Poll: Most Wanted New Lenses of 2013.
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CANONisOK said:TAF said:
I also like the idea of a modest-range walkaround lens. Longer reach than 70mm, but not going crazy like the 28-300mm to reduce distortion and keep size/weight reasonable. However, I think this one sabotages its chances in two key areas:
1) I'd be shocked to see a zoom with that kind of range open up to f1.4. Even f2.0 would probably be fantasy. Consider the 28-300mm which has f3.5-5.6, or the 28-135mm which also has f3.5-5.6. I think we'd be lucky to get f2.8-3.5 over a 24-135mm range. Throw in IS and there goes your weight criteria.
2) If they sold a great-quality lens in that range, we'd have no need to buy any other bright primes or even the 24-70mm f2.8 ii! The kings of marketing and product-differentiation would never allow it. That reasoning explains the good-but-not-great IQ of the 24-105mm.
But as long as we're dreaming... count me in for one also!
RE Point 1: You might very well be right about the 1.4; so let's just say a lens that's 2.8 at the long end, and whatever it ends up being (faster of course) at the wide end, so it can take full advantage of the X AF points in the 5D3. As for the weight, OK, maybe a little more, but not much!
RE Point 2: Yes, I suppose it might reduce the sale of some of their other lenses
But it might also reduce the sales of competitors lenses. Might be a fair trade.On the other hand, perhaps Sigma or Tamron might like to step up to bat?
I can dream, can't I?
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I voted for the 14-24mm, but what I would REALLY love to see would be a lightweight, sharp EF 17-70mm 2.8 with a 67mm filter thread (although 77 would work). With that and any variant of 70-200mm or the 70-300mm L, I could be happy with a two-zoom lens setup. I think Canon really missed the boat with the EF 24-70 f/4 IS; they needed to differentiate it more from the already strong existing lenses. Heck, I'd even be happy with an EF 24-85mm II with a fixed f/3.5 and keep the 67mm filter thread. Throw in IS, keep it below a grand and I'd jump on it.
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Hmm, I saw this lens on ebay: http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/lens/ef/data/standard_zoom/ef_35~135_4~56_usm.html
I think this range would be awesome for indoor sports/martial arts (like taekwondo) on a APS-C camera.
Can one hope for an EF-S 35-135 f2.8-4 USM?
I would buy it in an instant.
I think this range would be awesome for indoor sports/martial arts (like taekwondo) on a APS-C camera.
Can one hope for an EF-S 35-135 f2.8-4 USM?
I would buy it in an instant.
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1. 14-24mm F/2.8L USM
2. 100-400 F/4.5-5.6L IS II
3. 50mm F/1.4 II USM
4. 24-70 F/2.8L IS
5. 135mm F/1.8L IS USM
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2. 100-400 F/4.5-5.6L IS II
3. 50mm F/1.4 II USM
4. 24-70 F/2.8L IS
5. 135mm F/1.8L IS USM
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. 35L'II should be on that list.Voted for the 400mm F4. I think this is very potential lens now they have the glass and parts for the 200-400 which it could share a lot of. Just a simple matter of a few adjustment and voila! Although I'm not so sure this would fit into my reasonable big white price thinking of £4500-£5000 judging on the price of the 200-400.
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Eimajm said:
I think your price is in the right ball park. The cost should be slightly lower than the 300mm f2.8L USM II IS.
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They are too slow for martial arts indoors. A constant 2.8 would be preferred, but I'll take a 2.8-4 for compactness (and price). 5.6 indoors when you want 1/500th of a second shutter speed or faster? Crazy ISO/noise. Maybe the 28-135 on the 6D would work, but then it would be too short.rs said:
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Honestly, id love to see the 135 f/2 updated. I would LOVE to see the return of DO lenses, Got to use a 400 f/4 DO today and it was a joy, the contrast/color is a bit off but super easy to fix in post. The owner gave me a LR profile to use with the lens and it works great. I would DIE to see an updated 50 1.4 too, without IS and a 90 MM TS-E.
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dgatwood said:
Longer ef-s primes won't happen because you can just plug a shorter ef lens and use it with the 1.6x crop factor, the smaller aps-c mirror is only an advantage for wide angle lenses.
As for wa/uwa ef-s prime, imho that won't happen either because ef-s is either for amateurs who are supposed to be happy with zooms or for people who want to use tele lenses for more reach...
NetDog said:
+1 ... but the reason why this didn't happen yet might be to protect the sales of the expensive 50/1.2, if the 50/1.4 gets any better with a "real" usm drive there'll be little reason to buy the good-bokeh mediocre-sharpness L - so probably they'll either replace both or none.
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Marsu42 said:
Just wait till Samyang brings the 10/2.8 UMC for APS-C
Actually, I would be much more interested in 50/2 IS USM Macro, or even a cheap 50/1.8 STM. I think that the rest of Sigma's prime "jewels" (50/1.4 and 85/1.4) will be reborn into A series pretty soon, and only after that ... Canon will be forced to do something about it.
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