Poll: Most Wanted New Lenses of 2013.

[sdsr]

I like that the Canon 200mm 2.8L didn't receive any votes!

That would be in my #2 spot if the 135f2 wasn't so good, and if Sigma can keep up the current trend of releasing best in class lenses then their 135f1.8 will really kick butt (and lets be honest, the canon 135f2 is a really old lens. It should be an easy target). That lens is at the cutting edge of what can be done with long lengths at the fastest apertures (without costing as much as a car), and 200f2.8 is already saturated by the many zoom lenses that every single lens company has been regularly updating for the last decade.

Moreover, Sigma has a fairly new 180mm f/2.8 stabilized macro lens, which received an extremely favorable review at lenstip (elsewhere too, I expect):

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/837868-REG/Sigma_180mm_f_2_8_APO_Macro.html

 

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It seems that we have two winners.

 

[LOALTD]

#1: 50mm f/1.4 II IS. The 35mm f/2.0 IS is an excellent lens but 50mm is my favorite focal length. I do a lot of low-light work in which a tripod is next-to-impossible to use (mountaineering), so hand-holdability in mid-to-wide focal lengths is of the utmost importance!

#2: 14-24mm f/2.8, yeah…who doesn’t want this? Ultra-wides are definitely the weak-point of Canon’s lens lineup. I’d even take a 14-24 f/4.0 IS…*dodges bullets*

#3: 200mm f/4.0 IS. Yep, I’ll probably get spit on for this, but I’d really like to have a sharp, relatively light, relatively non-bulky telephoto prime for backpacking/climbing when IL really need the reach but don’t want to lug around a 70-200. If the IS is 5-stop, that would be nice.

 

[Mika]

Voted for a new 50/1.4. Although, if Canon doesn't get it done soon, I'm pretty sure Sigma will.

The other thing I'd like to see is either 400/5.6 IS or 300/4 IS II. I'd love to have an affordable F/4 telefoto, but 400/4 would probably be far too expensive, hence 400/5.6 IS or 300/4 IS II (and this time, make that IS 4 stops)

I'd also prefer 14-24/4, not 2.8. Up till then, Sigma 12-24 is hopefully sufficient.

 

[zim]

EF 24-105/4.0 L IS II Please
not on the list though

 

[lholmes549]

EF 24-105/4.0 L IS II Please
not on the list though

+1

Voted 135 f/1.8 but if they made a 24-105 II with optics rivalling that of the 24-70 II I think it would prove just as successful as the first version. Not a lens to be loved but a lens to be used!

 

[RLPhoto]

EF 24-105/4.0 L IS II Please
not on the list though

Done.

 

[expatinasia]

I voted for the 24-70mm F/2.8L IS USM but would a 24-105mm F/2.8L IS USM be possible? That would be a very handy lens.

 

[mscott]

EF 300mm f4 L IS II (4 stops of IS)

EF 400mm f5.6 L IS (4 stops of IS)

EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 L IS II (no push pull zoom) (4 stops of IS)

EF 50mm f1.4 & 85mm f1.8 IS (4 stops of IS) not L

Any prime with an IS upgrade.

+1

 

[Ellen Schmidtee]

Just to play along...

1st priority: good ultra wide zoom, preferably something to compete with Nikon's 14-24mm f/2.8

2nd priority: upgraded 24-105mm F/4L IS USM. It's my kit lens so any IQ improvements would be welcome.

3rd priority: 24-70mm f/2.8 II USM. IS would be nice. Big price cutoff would be even nicer.

Upgraded 50mm f/1.4 with better IQ & build quality. IS would be nice.
Upgraded 85mm f/1.8 with better IQ. I'd like f/1.4, but f/2 IS would be just as good.

 

[GMCPhotographics]

For me, a new 35mm f1.4 L is the most desireable here. It's easily one of my most used lenses. The current model does need a few updates. It's AF is pretty bad in low light. Change the Aperture blades for cirular ones, and an odd number please. It's not a weather sealed lens, although I've not had any issues in the rain with mine - hey I'm a brittish wedding photographer. It could do with the newer coatings, but other than that....leave it alone.

