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[tron]

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I will believe it when I see it ...

Still, what is the attraction of releasing it at Photokina? A lot of tech releases have moved away from the show schedule. I would think that June would be the optimal date to release a 7D2+100-400, and sell it to every single summer-holiday-safari goer in the world.

+1 on both. We read about the 100-400 replacement for years. And indeed it would be better if it was released before the summer. But it is a mythical lens ;D (and it will be released before ... some summer anyway, we just don't know which summer)

 

[lycan]

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Can a substitute change the focal distances? A 150-500mm would be even better than a 100-400mm, since there is a 150-600mm from Tamron and people that have a FF really need reach under $7.000;D

 

[Sabaki]

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If it can match or outperform the 400mm f/5.6 at the 400mm end, I may just convert.

Let's hope that it doesn't hit the $3000 mark though :-/

 

[Sabaki]

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...be worth it as well if they can maintain a constant f/4.

You realize how nutty that request is? It would be bigger (and more expensive) than the 200-400/4.

Ummm, Oooook, I was being.....facetious ?? attempting humour ?? it's an Aussie thing.

I understand on CR that sometimes, as in this case, doesn't work, I'll endeavour in future to be more serious, more in line with all the other very serious viewpoints that get Posted on CR from time to time, in among the more serious viewpoints, naturally.

And on a more semi serious note, a 100-400f/4 Lens with the IQ of the 200-400f/4, shouldn't be any larger, or more expensive than the attached, seems like a Bargain at $27k, well, except for the cost of the 2 Sherpas you would need to cart the thing around for you.

lol! Yes, very serious cats on this forum

 

[TrabimanUK]

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so just in time to photograph a snowman riding an unicorn.

Snowmen don't ride unicorns. They fly.

 

[Lightmaster]

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so just in time to photograph a snowman riding an unicorn.

Snowmen don't ride unicorns. They fly.

sownmen neither fly or ride.. they have no feet nor wings.
they teleport.

 

[dufflover]

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Since we're all throwing out guess, I estimate release price of about $2800 AUS (including the "screw you down under tax") with image quality equal to about a 70-200 II IS ... which is still pretty damn sharp even if it doesn't technically match a super telephoto on paper.
Then settling down to low $2000's.

 

[Synkka]

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So $3200 at teds hey dufflover haha

I think quality will be very similar to the 70-300L and $3000 launch dropping to $2500 after a while

 

[Plainsman]

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If it is an extender zoom like the new Nikon that will not be good news - prone to knock damage causing optics misalignment.

The Canon 100-400 is a very strong robust design. Keep that or give us an internal focus optic ie a scaled up version of the 70-200 please Mr Canon.

 

[GMCPhotographics]

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I will believe it when I see it ...

Still, what is the attraction of releasing it at Photokina? A lot of tech releases have moved away from the show schedule. I would think that June would be the optimal date to release a 7D2+100-400, and sell it to every single summer-holiday-safari goer in the world.

Unfortunately, Canon's production isn't as market friendly as that. Otherwise, the 5DIII would have been released before the wedding season started....but it didn't and that was that. This lens, like giving birth to a baby will be out when it's good and ready and there is nothing we can do about it other than wait, hope and dream. In the mean time...there are always ducks to photograph.

 

[GMCPhotographics]

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If it is an extender zoom like the new Nikon that will not be good news - prone to knock damage causing optics misalignment.

The Canon 100-400 is a very strong robust design. Keep that or give us an internal focus optic ie a scaled up version of the 70-200 please Mr Canon.

Push Pull designs are a great design and solve a number of technical issues....but there are two issues in the modern market. 1) racked out to maximum zoom, the centre of gravity drastically changes and 2) it's nearly impossible to use with video, you just can't make a follow focus system which moves with the end of the lens barrel.

 

[dufflover]

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A 100-400mm permanently the size/length of a 100-400mm is a no-no for me. The fact it folds up into a 70-200mm size is one of the very reasons I re-bought a 100-400.

I like push-pull but I concede any new lens is going to be a twist zoom so it will be interesting to how Canon implements this and at what general size or handling changes go with it.

 

[scyrene]

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Yay! new 100-400!

Yay! 7D 2!

Booo! Photokina? September? Really?

Price? Whatever. It'll be expensive in the UK and cheap in the USA, probably $ for £, but might help to knock the price of the existing one down a bit.

I appreciate that this might be a bit hemisphereist, but September is almost winter up here in the northern hemisphere. A release before then would be sooo much better

Can I just ask, given how a few people have said this, what is it you'd want to be photographing in the summer? Sport? If you're talking about wildlife, midsummer is generally the slack season (especially for birds) - autumn migration is, however, a great time to put a new lens through its paces

 

[tron]

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Yay! new 100-400!

Yay! 7D 2!

Booo! Photokina? September? Really?

Price? Whatever. It'll be expensive in the UK and cheap in the USA, probably $ for £, but might help to knock the price of the existing one down a bit.

I appreciate that this might be a bit hemisphereist, but September is almost winter up here in the northern hemisphere. A release before then would be sooo much better

Can I just ask, given how a few people have said this, what is it you'd want to be photographing in the summer? Sport? If you're talking about wildlife, midsummer is generally the slack season (especially for birds) - autumn migration is, however, a great time to put a new lens through its paces

if it is announced in photokina (any photokina) it means that the lens will not be available during that autumn

 

[scyrene]

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Yay! new 100-400!

Yay! 7D 2!

Booo! Photokina? September? Really?

Price? Whatever. It'll be expensive in the UK and cheap in the USA, probably $ for £, but might help to knock the price of the existing one down a bit.

I appreciate that this might be a bit hemisphereist, but September is almost winter up here in the northern hemisphere. A release before then would be sooo much better

Can I just ask, given how a few people have said this, what is it you'd want to be photographing in the summer? Sport? If you're talking about wildlife, midsummer is generally the slack season (especially for birds) - autumn migration is, however, a great time to put a new lens through its paces

if it is announced in photokina (any photokina) it means that the lens will not be available during that autumn

What's the lag time? There's always the spring migration season next year

Seriously, the best time for birds (in N Europe) is any time *but* midsummer.

 

[vlim]

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i want one copy only if it's an inner zoom (like the 70-200s...) and a f/4 - 5.6 (like its little bro the 70-300 L)

 

[Lee Jay]

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Can I just ask, given how a few people have said this, what is it you'd want to be photographing in the summer?

Air shows.

 

[Don Haines]

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Can I just ask, given how a few people have said this, what is it you'd want to be photographing in the summer?

Air shows.

Canoe trips. Baby ducklings. Labrador. Nova Scotia. Fluffy the cat. Flowers. Thunderstorms. Night skies.

 

[tron]

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Can I just ask, given how a few people have said this, what is it you'd want to be photographing in the summer?

Air shows.

Canoe trips. Baby ducklings. Labrador. Nova Scotia. Fluffy the cat. Flowers. Thunderstorms. Night skies.

Landscapes, ancient ruins, night sky, ducks.

 

[Loswr]

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Can I just ask, given how a few people have said this, what is it you'd want to be photographing in the summer?

Air shows.

Canoe trips. Baby ducklings. Labrador. Nova Scotia. Fluffy the cat. Flowers. Thunderstorms. Night skies.

Landscapes, ancient ruins, night sky, ducks.

ISO 12233 charts.