You certainly can’t accuse Canon of having a meagre line-up of wide-angle zoom lenses for its EOS R system mirrorless cameras. With the advent of this RF 16-28mm, there are no less than five full-frame options plus an RF-S wide-angle zoom for APS-C format cameras, and that’s not counting all of the back-catalog EF mount zooms that you can use via an EF-EOS R mount adapter.
Like the similarly new RF 28-70mm f/2.8 IS STM standard zoom, the wide-angle RF 16-28mm follows a recent theme of downsized, lightweight alternatives to ‘trinity’ zooms, delivering much more manageable and affordable options compared with top-flight constant f/2.8 aperture zoom lenses. Taking other camera systems into account, it follows in the footsteps of the Nikon Z 17-28mm f/2.8 which itself is a very close copy of the Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD for Sony cameras. In short, it aims to be a top buy as one of the best lenses for Canon EOS R system cameras.
