Canon EF-S 35mm f/2.8 M IS STM Coming April 5, 2017 [CR3]

[SkynetTX]

Re: Canon EF-S 35mm f/2.8 M IS STM Coming April 5, 2017

If M stands for Macro it should have at least 2:1 minimum magnification ration and/or 30 cm or longer minimum focusing distance to make it useable.
If M means that is supports real "Full Time Manual" focusing despite of having STM motor it would be great news.
Other meanings of M don't interest me at all.

 

[KristinnK]

Re: Canon EF-S 35mm f/2.8 M IS STM Coming April 5, 2017

There has to be some reason to buy an "EF-S 35mm F2.8 IS", rather than the 40 pancake.

The 40mm STM is a full-frame lens. This means a 2.5x larger image circle, meaning a lot more glass. This lens should cost 50 dollars or something unless the "M" implies some seriously expensive shit. Basically it will be a 'throw in with the Rebel kit' 56mm f4.5 full-frame equivalent lens.

That'll teach those chumps not to use Canon crop bodies. Damn peasants.

 

[vangelismm]

Re: Canon EF-S 35mm f/2.8 M IS STM Coming April 5, 2017

Camon CR guy, 35mm is not wide angle on aps-c....

 

[slclick]

Re: Canon EF-S 35mm f/2.8 M IS STM Coming April 5, 2017

Camon CR guy, 35mm is not wide angle on aps-c....

So we can only hope something was lost in translation and it's a 22? If so, it would mean the M is for Macro or how else would it differentiate from the ef-s 24? Yet, who would want a Macro that wide? All in all, there is no win here.

 

[larjon]

Re: Canon EF-S 35mm f/2.8 M IS STM Coming April 5, 2017

<ul>
<li>Macro mode?</li>
<li>EOS M compatible?</li>
<li>Leica made it?</li>
</ul>

Macro mode? No - it'd have Macro in the name as per all other macro lenses. Also Macro isn't a 'new' feature for EF-S

EOS M compatible? Arent they all with a suitable adaptor?

I wonder if the M is actually an indication of quality, ie the EF-S version of an 'L' lens.

If the lens is called EF-S 35mm f/2.8M IS STM, i.e. no space between 2.8 and M, I'll also go for Luxury.

 

[slclick]

Re: Canon EF-S 35mm f/2.8 M IS STM Coming April 5, 2017

<ul>
<li>Macro mode?</li>
<li>EOS M compatible?</li>
<li>Leica made it?</li>
</ul>

Macro mode? No - it'd have Macro in the name as per all other macro lenses. Also Macro isn't a 'new' feature for EF-S

EOS M compatible? Arent they all with a suitable adaptor?

I wonder if the M is actually an indication of quality, ie the EF-S version of an 'L' lens.

If the lens is called EF-S 35mm f/2.8M IS STM, i.e. no space between 2.8 and M, I'll also go for Luxury.

"I'm strictly shooting with Muxury glass"

 

[jolyonralph]

Re: Canon EF-S 35mm f/2.8 M IS STM Coming April 5, 2017

if L is for Luxury M could well be for 'Master'.

Or Mediocre

 

[ahsanford]

Re: Canon EF-S 35mm f/2.8 M IS STM Coming April 5, 2017

if L is for Luxury M could well be for 'Master'.

Or Mediocre

Could M just be their moniker for illuminated macro lenses, like the EF-M 28mm f/3.5 Macro IS STM? (I know they didn't brand it as such last time, but perhaps people liked it and Canon wants to push the idea more broadly?)

Might this be a similar 1:2 Macro lens for EF-S, sort of like how the EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM is close-but-not-quite-the-same as the EF-M 22mm f/2?

- A

 

[c.d.embrey]

Re: Canon EF-S 35mm f/2.8 M IS STM Coming April 5, 2017

Camon CR guy, 35mm is not wide angle on aps-c....

35MM is not w-i-d-e on Full Frame. 35mm is at the long end of w-i-d-e on medium format.

 

[picture-maker]

Re: Canon EF-S 35mm f/2.8 M IS STM Coming April 5, 2017

EF-S lenses of 22mm, 31mm and 56mm. Would be approximately equivalent to 35mm, 50mm and 90mm EF lenses on a full frame camera.

Because of this. The latest rumours don’t seem to make much sense.

First of all we were told the new lens would be a wide angle EF-S prime lens. That means it would be less than 31mm.

There is a lot of misunderstanding about crop size lenses, and full frame lenses. So has someone misunderstood the message? Was 35mm equivalentt said? And f2.8?

Who wants to buy a 56mm f2.8 lens? If you were using full frame what use would that be?

The M mentioned could stand for EF-SM 22mm f2.0 STM. That makes far more sense. Canon have all main components already and they are used to build the EF-M 22mm f2.0 STM, and that would be what the M stands for. I read within the last two years there was a patent for an EF-S 22mm f2.0 STM registered.

