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DXO Gives Away 60D?

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muteteh:
I find DxO's choice of lenses very strange.

AFAIK, DxO adds camera+lens modules based on how popular / on-demand those camera+lens combinations are.

The module for 60D with the EF 15mm >>>Full-Frame<<< fisheye is planned to be released within a couple of months from the 60D's announcement, but don't have yet plans for 60D with any APS-C fisheye ? I would have thought they would have planned it the other way around.

Similarily, I think it's strange DxO is in such a haste to release a 60D + Canon EF28-300mm f/3.5-5.6L IS USM module - I don't expect it to be such a popular combination as to be released at the same time as the modules covering the 60D with such kit lenses as the 18-55mm IS & 17-85mm IS USM.

For that matter, why release the 60D+50mm f/1.4 module before modules covering the 18-55mm IS & 17-85mm IS USM kits, or 17-55mm f/2.8 lens ?

match14:
I wonder why DxO is making lens profiles based on a prototype camera.  If this is true then I do hope these profiles are updated once they get a real offical product in their hands.

lol:
On the lens choice, the 1st wave looks mostly ok to me. The 18-55 IS kit lens is for lower bodies so unless you pair them up afterwards, it isn't a likely combo. The 18-135 listed is the cheap kit option. Why not the 17-85? Because it has been replaced by the 15-85 as high end kit. The 18-200 of course is for people who don't want to change lenses. I'm not so sure why the 50/1.4 joins that group.

On fisheyes, I'd guess Canon gave DxO a priority list to work on, so most Canon lenses appear first. There isn't a Canon crop fisheye, leaving it down to Sigma largely. 3rd party ones will be down to DxO and when they feel like it based on potential user demand.

muteteh:

--- Quote from: lol on July 30, 2010, 03:34:49 AM ---On fisheyes, I'd guess Canon gave DxO a priority list to work on, so most Canon lenses appear first. There isn't a Canon crop fisheye, leaving it down to Sigma largely. 3rd party ones will be down to DxO and when they feel like it based on potential user demand.

--- End quote ---

OK, but why would the fisheye be a priority for Canon ? Is it a popular lens among APS-C body owners ? If so, wouldn't an APS-C fisheye sell even better, making it a manufacturing priority for Canon ?

lol:
Ooh, DxO have taken down the 60D from the list now.

Back on the fisheye, on the list it's not an "early" module anyway. Let's take one step back on this. A fisheye lens intentionally has high distortion. Some people might de-fish them, but that's not what they're about. Fair enough a 15mm fisheye on crop wouldn't be that wide or distorted I think, so of limited use as is. I'd guess they just threw it in regardless as a current lens. Looking again at the bigger picture, there's many primes missing from the list, but I guess regular primes need the least correction.

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