Canon’s roadmap includes 32 new lenses by 2026 according to Canon’s CEO

[Bonich]

Yes and no. If the RF versions are identical but actually remove the option of rear filters in the adapter then they aren't better. Canon could weld an adapter on it and call it a RF lens of course!

I really do not feel any need to replace my TS-Es. They are more than OK adapted.
I do miss the RF 135.
And yes, a big white with switchable extender built in ( The Nikon line up covers the needs (400 ext, 500 PF, 800)

 

[MartinVLC]

Canon desperately needs a solid prime lens lineup in L glass. Currently they have a massive gap at the wide end. The 50mm f1.2, 85mm f1.2 and 100mm f2.8 IS Macro are the only L primes available. Where is the 14, 24, and 35?

Allthough it´s true that the L-Primes are mainly on the long end, what´s really missing are affordable standard zooms with a brighter aperture.

There are already 9 L-Primes out there and 8 L-zooms. But in total there are only 9 NON-L lenses (6 primes + only 3 (!) zooms). And the non-L zooms are extremely slow (e.g. f/4-7.1).

For Sony you can chose between 4 different 24(28)-70(75)mm f/2.8 for between 600-1200 $/€ and you have the Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 for 1800 €.

For the RF-Mount there are only 2 fast standard zooms and the less expenseve one still costs 2500 €.

So, I´m happy for you if you get the wide L-primes, but they should really also bring a fast standard zoom for less than 1200 $/€. Well, just my opinion.

 

[kaihp]

I think priority for both R3 and Nikon Z9 was sports photographers as I have noticed lot more of mirrorless cameras while watching MotoGP race on last sunday, even many F1 photographers have been using R3 and expecting similar scenes from upcoming F1 race weekend in 2 weeks time.

According to the shop where I pre-ordered my (yet to be delivered) R3, Canon does not prioritize customers - contrary to Nikon.

Whether Nikon actually prioritize pros/sports photographers over others, I don't know. It was just what the shop told me (and I have no reason not to believe them).

 

[Antono Refa]

I think its a safe bet Canon will adapt / refresh the 200mm f/2,L 300mm f/2.8L, 500mm f/4L (on the map), as well as the TS-Es (the 24mm is on the map). That's 8.

The roadmap has 10-24mm f/4L & 18-45mm f/4-5.6, I think that fills in the wide end zooms. My bet is Canon will release 3-4 wide L primes, say 10mm, 14mm, 20mm, and 24mm. That's 6.

I had my doubts regarding non-L primes, but the 16mm f/2.8 STM changed my mind. Canon can take the 20mm f/2.8, 24mm f/2.8 IS, 28mm f/2.8 IS, and 35mm f/2 IS, and 50mm f/1.4, refresh for RF, and out the door. That's 5 more. I wouldn't be surprised if the 85mm f/1.8 and 135mm f/2 followed suit, for 2 more.

Then, I doubt Canon would drop the fisheye zoom and MP-E 65mm macro. That's 2 more, for a total of 23.

As for the remaining 9, no bet. If a crop RF camera comes out, Canon might repack a couple of EF-S lenses, say EF-s 10-18mm + 18-55mm + 55-250mm, just so owners would have cheap lenses for the wider-than-white-supertele lenses.

 

[ShowMeTheEagles]

According to the shop where I pre-ordered my (yet to be delivered) R3, Canon does not prioritize customers - contrary to Nikon.

Whether Nikon actually prioritize pros/sports photographers over others, I don't know. It was just what the shop told me (and I have no reason not to believe them).

That is correct except for Canon “ambassadors, which are relatively few. NPS members get priority over non-members but that priority system doesn’t exist for CPS members who have to get in line with everyone else.

 

[Gazwas]

What exactly is "the same optical formula but tweaked correction"

Very similar optics to their stills counterpart but changes made for longer focus travel and breathing correction.

 

[1kind]

Continue reading...

It's Mitarai...not Matarai

 

[Exploreshootshare]

The roadmap has 10-24mm f/4L & 18-45mm f/4-5.6, I think that fills in the wide end zooms. My bet is Canon will release 3-4 wide L primes, say 10mm, 14mm, 20mm, and 24mm. That's 6.

A 10mm prime sounds extremely wide and a bit unrealistic imho, but it sure could be a fun lense.
I'd guess (and hope) for an affordable 14mm F2 or similiar. I could imagine Canon going for a 12mm fast prime since the F2.8/ F4 UWA zooms got wider compared to their spiritual EF predecessor so maybe the EF 14mm F2.8 L will get a wider spiritual successor as well.

Sonys 14mm F1.8 G Master sounds awfully intriguing (nope, haven't tested it personally) and I'm hoping a for a similiar offering on Canons behalf. Fast, wide L prime with a price point to counter Sonys offering (atm, 1.600 € for the Sony in Germany)

 

[Exploreshootshare]

I'd jump on a 70-135/2. Pass on the UWA f/2, personally.

I'd love a 70-135mm F2 and would probably preorder it asap!

