Comments on: EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS USM II Availability

By: Ex-Canonuser

Ex-Canonuser — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:14:28 +0000

This is complete tripe. Everybody claims to have a friend that is a fairly knowledgeable Canon employee, yet they never seem to get the facts right. I wonder why?

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 05:26:12 +0000

I think their decision to not announce the US price is all because of the current rebates going on right now for the original.

By: Garys

Garys — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:18:01 +0000

Canon’s person at their CES booth said to expect US availability soon, March or April. He also said he hasn’t been told the price and doesn’t think that Canon has finalized their US price point yet, but that he expects they will announce a price and date sometime in the next week or so. Take that for what it is, a fairly knowledgeable canon employee making what seem like well educated guesses, but guesses nonetheless. He also refused to even speculate on the price.

I had a chance to play with the lens a bit (well under 2 minutes max) and in that short time, my subjective stand-out difference compared to the mark 1 was faster focus. It felt like the camera/lens combo was more sure of itself, it picked a spot and quickly focused it. Of course, I don’t have the opportunity to look at the photos on the pixel level, so who knows if it got the focus right, but it did pick it authoritatively and looked, through the viewfinder and on the camera display, pretty well focused. The other thing was it seemed quieter. Granted, CES was really really loud, so who knows if the absence of noise from the lens was real. Can’t wait to play with a copy of this lens in more evaluation-friendly environment.

The other (off topic) thing I found interesting was how much Canon was pushing the EOS line for video. A few people on this site have commented that maybe a lot of lenses are going to be revamped to deliver better results for HD video, and based on the push they’re making at CES, its certainly possible.

By: Kinseow

Kinseow — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:27:37 +0000

I strongly believe 70-200mm IS will be discountinued.
So it will only left 70-200mm IS II and the one without IS.
This is inline with the F4 version. Also the price is likely to be USD2199-2399.

By: Zach

Zach — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:43:27 +0000

I have to agree. The current 70-200 2.8 IS lens is flat out amazing. I personally can’t justify the higher price. We’re getting into the realm of lenses being so good, there really isn’t any reason to get something “nicer”, because the lens won’t make any difference for almost all photographers.

By: Doug Vann

Doug Vann — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:35:55 +0000

Yeah If that is going to be the price then Canon can keep it…..

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:30:42 +0000

Hey Guys

The canon 1D mk4 has been out in New Zealand before Christmas.The selling price is NZ$ 7775.00

By: hutjeflut

hutjeflut — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:02:21 +0000

seems awefully expencive to me the ”old” is 920 euros cheaper you have a MP-E 65 for that money

By: mageno

mageno — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:27:50 +0000

Price 2399 Euro
March 2010

By: mageno

mageno — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:26:20 +0000

See the official link at Canon Germany:
http://www.canon.de/About_Us/Press_Centre/Press_Releases/Consumer_News/Cameras_Accessories/EF_70-200mm_f2.8L_IS_II_USM_Press_Release.asp

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:41:16 +0000

Anyone knows the price history of the original 70-200mm lens. Is it because Canon try to keep the price high until they get rid of all the old inventory?

By: someone

someone — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:23:48 +0000

how so?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:05:43 +0000

Honestly, I believe that it is going to be better than the current version, so yes, it will be worth the money.

By: John

John — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:46:32 +0000

Canon US shows the lens as available February 2010 (http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=150&modelid=19092)
No info on possible price though.