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KungFeuz · Feb 23, 2018

FYI: Sony is not the only FF mirrorless manufacturer...

slclick · Feb 22, 2018

*PING* Dustin,

Can you tell us at this point when you expect to get a copy of this lens and start your review? TIA

FramerMCB · Feb 22, 2018

It will be interesting to see how DPReview ranks this compared to the D850 and the A7R III (you know they'll never compare it to Canon. In their minds Canon is like a 3rd party camera manufacturer (not the 800lb Gorilla that they are). Nikon and Sony are where it's at man - they have all the "sexy-tech" not like those old dinosaurs that Canon produces. (Yes, I'm being tongue-in-cheek.)

Talys · Feb 22, 2018

traveller said:
If the new Tamron is about the same weight, focuses quickly and accurately, is sharper and cheaper, would that sway your decision?

Not that I'm in the market for an f/4 (as I own an f/2.8 IS II), but:

For me to buy a third party lens, what I'm looking for is:

- Optical performance needs to be close to Canon
- AF speed and consistency are important
- Build quality is a consideration
- Weight isn't a huge factor, but it should be close to Canon
- Price needs to be 2/3 the Canon's MIR price

Specifically for f/4 zooms:

- Price should be about half of the f/2.8 zooms (this applies to Canon f/4's too)

So, for me to consider Tamron/Sigma, the price needs to be around $700 or less compared to Canon ($1050), or about $650 compared to f/2.8 third party's ($1300).

But practically speaking, $800 is just too close to $1050. I'd just spend the extra $250 and get the Canon. Generally speaking (not specific to these lenses), this is why:

- Future body compatibility is guaranteed, with built-in lens profiles
- Canon's service has been very good to me
- Canon's L lenses' build quality has been exceptional for me in terms of ruggedness/reliability
- I like a lot of small, non-top-line aspects of Canon L lenses like MF ring, switches, lens collars, etc.
- On SOME third party lenses, I've really hated some minor aspects, like the cruel joke that is the Sigma 150-600 MF ring
- Resale value on Canon gear is consitently much, much higher
- I guess, some CPS qualifying points could be a factor

That's not to say I wouldn't buy third party. I have about a half dozen third party lenses, and I'm moderately happy with most of them; but to get me there, the price is a big deal -- mostly it incentivizes me to buy a lens I wouldn't otherwise buy.

Don Haines · Feb 22, 2018

Sharlin said:
Don Haines said:

This looks like an awesome camera and is what I have expected Canon to come out with in a mirrorless body, except where is the 30+ Fps burst mode????

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Seems to be there, sort of, in the form of 4K footage frame grabbing. Of course, 8Mpix JPEG only... But the real burst mode (10fps without Servo AF) is likely throughput limited.

It may show up later in the full specs, but quite often with mirrorless cameras there is a very fast burst rate at reduced resolution.... but time will tell. Even without it, this seems like killer crop camera!

Canon Rumors · Feb 22, 2018

HTML:

It looks like you may be able to preorder the brand new Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG HSM Art series lens tomorrow if the <a href="https://twitter.com/nokishita_c/status/966631283223752704">latest rumors are true</a>.</p>
<p>Nokishita reports that preorders start February 23, 2018 and the lens will begin shipping on March 9, 2018 at a price of 164,700yen (including taxes). If I had to guess using the usual yen to USD ratio, that would put the new <a href="https://bhpho.to/2GbvTPO">Sigma at about <del>$1399</del> $1299 USD</a>.</p>
<p>In case you missed it, check out the Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG HSM Art series lens <a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/sigma-announces-brand-new-14-24mm-f2-8-art-lens/">here</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Preorder: <a href="https://bhpho.to/2GbvTPO">Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG HSM Art at B&H Photo</a></strong></p>
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f119a · Feb 22, 2018

One more

snoke · Feb 22, 2018

CanonFanBoy said:
Cell phone sized camera at a high end DSLR price. Anyone have one of these? Kinda cool.

https://light.co/camera

Light Field Camera
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-field_camera

Lytro already fail:
https://www.lytro.com/

3kramd5 · Feb 21, 2018

Well if it has a new logo...

stevelee · Feb 21, 2018

FF is just an artificial convention evolved from using movie film sideways to shoot stills. But it is a handy point of reference for us old guys and how we think of focal lengths.

That's not as weird as measuring small digital camera sensors by TV camera tubes of the 1940s or '50s, though.

bitm2007 · Feb 21, 2018

I got the following reply from Breakthough

Our Square NDs have foam around the perimeter. Not sure if there is a Holder that is 100% free of light leak. Our filters are standard 100*100*2mm.

Has anybody tried a Breakthrough 6 or 10 stop 100mm X4ND square filter in a Lee holder ?

IglooEater · Feb 21, 2018

AJ said:
Sharlin said:

ethanz said:

Aaron D said:

OK I saw 59 lbs. but did the article ever say HOW big these are?

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"It weighs 59.5 pounds, and is 10 inches wide and tall and 24 inches long."

