If it is FBW, I wonder if this is where some of the weight savings came from?
There is no need to have the manual focus system in the lens.
If the MF is electronic, why do you even need the ring? Your MF system can be handled from other locations.
I wonder if the FBW change is a preparatory move for a 1D style mirror less that is released some time in the distant future?
Possibly Canon is laying the groundwork now.
For all the naysayers and anti Canon posters who claimed there is no innovation at Canon, these lenses would have had to be put in production almost a year ago.
We are looking a year old innovation.
There is no need to have the manual focus system in the lens.
If the MF is electronic, why do you even need the ring? Your MF system can be handled from other locations.
I wonder if the FBW change is a preparatory move for a 1D style mirror less that is released some time in the distant future?
Possibly Canon is laying the groundwork now.
For all the naysayers and anti Canon posters who claimed there is no innovation at Canon, these lenses would have had to be put in production almost a year ago.
We are looking a year old innovation.
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