Canon has started 2025 with a bang, treating us to a new budget-friendly wide-angle zoom in the form of the Canon RF 16-28mm f/2.8 IS STM. It follows the success of the Canon RF 28-70mm f/2.8 IS STM, which launched in September last year and was around half the price of the more prestigious Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM.
The new RF 16-28mm f/2.8 has been designed to be used optimally as a pair with the RF 28-70mm f/2.8. Both have a very similar size and weight, which helps make swapping them over on a gimbal easier, and as they share the same 67mm filter thread, screw-in filters can also be used and shared seamlessly. Together they cover a vast zoom range from ultra-wide 16mm to short telephoto 70mm.
