With current supplier and production crisis, it actually makes kind of sense to focus on high profit / low volume lenses rather than the opposite.I don't belive that Canon would release such a giant, expensive and niche lens!
Before this one... there are 100 other lenses with better market placement!
It's L lens,maybe for panoramic use?An APS-C circular fisheye (Canon's APS-C sensors have a crop factor of 1.6x)? That's why the special, dedicated cap?
I can't see more than a handful of real estate shooters paying the price this will cost to shoot real estate as 99% of real estate is done with a cell phone or is a minimum wage job these days. There are a few high end shooters that make good money but this will likely distort to much for what they do. I see this more for movie and game studio work. To make this sing though you are going to need a really high megapixel sensor.The only real use application would likely be real estate.
HmmmSince Canon released its first DSLR 20 years ago, it made only one fisheye lens - the EF 8-15mm f/4. The FD 6.5mm f/5.6 circular fisheye was never converted to EF. I think it would be a little odd if Canon decided to make a circular fisheye (prime or zoom that goes to diagonal) for crop now. The market is smaller than it was a decade ago, and fisheyes are too niche to be done early.
Don't forget the EF 15/2.8.Since Canon released its first DSLR 20 years ago, it made only one fisheye lens - the EF 8-15mm f/4. The FD 6.5mm f/5.6 circular fisheye was never converted to EF. I think it would be a little odd if Canon decided to make a circular fisheye (prime or zoom that goes to diagonal) for crop now. The market is smaller than it was a decade ago, and fisheyes are too niche to be done early.
Hopefully, its distortion correction can be turned off for the proper fisheye view in the viewfinder.Hopefully, it's rectilinear. I would definitely consider buying one.
Probably. But there is a downside: you will need several other security cameras pointed at this one and armed security guards to protect this valuable lens against theftA lens if you use your R camera as a security camera at the door!?
...Before this one... there are 100 other lenses with better market placement!
That's what I was thinking too. If true, this is likely a custom order "look what we can do" lens that will boost Canon's reputation. I doubt if it will take many resources away from their regular lens lineup, as this would likely be hand built when someone places an order.With current supplier and production crisis, it actually makes kind of sense to focus on high profit / low volume lenses rather than the opposite.
And for "normal" lenses you still have the whole system of EF lenses.
Not necessarily in high end real estate. There are companies out there that stage with lighting and shoot very carefully constructed scenes for high end real estate.I can't see more than a handful of real estate shooters paying the price this will cost to shoot real estate as 99% of real estate is done with a cell phone or is a minimum wage job these days. There are a few high end shooters that make good money but this will likely distort to much for what they do. I see this more for movie and game studio work. To make this sing though you are going to need a really high megapixel sensor.
Another company that makes lenses like this.
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