Canon Developing a New Slower Supertelephoto Lens [CR2]
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neuroanatomist said:
I think a perfect example of this is the 70-200 IS zoom lenses. The IQ on the F4 version and the F2.8 versions are almost identical.... yet one pays half as much for the F4 version....
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a zoom to compete with tamron and sigma's 150-600 offerings i reckon. even if the iq were the same it would have the canon name and af. a big seller for sure.
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I don't see a 500/5.6 cannibalizing more expensive options. The 400mm DO with a 1.4xTC is longer, lighter, sharper and maybe faster-focusing and with excellent IS. The 300/2.8 with a 2xTC is longer and probably sharper and faster-focusing. The 500/4 is brighter, faster-focusing, sharper and therefore easily takes a 1.4xTC even on a crop body e.g. Excellent IQ on 1D4 + 500L + 1.4xTc (>900mm). For people seriously needing the performance they won't compromise with a lower tier lens.
Does the 300mm f/4 L IS cannibalize the similarly priced 70-200mm f/4 L IS? A hypothetical 500/5.6 wouldn't necessarily be priced below the 100-400L II. Also, the 4x zoom on the 100-400mm is very versatile for subjects moving towards or away from camera. With a long prime a subject will change size quite a lot in the frame. I've been shooting a fair amount of indoor sports recently so I find it critical to keep the subject close to filling the frame as much as possible. Due to poor lighting, cropping too much in post-processing results in poor images due to high-ISO noise but at the same time you need to shoot wide enough to capture the action. So having the zoom design is incredibly valuable. I doubt that people seriously needing the versatility of a zoom would compromise their angle of view with a prime that is too long.
Does the 300mm f/4 L IS cannibalize the similarly priced 70-200mm f/4 L IS? A hypothetical 500/5.6 wouldn't necessarily be priced below the 100-400L II. Also, the 4x zoom on the 100-400mm is very versatile for subjects moving towards or away from camera. With a long prime a subject will change size quite a lot in the frame. I've been shooting a fair amount of indoor sports recently so I find it critical to keep the subject close to filling the frame as much as possible. Due to poor lighting, cropping too much in post-processing results in poor images due to high-ISO noise but at the same time you need to shoot wide enough to capture the action. So having the zoom design is incredibly valuable. I doubt that people seriously needing the versatility of a zoom would compromise their angle of view with a prime that is too long.
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I think that this lens will be an EF-S only mount lens. I would imagine that it would be up to 400mm and f5.6 as most Canon Rebels won't theoretically AF past this aperture in terms of minimum light for the AF sensor. It would be built along the lines of the 55-250mm, plastic, no tripod mount. As we see in the P&S compact market there is an emphasis on zooms, so it wouldn't be surprising to see a lens to compete. Something like 100-350mm 4.5-5.6 would sound about right and replace the current EF 70-300IS.
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Maybe they can use DO optics to make a 600mm f/5.6 IS $3500 a reality.
The DO lenses have not really dramatically changed the lens landscape yet due to price. Canon said they have recently improved things again with DO manufacturing so maybe it's time for some volume manufacturing of a DO lens while Nikon, nor anyone else, has any lens competition.
The DO lenses have not really dramatically changed the lens landscape yet due to price. Canon said they have recently improved things again with DO manufacturing so maybe it's time for some volume manufacturing of a DO lens while Nikon, nor anyone else, has any lens competition.
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I sure would love a 400 f/5.6 with IS, weathersealing, and updated tech, but I'm doubtful that will happen.
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I would expect a 600 DO to be pretty expensive. A 500 or 600 f/5.6L made of mostly standard glass with a UD element or two but no fluorite, in a simple design, might be under 5K$ - IS - I don't know how much that adds to the cost, but I would guess that a non-IS lens simply wouldn't sell. (The 400 non-IS sells because it is cheap and light and easy to handle bird-in-flight lens).
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