That would be an inexpensive way to produce an excellent new lens, and surely the market for this lens would be far greater than the market for newly designed 56mm f2.8 macro lens.

 

[LonelyBoy]

Re: Canon EF-S 35mm f/2.8 M IS STM Coming April 5, 2017

Well now I'm all confused. The "unique feature" is back to a total mystery.

Could it be a 1:2 macro? It'd have a roughly-equivalent FOV to the old EF 50 macro (@ahsanford's favorite 50 ).

 

[Azathoth]

Re: Canon EF-S 35mm f/2.8 M IS STM Coming April 5, 2017

My hopes of a cheap UWA prime lens were crushed!

Seriously isn't Canon already full of cheap prime lenses between 24 and 50 mm ?? Yawn...
Wake me up when they release something <= 18 mm....zZZzzzzzzZZ...

 

[Tom W]

Re: Canon EF-S 35mm f/2.8 M IS STM Coming April 5, 2017

Reading what's been written so far, the lens makes little sense. Now, if it were a 35/2.8 EF-M pancake lens, then it might be sensible (although I would prefer an f/2 if possible). A series of small EF-M primes to go with the 22/2 would be nice.

 

[ScottyP]

Re: Canon EF-S 35mm f/2.8 M IS STM Coming April 5, 2017

Standard prime FL and f/2.8 screams macro to me. I'd go +1 on the integral macro lights suggestion.

No idea why it's being branded 'M' though -- no other lens gets that designation. They just say 'Macro'.

- A

Maybe the CR guy's spy inside Canon was discovererd and killed just as he was trying to tell CR about the lens, and he got cut off at the "M" in "Macro"....

 

[slclick]

Re: Canon EF-S 35mm f/2.8 M IS STM Coming April 5, 2017

Standard prime FL and f/2.8 screams macro to me. I'd go +1 on the integral macro lights suggestion.

No idea why it's being branded 'M' though -- no other lens gets that designation. They just say 'Macro'.

- A

Maybe the CR guy's spy inside Canon was discovererd and killed just as he was trying to tell CR about the lens, and he got cut off at the "M" in "Macro"....

Well it doesn't stand for 'M'artyr. Look at all the trouble it stirred up here!

 

[Talys]

Re: Canon EF-S 35mm f/2.8 M IS STM Coming April 5, 2017

Well now I'm all confused. The "unique feature" is back to a total mystery.

Could it be a 1:2 macro? It'd have a roughly-equivalent FOV to the old EF 50 macro (@ahsanford's favorite 50 ).

Soooo...

Magical -- sorry, this word was trademarked by Apple Only iPhones are allowed to be Magical now.
Mediocre and Meh -- nope, that's not unique, LOL.
Macro -- also, not unique. Although, uniqueness could be the letter M in the name, rather than a unique feature
Mechanical -- definitely not unique in or to EFS.
EF-M compatible -- Maybe. Could be, "supports special, tiny EF-M adapter" -- as in Multiple Mount?

How about...
Mirrored -- like a reflecting telescope? But that wouldn't make sense at 35mm. It would be cool if Canon made one for like, 500mm+!
Micro -- Really small/thin/light?
Mega -- Surprise: It's REALLY BIG!
More Alphabet Soup -- The surprise is a bonus letter that means nothing at all!
More wide?
More better??
More money???

Maddening!!

 

[ahsanford]

Re: Canon EF-S 35mm f/2.8 M IS STM Coming April 5, 2017

Maybe the CR guy's spy inside Canon was discovererd and killed just as he was trying to tell CR about the lens, and he got cut off at the "M" in "Macro"....

That's like the Castle of Aaaaagh...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJfowXTXOfU&feature=youtu.be&t=43s

- A

 

[Woody]

Re: Canon EF-S 35mm f/2.8 M IS STM Coming April 5, 2017

f/2.8 is too slow!!!!

 

[The Supplanter]

Re: Canon EF-S 35mm f/2.8 M IS STM Coming April 5, 2017

Well, glad I'm switching to full frame as soon as the 6DII comes out.

 

[Loswr]

Re: Canon EF-S 35mm f/2.8 M IS STM Coming April 5, 2017

The reversible lens mount patent from a few months gives the most likely explanation.
It's a normal 35mm lens when used in the "normal" orientation.
Then you invert the lens, and it's a reverse mounted (EF-S) 35 mm lens that works for macro.
Was a very common method in old manual lens film days to get some macro with a 50mm lens by
screwing a mount adapter into the front filter thread and reverse mounting it.

35mm sounds like a good focal length to do this, and the adapter is right integrated into the lens, so
it's "M" Macro, and novel. Just needs the electronic contacts in the front that will be covered by some removable ring/hood-like thing. with 35mm, it should give 1:1 magnification, or even a bit more. Autofocus range in M mode will of course be limited.

Well, I was thinking M for monochrome, a lens that doesn't transmit color. But your suggestion makes much, much more sense.