List of rumored lenses

ROBOTTI2009 · Jul 21, 2010

Since the lens rumors tend to pile up and get lost in the archives (apart from the fan favorite 24-70 f/2.8L IS), I thought I'd collect the lenses that get most mentions. Inspired by a post by user [Canon 14-24].

I haven't included some of the more obvious CR1 fakes. Feel free to contribute or correct my mistakes.

PS: Yeah I am bored & obsessed & love CR

Canon Rumors Guy · Jul 21, 2010

Nice job, are you the one that emailed me about this sort of thing?

ROBOTTI2009 · Jul 21, 2010

Yesssir

Canon Rumors Guy · Jul 21, 2010

Stickied it, it'll be a very good resource.

Thanks

ROBOTTI2009 · Jul 21, 2010

My pleasure

papa-razzi · Jul 21, 2010

Well done. This would be really great to keep current.
Thanks! 8)

Justin · Jul 21, 2010

14-24 goes in the zoom list

Also add the 15-50 ;D

And wasn't there some rumor about the 50 1.4 II being an L series lens?

ROBOTTI2009 · Jul 21, 2010

Justin said:
14-24 goes in the zoom list

Done

Justin said:
Also add the 15-50 ;D

Done.

Justin said:
And wasn't there some rumor about the 50 1.4 II being an L series lens?

I try to keep this list as objective as possible but I highly doubt this one. I think there is only one mention regarding this and it had to do with the debunked rumor about Canon getting rid of the non-L EF-lenses. I believe there is a market for an upgraded consumer grade 50 1.4. I also believe that Canon can improve on and keep the 50mm L-series as a 1.2.

John · Jul 21, 2010

Thanks Robo, this is a great reference.

able · Jul 22, 2010

New user here, but have been shooting both still and motion for over forty years.

Not a rumor, but some assumptions on my part...

Based on how Canon is promoting IS with tutorials and other marketing collateral presentations/literature on their site and elsewhere, I made the assumption that Canon is replacing most of the lenses is their most recent promotion with IS versions, supplemented in the lease case with the most recent optical coatings and manufacturing materials.

I own both the 16-35mm and 17-40mm. I typically use my F/4 lens series (17-40, 24-105, and 100-400 along with a 100mm f2.8 IS macro) when working in the field shooting wildlife, landscapes and for general backpacking. They are lighter and cut down on the load I lug about in the field. My f/2.8 lenses are almost exclusively used for in-studio and on-location product and advertising work. The latter is more because, I store the lenses in different cases best suited for different kinds of photography along with accessories I would generally use in those photography fields.

Increased ISO support aside, there are numerous reasons why a photographer would prefer to shoot with a faster lens depending on their current photo shooting session and these have nothing to do with ISO speed although increased or decreased ISO speeds do come into play in certain shooting scenarios.

Also an assumption on my part, but we may see some price drops as some older lenses such as the 70-200 f/2.8 IS Mark I are sold off, making it possible to drop the price of the Mark II (which appears to be happening already at some web sites). The L series TSE lenses have dropped a bit in price in recent weeks.

What I am hoping to see from Canon are some hybrid lenses better suited for shooting video with a DSLR. Canon manufactures almost as many interchangeable cine/video lenses as still lenses, so they have the technology. It would be nice to see a more modular high-end camera body that could be adapted to shoot both still and motion.

Increased zoom ranges would be appreciated in whatever ranges Canon decides to support. I've made some other assumptions about zoom ranges based on what the competition has to offer.

Would love to see the TSE 90mm upgraded to L along with macro capability. I sometimes use it with an extension tube for a lot of work I do both in the field and in the studio.

An 180mm IS Macro IS or a "L" zoom macro is on my personal wish list.

Regarding the 100-400mm, I use it by itself or with 1.4x and 2x teleconverters. This lens is unbelievably sharp with or without a teleconverter out to the edges. The panning IS mode is especially useful for shooting wildlife such as fast moving sea birds and other moving subjects. Unless Canon has some new mind boggling technology on the horizon, I don't see a replacement coming any time soon.

The zoom range of the 24-70 sucks. I hope to see it replaced with a f2.8 version of the 24-105mm f4 to allow some focal length overlap in the f/2.8 series of zooms.

pierlux · Jul 22, 2010

ROBOTTI2009 said:
PS: Yeah I am bored & obsessed & love CR

Me, too!

I also remember of a rumored f/2 zoom, not to be added to the list, of course, not knowing any other spec. Don't crucify me, but I believe this f/2 zoom could be feasible, in the 35-70 range maybe. It's one of my obsessions since a couple of years now.

