(10-09-2018, 11:27 AM)Paul1980 Wrote: Maybe it will be the Life-saver for the Canon EOS RF system, that the EF system somehow fails to have a really awesome standard zoom (first & 3rd party).
I had the Tamron G1, which was extremely unreliable and spent more hours in service than in action, I skipped the Canon mk1 because you guys warned about a bent focus plane, the mk2 was too expensive and didnt even offer IS (plus, I heard from owners who were not happy with it)..
now the G2 and the Sigma Art also appear to be very flawed for the price point.
If Canon manages to issue a proper RF 24-70 2.8 L IS (which could be possible, at least the 24-105 looks promising already), this could be a positive impulse for the RF system, which suffers from the mediocre body now.
Who's the "second" party then.
Well, I had a gut feeling that something about this lens was going to be wrong. I'd choose the Tamron G2 if I had been shooping for a 24-70/2.8 lens. This... let's just pretend that it's a bargain bin C lens and forget about it.
Somehow I have doubts about the Tokina as well - not only it seems to have the ancient buzzer motor and the miserable "focus clutch", but their other lenses weren't really that inspiring even on 21/24 MP (see the 17-35/4 review Markus did a while ago).