New Lenses Coming [CR3]

[amesbah]

So whatever happened to pancake day?

My 24-70 and 70-200 are a joy to use....so much so that I've really struggled lately with the compacts I've tried - not liking the feel and response. A pancake lens would give my 5d2 an additional P&S capability and fit in my jacket! For this reason I'm excited about an EF pancake with AF.

Ade

 

[funkboy]

The pancake lens fits very well with Canon's line of thinking mentioned in this article (thanks Northlight

"It's not a question of whether or not you have a mirror. There is a consumer need for good-quality cameras to be made smaller," Maeda said. "We will meet this need."

He denied this would be difficult without removing the internal mirror, adding that Canon had produced very small SLR cameras in the past.

Now, certainly part of what he was talking about was the G1 X, but there's certainly more to come...

 

[Ellen Schmidtee]

Right, my whole point about mentioning a new 50mm 1.4 at a decent price is that just about every enthusiast who owns a Canon would get one sooner or later. At around the $500 mark, even the less enthusiastic might save up money and get one, it could be a huge seller.

I own a 50mm f/1.4, but my impression is the 50mm f/1.8 is far more people than the f/1.4 among enthusiasts.