What New Lens are You Most Excited About?

[mackguyver]

Personally the Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS II intrigues me. Why? How good will it be? How much will it cost?

However, the lens I'm most interested in is the Samyang 12mm f/2.8 Full Frame Fish Eye. I'd like a fisheye but the Canon 8-15 seems way too expensive for a lens I won't use a whole lot. If the Samyang is cheap (~$200-350 US) and decently sharp, I'll pick one up for sure.

The other lenses don't excite me at all.

 

[Steve]

Personally the Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS II intrigues me. Why? How good will it be? How much will it cost?

Same. I'm not going to buy it but I'm very curious to see what they've done with the technology.

 

[Khalai]

Samyang 12mm really intrigues me ATM

 

[Eldar]

How could you omit the Zeiss Otus 85mm f1.4 from the list. Apart from that I think the 400 DO is interesting. I will not buy it myself, because I am well covered at 400mm, but I hope it is a high quality DO lens and that we will see more in the future.

 

[tayassu]

I fell in love with the Sigma S 150-600 with the first picture I saw it on... :
That would be a perfect wildlife lens for my good, old 7D! Don't think the C lens is going to be sufficient for my needs though
I'll have to save heavily until Christmas, maybe I'll be able to afford it then :-\

 

[mackguyver]

How could you omit the Zeiss Otus 85mm f1.4 from the list. Apart from that I think the 400 DO is interesting. I will not buy it myself, because I am well covered at 400mm, but I hope it is a high quality DO lens and that we will see more in the future.

OUCH!!! I don't know how I missed that! The poll has been fixed...

 

[tcmatthews]

• Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM Pancake crop and already have EF-24mm f/2.8 IS so not really that interested. If it was full frame that would be a different story
• Canon EF 24-105mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM soon to be cheep kit lens EF 28-135 soon to be discontinued. (Does this mean the Rebel F is real?)
• Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS II interesting but more than I can afford
• Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM (C) not likely good enough
• Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM (S) interested how does it compare to the Tamaron 150-600 I want.
• Samyang 12mm f/2.8 Full Frame Fish Eye need 150-600 more than a specialty lens
• Tamron SP 15-30mm f/2.8 Di VC USD most likely to buy the new canon 16-35f4
• Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 if I win the lottery I might consider this.

I still think that the 24-70f4L will soon replace the 24-105f4L as the L kit lens and the 24-105f4L will be discontinued when current supplies run out. The EF 28-135 will be discontinued replaced by the 24-105 STM as a low cost entry level full frame kit lens.

Pure speculation but Canon could be preparing to release a full frame rebel as the world newest cheapest full frame camera.

I really need to get a 150-600mm lens and a full frame wide angle but do not need f2.8 so the Canon 16-35f4L and a 150-600mm are top of the list. I have found the max focal length of every Tamron lens I own is there weak point so I want to see a 600mm comparison between the Sigmas and the Tamron. But a new Canon 100-400L could change my decisions if it is good enough.

 

[mackguyver]

I really need to get a 150-600mm lens and a full frame wide angle but do not need f2.8 so the Canon 16-35f4L and a 150-600mm are top of the list. I have found the max focal length of every Tamron lens I own is there weak point so I want to see a 600mm comparison between the Sigmas and the Tamron. But a new Canon 100-400L could change my decisions if it is good enough.

There are lots of good choices in these segments now, and even more soon - something that couldn't be said just a few year ago. The 16-35 f/4 IS is an excellent lens and if you don't need f/2.8 you can't go wrong. I'm really loving mine and don't regret the sale of my 16-35 f/2.8 II whatsoever.

Canon could still come out with a "Development Announcement" for a new 100-400. I don't think any rumors site has ever scooped a "Development Announcement" though there might have been some spy photos of the 200-400 1.4x out there before Canon announced the lens. I can't remember.

 

[Dylan777]

So far..........NONE

Zeiss 85mm seems interesting, but then, no AF. I'm really BAD with MF.

 

[Marsu42]

Personally the Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS II intrigues me. Why? How good will it be? How much will it cost?

Let's hope it will be stellar and not too expensive so the price of the heavy non-do primes drop and the rest of us can get them used . If they really get do working with high iq, this would be a revolution in lens design.

 

[mackguyver]

So far..........NONE

Zeiss 85mm seems interesting, but then, no AF. I'm really BAD with MF.

I'm expecting the Ec-S screen from B&H today or tomorrow and will let you know how it works out. The 5DII and 60D versions really made manual focus a pleasure.

Personally the Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS II intrigues me. Why? How good will it be? How much will it cost?

