Did Canon Leak the EF 11-24mm f/4L?

[risc32]

looks good to me. If only my 14mm roki/sam/smthg/whatever wasn't so good and inexpensive, and i had the coinage.....

 

[lintoni]

looks good to me. If only my 14mm roki/sam/smthg/whatever wasn't so good and inexpensive, and i had the coinage.....

Yep. A genuine bargain of a lens.

 

[Mitch.Conner]

I'd use it - but not very often - as a "specialty landscape and UrbEX lens" and want it as wide as possible ... for UWA effect.

A 15mm fisheye defished is the equivalent of a 5.25mm rectilinear.

I would love a 24-70/2.8 with IS however.

Me too. In my view, Canon really messed up on that one.

I am too afraid to buy the 24-70 f/2.8 II because I really feel like an IS version HAS to be coming. I just know that I'll buy the current 24-70 f/2.8 II and then exactly 31 days later Canon will announce an IS version.

If it was $800 less, I'd go for it and risk it.... but it's just so expensive for a lens that should have IS. Even with the recent price drop I feel like for the price it should give me daily massages and pour me drinks.

 

[NancyP]

I'd be very curious to see what a rectilinear 11mm FOV looks like - that's wider than the rectilinear 8mm FOV of the Sigma 8-16 for APS-C.

 

[privatebydesign]

I'd be very curious to see what a rectilinear 11mm FOV looks like - that's wider than the rectilinear 8mm FOV of the Sigma 8-16 for APS-C.

This is what an 11mm rectilinear looks like, in truth it wouldn't be quite so wide but would be taller. The second image is a 17mm.

The real issue will be projection distortion on the edges, if Canon mitigate that (and I don't see how they can) then I will be first in line for one, I just sold my 16-35 f2.8.

 

[InterMurph]

I am too afraid to buy the 24-70 f/2.8 II because I really feel like an IS version HAS to be coming.

The 24-70mm IS lens was released, but it was f/4. I don't think there is any chance we will see a 24-70mm f/2.8L IS from Canon.

 

[Mitch.Conner]

Maybe because Canon can't get around Nikon's patent to produce a competitive 14-24. Nikon's 14-24 decreased the demand for its own 14 f/2.8.

Very unlikely IMO.

 

[Dylan777]

YES ... come on Canon ... announce it! ;D

There is no FF mirrorless in Canon world, so what the point ;D

 

[ahsanford]

Note that the same story from CW:
http://www.canonwatch.com/announcement-soon-canon-ef-11-24mm-f4l-lens/

...but with the whole "The announcement may be a matter of a week or two" bit. CW is far less reliable than CR or NL, of course, but a premature announcement on a Canon page -- if real -- would imply that this lens is happening, and soon. I'd imagine Canon does not upload promotional content to websites too far in advance of actual announcements for fear of leaks just like this.

- A

 

[e17paul]

Right.

I don't care about this particular lens, as I'm pretty happy with my Sigma 15mm fisheye for an ultrawide. However, I am interested in the 6D and 5D successors. I don't care about the 1D successors.

My opinion is that the 6D successor should be a full-frame 70D and the 5D successor should be a full-frame 7D2.

Simple!

Hmm... with this lens, and the excellent 16-35 f/4, would the next body be a low iso/high MP/multilayer (delete as applicable) 'landscape‘ camera to make the most of the new, wide glass?

I know of some people on Canon Rumors who'd be ecstatic if it was...

I'm not sure what will come next, but there is bound to be a cheaper full frame option below the 6D. Full frame vs crop will become a choice of portability and reach, not budget. I foresee a plastic bodied full frame to sit below the 6D2, 5D4 and 1DX2 making the excellent L lenses an option for more photographers.

The 11-24 will be fantastically wide on full frame, but still a great ultra wide on a crop body

 

[AvTvM]

YES ... come on Canon ... announce it! ;D

There is no FF mirrorless in Canon world, so what the point ;D

Very true. But i will need one more mirrorslapper until i get what i really want. Unfortunately.

 

[NancyP]

The plastic-bodied FF camera to be positioned below the 6D2 will be the 6D classic. I don't imagine that I will get a different Canon FF camera until the dynamic range increases and the pixel count rises a bit. 6D is a pretty good camera already for those who shoot landscape. If Canon doesn't improve its sensors, I might opt for a revised Sony mirrorless A7 series camera.

