What Lenses are missing from Canon's range

[Haydn1971]

Whilst we all have some idea in our heads about what might get replaced next, we all have some idea of 50/85mm IS lenses, a 35mm f1.4 II L or 100-400L - but what realistically is missing from Canon's EF range at the moment ?

Here's my thoughts on omissions that could realistically be made - as to them being economic, that's a whole different story ;-)
- A fast wide, Nikon style like a 12/14-24mm f2.8
- A premium medium zoom, perhaps 20-135mm f4.0 IS to replace the 24-105L
- An affordable 500mm - f5.6 with IS for £2000 ?
- An EF pancake zoom, covering something like 20-50mm ?

Over to you... What's missing ?

 

[RLPhoto]

Canon EF 135mm f/1.8L IS

 

[mrsfotografie]

400 mm f/4 IS
400 mm f/5.6 IS

I would be seriously interested in either of these if they were to come to market.

 

[tculotta]

Me too for the 14-24 f/2.8

Ted

 

[Hjalmarg1]

400 mm f/4 IS
400 mm f/5.6 IS

I would be seriously interested in either of these if they were to come to market.

Canon already produce the 400mm f4 DO IS lens and it is similarly built to L class. 400mm f5.6L with IS is my dream for travel light.
I miss a light-weight do-it-all zoom like the Nikon 28-300mm VR, it delivers very good IQ and sharpness. I have not tried the new tammy.

I also support the 12-24mm f4L and a low-CA 50mm f1.8-2 IS lens with similar built, IQ and sharpness to the excellent 35mm f2 IS.

 

[DRR]

A small lightweight ultra wide prime.

Remember the old FD 17mm f/4? I'd love that in an EF mount. And a little faster also. I know Tokina has a 17mm f/3.5 in EF.

Currently for Canon there's only 14mm f/2.8 II (expensive and large-ish) and then 20mm f/2.8.

The 15mm is a fish.

There is a 17mm but it's tilt-shift.

There are zooms, 8-15, 16-35, 17-40, but no primes.

I'd also round out the selection for EF-M but that's probably a different thread.

 

[Bruce Photography]

400 mm f/4 IS
400 mm f/5.6 IS

I would be seriously interested in either of these if they were to come to market.

Canon already produce the 400mm f4 DO IS lens and it is similarly built to L class. 400mm f5.6L with IS is my dream for travel light.
I miss a light-weight do-it-all zoom like the Nikon 28-300mm VR, it delivers very good IQ and sharpness. I have not tried the new tammy.

I also support the 12-24mm f4L and a low-CA 50mm f1.8-2 IS lens with similar built, IQ and sharpness to the excellent 35mm f2 IS.

+1 on the 400mm (Nikon should add one of these too), Canon could add a non-tank like 28-300 similar in price and quality to the Nikon 28-300 as well as the Nikon 18-300. I use the 18-300 on my D7100 and that has replaced by for my event camera which was a 60D with 18-200. I've been surprised just how good the 18-300 and D7100 combo is. They have been a joy to use.

 

[mrsfotografie]

400 mm f/4 IS
400 mm f/5.6 IS

I would be seriously interested in either of these if they were to come to market.

Canon already produce the 400mm f4 DO IS lens and it is similarly built to L class. 400mm f5.6L with IS is my dream for travel light.
I miss a light-weight do-it-all zoom like the Nikon 28-300mm VR, it delivers very good IQ and sharpness. I have not tried the new tammy.

I also support the 12-24mm f4L and a low-CA 50mm f1.8-2 IS lens with similar built, IQ and sharpness to the excellent 35mm f2 IS.

Like I said, the (non-DO) 400mm f/4 IS is missing. Diffractive Optics aren't for everyone. You're right of course, the DO is built like an L-lens eventhough it is not branded as an L-lens

 

[RobertG.]

A really good TS-E 45mm Mark II or another TS-E lens in the range of 40 mm till 60 mm would be great. It can be f2.8 because there is no real need for a faster TS-E lens. But a really good lens for product photography is missing. The gab between 24mm and 90mm is too large. It would also be useful for architecture, landscape, fashion, art reproduction etc.

 

[mackguyver]

I would like to see a high quality full frame rectilinear lens wider than 14mm. I had the Sigma 12-24 II and miss that 12mm focal length, which has a FOV nearly 1/3 wider than the 14mm. Sometimes 16mm for a zoom or 14mm for a prime just isn't wide enough for really dramatic shots.

 

[YuengLinger]

Two: A GREAT fast-wide zoom, sharp edge to edge, minimal distortion.

