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Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:47:21 +0000

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By: Mile

Mile — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 08:46:31 +0000

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.

By: mike

mike — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:13:44 +0000

and the price “lowered”….

By: David

David — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:26:12 +0000

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.

By: mirko

mirko — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:29:46 +0000

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!

By: David

David — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:27:25 +0000

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.

By: mirko

mirko — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:47:43 +0000

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!

By: David

David — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:19:28 +0000

Yep, my local store has lots of backorders from Canon too, including the 5D2

By: redkamel

redkamel — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:33:41 +0000

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?

By: Gusto

Gusto — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:16:35 +0000

Then it’ll suffer focus shift due to extreme large aperture. And people will start b***hing again. No, thanks.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:23:52 +0000

It’s been very quiet here since the last 2000D rumor…

By: DNHJR

DNHJR — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:43:02 +0000

I would wait for word from Canon. What does amazon know?

By: Gene

Gene — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:31:33 +0000

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.

By: Gene

Gene — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:29:19 +0000

Discontinued doesn’t mean that the distribution pipeline’s cleared; retailers may be able to get more for some time.