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If true, my money will remain in my gear fund. No interest in primes in this range, and unless the 70-200/2.8 Z offers something unforeseen over the current RF 70-200/2.8, it’s also of no interest. No interest in RF-S from anyone, my M-series bodies and EF-M lenses remain a great compact system.

Oh well…there’s the R1, and maybe I’ll yield to the temptation of a longer prime (85/1.2 or 135/1.8). Or maybe Canon will pull a lens-rabbit out of the hat.
 
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"it better walk on water and take the photo itself"

My legit comment to Craig when he told me earlier today that the 50mm F1.4 would cost $2000.

Either that or we can fully expect Canon users to do this at Canon HQ.

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That would make it more expensive than a grey import RF50 f/1.2 here in Europe.
 
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The photo of 35mm is obviously taken from 35mm 1.4L II. They forgot to remove the II

Also I do not believe 50mm 1.4 will be an L since it will be very expensive and its price will be close to RF 50mm 1.2L It will also compete with it.
 
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Hmm…I’m not sure this is the 50mm f/1.4 we’ve been waiting for.

I’d take a 50mm f/1.4 with a 1500€ MSRP, then proceed to buy it on a sale for 1000/1100€.

But a $2000 MSRP would translate into 2300~2500€ here in Europe, and probably 1500~1700€ on sale.

The thing is, we can get a gray market RF 50mm f/1.2 for 1700€, here.
 
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Also I do not believe 50mm 1.4 will be an L since it will be very expensive and its price will be close to RF 50mm 1.2L It will also compete with it.
They’re apparently planning to launch a 70-200/2.8 Z for a hybrid photo/video market, which will ‘compete’ with the current 70-200/2.8. These primes won’t have the Z designation, but perhaps they’ll have the clickless aperture ring like the 24-105/2.8 Z.
 
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"it better walk on water and take the photo itself"

My legit comment to Craig when he told me earlier today that the 50mm F1.4 would cost $2000.

Either that or we can fully expect Canon users to do this at Canon HQ.

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The 50 f/1,2 costs $2K.
If the EF 85 f/1.4 IS vs EF 85 f/1.2 is any precedence than a 50 f/1.4 IS L could cost $1,800.
Without out IS, I am guessing closer to $1K.
Non L with IS should be around $500.
Without IS, even less.
 
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The 50 f/1,2 costs $2K.
If the EF 85 f/1.4 IS vs EF 85 f/1.2 is any precedence than a 50 f/1.4 IS L could cost $1,500.
Without out IS, I am guessing closer to $1K.
Non L with IS should be around $500.
Without IS, even less.
MY theory was it was some combination of cinema lens and photo lens.

maybe something like a RF 50mm F1.4L T1.7 frankensteinian monster child.

otherwise i couldn't really decide what a hybrid prime would be.
 
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Hmm…I’m not sure this is the 50mm f/1.4 we’ve been waiting for.

I’d take a 50mm f/1.4 with a 1500€ MSRP, then proceed to buy it on a sale for 1000/1100€.

But a $2000 MSRP would translate into 2300~2500€ here in Europe, and probably 1500~1700€ on sale.

The thing is, we can get a gray market RF 50mm f/1.2 for 1700€, here.

Would love to know a bit more about the gray market and where i can find deals
 
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Hmm…I’m not sure this is the 50mm f/1.4 we’ve been waiting for.

I’d take a 50mm f/1.4 with a 1500€ MSRP, then proceed to buy it on a sale for 1000/1100€.

But a $2000 MSRP would translate into 2300~2500€ here in Europe, and probably 1500~1700€ on sale.

The thing is, we can get a gray market RF 50mm f/1.2 for 1700€, here.
The original source said €2000 according to @ordinaryfilmmaker, hopefully that includes tax already.
 
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