Patent: Dual internal teleconverter telephoto lens.

[Steve Dmark2]

Canon take my money! I would buy this one!

 

[RunAndGun]

Canon rocks with lenses!!! imagine if Canon makes lenses for Sony and Nikon we will have best of all worlds. Best Sensor Tech (Sony), Best weather sealing and ergonomics (Nikon&Canon), Fantastic Lenses (Canon)

Yeah. Too bad the stills world isn't like TV/"Movie" production.

PL mount Canon 17-120 on Sony F55



Heck, at one point Canon, Fuji, Nikon and Angenieux all built 2/3" B4 mount lenses for TV cameras. It's just Canon and Fuji, today.

 

[Mr Majestyk]

That is rather clever. But will we get a 300 f/4 with very poor mfd like the 400 f/5.6 or will that improve to get something more like the current 300 f/4L. 300 f/4L IS is a great lens for floral portraits and larger insect work like dragonflies etc. But current 100-400 are even better.

 

[AlanF]

Will you be able swing in the focal length extender and reducer simultaneously and have a second 400/5.6?

 

[Pape]

Will you be able swing in the focal length extender and reducer simultaneously and have a second 400/5.6?

i could buy that second one cheap ? you dont need 2

 

[awair]

I would have “settled” for a 400/2.8 with 1.4x builtin...

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$20k or thereabouts, but worth every penny...

why so expensive ?
The basic 400F5.6 is £1200, adding a couple of inbuilt converters at £450 each would take it to the same price region as the 100-400 Mk 2. This would make a decent birders lens.

With the 400/2.8 (II) recently at $10k (now reduced), the 200-400 at $11k, and the new 400/2.8 (III) at $12k, I think adding a 1.4x to the 400 would more than likely add $2-3000 to the cost (never mind the sales price). With a reducer as well, it would still be a bargain!

 

[wsmith96]

This is a pretty cool concept. Any timeline on this lens?