EF 35 f/1.4L Discontinued?
July 27th, 2009 Posted in Canon Lenses
Amazon says so
35L Discontinuation?
If you check the following link, you’ll see the 35L as being “discontinued by manufacturer”.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00009R6WY?ie…….
The worst kept secret in the world of Canon lenses is that the 35L would see a replacement.
Thanks Sean
cr
July 27th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Nice! Maybe it’ll be a 1.2 L
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Ron Reply:
July 27th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
fingers crossed!
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David Reply:
July 27th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
fingers and toes crossed – F1.2 35mm, 50mm and 85mm – how cool would that be?
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Ron Reply:
July 27th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
35mm f/1.2L + ISO25600
not even soul will be unnoticed
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Zac Reply:
July 27th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
lol
you could take pictures on the dark side of the moon with that, not in the same way fake chuck claimed nasa did in his recent post, but in the more hardocre way
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David Reply:
July 27th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
did you know they left 12 modified Hasselblad 500EL cameras with Zeis lenses on the Moon and only brought the film magazines back? I’m thinking they could go back with digital backs and keep using them ;)
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Zac Reply:
July 27th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
lol, that would be epic if NASA did that.
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regular Reply:
July 28th, 2009 at 1:25 am
Wait, that’s not absurd at all! There is no rain or wind on the Moon, the Hasselblads may just EX+.
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David Reply:
July 28th, 2009 at 3:34 am
Well the Descent Stage of the Lunar Modules were left on the moon, and I suspect the cameras might be in the equipment bay of the Descent Modules, which were recently photographed by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
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mayuka Reply:
July 28th, 2009 at 5:56 am
Now it is clear to me why the European and Chinese guys want to start a mission back to the Moon… To recover the missing Hasselblads… :)
fingers crossed… something will definitely come this fall!
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Gusto Reply:
July 28th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Then it’ll suffer focus shift due to extreme large aperture. And people will start b***hing again. No, thanks.
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July 27th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Awesome, hope something worth while is put in the replacement… maybe a new coating or something along that line.
Should be interesting to see.
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Zac Reply:
July 27th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
I’ll bet they’ll add the “sub-wavelength” coating from the 24/1.4 II and the new TS-E lenses, it would be silly not to.
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Dean Reply:
July 27th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Thanks for this info.
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denz Reply:
July 27th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
they would make it IS
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Anonymous Reply:
July 27th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
No IS.
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July 27th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Guess the new one will cost US$1,899.90 !!
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Anonymous Reply:
July 27th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
That Cheap? Give me have 5 of those.
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July 27th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
I heard that in the next version they are going to include the other .6 pounds.
Look at the item weight vs the shipping weight.
It is not as funny if I have to explain it.
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July 27th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
I’m guessing it will be the same upgrade that the 24 1.4 got. Although 1.2 would be pretty awesome…
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David Reply:
July 27th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
probably, slap a II on it and charge $500 more
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July 27th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Aren’t these the same guys that had he 70-200 2.8 IS as “discontinued” and then “not discontinued”?
Maybe they checked twice with Canon.
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David Reply:
July 27th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
No that wasn’t amazon.com
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Anonymous Reply:
July 27th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
That was Adorama. This is Amazon.
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July 27th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Helen Oster issues an apology… oh, wait
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July 27th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
This makes sense Canon is almost done redoing their entire L series wide-angle line-up into series II.
16-35 II in feb 07
14 II in aug 07
24 II in sep 08
TS-E 24 in mar 09
only leaves the 35/1.4 and the 17-40. the 17-40 was the most recently introduced before Canon started updating to series II, so I don’t know that it will be made series II at the same time as the rest of the line-up.
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David Reply:
July 27th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
yeah the 17-40 was about 6 years ago – maybe they’re phasing out an older coating process.
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J-Man Reply:
July 27th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
16-35 II in feb 07
14 II in aug 07
True, but they don’t have the new “sub-wavelength†coating yet… do I see a Mark III in their some-what near future(2-4 years)
I agree f 1.2 would be pretty awesome
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July 27th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
I just checked a minute ago. It says instock….
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-35mm-1-4L-Angle-Cameras/dp/B00009R6WY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1248734844&sr=8-1
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Tomas Reply:
July 27th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
In stock and DISCONTINUED by manufacturer.
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Jerry Reply:
July 27th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
It says right there: “Only 2 left in stock–order soon (more on the way). “
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Gene Reply:
July 28th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Discontinued doesn’t mean that the distribution pipeline’s cleared; retailers may be able to get more for some time.
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July 27th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
It looks like a typo. Canon does not give out this information before announcing the replacement, ever!
They have 2 in stock and more on the way, and most other major sellers have them in stock as well.
