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Fisheye Fun
I’m told Canon has been developing an EF-S fisheye for the last couple of years. It’ll be 8mm. We could possibly see the lens in the next few months.
Announcing a niche lens along with more mainstream stuff probably makes a lot of sense. What that mainstream stuff is, remains to be seen.
What about the 15mm?
From the same source, there is no plans to replace the EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye.
cr
Woo
Get them while they last!
Buy From B&H Here: EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS II @ $2499
Buy From Adorama Here: EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS II @ 2499
*Note: Free shipping from Adorama
thanks Yozi
cr
Before the Summer
A source that has been very quiet for the last couple of months has piped up and said we will be seeing a new camera announced before the summer. The camera will be the 1Ds Mark IV.
“There will be no 60D”.
Availability of the camera would be late summer.
Lenses would be announced with the camera, as usual.. there is no definitive info about what lenses.
World Cup
There will be a lot of gear tested at the World Cup in South Africa this year. Some of the new gear will be big white lenses. The source cautions not to expect anything imminent. The next round of lenses will be for the “wedding & niche” crowd.
Everything else is very quiet at the moment. At least we have the 5D2 firmware to look forward to.
cr
Wowzers
Click for Larger
This image comes from Aden Camera in Toronto, Canada. Is that a new 70-200 f/2.8L IS II available for purchase?
Thanks Ed
cr
B&H
The following link will bring you to the B&H preorder of the new 70-200.
thanks stoneking
cr
Camcorder News
I received a tip today that Canon is developing a new pro camcorder that will have an EF mount.
The tipster wasn’t 100% sure it would come to market on the next camcorder, but that it existed.
70-200 f/2.8L IS II
Some sample images from the newest 70-200 from Canon.
http://lenstip.com/1806-news-Canon_EF_70-200_mm_f_2.8L_IS_II_USM_-_sample_pictures.html
cr
Woo
I have mine preordered, so now it’s your turn.
Adorama has the new 70-200 f/2.8L IS for Preorder
Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS II Preorder $2499
70-200 in Vancouver
Ronald Martinsen has written a little piece on the new lens from his short time with it in Vancouver.
http://ronmart.blogspot.com/2010/02/first-look-canon-70-200mm-f28l-is-usm.html
thanks stoneking
cr
The stuff I’m told
I’m told a lot of stuff every day about upcoming products, especially recently. Here are the CR1 rumors I’ve received in the last couple of weeks.
1) Announcement on March 10, 2010 (That would be a weird day of the week for an announcement, I’d expect the 8th or 9th as per Canon tradition)
2) Canon is waiting for the upcoming “D700x” to introduce a new full frame camera.
3) A host of new professional products for WPPI. This would make availability of new lenses perfect for wedding photographers.
4) 3D!
5) Canon doesn’t care about the EVIL market and isn’t even doing R&D on such a camera type.
6) Some of the Big White Lenses get a redo for the World Cup in South Africa. They may just be test lenses, and not publicly available.
7) The 1Ds Mark IV is coming in February, March, April, May and for Photokina.
8) 5D Mark III for Photokina with serious video applications.
9) DIGIC V for Photokina.
10) G11 will be the last of the current “G” series design. Complete redo and model name for the next one.
These are rumors from people I’ve never heard from. So take them all with a grain of salt and we’ll see what becomes of them.
cr