Lenses coming soon? Received some information today that pointed to possible lens announcements in January, possibly on the 3rd.
This is plausible, because CES/PMA starts on January 10, 2012. This would also go in line with the staggered lens/body announcements we’ve seen in the past with pro bodies. The 1D Mark IV was announced in October, and the EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS II came at the beginning of the following January.
Lenses mentioned were the EF 200-400 f/4L IS 1.4x, 24-70 f/2.8L II and 35 f/1.4L II.
A few other pieces of information have said Canon will be updating a lot of current lenses in the next 24 months, I’d rank this as pretty tentative for the moment. Lenses are always difficult to predict and I’m not sure we really know the whole story about Canon’s production abilities in Japan.
That was fun! The EOS 1D X caught a lot of people off guard, and shows a dynamic shift in Canon’s EOS product line. There are surely some really exciting and more than evolutionary products in the pipeline from Canon.
November 3, 2011 (No Rating) I’m still pretty convinced that the November 3, 2011 announcement in Hollywood will be in regards to a video camera or two. One of them will NOT be the 5D Mark III.
The basic breakdown of what I’ve been told so far.
Possibly 2 cameras
EF & PL Mount
Super35mm Sensor
One could be EOS branded
A 30-300 lens.
Possibly 3 lenses in total.
I’m told whatever launches may not be a 4K camera, but will become a 4K camera down the line.
No CR rating on any of this stuff. Partially due to ignorance and new sources passing on information.
October 26, 2011 The PDN show is in New York City next week, and there is an event scheduled for October 26, 2011.
One thing that will be possibly introduced is the Canon Pro-1 printer. A 12 colour A3+ printer.
I do not expect any other EOS camera to be announced. The 1D X deserves the spotlight it’s going to get next week.
Lenses (No Rating) The always difficult to predict lens announcements. I think (not know) we’ll be seeing a lens or two announced within the next month. Whether it’s next week or not I don’t know.
Only 2 lenses have been mentioned as being “announced” soon.
5D Mark III Canon may have amalgamated the 1D line, however I think a split of the 5D line is a possibility. I have been told that has been discussed and put into practice with prototypes. I don’t expect any announcement of such a camera(s) until well into 2012. That could obviously change.
1Ds Mark III Studio Replacement? We were told ages ago that the 1Ds Mark III replacement would be a massive departure. The dates haven’t come to fruition, but the big megapixel Nikon has, as well as the 1Ds being eaten up by the 1D X.
I’ll do a breakdown of the new 1D X shortly. I hope to head to NYC next week to check it out in person.
New 100-400 f/4-5.6L IS in the pipeline? A pending patent has shown up showing a new 100-400 optical design. This new design seems to suggest better optical performance as well as starting at f/4.
Current 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS Optical Design
Patent Publication No. 2011-180218
2011.9.15 Release Date
Filing date 2010.2.26
Example 1
Focal length f = 72.20 – 135.00 – 290.00mm
Fno = 4.20 – 4.67 – 5.86
Half angle of 16.68 – 9.10 – 4.27 °
Image height 21.64mm
Lens length 185.20 – 214.53 – 239.20mm
Back Focus 46.74 – 47.82 – 57.41mm
4.02x zoom ratio
Group 6 for each group
Positive and negative polarity positive or negative group configuration
Example 2
Focal length f = 102.20 – 200.00 – 390.01mm
Fno = 4.10 – 4.55 – 5.90
Half angle of 11.95 – 6.17 – 3.18 °
Image height 21.64mm
Lens length 228.18 – 258.83 – 288.12mm
Back Focus 51.23 – 54.42 – 69.84mm
3.82x zoom ratio
Group 6 for each group
Positive and negative polarity positive or negative group configuration
Example 3
Focal length f = 100.20 – 135.10 – 290.19mm
Fno = 4.36 – 4.47 – 5.81
Half angle of 12.18 – 9.10 – 4.26 °
Image height 21.64mm
Lens length 184.66 – 198.82 – 244.82mm
Back Focus 42.53 – 46.68 – 63.07mm
2.90x zoom ratio
5 groups, each group
Positive and negative group of negative polarity configuration
Positive-lead type zoom lens
High zoom ratio can be easily realized
Rear Focus
Can be miniaturized
Easy full-time manual
Suppressing the fluctuation of spherical aberration
Upon zooming, if you move from behind the eyes, counting the two groups, the greater the variation of spherical aberration in the focusing
On-axis beam angle θ the following equation:
θ = AISN (1 / 2 * Fno)
Spherical aberration is proportional to the fourth power of the high on-axis ray
In focusing heavily on the object side to move first, counting from one group behind, which varies significantly higher on-axis ray
Canon’s patents, and by fixing the first two groups, counting from the back of the eye movement to limit the amount counted from the first team back, suppressing the fluctuation of spherical aberration
Woooo! B&H has notified me that they now have the new highly anticipated 300 f/2.8L IS II and 400 f/2.8L IS II in stock. They note they are both in limited quantity.
