EF 800 f/5.6L IS II & Other Big Lenses

[dilbert]

Those 1.4x knobs and bulges are going to create challenges for compact storage of multiple lenses into bags.

[kubelik]

I would be so intrigued by an L series 120-300 2.8 competitor! I've been tempted quite a few times over the past few months to pull the trigger on the Sigma, but haven't because of it's AF problems (which are even worse w/a tele converter).

scotty, if you're waiting for Canon to actually show up with one of these ... you're in for a long wait

[Caps18]

Are they going to build in the 1.4x extender into the 800mm as well?  Maybe the 2x?

[neuroanatomist]

Are they going to build in the 1.4x extender into the 800mm as well?  Maybe the 2x?

No, since it's already f/5.6.

[mws]

I'd sell a liver for such a lens. (You can get by on just one.)

You have more then one liver?

[dolina]

Are they going to build in the 1.4x extender into the 800mm as well?  Maybe the 2x?

No, since it's already f/5.6.

If it was integrated it would make me think of upgrading. So long as the weight's below 3.5kg.

[sanj]

I'd sell a liver for such a lens. (You can get by on just one.)

You have more then one liver?

He perhaps does not know his kidney from his liver...

[drummstikk]

He perhaps does not know his kidney from his liver...

You, perhaps, have not seen a certain episode of "The Simpsons" . . .

[M.ST]

I don´t want a EF 800 with a build in TC.

The prototype is not so heavy as the version one and has an improved IS system.

[EOBeav]

I heard they're going to kit this with the next Rebel.

[neuroanatomist]

I heard they're going to kit this with the next Rebel.

I heard there will be an EOS-M + EF-EOS M adapter bundle with the 800/5.6 II.

[Kernuak]

I heard they're going to kit this with the next Rebel.

I heard there will be an EOS-M + EF-EOS M adapter bundle with the 800/5.6 II.

That's not quite as silly as it sounds, a pro photographer I know has actually been using a Nikon 1 with his 200-400 for photographing golden eagles when he needs extra reach and the quality was actually better than I would have expected.

[serendipidy]

I'd sell a liver for such a lens. (You can get by on just one.)

You have more then one liver?

You can donate part of your liver as a living donor...you can get by on just half

[KyleSTL]

I heard they're going to kit this with the next Rebel.

I heard there will be an EOS-M + EF-EOS M adapter bundle with the 800/5.6 II.

That's not quite as silly as it sounds, a pro photographer I know has actually been using a Nikon 1 with his 200-400 for photographing golden eagles when he needs extra reach and the quality was actually better than I would have expected.

That's only because the pixel density of the Nikon 1 is greater than any other interchangable lens camera Nikon makes.  Putting a super tele on an EOS M is pointless because the pixel density is the same as the 7D (which is considerably better than the EOS M in almost every single way), 60D, T2i, T3i and T4i.

[rpt]

I'd sell a liver for such a lens. (You can get by on just one.)

You have more then one liver?

You can donate part of your liver as a living donor...you can get by on just half

He probably meant to say kidney...