 

[Random Orbits]

Maybe because Canon can't get around Nikon's patent to produce a competitive 14-24. Nikon's 14-24 decreased the demand for its own 14 f/2.8.

Very unlikely IMO.

Then why hasn't Canon done so, IYO?

 

[lo lite]

<p>Over at the German site for the Canon CPN network, we can see the Canon EF 11-24mm f/4L listed. <a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/2014/09/is-this-a-canon-ef-11-24-f4l/" target="_blank">This lens has been previously rumoured</a>, but no announcement date has been set. We’ve heard the price for this lens will be around $2899 USD and it will be a stellar performer.</p>
<div id="attachment_17881" style="width: 585px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1124leak1.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-17881" src="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1124leak1-575x512.jpg" alt="Click for Larger" width="575" height="512" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Click for Larger</p></div>
<p><strong>The Google Translated text reads</strong>


<em>“The EF11-24mm 1 : 4L USM is the longest ultra wide -angle zoom lens for Volformat cameras by Canon . It is characterized by the completely new design , new lens coating and its unrivaled performance .”</em></p>
<p><em>thanks Thomas</em></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">c</span>r</strong></p>

I call this a fake. Some reasons:

1. No space between the "EF" and the "11-24" in the screenshot. This is inconsistent with the other lenses on that page.
2. A typo in "Vollformat", in the screenshot there is just one "l" which is wrong.
3. I am a native german speaker. The text sounds somewhat fishy to me, not in the way Canon would say it.
4. Everybody can edit a web page and make a screenshot of it.

 

[ahsanford]

I call this a fake. Some reasons:

1. No space between the "EF" and the "11-24" in the screenshot. This is inconsistent with the other lenses on that page.
2. A typo in "Vollformat", in the screenshot there is just one "l" which is wrong.
3. I am a native german speaker. The text sounds somewhat fishy to me, not in the way Canon would say it.
4. Everybody can edit a web page and make a screenshot of it.

In fairness, the (sort of) smoking gun that would tip the needle from "it's a rumor" to "I think this is happening" would be a live Canon URL that we can look up. That conveniently doesn't exist anymore, does it?

- A

 

[DzPhotography]

I WANT this one, great for my main business: event photography ;D

 

[rrcphoto]

Maybe because Canon can't get around Nikon's patent to produce a competitive 14-24. Nikon's 14-24 decreased the demand for its own 14 f/2.8.

Very unlikely IMO.

Then why hasn't Canon done so, IYO?

takes years and years and more years to design and take a lens from concept to manufacturering. comments from Nikon and I doubt canon is much different is around 7 or so years.

then you have this.. canon's optical R&D labs, lens manufacturing plants, and fluorite crystal plant were all hit by earthquake damage.

 

[NancyP]

Thanks, privatebydesign. Is that "11mm equivalent" two stitched frames from a TS-E 17?

 

[privatebydesign]

Maybe because Canon can't get around Nikon's patent to produce a competitive 14-24. Nikon's 14-24 decreased the demand for its own 14 f/2.8.

Very unlikely IMO.

Then why hasn't Canon done so, IYO?

takes years and years and more years to design and take a lens from concept to manufacturering. comments from Nikon and I doubt canon is much different is around 7 or so years.

then you have this.. canon's optical R&D labs, lens manufacturing plants, and fluorite crystal plant were all hit by earthquake damage.

No it doesn't, not in the age of CAD, Sigma have said they can make a lens from concept meeting to production lens in between six months to a year. Canon have much more resources and probably tighter tolerances so maybe a bit longer, but certainly not years and years.

 

[privatebydesign]

Thanks, privatebydesign. Is that "11mm equivalent" two stitched frames from a TS-E 17?

Hi Nancy,

Yes it is from two shift stitched 17mm shots, they equate very well to an 11mm fov. But like I keep saying, I see the big issue is going to be projection distortion on the edges, when I do these shift stitches I almost always end up remapping them in PS by doing a 'spherical distortion' in the horizontal plane only, it brings the edges in progressively and actually works quite well.

If you are interested I'll post an example.