Canon may be expensive but...

[dave]

Their 800mm lens isn't $18000.


http://www.thedigitalpicture.com/News/News-Post.aspx?News=4073

 

[charlesa]

Quite the price, the Canon counterpart is priced better true.

 

[dave]

In fairness they chuck in a teleconverter

 

[BrandonKing96]

Amazing how the tele-converter on it adds that much :/
Oh well Nikon fanboys can deal with that price while we have the 13,000 USD 800mm!

And I was wondering what the other lens they were announcing would be. I knew the 18-35 was being redone, but the 800 was a surprise.

 

[charlesa]

In fairness they chuck in a teleconverter

No teleconverter is worth that much though!

 

[J.R.]

In fairness they chuck in a teleconverter

No teleconverter is worth that much though!

+1

I just wish Canon would release a 200-400 WITHOUT an in-built TC

 

[BM]

This Nikon new 800mm is interesting thing. On Canon side many bird pros just start replace 800mm to 600mm II.

 

[sanj]

My heart sinks. Canon may price their next 800 to match this...

 

[Viggo]

Well, that is as said, compared to the current Canon 800mm which has been rumored a long time to undergo the same weightreduction as the the other super-teles, then it will most certainly not be 13k anymore..

 

[TexPhoto]

Seriously? Canon people are making fun of a higher price over at Nikon? Somehwere there is a pot calling the kettle black.

How much do you think the Canon 800mm f5.6 IS II will cost? $24K?

 

[max]

WWOOOOOWWWWWWW!
Did you guys see the MTF chart on the Nikon???

Nikon without TC:

Nikon with TC

Borderline perfection!!


Here's the Canon to compare:

 

[AprilForever]

Impressive....

 

[raptor3x]

Dayum

 

[RLPhoto]

#not impressed. :\

 

[EYEONE]

WWOOOOOWWWWWWW!
Did you guys see the MTF chart on the Nikon???

Nikon without TC:

Nikon with TC

Borderline perfection!!


Here's the Canon to compare:

You can't compare Canon MTFs to Nikon MTFs. It's not a valid comparision.

 

[TexPhoto]

"Originally trialed and tested under the demanding conditions of the 2012 summer games, the AF-S NIKKOR 800mm f/5.6E FL ED VR maintains...."

Interesting. Did nobody spot one of these because the Canon 200-400-560 were getting all the looks?

 

[ChilledXpress]

WWOOOOOWWWWWWW!
Did you guys see the MTF chart on the Nikon???

Nikon without TC:

Nikon with TC

Borderline perfection!!


Here's the Canon to compare:

This must be why no respectable sports/wildlife photographer would ever be caught shooting Canon teles!!! :

 

[preppyak]

And I was wondering what the other lens they were announcing would be. I knew the 18-35 was being redone, but the 800 was a surprise.

Seems like that price point for that lens drives the nail in the coffin of any "update the 17-40" efforts. The going rate of an entry wide-zoom seems to be $750-$850, and I doubt they go cheaper.

 

[EYEONE]

WWOOOOOWWWWWWW!
Did you guys see the MTF chart on the Nikon???

Nikon without TC:

Nikon with TC

Borderline perfection!!


Here's the Canon to compare:

You can't compare Canon MTFs to Nikon MTFs. It's not a valid comparision.

you can not come with assumption like that with out explaining what you meant

we dont know if this is estimated MTF, Canon and Nikon has a predilection to exhibit estimated MTF results to impress

Yes I can.

 

[kubelik]

And I was wondering what the other lens they were announcing would be. I knew the 18-35 was being redone, but the 800 was a surprise.

Seems like that price point for that lens drives the nail in the coffin of any "update the 17-40" efforts. The going rate of an entry wide-zoom seems to be $750-$850, and I doubt they go cheaper.

I don't know, if Canon can update the 17-40 f/4, and possibly add IS ... it would be wider on the wide end, longer on the long end, a fixed max aperture, and have IS. then they could definitely justify pricing it above this quirky Nikon UW zoom.