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At 800mm and f/4, the front element needs to be at least 20cm in diameter, put that into a box and you get that 10" figure.

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Good Canon glass costs about $1000 per pound (e.g. Canon 600/4 costs $12k and weighs 12 pounds)
So this broadcast lens should cost $60,000 in my estimation.

Well now that’s an interesting way of looking at it, but that feels right within an order of magnitude.

Talys · Feb 21, 2018

aceflibble said:
No official pricing yet, but a 'standard' Samsung SSD at 4TB costs around £1,000/$1,400. So I'd expect somewhere between what, eight to ten grand for a single 30TB drive? The previous 15tb drive they put out was priced at around $10,000, IIRC. I doubt they'd go over that as consistently launching at the 10k mark will help retain customers.

The most important part, as far as I'm concerned, is definitely the durability. It's been the drawback to SSD all along—still is right now—but if both the write lifespan and the physical durability have been improved this much, we can finally start looking at SSDs for long-term storage. If they can take this performance and scale it down to 2-4TB, that's it, mechanical drives are done.

The write endurance is incredible; it's suitable for applications like database servers. The performance bump is pretty massive, too. I hope some of this tech dribbles down into consumer tech and becomes cheap enough to store photos

I would absolutely love 7TB - 15TB SSD storage drives for photography and other archiving.

For its target market, practically, the benefit of the drive will be that you can buy one 30TB drive (or the smaller 15TB variant coming in the future) instead of a whole stack of smaller drives. Two of them, gives you a simple, mirrored set that's big enough for a lot of medium sized companies. It's the difference between having drives right in the server's chassis versus a 2U - 4U sized enclosure (and power, and all that) just for hard drives.

Backups should be fun

andrei1989 · Feb 21, 2018

well...i'm a bit disapointed...i was hoping for some apsc lens, preferably starting at 15-16mm...
the only cameras this lens is for currently are sony a7 and a9...

JoFT · Feb 21, 2018

Cory said:
Would the Milvus possibly make sense (portraits, stage, etc.)?

:-*

Definetely. Owning both the Milvus is a keeper. Wherever a quick reaction is not needed but manual focusing - like in studio environments I will definitely use the Milvus - not the Canon. The Milvus Lenses are high precision tools. I dod had my special experience shooting with the 35mm f1.4... That was amazing.....

Talys · Feb 21, 2018

You can use one of those LPE6 to AC adapters, and assuming you don't run out of storage, I think it can stay on for as long as you want.

rrcphoto · Feb 20, 2018

Tugela said:
Keep telling yourself that.

care to show some factoids up?

PCM-madison · Feb 20, 2018

I own this lens and have used it on a Canon 7D mii and M5. As background, I've previously owned the Tamron 18-270mm VC and the Canon 35-350mm L. I like the concept of an all-in-one zoom for travel, hiking, situations like you describe, etc. I sold my previous superzoom lenses because I didn't use them enough. The focusing performance, noise, and image quality of the 18-270mm led me to use it less and less especially once I moved from an 8 megapixel 30D to the 7D mii. The Tamron 18-400mm has improved in all of these areas. It focuses accurately and quietly on both the 7D mii and M5 (like all adapted lenses I've tried on these cameras it focuses faster on the 7D mii). Image quality is not as good as the better Canon lenses, but I plan to use it mainly for travel that is not photography focused and when I'm participating in activities where the weight and bulk of multiple lenses is not desirable. Image quality also improves significantly when stopping down especially at longer focal lengths. The following photos of the Wisconsin State Capitol illustrate typical results stopping down from F6.3 to F8 at 400mm.

Mt Spokane Photography · Feb 20, 2018

ethanz said:
stevelee said:

Mt Spokane Photography said:

I have a fujifilm digital camera from 1998. I can sell it for a bargain price to anyone who wants 1.5 MP

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Do you recall what you paid for it back then and what memory prices were like?

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Back in 2001 my family had a Sony Mavica camera MVC-CD300, it was 3.3MP and recorded to mini CDs. So the memory was fairly cheap. The camera itself was $1,000 though.

I have one of the older Mavica's out in my studio. It was a earlier generation and used 3.5 floppies to record images. The camera was one of the greatest hoaxes of its time, a high price, lots of advertising, and really poor image quality. The images were drastically compressed to fit the tiny space available and were just plain ugly. Photographers panned it, but the masses snatched them up because it was a Sony. Those FDD's mostly died before 2 years were up, it cost well over $300 to service. I bought mine for a buck used, it wasn't worth that.

Mt Spokane Photography · Feb 20, 2018

A rattle developed in my 100L. I traced it to a loose front element. A spanner tightened it up and eliminated the issue. I attribute it to a Sigma TC that I tried on the lens. It went wild vibrating before I shut the camera off. I think it literally shook the front ring that holds the lens loose.

Don Haines · Feb 20, 2018

BeenThere said:
Bottom line is don't set the camera in a puddle of water.

Or shoot portrait mode......

