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Lenses / Re: Any chance for a 18-250 or 18-300 lens from Canon in the foreseeable future?

« on: January 23, 2013, 05:53:29 PM »

As a rule of thumb, the wider the zoom range the worsae the image quality. The 18-200 has the worst MTF curves of any lens Canon makes and extending the range will probably make it worse. It might come out, but I would not buy one. A pair of cheap lenses like the 18-55 and 70-300 would probably outperform an even wider rage superzoom

The whole idea of a "workhorse" lens is one that covers a very large focal length, both wide and tele, without me having to change lenses.
For my day-to-day photography, I need a focal length from 18mm to >200mm. 

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Lenses / Re: Any chance for a 18-250 or 18-300 lens from Canon in the foreseeable future?

« on: January 23, 2013, 05:46:32 PM »

doubtful, I can't really think of why they would.

Nikon has a 18-300 lens, and I'm sure that Canon users will want one(or 18-250) as well, and also from Canon for the competition between the two companies. 

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Lenses / Any chance for a 18-250 or 18-300 lens from Canon in the foreseeable future?

« on: January 23, 2013, 03:01:50 PM »

Hello everyone

I have a Canon 550D, and currently use a Sigma 18-250 lens as my "workhorse" lens, but would have wanted a lens with such focal length from Canon(18-200 is not enough), and not from a third party manufacturer.

Are there any rumors about such a lens coming soon from Canon?Anybody knows?

TIA