About the 14-28mm F2:
I have two trips planed/ lined-up to do some astro in 2022. In 2023, there actually is a new-moon week during northern lights season in Iceland WHILE I'm on my school vacation in Germany. So I'm hoping for a killer astro wide prime to arrive in time because I've already planned this trip in my head So, if there is fast wide prime, I'd also go with a UWA F2 zoom, at least for this trip. I'm also renting out and testing other Astro lenses in case there won't be a new Canon offering.

 

[Antono Refa]

A 10mm prime sounds extremely wide and a bit unrealistic imho, but it sure could be a fun lens.

There are two rectilinear 10mm primes for FF I'm aware of - Samyang XP 10mm f/3.5 (available in EF) and Voigtlander Heliar 10mm f/5.6 for Sony E. There's also Laowa 9mm f/5.6 for full frame mirrorless cameras.

IIRC, the patent for the TS-E 17mm was as a 10mm prime.

And, yes - its crazy wide.

 

[fox40phil]

My wishlist:
14mm TS please!
200-600mm 5.6/6.3
300-800 5.6
10-24 4.0
135 1.8
200 2.0 or 1.8 ;P
300 2.8
500 4.0 & 5.6!

Canon needs to go more lightwight like Sony.

 

[GMAX]

My wishlist:
14mm TS please!
200-600mm 5.6/6.3
300-800 5.6
10-24 4.0
135 1.8
200 2.0 or 1.8 ;P
300 2.8
500 4.0 & 5.6!

Canon needs to go more lightwight like Sony.

Serious question: Why does Canon needs to go the same way too?

 

[EOS 4 Life]

50/0.7

Stanly Kubrick is that you?

 

[EOS 4 Life]

Everyone who orders on the first day gets theirs in the first batch. Always. The whiners sit in their hands awaiting an “in stock” notice that doesn’t come for a year.

Not if they order from places that oversell their allocations like B & H and Adorama.
People still blame Canon.

 

[EOS 4 Life]

Canon needs to go more lightwight like Sony.

Sony has a smaller mount and a shorter flange distance

 

[Docofthewild]

I wonder if they will end up with 3 different lines of RF lenses. With EF, they have the base/stm, the USM with the gold ring and the L’s. When they start releasing those usm equivalents (50 1.4, non-l 100mm macro, etc), do they squeeze them into one of the current RF lines or do we get a new lens design?

 

[takesome1]

And either a complete embargo on politics, or the opening of a well moderated politics and religion section where self appointed experts sitting in warm comfortable safety can wax lyrical about the pronunciation of a word and how important that is to people who are literally being bombed out of existence, whilst feeling sorry for themselves that gas/petrol went up $1 a gallon.

If we are lucky, it will only be $1 per gallon. I think it already passed that and from what is happening today it is going to keep going up.

 

[Chaitanya]

According to the shop where I pre-ordered my (yet to be delivered) R3, Canon does not prioritize customers - contrary to Nikon.

Whether Nikon actually prioritize pros/sports photographers over others, I don't know. It was just what the shop told me (and I have no reason not to believe them).

Nikon did prioritize their NPS members over non-NPS members for pre-orders and majority of pros are NPS members means sports photographers would have received it in early Jan itself. I dont know what policy was for Canon but I have seen pros getting R3 quite easily and in some cases multiple bodies.

 

[Czardoom]

My wishlist:
14mm TS please!
200-600mm 5.6/6.3
300-800 5.6
10-24 4.0
135 1.8
200 2.0 or 1.8 ;P
300 2.8
500 4.0 & 5.6!

Canon needs to go more lightwight like Sony.

Here are some of the most common lenses...

24-70 f/2.8 Sony 886 g, Canon 900 g
24-105 f/4 Sony 663 g, Canon 700 g
70-200 f/4 Sony 840 g, Canon 695 g
24-240 f/3.5-6.3 Sony 780 g, Canon f/4-6.3 751 g
100-400 f/4.5-5.6 Sony 1395 g, Canon 100-500 f/4.5-7.1 1365 g

As you can see, the weights are almost all very close. Prices very close, too. Why the constant forum opinions that Sony is somehow lighter, smaller and cheaper? They are not.

If you are looking for smaller and lighter, some of Nikon's Z standard zooms are indeed smaller and lighter. enough of a difference that I briefly switched from Canon to Nikon last year. But Canon color brought me back. That, plus the new RF 100-400 - a lens that truly is much lighter than any 100-400 lens we have ever seen.

 

[InchMetric]

Not here on .nl, I ordered both the R5 and RF100 macro a few minutes after the stores put them online, at multiple stores. One store called to say they would receive a batch of 10 R5s and no new batches for a few months and I was 30th on their list.
I did manage to get both the R5 and RF100 by keeping an eye on Canon Direct at canon.nl, things pop up as 'in stock' from time to time and as opposed to canon.com, they are actually in stock.

I did get the RF100-500 from a regular store, but I had preordered it at 3 different places, only one had one for me in the first batch.

Sounds like you picked the wrong stores. Start with A or B, and you get one every time.