Report: New Canon Super Telephoto Lenses Coming in May

[neuroanatomist]

They already have a Zero extender for all lenses.

Yep, and it’s one of the cheapest Canon products!

 

[ThomasTH]

Yep, and it’s one of the cheapest Canon products!

But still more expensive than the Sony and Nikon version.

 

[justaCanonuser]

Just a brief update for those who followed my Nikon Z8 & Z 600mm f/6.3 PF (w and w/o 1.4x TC) versus R5 II & EF 600mm f/4.0 III (w and w/o 1.4x TC) AF issues and are interested in my reports. My wife and I found, that the Z8 still offers in their AF menu an option to micro adjust its AF to a lens, in contrast to Canon's ML cameras (as far as I know). So that was a strong hint, that Nikon's AF system even in the age of ML cameras may need AFMA. I dusted off my old Spyder Lenscal and we found indeed, that the Z8 & Z 600mm f/6.3 PF had a massive back-focus, with 1.4x TC even worse. So we AFMA'd the system for both combos. Unfortunately, since then there was no chance to really test this combo with birds, due to bad weather and a lack of time, so we still have to wait for real world results. Of course, we do hope we'll see a substantial improvement.

So, what do we learn from that? Obviously, Nikon's AF system seems to work much more like the old DSLRs, in contrast to Canon's DPAF based system, since there is still an option - and sometimes a strong need - for AFMA. When I have more time, I will try to do a little research to find more in-depth information about Nikon's Z AF system. What I have in mind is that the AF system of Nikon's first Z cameras got a lot of bad reviews, just with about the arrival of the Z9 and later Z8 the test results improved substantially.