Canon Officially Discontinues Three Lenses

[AvTvM]

Replacement for every discontinued product (here I mean to say for the lens) is available?

as stated in start post of thread: for 2 of the 3 officially discontinued lenses canon has launched successors. for 70-300 DO there is no direct successor (yet).

for most of the other "non officially discontinued old dog lenses" there are good/better alternatives available, by Canon and /or 3rd party brands.

overall there are far more overlapping lens models offered than really needed. only 2 lenses are truly missing: EF 50/1.4 II (possibly with IS) for ahsanford and EF-M 85/2.4 IS STM for me ... ;-)

 

[stevelee]

First and foremost 75-300 III and 75-300 III USM come to mind, pieces of junk.

That is clearly the worst lens I own. But I have a new appreciation for it after I saw the pictures I got of the eclipse. Some CA, but otherwise sharp. Sunspots show up well in the photos before totality.

Once I buy a 6D2, I'll start looking at lenses. I'll get a 24-105 kit lens with it, and will want something wider, and then I'll replace the 75-300, but I haven't decided with what. I don't shoot a lot of telephoto pictures, but some of that comes from not having a particularly good telephoto lens. I don't use the 10-22mm lens with my Rebel that much either since I don't shoot for realtors any more. So I might not be in a big rush for a super wide.

 

[mnclayshooter]

Be careful. Someone will come along here and tell you their old rebel could capture photos like these and that you shouldn't be able to do this without the flagship body in hand.

Nice work.