Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 & Others Listed as Production Ended by Canon UK

[Canon Rumors]

<p>A reader sent in a link to Canon UK that shows the Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 and Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 compact macro as “production ended”.  Quite often we see typos on various Canon web sites, but it’s often only one lens. In this case, three lenses that were thought to be current are there. Three typos? I guess it’s possible, but unlikely. The EF 135mm f/2.8 soft focus lens is also makes the list and I do not remember it being officially discontinued.</p>
<p>Of these, the EF 50mm f/1.4 is the obvious candidate for replacement. I’m not sure how many people used the compact macro and I’ve never met anyone that owns a soft focus 135mm.</p>
<p>Check out <a href="http://www.canon.co.uk/support/consumer_products/content/?itemid=tcm:14-1254703" target="_blank">the list for yourself</a>.</p>
<p><em>thanks Nik</em></p>

 

[Chaitanya]

If true then finally that prehistoric 50mm macro might be replaced.

 

[cayenne]

This seems to be saying the 100mm macro lens is also being discontinued???
I was wanting that L lens to start experimenting with macro...wonder why they're ending production on that too?

Cayenne

 

[jeffa4444]

They have not ended productionof the EF 100mm f2.8L IS USM the lens listed is the EF 100mm f2.8 USM. However all the main stockists have it in stock and Canon are selling it themselves from the Canon UK web-site at £ 429.00

 

[Canon Rumors]

They have not ended productionof the EF 100mm f2.8L IS USM the lens listed is the EF 100mm f2.8 USM. However all the main stockists have it in stock and Canon are selling it themselves from the Canon UK web-site at £ 429.00

I worked in photo retail when the L version of the 100mm macro came out, our small little store had at least 10 copies of the original 100mm macro lens in stock, and a few are still there. I imagine that's probably the case across the board.

I'm not sure if the original is still on Canon price lists and available for order from the warehouse.

 

[jeffa4444]

The EF 50mm f1.4 is in stock with all the main camera stores and at Canon UK. The EF 50mm f2.5 Macro appears to be discontinued.

 

[SUNDOG04]

I still have that ancient 50 Compact Macro I used with a 40D prior to getting the 100L macro. Now that I have a 6D, the 100 macro gets a workout both for macro and general photography. My first lens with IS and I find extremely useful. The 50 is occasionally used as I do not have a lens between 40 and 70mm. Ancient, with loud, searching auto focus, but optically it is excellent. I would not trade it for a dozen so-called nifty-50s.

 

[jeffa4444]

They have not ended productionof the EF 100mm f2.8L IS USM the lens listed is the EF 100mm f2.8 USM. However all the main stockists have it in stock and Canon are selling it themselves from the Canon UK web-site at £ 429.00

I worked in photo retail when the L version of the 100mm macro came out, our small little store had at least 10 copies of the original 100mm macro lens in stock, and a few are still there. I imagine that's probably the case across the board.

I'm not sure if the original is still on Canon price lists and available for order from the warehouse.

A friend "in the know" in the UK confirmed that the EF 100mm f2.8L IS USM is not discontinued. No comment on the others.

 

[nickorando]

<p>Of these, the EF 50mm f/1.4 is the obvious candidate for replacement. I’m not sure how many people used the compact macro and I’ve never met anyone that owns a soft focus 135mm.</p>
<p>Check out <a href="http://www.canon.co.uk/support/consumer_products/content/?itemid=tcm:14-1254703" target="_blank">the list for yourself</a>.</p>
<p><em>thanks Nik</em></p>
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I own - and use - all three.

 

[HoodlessShooter]

At this point would Canon really release a newly developed f1.4 Non-L 50? We just got the warmed-over 50 1.8 STM, that covers the entry level, and most people probably want something that will compete with the Sigma, but I just cannot see Canon making that as a non-L. Perhaps they will replace both the 50 f1.4 and the 50 f2.5 Macro with a 50 f2 IS Macro with 1:2 capability?

