We have received a few more bits of information in regards to the soon-to-be-announced EF 85mm f/1.4L IS.</p>
<p><strong>Canon EF 85mm f/1.4L IS Specifications:</strong> (New information in bold / weight and dimensions are approximates).</p>

<ul>
<li><strong>Minimum focusing distance : 85cm / 2.78′</strong>
<ul>
<li><em>EF 85mm f/1.2L II minimum focusing distance is 95cm / 3.12′</em></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Weight: 950g / 33.5oz</strong>
<ul>
<li><em>EF 85mm f/1.2L II weighs 1025g / 36.16oz</em></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Filter size: 77mm</strong>
<ul>
<li><em>EF 85mm f/1.2L II filter thread is 72mm</em></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Max diameter 88.6mm / 3.48″</strong>
<ul>
<li><em>EF 85mm f/1.2L II is 91.4mm / 3.6″ </em></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Length: 105.4mm / 4.15″</strong>
<ul>
<li><em>EF 85mm f/1.2L II is 83.8mm / 3.3″</em></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>4 stop image stabilization</li>
<li>Flourine coating</li>
<li>1 moulded aspherical element</li>
<li>9 aperture blades</li>
</ul>
<p>We’re still waiting to confirm USD pricing as well as the exact announcement date and availability.</p>
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<strong>From <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=137&v=jczAV862LhU">DPReview Youtube</a>:</strong></p>
<p>On April 16, 2016, disaster struck in Kumamoto in the Kyushu region of Japan. A series of earthquakes, including a magnitude 7.0 mainshock was struck beneath Kumamoto City where Sony’s sensor factory resides. A foreshock (warning) of magnitude 6.2 came approximately 2 days earlier, which did give the factory some time to evacuate; however, the damage to the carefully built, precision controlled and automated factory with clean rooms was devastating. Not to mention the impact of the lives of those in the region…</p>

<p>After buildings were deemed safe (there were many aftershocks), Sony factory members, including executive ones, went to work restoring the factory all by themselves with such diligence and dedication that they restored operations ahead of schedule. Whilst putting in place precautions that would lower the lead time from 3.5 months to 2 months were this to happen in the future.</p>
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We’ve received a bit more information about the upcoming Canon EF 85mm f/1.4L IS.</p>
<p><strong>Canon EF 85mm f/1.4L IS Known Specifications:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>4 stop image stabilization (previously mentioned)</li>
<li>Flourine coating</li>
<li>1 moulded aspherical element</li>
<li>9 aperture blades</li>
</ul>
<p>We currently do not know the weight, dimensions, announcement date or how much this hotly anticipated lens is going to be.</p>

<p>We’re also going to <a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/clarification-corrections-on-the-upcoming-new-lenses-from-canon-cr2/">put a [CR3] onto the tilt-shift lenses we’ve been reporting about</a>.</p>
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<p>The-Digital-Picture has completed their review of the Canon EOS 6D Mark II, and came away pretty impressed overall. While it’s not a perfect camera body, the image quality is great as far as noise and color go, but we’re all disappointed we didn’t get a dynamic range performance bump.</p>
<p><strong>From TDP:</strong></p>

<blockquote><p>The 6D Mark II did not impress me with its AI Servo AF capabilities, its dynamic range is only adequate and I’m not a fan of the 8-way multi-controller. But, the image quality benefits, especially color and noise levels, of Canon’s full frame CMOS sensors are big, while the footprint of the 6D II remains small – as does, probably most importantly, the relative impact on your wallet. Expectations were that the 6D Mark II would deliver very impressive image quality and rapidly hit the most-popular list. It has delivered on expectations. <a href="http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EOS-6D-Mark-II.aspx">Read the full review</a></p></blockquote>
<p>I still haven’t used the EOS 6D Mark II enough to give my final verdict to folks, but I do like the camera so far.</p>
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Nokishita has posted <a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/clarification-corrections-on-the-upcoming-new-lenses-from-canon-cr2/">similar information about the upcoming 4 lenses from Canon</a>, along with a couple of added goodies.</p>
<p>Canon will announce the following new products soon. (Google Translated)</p>

