right away. I also believe that there should be many more crop camera ownersmissing such a lens, and that it really would have the potential of becoming a bestseller.


So, why doesn't it happen?Do any of you have any ideas of what might be coming up? Would anyone elsein the forum join me in buying one or would I be the only buyer?


I will put it on top of my wishlist and then we will see what Santa can do for christmas.

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The way I look at it, if the Sigma 30 f1.4 does well, Canon will undoubtedly develop one of their own. Demand dictates supply. A wish would be for the laws of physics to no longer apply and the development of a 1200mm, handholdable, f2.8 super telephoto lens that I could fit in a normal backpack, and cost under $500 (with superior image quality)! However, if Canon developed their own 30mm f1.4 lens, I would definitely be a buyer.

I have no idea why Canon hasn

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Originally Posted by Sean Setters

I bought the Sigma 30mm f/1.4. It works, and I'm happy with it.
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I'm sure this is a good lens. My hesitation is based on Sigmas slightly worse back/front-focus reputation and the fact that my Canon service center won't adjust Sigma lenses. (It's really convenient to have the body and all lenses adjusted together.) On the other hand, for a primeI could live with AFMA correction if required. I may very well end up with the Sigma.


My point still remains though - why doesn't Canon make their own normal prime for crop bodies?

I think the lack of a normal FOV crop prime is easily explained.


The majority of crop users don

Maybe I overestimate the market for EF-S primes. One thing I

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Originally Posted by DavidEccleston

The majority of crop users don't buy extra lenses.

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I'm just odd like that....

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I'm in the minority too, as I purchased my Rebel with multiple lenses, but if they've made 70M lenses and 50M cameras, then the average Canon DSLR owner has 1.4 lenses. The people who are into it, such as the people who would seek out TDP, we tend to have several lenses, and even longer wish-lists. These are balanced by the even larger number of casual DSLR users with the mass-market rebel kits with one or two lenses (18-55 and potentially either 55-250 or 70-300).


It's not really as bad as 1.4 lenses each though, as people do upgrade bodies, lowering the apparent average. Still, I'd bet it's near 1.5 or 1.6.


We like our 50. We love our 85. A 35 would be nicer for indoors. I'd love a collection of cheap, light, fast EF-S primes, but I don't think they're coming.

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Originally Posted by ham

I'm currently looking for a fast 30-35mm, and it looks to be like the Sigma 30mm or the Canon 35mm f/2 are the only choices in the price range I want to be in.

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I first owned the Canon 35mm f/2. I was unimpressed by the build quality, the image quality, and the AF. I felt I needed something just a smidge wider, too. I sold the Canon and got the Sigma 30mm f/1.4. I'm thoroughly happy with the Sigma.

That seems to be the story I've heard elsewhere. I'm unlikely to ever go to a FF body too, so that con of the Sigma doesn't bother me. In fact the only thing that does is the possible focussing issues, but I'll make sure to buy it local so I can return it easily and in person.


Thanks for the comment.

You can pick up a refurbished 28mm f/1.8 on Canon

I was in that spot a month ago too, and was about to pull the trigger on the canon 35/2 when a 2nd-hand samyang 35/1.4 came on ebay that I got for exactly the same price as a new canon 35/2. Biggest drawbacks are the MF-only, of course, but the IQ more than makes up for it.


And the size is nowhere near small, about the same size as my EFs 15-85.


If canon came out with an EFs 28-35ish f/1.4-1.8 in the same size as a niftyfifty, and the IQ was better than the EF 35/2, i