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New ones coming
Future “big white lenses” are going to have a restyled lens hood mechanism. The big knob approach is going to be replaced for something much better. Canon has been researching lens hood protection of the lens for a long while now.
The updated super telephotos will get a styling, coating and IS update.
On the agenda to be updated? (From past reports)
200 f/2L IS NO
300 f/2.8L IS YES
400 f/2.8L IS YES
500 f/4L IS YES
600 f/4L IS YES
800 f/5.6L IS NO
The new hood design could appear in the 200 & 800 as a standalone update for those lenses.
cr
telescopic hood maybe?
I welcome this good news, I hope they offer a new hood for the 200L too…though it should be more affordable than the current $600 monstrosity
I realize big fast glass is expensive, but I really wish they could knock the price down on these guys…
I want a 24-70 f/2.8 IS!!! I don´t have a use for 400-500-600….
Upgrades to a copule of small white lenses would be welcomed too. The 400mm f/5.6 L USM needs IS, and the 300m f/4 L IS USM is 12 years old. Affordable, handy, yet professional lenses like these, and the superb 70-200mm f/4 IS USM, is something that Nikon doesn’t offer; it would be a shame if Canon gave up on such lenses.
man… my first thought was sweet! the prices on the MK1 500/4 and 600/4 will fall on the used market and then I remembered that these are the big white lens… prices never fall :(
That would be cool on zoom lenses.
id like a 400 5,6 is too :(
The 70-200mm F/4 IS doesn’t need an update, it’s only a couple of years old.
I agree with you re: the 300 and 400mm lenses.
I could sell my 300 F/2.8 and make a profit lol. They really do hold value, especially with relative strength of the Yen.
Yeah, 400/5,6 IS upgrade with some nice price (as the old one for example) would be fine.
I’d love a 400mm F/4 IS WITHOUT DO!
cr1?
next please
Long lenses made of a newer light-weight alloy or titanium.
Or carbon fibre.
The long white lenses are currently made of magnesium w/carbon hoods, so I doubt they’d get much lighter
I don’t think Michael was saying the 70-200 f4L IS needs an update; he was just pointing out that it is superb. :)
+1 on the 300 and 400, for me, especially a 300 f4L IS mkII!
And yes, these prosumer lenses are a significant reason to choose Canon. The (in)famous Nikon roadmap mooted about a while ago had a 300 f4 VR arriving next year. If Canon has similar information that it considers credible the need for a 300 f4L IS mkII is clear.
Ahh I see.. Reading comprehension was never my strong suit.
Agree. 300 f/4L IS and 400 f/5.6L IS with all the characteristics of the 70-200 f/4L IS would be really nice.
CHA-CHING
400 f/4 DO IS in carbon fibre = >$10k
the new magnesium construction and less stratospheric price tags would be fine with me :-)
Wish the 100-400 would get an update.
You make it sound like Canon would feel guitly about charging $10k
I wish they’d put IS on the 200 2.8
guilty*
(Something I could afford :) )
What about the 200 f/2L IS?
Say no more… :)
Though, maybe a 70-200 f/2.8L IS would better suffice?
The new nikon 300mm F:/2.8 is $5899 at Adorama. Expect the Canon model to sell for $5799. The existing lens is a relative bargain for $4340.
I wish i had bought one last winter during the Canon rebate in Canada where the price with exchange rate was $3500.
Buy the 500/4 then, much better option
I will likely buy that one day. I am curious about the rumored update as well (eventhough the price is reduced by a couple hundred right now on the present model 70-200).
I’d like to have a decent light weight 200 IS either way. :)
What about a zoom with 500 range, like the sigma 100-500. That would be nice.
How about an EF 500mm f/5.6L IS for $1999?
Oh, that would be nice. I’d like a 500mm but not at f/4. With IS it would probably be $2.5-3k rather than $2k though.
The EF 200mm f/2.0L IS USM goes for about $5000, the EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM (no IS) is about $800.
A weekend rental for the 200mm f/2.0L IS costs me about a third of what it takes to *buy* the 200mm f/2.8. ;-)
FWIW, I think a 200mm f/2.8L with IS would fly off the shelves.
I think it would be a big seller too!
Werd.
Or come up with an 200-400 equiv.
OMG PLZ!! i cant wait 24-70 and 70 200!!! i have been saving and waiting COME OUT NOW!!! guys should i get the 5D mk II? or do u think it will come along in 2010 mkIII?
Get the 5D mk II. If they do announce a Mark III, it won’t be for a while.
Yep, it’s the glass that’s heavy!
Where are the new 300/f4 IS 400/f5.6 updates?. Would be nice if they added them to the list too.
You think there is pent up demand for new glass??????
When will we have a 400mm f/5.6L IS?
Better would be a 400mm f/4L IS, but an f/5.6 Is would be handable.
I I I I ….
Before Canon upgrades the 300 2.8, 400 2.8, 500 4.0 and 600 4.0, Canon should update or make the following first:
100-400 4.5-5.6 IS II (still with push/pull with faster apertures even better)
35 1.4 II
50 1.4 II
Make a 85 1.4 (with very fast focusing, not slow like the 1.2)
Make a 135 2.0 IS (or even a 135 1.8 IS)
Make a 200-400 4.0 IS (push/pull)
Make a 14-24 2.8 (even better a 12-24 2.8, either way, it has to be as sharp as the Nikon 14-24 but without Nikon’s parfocal problem)
50-150 F/2L IS :)
Scott, an 85 1.8 exists with phenomenal focusing. I don’t see canon dropping more money in this area.
The 100-400 seems to gets wonderful reviews already; an upgrade would include new IS and new coatings, but I don’t see a change in aperture of this lens.
It would be nice if L meant IS… all of the time. Why not put 4 stops of IS in all of these “luxury” lenses?
That lens would be ridiculously heavy and large.
why?
100 f2 and 135/2 are not that big…
this would be a PHENONMENAL range for portrait shooters
I’d like to see (since this has devolved into what I’d like to see)
20 – 70 2.8 IS or 24-85 IS – both 2.8 the one would mean no need for lots of people to buy the 16 or 17 L zooms since for many it really is a matter of degrees for wideness…the other would make a great wedding lens without switching lenses to get your nice portraits (I prefer the first one for the record)
I’d like to see a 17 or 18 2.8 or faster L prime – the jump between 14 and 24 is too big and the 24 is not quite wide enough for lots of folks (see above)
200-500 4-5.6 to replace the 100-400 or better yet 200-400/4 (actually both lenses would have a great place)
Unless it was APS-C. I’d buy an APS-C 50-135 f2.0 IS, and I’d pay $2000 for it
Anybody any idea when the updates will follow, was in the market for an 400 mm 2.8, but maybe it’s better to wait.?