IS is lovely for non-moving subjects ( e.g. if you can persuade the dinner party to stop talking for a moment ) but unfortunately in Canon's eyes means the opportunity for huge price premium.
If they go bells-and-whistles on the 50mm 1.8 replacement they won't have anything on the market under £100. Perhaps that's what they want, but I think it would just corral young & beginning photographers towards mirrorless.
The 50mm 1.8 is affordable even for a kid wanting to move-up from kit lens. A few months saving pocket-money and he can have his first prime lens.
The 40mm 2.8 is next but probably not of much interest to such a beginner ( max aperture fairly useless indoors )
Then there's a yawning chasm to the old but reliable mid-range 50 / 85 / 100.
And then another leap to the recent IS-overhauls of the wide-angles aimed at the amateur / low-budget video crowd.
If they go bells-and-whistles on the 50mm 1.8 replacement they won't have anything on the market under £100. Perhaps that's what they want, but I think it would just corral young & beginning photographers towards mirrorless.
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