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Jordan O. Reply:
July 27th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Out of topic, but somewhat related: what do you think about 100mm 2.8 macro being out of stock in most places ?
possible reason: replacement? or just an out-of-stock month?
Thanks !
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Gene Reply:
July 28th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
My guess is just out-of-stock month. Canon’s announcement of the new hybrid IS coming to a lens soon hints strongly at a new macro, but most likely it’ll be an L which wouldn’t be a replacement for the 100 2.8.
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July 27th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
Thanks for posting my tip! I’m sure it’s a typo but nothing wrong with hoping! It could have merit as this is the one of the only popular primes that they do have in stock. The 50mm 1.2L and 85mm 1.2L have been out of stock for a long time. I suspect the 50mm 1.2L won’t be back in stock for a long time and the 85mm 1.2L may come back into stock before the rebate is over since that price hasn’t changed. The 50mm went back up to street price before the rebate. I was able to get my 85mm 1.2L for $1707.58 as I caught it a few days before it went back up to its current price. Best regards from Hawaii!
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Seth Reply:
July 27th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
I just purchased a 50mm 1.2L from amazon a few weeks ago and the date code is UX0609. Looks like they’re still making them.
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July 27th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Just checked B&H and the 35 1.4 is back ordered or out of stock, same as the 135 f2, wedding photographers rejoice!
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July 27th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
Only way to really improve the lens is to reduce it’s size.
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Zac Reply:
July 28th, 2009 at 12:33 am
add weather sealing?
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Stealthy Ninja Reply:
July 28th, 2009 at 4:05 am
Nano coat the glass, add “II” to the printing on the body and maybe some fancy metal stuff inside. ;-)
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July 27th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
This might be a database error from Amazon, data entry mistake possibly?
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July 28th, 2009 at 2:21 am
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July 28th, 2009 at 7:26 am
There won’t be a Mark II until the EF-S 30mm f/1.4 IS USM appears with the 60D. CR3 info.
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Pete Reply:
July 28th, 2009 at 9:57 am
Uh, how about we let the site be the decider of that? Oh, and “yeah right” on that lens…
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Anonymous Reply:
July 28th, 2009 at 10:22 am
haha, yeah seriously…IS on a 30mm? IS with a 1.4? UHHHH
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Malte Reply:
July 28th, 2009 at 11:23 am
That would be so awesome. But will never happen.
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July 28th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Rumors about a EF-S 30mm f1.x or 2.0 are not new. Personnally, I don’t think that they’ll bring an EF-S with 1.4…I rather expect an EF-S 1.8 and a EF 1.2 or 1.4L..probably the EF with IS, to keep a bit of distance
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July 28th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
an improved EF 35 would be good. 1.8 perhaps? For cheap novices like me.
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July 28th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
I would enjoy IS on a 35 prime for making movies :)
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July 28th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
I would wait for word from Canon. What does amazon know?
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July 28th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
It’s been very quiet here since the last 2000D rumor…
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July 28th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
perfect, since I JUST bought a 35L…(rolls eyes). I could see updates on the way.
But also in terms of all the “out of stocks” I talked to my local Adorama and they said Canon scaled back production of all their lenses because of the economy. Shipments for them have been unpredictable; they order 5DIIs, lenses etc…and they get partial fills or late shipments. Take it for whats its worth..anyone else heard similiar?
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David Reply:
July 28th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
Yep, my local store has lots of backorders from Canon too, including the 5D2
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July 29th, 2009 at 5:47 am
if it would be indeed F1.2 (who gave birth to that rumor anyway) the price would be unreasonable high, lets say 2000$
35mm 1.4 II would be perfectly fine with today high iso performance!
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David Reply:
July 29th, 2009 at 9:27 am
I brought it up. But I didn’t say it was a rumor. I just said I hoped it would be 1.2 so we’d have a 1.2 in 35, 50 and 85.
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mirko Reply:
July 29th, 2009 at 9:29 am
allright, still so many people start talking about as if it was a rumor.
i really doubt this F1.2 will become true, the lens would be huge and very very expensive!
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David Reply:
July 29th, 2009 at 10:26 am
The 50 & 85 1.2’s are huge, but then so is the 24-70 2.8, I’m sure it would be similar in size to the existing 1.2’s, and priced in line with them as well. Like having 4 TS-E lenses, a full line up of 1.2 L’s could help keep Canon’s lens line on top of the rest.
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July 29th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
and the price “lowered”….
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August 1st, 2009 at 3:46 am
FYI it said discontinued on amazon at least as far back as April 2008, that’s when I was looking to buy one. At that time their website said the 24L was discontinued too, but that was months before it actually got discontinued. I finally purchased the 35L in August 08, and since it had a current date code, I figured it was just amazon.com’s error. I wouldn’t base my beliefs off of what amazon says.
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