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<strong>Canon FDn 1200 f/5.6L 1.4x


</strong><a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/2012/12/correction-and-history-lesson-about-built-in-teleconverters-in-canon-lenses/" target="_blank">We posted about the FDn 1200 f/5.6L 1.4x lens</a>, which was the first Canon lens to have a built in teleconverter. I was having a hard time find a photograph of one, and apparently only 5 of these lenses were ever made and never went to production.</p>
<p>Thankfully, Phil from Australia scanned and sent us some images of said lens in action. These images are from the Easter Bike Races in Bathurst, Australia. Canon Australia had one ”on loan for a few years”, until EOS was launched in 1987 and these lenses became EF mount without the 1.4 teleconverter.</p>
<p><em>Thanks Phil</em></p>
<div id="attachment_12210" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 585px"><a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/fdn1200_01.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-12210" title="fdn1200_01" src="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/fdn1200_01-575x418.jpg" alt="" width="575" height="418" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">FDn 1200mm f/5.6L 1.4x | Click for Larger</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_12212" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 585px"><a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/fdn1200_03.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-12212" title="fdn1200_03" src="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/fdn1200_03-575x448.jpg" alt="" width="575" height="448" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">FDn 1200mm f/5.6L 1.4x | Click for Larger</p></div>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">c</span>r</strong></p>

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<strong>Canon FDn 1200mm f/5.6L


</strong>I made a <a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/2012/12/ef-800-f5-6l-is-ii-other-big-lenses/" target="_blank">post a few days ago about built-in teleconverters</a> and said that the EF 200-400 f/4L IS 1.4x was the first Canon lens with the built-in 1.4x teleconverter technology. While it will be the first production lens to have the feature, Canon did in fact make 5 lenses back in 1984 for the Los Angeles Summer Games in the form of an FDn 1200mm f/5.6L that also had a 1.4x teleconverter built in. All 5 of these lenses were shipped back to Canon in Japan and converterted to EF mount. These lenses then became the legendary made to order EF 1200 f/5.6L without the built-in teleconverter.</p>
<p>If you’ve never heard about the super rare Canon EF 1200 f/5.6L, Bryan at TDP has a great article about his time with the lens. <a href="http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-1200mm-f-5.6-L-USM-Lens-Review.aspx" target="_blank">Read it here</a>..</p>
<p><em>Thanks for the heads up Phil</em></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">c</span>r</strong></p>

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<strong>New 45mm & 90mm tilt-shift lenses


</strong>The 45mm and 90mm tilt-shift lenses are slated for release sometime in 2013. They will get the fully adjustable movements that are seen in the 17L and 24L tilt-shifts. Both will receive bigger image circles as well as performance. No mention of whether or not they’d get the “L” treatment, but I would assume they will.</p>
<p>It’s also mentioned that a 5th lens with “special movements” would also be added to the lineup. What would it be? Perhaps some kind of unique new macro.</p>
<p>Source: [<a href="http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/Canon_new_lenses.html" target="_blank">NL</a>]</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">c</span>r</strong></p>