Canon to Announce Another “World’s First” at Some Point This Year

[Canon Rumors]

Canon is going to be announcing an RF 24-70mm f/2L this year, and for the moment, that would be a “World’s first.” We don’t know when the official announcement will be, but we suspect we’ll see it in late August or early September. We don’t know whether or not the lens will have image stabilization. […]

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[Tom R5R7]

I'd love to see a matched set of 24-70 f/2 and 70-180 f/2. Why stop at 180? Because it would still be compatible with 95 mm filters. Otherwise, 200 would be fine. I realize that you could use a rear filter gel setup but for the purposes of such a lens, being able to swap out filters and dial in a polarizing filter would be most useful.

 

[neuroanatomist]

I hope the second ‘world’s first’ is a photo-oriented lens, 70-180/2 or better yet a 600/4 with some innovative TC built in. But I wonder if it will be another esoteric VR-type lens. Ugh.

maybe Canon finally has some epic RF-S lenses in the pipeline

Yeah…not gonna hold my breath waiting for that. Maybe an RF-S 20-40mm f/5-7.1. So much epic-er than the current kit lens.

 

[amorse]

I'd love a fast ultra wide zoom - like a 12-24 f/2. That would be excellent for a lot of my work when in the back country and keep me from adding another lens to an already hefty kit.

 

[Eloniel]

I'd love a fast ultra wide zoom - like a 12-24 f/2. That would be excellent for a lot of my work when in the back country and keep me from adding another lens to an already hefty kit.

What would be your use for such a lens ? Astrophoto ?

 

[Bob Howland]

How about a serious but light power zoom lens that can be controlled from an R6V and/or R50V? Consider what an XF605 camcorder lens can do. The MILCs have a long way to go to catch up.