Let's hope it will be stellar and not too expensive so the price of the heavy non-do primes drop and the rest of us can get them used . If they really get do working with high iq, this would be a revolution in lens design.

I understand and I still can't believe I spent so much on the 300 f/2.8 IS II. It's an amazing lens, but damn is it expensive, and they only go up from there.

My foolish hope is that the new 400 DO is actually less expensive (RE: the 16-35 f/4 IS) than we're all expecting and has improved IQ. I would much rather have seen a 400 f/5.6 IS for slightly more than the current model. Some of my best photos are from the current model and I miss a lot about that lens.

 

[JonAustin]

None of the above. I'm much more interested in the recently released 16-35/4L IS and the mythical 100-400 II.

 

[surapon]

Personally the Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS II intrigues me. Why? How good will it be? How much will it cost?

However, the lens I'm most interested in is the Samyang 12mm f/2.8 Full Frame Fish Eye. I'd like a fisheye but the Canon 8-15 seems way too expensive for a lens I won't use a whole lot. If the Samyang is cheap (~$200-350 US) and decently sharp, I'll pick one up for sure.

The other lenses don't excite me at all.

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Have a great weekend, Sir.
Surapon

 

[Dylan777]

What body are you going to apply Ec-S with? 1DX?

I thought I saw few threads Eldar mentioned he applying ec-s on his 5D III - I could be wrong on this.

So far..........NONE

Zeiss 85mm seems interesting, but then, no AF. I'm really BAD with MF.

I'm expecting the Ec-S screen from B&H today or tomorrow and will let you know how it works out. The 5DII and 60D versions really made manual focus a pleasure.

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[Eldar]

What body are you going to apply Ec-S with? 1DX?

I thought I saw few threads Eldar mentioned he applying ec-s on his 5D III - I could be wrong on this.

I used the Eg-S on the 5DIII. That did not work out very well. It is made for the 5DII and 6D and it is not a mechanical fit. It seemed to be OK to begin with, but at some point I got a weird focus offset, which made it impossible to use.

But I have now ordered a 3rd party S-type focusing screen from Taiwan, specifically made for the 5DIII. I don´t know what they use or how they make it, but I decided that I´ll give it a try. It is about 3x the Canon cost.

I also said earlier that I did not use any EC with the Ec-S on the 1DX. I use EC a lot in my regular shooting, so I have not been thinking too much about it. But since I said I didn´t compensate, I have been a bit more systematic. And correct answer is probably that you have to use about 2/3 stop under exposure.

 

[ajfotofilmagem]

No lens already known for Photokina left me excited. :-\ Obviously there Some of optimal performance (I assume), but out of my price range. I miss the long-awaited 50mm IS. :'( :-*

 

[mackguyver]

Dear Surapon, is that lens FF compatible? I realize you have it on a FF body, but from what I've read, it sounds like there are dark borders on FF sensors? If not, that might be the lens I'm looking for - but if so, I'll wait for the 12mm.

Dylan, yes, it's for the 1D X. It's compatible in terms of fit, but the manual warns of metering and AF markings being off from the stock screen. There's no exposure compensation setting for it in the custom functions, so it's only semi-supported. Eldar & Edward don't report that being an issue, so I'm hoping that's the case as I really miss my Ef-S & Eg-S screens. Neuro pointed out some time ago that you can use the custom function to tweak the metering as well if it's an issue. There are custom screens available for the 5DIII as well.

Okay, Eldar beat me to the reply...and maybe the exposure difference will work out as I tend to overexpose nearly all of my photos by 2/3 - 1 EV for ETTR anyways

 

[Eldar]

I have asked Bryan at TDP to do a review of focusing screens. More and more of us are now using manual focus lenses and need these high precision screens. But the available information is very limited and in some cases contradictory. He is a very thorough and objective guy, so I hope he finds the time to do it.

 

[wsmith96]

The Tamron and Sigma sound interesting to me. I doubt I'd get either one, but I'd like to see the reviews when they are available. I continue to be impressed with Tamron's ability to integrate IS into their F2.8 lenses. At the focal length given, IS should not be needed, but still there are times when IS could be helpful.

I'm also considering a 400mm to add to my kit. For budget reasons, I was investigating the 400 F5.6L. For those same reasons I'd like to check out the sigma as well.

 

[Besisika]

Personally the Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS II intrigues me. Why? How good will it be? How much will it cost?

Same. I'm not going to buy it but I'm very curious to see what they've done with the technology.

Same here, interested in that one if doesn't break the bank.