Patent: Canon RF 135mm f/1.4L USM

[Ozarker]

Wouldn't it be nice to fit it with extenders?
1,4 X Ext + 1,4/135: 190mm f2
2 X Ext + 1,4/135: 270mm f2,8

Yes! I had the EF 70-200mm f/2.8L II and the 2X. It was a real chore to AFMA that combo for me. With mirrorless, no problem.

 

[Dexter75]

This thing is going to weigh 3 pounds and cost $3500. No thanks, I’ll stick with my EF 135 f/2 I picked up for $600. Where are the affordable RF primes? It’s going on two years now....

 

[BigShooter]

This plus a sports worthy R-series body would likely be enough to bring me back to Canon. I would fully expect this lens to be in the $6-8K range though.

Absolute guff. You can buy 2 x 200mm f/2 IS USM L lenses for 8k. Your pricing is in fantasy land. The 135 focal length is a bread and butter lens for prime shooters, with a wide target market. These would sell by the bucketload, bringing the price a lot lower than your crazy fantasy pricing!

 

[raptor3x]

Absolute guff. You can buy 2 x 200mm f/2 IS USM L lenses for 8k. Your pricing is in fantasy land. The 135 focal length is a bread and butter lens for prime shooters, with a wide target market. These would sell by the bucketload, bringing the price a lot lower than your crazy fantasy pricing!

Unless you're looking at beaters on the used market you absolutely cannot buy 2x 200mm f/2 IS for $8K. The 200mm f/2 IS was released at $5700 in 2008. In a similar timeframe, 2011-2018, the 400 2.8 IS MK2 to 400 2.8 IS MK3 saw a price increase of 20% from $10K to $12K. A similar price increase compared to the 200mm f/2, since it's a lens with similar entrance pupil requirements, would put the price somewhere around $7K.

 

[Viggo]

Unless you're looking at beaters on the used market you absolutely cannot buy 2x 200mm f/2 IS for $8K. The 200mm f/2 IS was released at $5700 in 2008. In a similar timeframe, 2011-2018, the 400 2.8 IS MK2 to 400 2.8 IS MK3 saw a price increase of 20% from $10K to $12K. A similar price increase compared to the 200mm f/2, since it's a lens with similar entrance pupil requirements, would put the price somewhere around $7K.

I’ve bought two of them in absolute mint condition for around $2900 a piece, and that includes our 25% VAT. It’s probably one the cheapest lenses to buy used vs new.

 

[JairoMartinez]

Do we know when this classic prime will be out?

 

[Ozarker]

F/1.4 is unacceptible. Must be f/1.2. Must be. I don't care about all the stupid "you can't tell thje difference between f/1.2 and f/1.4" arguements. I don't care. Do I need it? Hell no! So what? That's what I want, by God! So don't care about strangers telling me what I need or don't need. Need does not factor in. I want. That's enough.

 

[JairoMartinez]

Any news on this lens yet?