Canon may be expensive but...

[dave]

Their 800mm lens isn't $18000.


http://www.thedigitalpicture.com/News/News-Post.aspx?News=4073

[charlesa]

Quite the price, the Canon counterpart is priced better true.

[dave]

In fairness they chuck in a teleconverter

[BrandonKing96]

Amazing how the tele-converter on it adds that much :/
Oh well Nikon fanboys can deal with that price while we have the 13,000 USD 800mm!

And I was wondering what the other lens they were announcing would be.  I knew the 18-35 was being redone, but the 800 was a surprise.

[charlesa]

In fairness they chuck in a teleconverter

No teleconverter is worth that much though!

[J.R.]

In fairness they chuck in a teleconverter

No teleconverter is worth that much though!

+1

I just wish Canon would release a 200-400 WITHOUT an in-built TC

[BM]

This Nikon new 800mm is interesting thing. On Canon side many bird pros just start replace 800mm to 600mm II.

[sanj]

My heart sinks. Canon may price their next 800 to match this...

[Viggo]

Well, that is as said, compared to the current Canon 800mm which has been rumored a long time to undergo the same weightreduction as the the other super-teles, then it will most certainly not be 13k anymore..

[TexPhoto]

Seriously?  Canon people are making fun of a higher price over at Nikon?  Somehwere there is a pot calling the kettle black.

How much do you think the Canon 800mm f5.6 IS II will cost?  $24K?

[max]

WWOOOOOWWWWWWW! 
Did you guys see the MTF chart on the Nikon???

Nikon without TC:


Nikon with TC


Borderline perfection!!


Here's the Canon to compare:

[AprilForever]

Impressive....

[raptor3x]

Dayum

[RLPhoto]

#not impressed. :\

[EYEONE]

WWOOOOOWWWWWWW! 
Did you guys see the MTF chart on the Nikon???

Nikon without TC:


Nikon with TC


Borderline perfection!!


Here's the Canon to compare:

You can't compare Canon MTFs to Nikon MTFs. It's not a valid comparision.