What New Lens are You Most Excited About?

[DanN]

I voted for the 400DO II. After the "L" series price cuts I was *this* close to buying a 300mm 2.8 IS II. But I rented one last spring and, if you're doing bird photography, the first thing you do is slap on a 1.4 extender to convert it to an F4.0 420mm lens. So if you want a fast lens that you can hike around with and take handheld pictures of wildlife, the 400 looks like an excellent choice. Provided it lives up to its MTS graphs.

I'm a bit puzzled that we haven't seen any reviews trickling out yet. Apparently they had a few at Photokina, but I guess they're not lending them out to reviewers yet.

 

[gigabellone]

The 24-105. I usually shoot primes only, and put a lot of thought in any single picture. Having a cheap zoom with good IQ for vacations and casual shooting would be great.

 

[AcutancePhotography]

The 24-105. I usually shoot primes only, and put a lot of thought in any single picture. Having a cheap zoom with good IQ for vacations and casual shooting would be great.

I am the same way. I only have primes in my new lens kit. But there are times when a zoom would be nice for the carry around lens. 24-105 seems like a good useful range too.

 

[ejenner]

I was going to put the Canon EF 24-105mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM just to be silly, but I guess it might be more popular that I'd have thought.

 

[Lee Jay]

I put down the C (Contemporary) version of the Sigma 150-600, and here's why.

The S (Sport) version is too heavy and too expensive to compete directly against the Tamron 150-600, and I suspect that's why Sigma is producing it and why it's later than the S version (it might be a reaction to the Tamron).

The Tamron is soft above 400mm and wide open.

That's why I'm interested in the C version - the Sigma interview guy said it would be about as good optically as the S version except for the corners on full-frame at the long end. Well, I'd be using it on crop, and the S version looks to be quite good.

So, the C version might be just what the Tamron needed to be - sharp wide open at the long end.

And that would make it interesting to me.

 

[sanj]

Sigma 150-600 sports. It may be heavier but I believe the AF will be better. My 200-400 1.x is up for sale. The Canon must be a better lens but I use this focal length just once a year and can't justify the cost.