Are they any good? Both will probably be slightly better than the 18-55 pre IS.
EF 400 f/2.8L IS II Unboxing I don’t normally post unboxings for a few reasons. However, things are slow and there are new cases and lens caps to show off. So here is the 400 f/2.8L IS II coming into someones life.
When will Canon Rumors have them? I have the 300 f/2.8L IS II on order, however I don’t think the 400 is in the near future for me. I’ll have one in the spring.
Ever wondered how? We’re featuring an article here by the owner of EdMika adaptors. They’re a Canadian based duo that engineers and makes adaptors for the Canon FL 55 f/1.2 lens, and an adaptor for various other Canon FD lenses.
Why would you do this?
Lots of people are buying Zeiss and other manual focus lenses at a pretty handsome price, while there is great old Canon glass that is begging to be used again!
The biggest money saver would adapting the big Canon supertelephoto FD lenses, does a very sharp 600 f/4.5 for $1500 sound appealing?
The new EF lenses are astounding, but that comes with a price.
Please read the article Jakub from EdMika wrote about the process and technology behind what appears to be a simple piece of metal.
Woo! Canon has announced that its EF300mm f/2.8L IS II USM and EF400mm f/2.8L IS II USM telephoto lenses – which feature completely redesigned optical systems, the latest Canon Image Stabilization (IS) technology, new IS and AF Modes and improved build quality – are now shipping to selected dealers.
What’s in store for 2012? I’m told the following technology will be appearing in Canon DSLR products in 2012.
OLED Screen
Massive jump in dynamic range
4:2:2 Video (No RAW)
Big bump in battery life
If I could hypothesize, that looks like a 5D Mark II replacement or upgrade.
New Product Meetings A couple of reports around the globe about Canon showing new products to reps and higher end dealers.
EF 300 f/2.8L IS II There are a couple of reports that the new 300 f/2.8L IS II we be starting to become available in very small numbers relatively soon. Before the end of August prehaps.
Lens & Flash Instant Rebates The following rebates are running from August 7, 2011 until September 3, 2011. All of them are instant rebates through Canon USA.
The angle of video of a Canon 600mm f4 EF Lens with a 2X converter on a RED Epic, is roughly one degree. (1 Degree, 45 arcminutes horizontally to be exact.)
The focal length in terms of 35mm is more than 3400mm – not too shabby when you consider this was shot at 4K, 120fps in full RAW on the Epic.
So who cares? Is this just a case of “just because you can…”
The yet to be released EF mount for the RED system fully supports IS, autofocus, digital aperture control, touch to focus, touch to rack focus and distance readout. All you need to convert your RED to EF is a Torx screwdriver.
Vincent shot this film at Mono Lake 45 minutes after sunset until it was dark. He used an ISO range of 800 to 2000.
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