 

[Steve Balcombe]

They have not ended productionof the EF 100mm f2.8L IS USM the lens listed is the EF 100mm f2.8 USM. However all the main stockists have it in stock and Canon are selling it themselves from the Canon UK web-site at £ 429.00

Actually the list says "EF100mm f/2.8 Macro" - not USM. It refers to the old 100/2.8 macro with AFD focusing, discontinued in approx. 2000 when the 100/2.8 USM was launched.

 

[PhotographyFirst]

I wonder how many of Canon's lenses are selling close to zero copies, but are kept officially continued so Canon can make those impressive lines lineup photos with a huge array of lenses, just to make them look bigger and better than the competition?

I would make a rough guess that 80%+ of their lens sales go to less than 20% of their lineup.

By Canon doing so well in making the world's best DSLR zoom lenses in a few categories, I think they have somewhat cannibalized a few of their slower primes lenses.

 

[PureClassA]

Part of me continues to wonder if Canon would bother with a new 50 1.2L. Everyone else keeps making amazing 1.4s. If they did discontinue the 50 1.4, is it possible the new 50L would simply be a 1.4 instead of a new 1.2?

 

[PureClassA]

The L Macro isn't going anywhere. But the non-L might. I own the non-L and there isn't a whole lot of difference between the two version except IS.

They have not ended productionof the EF 100mm f2.8L IS USM the lens listed is the EF 100mm f2.8 USM. However all the main stockists have it in stock and Canon are selling it themselves from the Canon UK web-site at £ 429.00

Actually the list says "EF100mm f/2.8 Macro" - not USM. It refers to the old 100/2.8 macro with AFD focusing, discontinued in approx. 2000 when the 100/2.8 USM was launched.

 

[jeffa4444]

They have not ended productionof the EF 100mm f2.8L IS USM the lens listed is the EF 100mm f2.8 USM. However all the main stockists have it in stock and Canon are selling it themselves from the Canon UK web-site at £ 429.00

Actually the list says "EF100mm f/2.8 Macro" - not USM. It refers to the old 100/2.8 macro with AFD focusing, discontinued in approx. 2000 when the 100/2.8 USM was launched.

Yes I know it was others suggesting the L version.

 

[jeffa4444]

It would make a lot of sense to produce a EF 50mm f1.4L and both the EF 50mm f1.2L and the EF 50mm f1.4 USM lens be discontinued. The difference is only 1/2 stop and yes people will jump up & down and talk about the Bokah difference but for Canon it makes much more sense to take on both Sigma & Zeiss at 1.4

 

[PhotographyFirst]

It would make a lot of sense to produce a EF 50mm f1.4L and both the EF 50mm f1.2L and the EF 50mm f1.4 USM lens be discontinued. The difference is only 1/2 stop and yes people will jump up & down and talk about the Bokah difference but for Canon it makes much more sense to take on both Sigma & Zeiss at 1.4

I disagree. While I do agree that the usefulness would not be much different between f1.2 and f1.4, I do think Canon will go f1.2 again just to one-up the competition. An f1.2 lens isn't really gathering much more light for current digital sensors than f1.4, so even 1/2 stop is being highly generous. Kind of like how the 11-24 went wider than is really useful for many cases, and nobody was really asking for an 11mm rectilinear lens. But since it beat the Sigma 12-24 for that title, it stands out.

 

[ahsanford]

C'mon Canon.

[Trance voice:] Dooooooo it.

- A

 

[tcmatthews]

I want to see a Canon FE 50 f2 IS Macro and a new FE 50L IS 1.4 or 1.2. And leave out the Lifesize converter this time.

 

[cayenne]

Part of me continues to wonder if Canon would bother with a new 50 1.2L. Everyone else keeps making amazing 1.4s. If they did discontinue the 50 1.4, is it possible the new 50L would simply be a 1.4 instead of a new 1.2?

I'd started another thread on the new 50L in the lens forum.

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=28513.0

It seems there are good rumors of a new 50L f/1.2 in the works, but when I'd heard the rumor, it was said possibly as early as the first of the year coming up, but on that thread some are saying that it will be likely much longer before we get the new 50L 1.2 design....


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