From B&H Photo
B&H has put bigger savings on select lenses from Canon. These go beyond the current instant rebates from Canon. You also get a 2% reward and free shipping within the USA. You may have to add the items to your cart to see the discounted price.
B&H also has the new EF-S 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 IS STM available to purchase on its own. It may be a worthy upgrade to the previous kit lens, especially if you shoot video.
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Going wider?
We’ve spoken about the existence of an EF 14-24 f/2.8L in the past, a lens that a lot of people want to see come to fruition.
We’ve been told that an EF 12-24 f/2.8L exists in prototype form and could become a product instead of the EF 14-24 f/2.8L. I can only recall Sigma making such a lens for full frame cameras. Going this wide would certainly put some space between the cheaper (assuming based on Canon pricing history) EF 17-40 f/4L and EF 16-35 f/2.8L II.
This is the first I have heard of an EF 12-24 f/2.8L, so take it with a big grain of salt. This could be a better range in an f/4 variant, as it would be great for both full frame and APS-C and would really reduce size and weight compared to a 2.8 version.
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Patent for wide angle fluorite concepts
Canon has filed patent for a wide angle fluorite concept. Such a patent could be part of a new ultra-wide zoom lens, perhaps a 14-24 or a replacement to the 16-35. Egami also thinks it’s possible this patent could be for the EF-M mount. It’s an interesting read, even when Google translated. Read the full patent here.
- Patent Publication No. 2013-37339
- 2013.2.21 Release Date
- Filing date 2011.7.12
- Example 1
- Zoom ratio 1.00
- Focal length f = 1.00mm
- Fno. 2.90
- Half angle of view ω = 56.66 °
- Image height Y = 1.52mm
- 9.51mm length lens
- BF 2.82mm
- 6 aspherical surfaces, the first surface 25
- Punctually
- Example 3
- Zoom ratio 2.06
- 2.06mm – f = 1.00 focal length
- Fno 2.79 -. 4.00
- Half angle of view ω = 51.27 – 32.82 °
- 1.33mm – Y = 1.25 image height
- 8.55mm – 8.79 length lens
- BF 2.41 – 3.46mm
- Aspheric first surface, the fifth surface, the first surface 26
- Positive and negative positive negative
- Example 6
- Zoom ratio 1.00
- Focal length f = 1.00mm
- Fno. 2.90
- Half angle of view ω = 87.35 °
- Image height Y = 21.60mm
- 9.51mm length lens
- BF 2.82mm
- 6 aspherical surfaces, the first surface 25
- Punctually
Source: [EG]
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From B&H Photo
Below are some “in cart” deals at B&H Photo. You must add the product to your cart to see the price.
The Deals at B&H Photo
B&H just launched these prices today and I’m not sure how long they will last.
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haha!
When I was in Kenya, we had an incident at Lake Nakuru with a baboon entering our vehicle and scaring the you-know-what out of me. He was sitting on my 5D Mark II, but he didn’t eat it. Instead, he stole our cookies and snacks and bolted. If you know my friend and travel companion Ethan Meleg, you’d know taking his cookies is about the worst thing you can do to him.
FYI: Don’t leave car doors open at Lake Nakuru.
The brave Baboon that stole our cookies – Lake Nakuru, Kenya | Click for Larger
Lion eating a 5D Mark II & 16-35 f/2.8L II
It turns out Ed Hetherington had the same sort of thing happen and sacrificed his Canon EOS 5D Mark II and EF 16-35 f/2.8L II for some fun photographs. The good and bad news? The lens lived, but the camera is touch and go.
Ed Writes:
I brought a remote control and a small stand to Zimbabwe so that I could capture some animal images from a unique “on the ground perspective”. I used the setup for some images of elephants and African wild dogs and most animals ignored the camera after or at most gave it a quick glance.
Photo by Ed Hetherington – Lion eating 5D Mark II & 16-35 – Click for Larger
Then the fun begins for Ed, check out the rest of the images and full story below.
Read the entire story on Ed’s Facebook page
Via [PP] from [EH]
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From POTN
A forum thread on POTN talks about a replacement for the EF 16-35 f/2.8L II being due based on past history..
Quote from the thread
- FD -> new FD = 6.2 years
- new FD -> EF = 5.5 years
- EF -> EF USM = 6.5 years
- 17-35 -> 16-35 = 5.7 years
- 16-35 -> 16-35 II = 5.3 years
- As of today (August 2012) we are 5.4 years from the release of the 16-35L II
There has been lots of talk about an EF 14-24 f/2.8L since Nikon launched such a lens. I wouldn’t think this would be a replacement for the 16-35 f/2.8L II, as I can’t see how it can be easily filterable (without large and expensive third party solutions).
If a 14-24 does indeed become the new f/2.8 ultrawide zoom in the Canon lineup, then I expect a 16-40 f/4L IS type of lens to come quickly for the landscape world and for people that need an easy filterable ultrawide. However, the Nikon 14-24 is a monster of a lens, and would be an awkward replacement for a 16-35 at weddings if you currently shoot with one (just my opinion). The widest screw-on filter lens I have seen is the still to be released Carl Zeiss Distagon T* ZE 15mm f/2.8, which has a 95mm filter thread.
There’s enough chatter about a new wide angle zoom, I think we can start to expect one sooner than later.
Source: [POTN] via [NL]
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