<ul>
<li>EF 85mm f/1.4L IS USM</li>
<li>TS-E 135mm f/4L Macro</li>
<li>The official name of the other two but unconfirmed, the focal length and F values 90mm f/2.8L and 50mm /f2.8L becomes. <em>(We’ve pretty much confirmed a TS-E 50mm f/2.8L Macro and a TS-E 90mm f/2.8L Macro.)</em></li>
<li>Lens hood “ET – 83E” “ET – 88” “ES – 84”</li>
<li>Macro twin light “MT-26EX”</li>
</ul>
<p>We do not have any information on pricing or availability of any of these four lenses. Since <a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/canon-ef-85mm-f1-4l-is-usm-on-the-way-cr3/">we’ve known about the 85mm f/1.4L IS for quite some time</a>, we’re hoping availability comes swiftly after the announcement.</p>
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In an interview with <a href="http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2017/08/10/sony-says-clearly-aps-c-forever">Imaging Resource</a> (and others) Sony executives publicly says they’re after the #2 spot for ILC sales. Canon being the #1 and will likely remain there for the foreseeable future. However, this blogger thinks they need to take a few more risks in the coming years to reverse the perception that there’s no innovation in camera bodies going on at Canon.</p>
<p>While Canon appears to be committed to shareholder profits, Sony is taking a different approach for the moment to gain marketshare.</p>
<blockquote><p>“Please look at our vision, not where our profits come from.” said Mr. Tanaka</p></blockquote>
<p>Sony can afford to do this for the time being, though one day you do need to turn a profit of some kind.</p>
<p>Sony also feels the path to growth is not just by taking marketshare from others, but increasing the size of the overall market, which is obviously a big challenge in the current marketplace.</p>

<blockquote><p>A point made by several of the executives — and underscored by no less than Mr. Hiroshi Sakamoto — was that, as one of the true leaders* in the camera market, Sony has to grow by growing the overall market, not just by poaching market share from other players.</p></blockquote>
<p>Sony also remains committed to APS-C sensor products. While their full frame cameras seem to bring about the most discussion online, their APS-C line of cameras remains important to their overall strategy.</p>
<blockquote><p>Tanaka-san was very emphatic. Paraphrasing slightly, he said “APS-C is an important category for us. We’ll <em>never </em>quit APS-C!”</p></blockquote>
<p>Imaging resource also reports than Sony thinks it can achieve a 50% marketshare in the coming years, which would put them in Canon territory.</p>
<p>We should be hearing more about Sony and how they plan to take over the camera world in the coming weeks from other web sites who had the chance to visit with Sony in Japan.</p>
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<p>B&H Photo has the Canon Cinema EOS C200B in stock and ready to ship. This is the base level Cinema EOS C200, without all of the accessories.</p>
<p class="fs16 OpenSans-600-normal upper product-highlights-header">PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS</p>

<ul class="top-section-list" data-selenium="highlightList">
<li class="top-section-list-item">Super 35mm CMOS Sensor</li>
<li class="top-section-list-item">Dual Pixel CMOS AF Technology</li>
<li class="top-section-list-item">Dual DIGIC DV 6 Processors</li>
<li class="top-section-list-item">4K DCI and UHD, 1920 x 1080</li>
<li class="top-section-list-item">59.94/50/29.97/25/24/23.98p & 120p in HD</li>
<li class="top-section-list-item">Canon RAW Light, MP4, MP4 Proxy</li>
<li class="top-section-list-item">2 x XLR Audio Inputs</li>
<li class="top-section-list-item">1 x CFast Card, 2 x SD Card Slots</li>
<li class="top-section-list-item">SDI, HDMI, Ethernet Connectors</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://bhpho.to/2vItz13"><strong>Canon Cinema EOS C200B at B&H Photo</strong></a></p>
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As with <a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/how-to-fix-weird-visual-behaviour-with-pairing-the-eos-1d-x-mark-ii-sigma-lenses/">most new Canon DSLR releases</a>, there are some third party lenses that may present the odd vignette when “Lens Aberration Correction” is turned on with various Canon DSLRs.</p>
<p><strong>From Sigma:

</strong>We have found that some SIGMA interchangeable lenses for CANON are not fully compatible with CANON EOS 6D Mark II released on August 4th, as well as EOS 9000D (77D), EOS Kiss X9i (Rebel T7i) and EOS Kiss X9 (Rebel SL2).</p>
<p>When certain lenses are attached to these cameras and the “Lens aberration correction” function on these cameras is set to “Enable” for Live View shooting, an error would occur.</p>
<p>Please set the “Lens aberration correction” function of the cameras to “Disable” when using SIGMA’s interchangeable lenses for CANON.</p>
<p>In addition, please also refer to other notice below, related to the usage of EOS mount SIGMA lenses on Canon cameras.</p>
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<p><b>Phenomenon

</b>When the lenses listed below are used on EOS 6D Mark II, EOS 9000D, EOS Kiss X9i, or EOS Kiss X9 and the “Lens aberration correction” function on the camera is set to “Enable” for Live View shooting, an error would occur.</p>
<p><b>Products Affected</b></p>
<ul>
<li>SIGMA 30mm F1.4 DC HSM | Art</li>
<li>SIGMA 30mm F1.4 EX DC HSM</li>
<li>SIGMA 35mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art</li>
<li>SIGMA 50mm F1.4 EX DG HSM</li>
<li>SIGMA 85mm F1.4 EX DG HSM</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Usage Notice for customers who are using EOS mount SIGMA lenses on CANON cameras