ROBOTTI2009 · Jul 22, 2010

pierlux said:
I also remember of a rumored f/2 zoom, not to be added to the list, of course, not knowing any other spec. Don't crucify me, but I believe this f/2 zoom could be feasible, in the 35-70 range maybe. It's one of my obsessions since a couple of years now.

Was this on canonrumors? Do you have a link?

pierlux · Jul 22, 2010

ROBOTTI2009 said:
pierlux said:

I also remember of a rumored f/2 zoom, not to be added to the list, of course, not knowing any other spec. Don't crucify me, but I believe this f/2 zoom could be feasible, in the 35-70 range maybe. It's one of my obsessions since a couple of years now.

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Was this on canonrumors? Do you have a link?

Yes it was on CR, half a year ago or so. And somewhere else, also, but I don't remember where. I'll look back and try to post the link. But it was a CR1 or CR0, I remember this f/2 zoom just because I'd love Canon to produce an EF 35-70 f/2 L IS which will perfectly fill the gap between the 16-35 and 70-200...

pierlux · Jul 22, 2010

ROBOTTI2009 said:
pierlux said:

I also remember of a rumored f/2 zoom, not to be added to the list, of course, not knowing any other spec. Don't crucify me, but I believe this f/2 zoom could be feasible, in the 35-70 range maybe. It's one of my obsessions since a couple of years now.

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Was this on canonrumors? Do you have a link?

Robo, I was not able to spot exactly the one I remember (Murphy's law always works fine), but here are other more recent links to f/2 zoom-related posts on CR:
http://www.canonrumors.com/2009/09/from-the-archive/
http://www.canonrumors.com/2009/11/a-canon-first-cr1/
http://www.canonrumors.com/2010/01/predictions-for-2010-part-2-lenses/
http://www.canonrumors.com/2010/02/canon-ef-s-17-55-f2-is-patent/
I went back to July 2009, maybe the one I remember is older.

ROBOTTI2009 · Jul 23, 2010

pierlux said:
ROBOTTI2009 said:

pierlux said:

I also remember of a rumored f/2 zoom, not to be added to the list, of course, not knowing any other spec. Don't crucify me, but I believe this f/2 zoom could be feasible, in the 35-70 range maybe. It's one of my obsessions since a couple of years now.

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Was this on canonrumors? Do you have a link?

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Robo, I was not able to spot exactly the one I remember (Murphy's law always works fine), but here are other more recent links to f/2 zoom-related posts on CR:
http://www.canonrumors.com/2009/09/from-the-archive/
http://www.canonrumors.com/2009/11/a-canon-first-cr1/
http://www.canonrumors.com/2010/01/predictions-for-2010-part-2-lenses/
http://www.canonrumors.com/2010/02/canon-ef-s-17-55-f2-is-patent/
I went back to July 2009, maybe the one I remember is older.

The information seems bit sketchy but since there are so many posts about it, I added it - thanks

Woody · Jul 25, 2010

To further lend weight to some of the lens rumors, you may want to post the patents for these lenses.

For example, in here: http://www.canonrumors.com/2009/12/canon-lens-patents-review/, you'll find patents for 14-24 f/2.8L, 60 f/2.8 IS macro and 70-200 f/2.8 IS Mk2. The last has already been released, so I'm sure we'll see the 14-24 and 60 macro surfacing sooner than later.

Patents for other lenses (e.g. 17-55 f/2 IS) can be found at:
http://www.canonrumors.com/category/photography/canon-patents/

ROBOTTI2009 · Jul 26, 2010

Woody said:
To further lend weight to some of the lens rumors, you may want to post the patents for these lenses.

For example, in here: http://www.canonrumors.com/2009/12/canon-lens-patents-review/, you'll find patents for 14-24 f/2.8L, 60 f/2.8 IS macro and 70-200 f/2.8 IS Mk2. The last has already been released, so I'm sure we'll see the 14-24 and 60 macro surfacing sooner than later.

Patents for other lenses (e.g. 17-55 f/2 IS) can be found at:
http://www.canonrumors.com/category/photography/canon-patents/

I'm on the road right now so I'll have to do this later, but thanks for the suggestion. I will propably dig out the actual patents, since some have been just unverified rumors.

match14 · Jul 29, 2010

EF 15-60mm f/4L IS USM

scott · Jul 30, 2010

I want the EF 24-70 f/2.8L IS, but think it will easily be $700 more since it will have IS.

ROBOTTI2009 · Aug 6, 2010

I'm still alive and back from vacation!

I'll try to update the thread today or tomorrow.

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