The next on my list is a new 135L, ideally I'd like an IS unit. Push the design to f1.8, while still keeping the stunning optical sharpness, contrast and colours. Shorten the MFD to 1 metre and weather seal. Add proper circular aperture blades (at f2.8 the Bokeh gets quite geometric) and lots of them for nice sunstars and it'll be another Canon Gem.

My third request is for a new 100-400L. I'd really like it to be a 75-400 so that it sits well with a 24-70L. Not fussed if it's push pull or extending...just get the tripod collar in the right place at 400mm. Make it a proper 400mm and not a 380mm. Give it a fast and accurate AF system, the current model is pretty pedestrian. A new IS unit is a given as are newer coatings. Stellar IQ and smooth bokeh are high on the list.

My 4th request is for a revamp of the 24-105L. It's a great lens, but it's old and pales next to the new 24-70IIL. At 24mm it's pretty awful, it could do with a new IS unit and newer coatings...will it be worth the price hike? Prolly not, but give it 5 years and it'll be a cheap lens again.

My last request is for a newer long macro lens. The 180L is a great lens, but it is a little soft wide open...but awsome stopped down. I'd like a 200mm f2.8 Macro. Fast AF and Hybrid IS. As sharp as the new 100mm L macro with the same smooth and sensitive AF ring style. Make it light, take extrenders well and pop the tripod ring in the right balance spot and Canon will have another gem.

One PPS request....a new 50mm f1.2L please....no point in labouring this...it's an ok lens, just not one of Canon's finest!

 

[J.R.]

Since this will be a year for lenses, What lens do you desire the most to be released by canon? If your lens is not on here, Post and I will add.

Most should know my vote. :

Only 7% for the 135 1.8 L ... ...

BTW, I voted for the 200mm 2.8 IS so its not saying much

 

[J.R.]

No TSEs given the CR2 rumors? I'd personally like a new TSE 90mm f/2.8 L

 

[zim]

EF 24-105/4.0 L IS II Please
not on the list though

Done.

Thanks....... aww now I can't change my vote, I demand a re-count ;D

Booo hisss. where's the hissy fit icon

 

[Snook]

The 14-24 would just be the perfect addition to canon's f/2.8 L Zoom lens lineup.

 

[ecka]

I want EF 35mm f/1.2L USM ;D

 

[Redder]

35mm 1.2 and 135mm 1.8 are nice.
I want a reasonable small, fast standard zoom, like a 28-50mm f2.0

 

[iaind]

14-24mm with 100-400 in second place.

The 200-400 is just too dear at £12000.

 

[eriksu]

Canon EF 16-600mm f2,8 L USM ;D

 

[dafrank]

My wanted list -probably a little different

Since I shoot some different things than most, I'd like to have a few different lenses which not be found on most other peoples' radar:

135mm - 180mm TS-E f/4.0 with both great far field and very good close-up capabilities, plus 3 axis IS (dream on) for a long-ish product lens with nearly zero per cent color aberrations and killer sharpness out to the edge of the image circle. The 90mm doesn't cut it for very large objects (cars, cars, cars) at extreme oblique angles when trying to maintain a relatively "normal" size perspective between the near and far portions of the subject matter.

Super high resolving, super high contrast 50mm f2.0 L with IS.

Super high resolving, super high contrast 16-24mm f/2.8 L with IS.

Super high resolving, super high contrast 24-50mm f/2.8 L with IS.

Super high resolving, super high contrast 50-105mm f/2.8 L with IS.

Modestly priced 400mm f/4.5 L IS

In all of the above lenses, except the TS-E, my purpose for specifying them as I did, is to trade aperture or zoom ratio for better image quality, something I would prefer to have, especially in light of the (hopefully) very high resolution per image area sensor cameras coming pretty soon. Whether these cams use smaller pixels, true color pixels, pixel-shifting multiple exposure techniques or some other method to yield their higher image resolution, better lenses will make them all the more useful.

Just my thoughts.

Regards,
David