Which L lens will be the first mark III?

[Otter]

I would love to see the 16-35mm III and a 85mm 1.2 III.

 

[AdamJ]

I'm going to go with the 200mm f/2.8L II USM prime lens, unless it acquires image stabilization, in which case it would become the 200mm f/2.8L IS USM.

The reason is because it's soft and has very low contrast wide open. Being an L-series prime, it should have better image quality than the 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM, but it doesn't.

You must have a bad copy. I admit I've never used one but I can't recall anyone describing that lens as soft.

Anyway, I confidently predict there will never be a 200mm f/2.8 III, nor a 200mm f/2.8 IS.

 

[Bosman]

Not answering the question here, but I'd say we'll definitely see the 35 f/1.2L II lens before another Mark III. I could very well be wrong, but this is just my guess based upon all the current lenses there are. My perfect lens though would be a 65 or 70mm f/1.4L lens.

Oops i cross moginated this with what lens is next topic. The 35mm will def not be getting a III.lol
I do shoot 70mm a lot on the 24-70 so i would have to agree that it is a very nice focal length and at F1.4 it would be amazing!

 

[bdunbar79]

Sorry, I meant the 35 f/1.4L II lens would be out before any other of the lenses had a Mark III, not 1.2. It's hard to have a 1.2 Mark II when there isn't even a Mark I of those yet I suppose?

And yes, I agree. When I'm using my 24-105L lens, I find myself shooting at 65-70mm at least 80-90% of the time. Get me a 65mm f/1.4L 8)

 

[dhofmann]

I admit I've never used one but I can't recall anyone describing that lens as soft.

See for yourself. The L zoom is sharper than the L prime.

 

[bdunbar79]

I admit I've never used one but I can't recall anyone describing that lens as soft.

See for yourself. The L zoom is sharper than the L prime.

Yes. The 70-200L II IS lens at 200mm is sharper than the 200mm f/2.8L lens, but not the 200mm f/2L lens.

 

[Bosman]

And yes, I agree. When I'm using my 24-105L lens, I find myself shooting at 65-70mm at least 80-90% of the time. Get me a 65mm f/1.4L 8)

That or mount the 50L on APS-H, you get 65 f1.6 equivalent, the closest you can get right now.

Yes, a great combo!

 

[Dylan777]

How about the 16-35?

+1

It might become 14-24 f2.8

 

[Bosman]

If the current rumor holds true the 35LII it is!