Canon Rumors · Feb 20, 2018

HTML:

<em>The company’s internal digital magazine will feature a variety of content highlighting the art of photography</em></p>
<p><strong><span class="aBn" tabindex="0" data-term="goog_660316852"><span class="aQJ">February 20, 2018</span></span></strong> – Sigma Corporation is proud to announce the launch of its first online publication, <a href="http://sigma.cmail20.com/t/r-l-jrukjlo-dkikkjelh-n/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://sigma.cmail20.com/t/r-l-jrukjlo-dkikkjelh-n/&source=gmail&ust=1519230633554000&usg=AFQjCNHZmwOv68F0zbxWSDjqQrD62PDv6A">SEIN Online</a>. An original web magazine available in both English and Japanese, SEIN Online aims to share Sigma’s passion and respect for visual culture and the art of photography, highlight the company’s unique approach to manufacturing, and shed light on the challenges involved in its quest to create the world’s best optical gear.</p>
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<p><strong>Original Content Capturing the Heart of Photography Culture</strong>

SEIN Online boasts a variety of creative and informative content – interviews, essays, special features and more – to explore the joy and depth of taking photographs. With this latest edition of the magazine Sigma seeks to push readers to engage in new ways of thinking about photography and give them insight into the company’s efforts to create high-quality, innovative optical products.</p>
<p>Sigma will continuously update SEIN Online with new content, in addition to publishing relevant material from the original print version of the magazine. Readers will have the opportunity to enjoy even more content from Sigma and SEIN Online with the launch of the official SEIN Online Instagram account. The official Instagram account can be accessed at: <a href="http://sigma.cmail20.com/t/r-l-jrukjlo-dkikkjelh-p/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://sigma.cmail20.com/t/r-l-jrukjlo-dkikkjelh-p/&source=gmail&ust=1519230633554000&usg=AFQjCNG1qPwCplekEegu1l9wONJ2sgqNMA">www.instagram.com/sigma_sein/</a>.</p>
<p><strong>About SEIN, Sigma’s Original Print Magazine</strong>

Originally launched in 2014 as a quarterly print magazine, SEIN was distributed free to readers throughout Japan. The name of the magazine comes from the German word ‘SEIN,’ meaning “to exist” or “to be,” reflecting Sigma’s belief that photography allows individuals to broaden their points of view and see the world in novel and interesting ways. So far, Sigma has published 13 issues of the magazine in Japanese and English, all created completely in-house, affirming the company’s longstanding commitment to creating quality products.</p>
<p>For more information about SEIN, please visit: <a href="http://sigma.cmail20.com/t/r-l-jrukjlo-dkikkjelh-x/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://sigma.cmail20.com/t/r-l-jrukjlo-dkikkjelh-x/&source=gmail&ust=1519230633554000&usg=AFQjCNEUaBpvb8ADn_4Me4AYGFalle_pKA">www.sigma-sein.com/en/about/</a>.</p>
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roberto · Feb 20, 2018

It doesn't have AF..

Specifications:
Focal Length: 50mm
Maximum Aperture: 1.2
Image Circle: 24 × 36 mm (full-frame). Will also fit APS-C
Lens Mount: Canon EF
Focusing: Manual
Image Stabilizer: No
Optical Construction: 11 elements / 8 groups
Minimum Aperture: 16
Minimum Focus: 45cm
Maximum Magnification: 0.17x (1:5.9)
Aperture Blades: 9
Filter Size: 86mm
Length: 117mm
Diameter: 93mm
Weight: 1200g
Included Accessories: Lens hood. Front and rear lens caps

xps · Feb 20, 2018

Found on another rumor site.
Details look here:
http://www.nokishita-camera.com/2018/02/eos-m50.html

Digic 8
24MP
New RAW format (!)

Tuesday, February 20, 2018
【Rumor】 Features and images of Canon's "EOS M50"
We gave us the main features and images of Canon's EOS M50 (domestically Kiss M?) From overseas sources.
EOS M50

24.1 Megapixels APS-C CMOS
Dual pixel CMOS AF
DIGIC 8
4K video
Standard ISO: 100-25600 (extended ISO: 51200)
Continuous: Up to 10 frames / sec (at servo AF: up to 7.4 frames / sec)
EVF: 2.36 million dot organic EL
3 type 104 million dots Bali angle touch panel liquid crystal
Wi-Fi · Bluetooth · NFC installed
Supports next generation CR3 RAW format and new C-RAW compact format
The C - RAW format is 40% smaller in file size than conventional RAW, and it corresponds to in - camera RAW development and digital lens optimizer
Color: Black / White
In overseas stores there are stores to start reservation on February 27

Talys · Feb 20, 2018

Valvebounce said:
Hi Talys.
Sorry, my mistake, I forget the cameras even have that half baked AI focus thing, saw AI and just automatically put Servo on the end, a case of reading what I wanted to see and not what was there!

Cheers, Graham.

I know what you mean =X

It would be great if.. AI Focus would just work, lol.

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