Canon EF 50 f/1.2L Goes Missing at Canon Germany

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My view of things...

The EF 50mm f/1.4 people expect from Canon is part of a new category, started with the Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4, Nikon 58mm f/1.4, and Sigma 50mm f/1.4, all announced within the last three quarters. It should be a Canon EF 5Xmm f/1.4 USM (might be IS-less) priced at ~U.S.$1,500

As others wrote above, none of Canon's 50mm are in this category. The f/1.8 is a cheap kit lens, the f/2.5 is a macro lens, the f/1.2 is a portraiture lens, and the f/1.4 is in the wrong price bracket.


My guesses are:

1. The f/1.8 is here to stay.

2. The f/1.4 will get the 24, 28, and 35 treatment (IS, ring USM, etc).

3. A new f/1.4 to fill the spot. If people want to buy, it's good business sense to sell.

4. The f/1.2 will stay beside the new f/1.4, even though sales might take a hit.

I would like to add weather sealing to your list so a new 50/1.4 would be L grade. Reason being is that a fast 50 would be to use during winter when light is low and it rains most days where I live (next to a rain forest at 60 degrees N latitude).

 

[NancyP]

I will look at any Canon 50mm f/1.4 update, because I STILL haven't seen the Sigma Art, and until there's a Sigma lens available to buy, I can look at the Canon equivalent.

 

[Peer]

Denmark too! (Thanks Jan)

But still available in Norway. Go figure.

-- peer

 

[Lawliet]

But still available in Norway. Go figure.

I'm under the impression that the absence was temporary - I can open the german product page just fine.

 

[vscd]

It's difficult to make a 50mm 1.4 with IS, because the IS-Group is of course enlarging the whole formula. So, if the lense gets longer by 10mm, the focal length mostly get's longer, too. And with the same optical calculation (and therefor aperture-diameter) the f-number increases.

I would really like to see a new 50mm 1.0, just to show the finger to the competitors (for fun ), but after all I even stop down my 85 1.2 II. Scenes where you really need f1.2 are rare. I mostly use the lense @f2 or f2.2... so a 50mm 1.8 is quite nice for portraits.

If you need the ultimate shallow DOF, use a larger sensor