By the way, is it true that the new Canon lenses, like the EF-70-200 F2.8L IS MK 3, are made in Taiwan and not in Japan anymore?
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What percentage of L lenses are manufactured in the Utsunomiya lens plant?
Because this is the 'mother' factory, 100% of L lenses are made here.
Canon does manufacture EF lenses also at their Taiwan plant. But for all in know, not L lenses.
do you have any indication/hints re. EF 70-200/2.8 L IS III or other L glass?
latest information on topic i can find is a dpreview interview from March 20, 2017 with Canon managers of Utsonomiya plant (Japan) ... they explicitly state that 100% of L (and cinema and broadcast) lenses are (designed and) manufactured there.
while it precedes introduction of EF 70-200/2.8 L IS III, i have not seen any information about it being manufactured elsewhere (eg in Canon's Taiwan plant).
https://www.dpreview.com/interviews/4536277079/canon-lens-factory-interview
in the recent teardown of EF 70-200/2.8 L IS Mk. II and Mk. III Roger Cicala does not mention anything re. manufacturing plant - but both lenses are identical except for paint (and maybe fluorine coating on front and back lens element).
https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/20...ons-of-the-canon-70-200mm-f2-8-is-ii-and-iii/
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In the recent teardown of EF 70-200/2.8 L IS Mk. II and Mk. III Roger Cicala does not mention anything re. manufacturing plant - but both lenses are identical except for paint (and maybe fluorine coating on front and back lens element).
https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/20...ons-of-the-canon-70-200mm-f2-8-is-ii-and-iii/
I've seen people reporting that the mkIII focusses a lot faster than the mkII on the R, which makes me wonder if the newly released/refreshed L lenses in the past 6 months or so also have an updated processor in their autofocus module and not just handwaving about coatings.
Anyone with access to an R and both versions of the lens up for an experiment?
Correct me if I'm wrong, when you say", R," you must have meant the new Canon EOS R mirrorless camera? Am I not right? Also, how about in the DLSR cameras, does the MK III also focuses faster than the MK II?
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I don't have the Mark III version, but the Mark II focuses pretty damn fast on the R.
If a salesman ever referred to a Canon lens as a "Mark II" or "Mark III" anything I'd turn around and walk out because he obviously doesn't know what he's talking about.
Fortunate then that this isn't a Canon dealership!
Seriously of all the battles to fight this one seems the most trivial. There's also no Canon 5D4 or 6D2, but it's all shorthand to make conversations easier and clearer.