Canon Marketing Strategy: Likeliness of a 12/14-24 f2.8 Lens by 2013/14?

[pedro]

Hi everyone,
While enjoying the nightsky skills of my 5D3 and working my way up in the learning curve, I just thought about a WA lens for my purposes. I know, there is a 16-35, 17-40 a Samyang 14/2.8 MF. And another 12-24 from Sigma (?).

But, how are the possibilities of some 12-24 by Canon to show up these next two years? Currently I am taking pictures using a cheapo Canon 28/2.8 and that works pretty well. But there's times I'd like to go as wide as 12 mm:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/guatitamasluz/8086807391/#in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/guatitamasluz/8086837201/#in/photostream

Cheers, Pedro.

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

I doubt if its marketing strategy. Computers sort thru billions of optical formulas running around the clock finding those that are candidates for products. Those are then checked by a person, and mostly found impractical or lacking in some way. There are, of course lots of formulas dor a $50,000 lens, but finding one to produce for under $3,000 is difficult.
The marketing part comes in setting priorities. There are five or less lens development teams, producing a new product about every other year. We don't know what priority they might assign to a new wide lens as opposed to say a new 100-400mmL. Then, there are the video lenses and the EF-s lenses that all use the slim resources.
I'd like to see both.

 

[Dylan777]

If the new 14-24 f2.8 is good as Nikon or better, I'll drop my 16-35 II in hearbeat 8)