Newsletter Exclusive: New 50mm Coming in 2018 [CR2]
We're told by a very good source that Canon will finally address the 50mm focal length in 2018. There are apparently two prototypes currently being tested by select photographers.
We're told one of the lenses is an EF 50mm f/1.4 IS USM, which was likely developed alongside the brand new EF 85mm f/1.4L IS USM. We were not told what the other 50mm prototype lens was.
The announcement is slated for some time in the first half of 2018. As always though, lenses come where they're done and ready for production, not when the marketing people want them to be announced. Therefore, delays are always possible.
To be perfectly honest, we don't like reporting about 50mm lenses, as we've been burned a few times in the past.
The same source did mention that a previous design for a fast 50mm lens was scrapped due to do some new technologies in manufacturing that Canon utilizes and that the new deisgn is going to be an improvement.
We're told by a very good source that Canon will finally address the 50mm focal length in 2018. There are apparently two prototypes currently being tested by select photographers.
We're told one of the lenses is an EF 50mm f/1.4 IS USM, which was likely developed alongside the brand new EF 85mm f/1.4L IS USM. We were not told what the other 50mm prototype lens was.
The announcement is slated for some time in the first half of 2018. As always though, lenses come where they're done and ready for production, not when the marketing people want them to be announced. Therefore, delays are always possible.
To be perfectly honest, we don't like reporting about 50mm lenses, as we've been burned a few times in the past.
The same source did mention that a previous design for a fast 50mm lens was scrapped due to do some new technologies in manufacturing that Canon utilizes and that the new deisgn is going to be an improvement.
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