</b>When using the SIGMA lenses for CANON, “Peripheral illumination correction”, “Chromatic aberration correction”, “Diffraction correction” as well as “Distortion correction” from the “Lens aberration correction” function of the camera are not supported. Therefore, we recommend you to set them to “Disable”.</p>
<p>If those functions are set to “Enable”, the performance of the lenses may not be accurate.</p>
<p>For further information, please contact your nearest authorized <a href="http://www.sigma-global.com/en/about/world-network/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">SIGMA subsidiary / distributor</a>.</p>
<p>We appreciate your continued support for our company and products.</p>
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Further clarification and corrections on <a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/new-tilt-shift-lenses-to-be-45mm-90mm-135mm-cr2/">our previous reports</a> regarding the new tilt-shift lenses that are coming.</p>
<p>We’re told that we were incorrect on the TS-E 45mm f/2.8L and that it is in fact a TS-E 50mm f/2.8L Macro, the TS-E 90mm f/2.8L was correct, except that it to, will have macro functionality. We also assumed that all of the lenses are f/2.8L, but we’re told that the TS-E 135mm is actually an f/4L with macro capability.</p>
<p>The macro feature is 1:2 and not 1:1 across all three of the new tilt-shift lenses.</p>
<p>We also received further information in regards to the EF 85mm f/1.4L IS, a lens I’m looking forward to.</p>
<p><strong>The new tilt-shift lenses</strong></p>

<ul>
<li>TS-E 50mm f/2.8L Macro</li>
<li>TS-E 90mm f/2.8L Macro</li>
<li>TS-E 135mm f/4L Macro</li>
<li>All these new tilt-shift lenses have 1:2 (0.5x) macro magnification</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Canon EF 85mm f/1.4L IS USM</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Positioned between the EF 85mm f/1.2L II and the EF 85mm f/1.8</li>
<li>Same styling as the new EF 35mm f/1.4L II</li>
<li>Fast AF and a 4 stop effective IS.</li>
</ul>
<p>All of this is still [CR2] until we get the confirmation that makes us comfortable with upgrading the rating of the rumor. This round of lenses has been extremely hard to get information on, but we do hope we have now got the correct information.</p>
<p>We’re still told everything is coming at the end of August.</p>
<p><em><strong>Update: 18:09 EST, August 12, 2017:</strong> We’ve upgraded this information to [<a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/the-canon-rumors-rating-system-explained/">CR3</a>]</em></p>
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DPReview has completed their review of the Canon EOS 6D Mark II rather quickly and came away liking, but not loving it.</p>
<p><strong>From DPReview:</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>It’s true that every objective specification of the 6D Mark II has been improved upon when compared with its predecessor, while the release price has remained the same. Unfortunately, unless you’re a die-hard Canon user with an investment in glass and you just need an affordable backup body, it’s difficult to look past all that competing cameras have to offer…..</p>

<p>… As it should be, the EOS 6D II is a better camera than its predecessor in every way. With plenty of resolution, respectable burst shooting speeds and pleasing Canon color, it’s a camera that’s capable of producing great images in a variety of situations. Despite this, it is simply overshadowed by competition that is made up of more capable cameras at similar or lower prices. <a href="https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canon-eos-6d-mark-ii-review">Read the full review</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Just like most of the people that have used the Canon EOS 6D Mark II, it’s a nice upgrade from the original, but may not compete all that well with competitors. Here’s hoping we don’t have to wait another 5 years for a successor.</p>
<p>At the end of the day, the camera will be judged by how well it sells. Casual consumers have a tendency to care a little less about certain specifications than us passionate gear nuts.</p>
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We’re told that the new TS-E lenses from Canon will be 45mm, 90mm and 135mm. One of the lenses (we think the 135mm) will be a macro, though we don’t know if it’s a 1:1 macro.</p>
<p><strong>Upcoming Canon Lenses:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Canon EF 85mm f/1.4L IS</li>
<li>Canon TS-E 45mm f/2.8L</li>
<li>Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8L</li>
<li>Canon TS-E 135mm f/2.8L Macro? (We’re not 100% sure on the speed of the lens and what sort of macro capability it will have)</li>
</ul>
<p>We’re keeping this at [CR2] until we get a confirmation we’re absolutely confident about.</p>

<p>We’re still wondering about the “Made In Malaysia” from the <a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/unreleased-canon-gear-has-appeared-for-certification/">certification post from a few weeks back</a>, and for the moment we cannot confirm or deny the country of manufacture or if that “Made in Malaysia” even had anything to do with the new tilt-shift lenses.</p>
<p><em><strong>Correction:

</strong>We have <a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/clarification-corrections-on-the-upcoming-new-lenses-from-canon-cr2/">written another post that contradicts this one</a> on a couple of points. 1) the TS-E 45mm f/2.8L will likely be a TS-E 50mm f/2.8L Macro, and the TS-E 135mm f/2.8L Macro is likely a TS-E 135mm f/4L Macro.</em></p>
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