02-20-2024, 06:10 PM
My suggestion would be to go for the Canon RF 16 F/2.8 regardless. For price and performance, and compactness, there isn't really anything else out there.
As to the consideration it may be too wide: IMO there is no such thing as an UWA which is too wide. I have been shooting UWA since around 1978, in conditions where I really needed one, and I found I still wanted a wider angle to capture all I wanted and needed to capture. In addition, if it appears too wide an angle of view, all you need to do is move just 1 step forward, and you're done. With current UWA lenses, you do not need to worry about the IQ anymore as we had to do back in the past, as they all tend to be way better, especially primes, as we ever had even 10 to 15 years ago.
My current favourite is my Samyang 10 F/3.5 XP Premium, which is a 10 mm FF lens, and I use it currently more than any other WA lens I own. The thing to remember though is, especially when you are trying to create nice compositions, is to get really close to your foreground subject, and use different perspectives, like close to the ground, or higher up, bird type perspective, as long as you have a foreground subject close to the camera.
That first UWA I mentioned, was a 20 mm F/4, and it had a lot of fall-off in IQ towards edges and corners, but ion those days we did not know any better. I'd really wanted a 17 mm back then, which, BTW, would still not have been wide enough, but could not afford anyway. Going from 28 mm to 20 mm was already quite a big step back then, plus the price of a monthly salary. A 17 mm actually would have set me back 2.5 monthly salaries in those days.
In short, the Canon RF 16 F/2.8 really is a steal, way faster than anything we had in the past, way way better, and much smaller too. And since you like the RF 35, I reckon you will like the RF 16 even more.
Maybe you need to check out how many pictures you tend to take with your Tokina 16-28 at the short end, in relation to its longer end. That may make your decision a lot easier.
HTH, kindest regards, Wim
As to the consideration it may be too wide: IMO there is no such thing as an UWA which is too wide. I have been shooting UWA since around 1978, in conditions where I really needed one, and I found I still wanted a wider angle to capture all I wanted and needed to capture. In addition, if it appears too wide an angle of view, all you need to do is move just 1 step forward, and you're done. With current UWA lenses, you do not need to worry about the IQ anymore as we had to do back in the past, as they all tend to be way better, especially primes, as we ever had even 10 to 15 years ago.
My current favourite is my Samyang 10 F/3.5 XP Premium, which is a 10 mm FF lens, and I use it currently more than any other WA lens I own. The thing to remember though is, especially when you are trying to create nice compositions, is to get really close to your foreground subject, and use different perspectives, like close to the ground, or higher up, bird type perspective, as long as you have a foreground subject close to the camera.
That first UWA I mentioned, was a 20 mm F/4, and it had a lot of fall-off in IQ towards edges and corners, but ion those days we did not know any better. I'd really wanted a 17 mm back then, which, BTW, would still not have been wide enough, but could not afford anyway. Going from 28 mm to 20 mm was already quite a big step back then, plus the price of a monthly salary. A 17 mm actually would have set me back 2.5 monthly salaries in those days.
In short, the Canon RF 16 F/2.8 really is a steal, way faster than anything we had in the past, way way better, and much smaller too. And since you like the RF 35, I reckon you will like the RF 16 even more.
Maybe you need to check out how many pictures you tend to take with your Tokina 16-28 at the short end, in relation to its longer end. That may make your decision a lot easier.
HTH, kindest regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....