A 50mm1.2 with Sigma Art sharpness, and kickass AF.

Fast-wide zoom is my top wish.

 

[tomscott]

400 mm f/4 IS
400 mm f/5.6 IS

I would be seriously interested in either of these if they were to come to market.

Canon already produce the 400mm f4 DO IS lens and it is similarly built to L class. 400mm f5.6L with IS is my dream for travel light.
I miss a light-weight do-it-all zoom like the Nikon 28-300mm VR, it delivers very good IQ and sharpness. I have not tried the new tammy.

I also support the 12-24mm f4L and a low-CA 50mm f1.8-2 IS lens with similar built, IQ and sharpness to the excellent 35mm f2 IS.

Only problem is the 400 F4 DO performs similarly to the 100-400mm... so its not really a serious option for many especially seen as tho its £3,500 more

 

[Dylan777]

The 50-500/f1.4 is missing from Canon's lineup.

You're wrong. My source confirmed "24-500 f1.2 IS is coming. IQ is slightly better than current 70-200 f2.8 IS II through out focal lenght"

 

[Khufu]

I wasn't too thrilled with these newer sub-35mm IS primes all coming in at over f/2.8, though the older, small 24 & 28mm primes, if I recall correctly, have hideous vignetting which can only be considered "arty" or poor on ff... maybe some faster, small but affordable and ff-usable 16/20/24/28mm primes?

If you guys reckon the 400mm f/5.6L could have the IS treatment without adding too much weight or bulk I'd be into that! I do love that as it is its not much different to just chucking a flask of soup in my bag though, if a little less chickeny and nourishing...

 

[traingineer]

Canon is still missing an updated version of the 1200mm F5.6 L USM. It needs an improvement in it's optical quality, it's auto focusing system, and it's weight.

 

[mrsfotografie]

...though the older, small 24 & 28mm primes, if I recall correctly, have hideous vignetting which can only be considered "arty" or poor on ff... maybe some faster, small but affordable and ff-usable 16/20/24/28mm primes?

They're not too bad if you stop them down and besides, the vignetting correction works like a charm (5D2 and 3). These lenses are becoming underappreciated I think. Yes they're old and maybe not perfect, but they're tiny! And that's an increasingly rare advantage.

 

[davidcl0nel]

70mm 2.8 IS - which is equally or better than 70-200 2.8 IS II - but with a weight of 200 gramm. I often use 70mm (portrait mode) for panorama stitching. The quality of the 70-200 is very good, but the weight.... If I use the zoom range, its very good, sure - but 70mm would be sufficent some times.
And I don't need a 2.0, which should be very easy to build, but I would prefer compact design and very good sharpness....

 

[keithcooper]

Expensive stuff that would be of direct benefit to my business (so all 'L' and EF) and fun to use too ;-)

A fast wide top quality zoom EF12-20(or 24)

TS-E lenses ~14mm, mid range (40-60), 100mm - all to have encoders for movements (I get told often enough that this feature is on its way, but no sign yet).

I'd have no problem paying £2k+ if these were good enough (particularly a TS-E14 ;-) and weight is just not a factor.

I remember people saying (when first announced) that the TS-E17 was not really needed - it took just a month or two of owning one to more than recover the cost ;-)

 

[ecka]

EF 35/1.2L USM
EF 135/1.8L IS USM
EF 150/2.8L IS USM Macro
EF 100-300/4L IS USM

EF 20/3.5 STM Pancake
EF 60/2 IS USM Macro
EF 85/1.4 USM
EF 24-135/3.5-5.6 IS STM (new cheap kit lens)

EF-S/M 30/1.4 STM
EF-S/M 75/1.4 STM

 

[tomscott]

As described in the looking for big whites thread...

The problem with Canon updating the 400mm F5.6 is that currently it pretty much equals sharpness of all the other big white primes and 200-400mm at 400mm F5.6, its much smaller, lighter and 1/10th the price of many. With high ISO capabilities of the new gen of cameras high ISO you can get away with F5.6 its also useful when you need a little more DOF on FF. If they made a new one with weather sealing and IS it would reduce sales of the bigger whites even more. But then again would probably cost 200% more.

Same reason I'm guessing there is no 400mm F4 IS non DO because it would be smaller and lighter than the F2.8 and probably considerably cheaper, again with high ISO is F2.8 needed especially with the weight trade off. Only other reason for the F2.8 is for use with tele converters, that you can have a 800mm F5.6 or a 640 F4.