Year of the lens....a joke....?

[Renaissance]

I've been holding out for Canon's supposed 50mm IS and possibly even an 85 IS.

We're over half way into 2014, I just may have to buy glass from a different manufacturer :/

Any word?

 

[Ruined]

Photokina is where the big announcements will happen, that is how it usually goes at least.

 

[ScottyP]

Photokina is where the big announcements will happen, that is how it usually goes at least.

Yeah, but how many lenses could we realistically expect them to launch all at one Photokina? I think to be the as-hyped year of the lens, you'd need at least, say, four - minimum. Right? To go down in history as their year of the lens they need more than two, right?

 

[Dylan777]

I've been holding out for Canon's supposed 50mm IS and possibly even an 85 IS.

We're over half way into 2014, I just may have to buy glass from a different manufacturer :/

Any word?

is that a promise or a threat? ;D

 

[Ruined]

I could see realistically:

100-400L IS II + 7d2 before photokina,

then announced at photokina:
35mm f/1.4L II
50mm f/1.8 IS
85mm f/1.8 IS
135mm f/2L II
New FF body, maybe

 

[ajfotofilmagem]

100-400L IS II + 7d2 before photokina,
then announced at photokina:
35mm f/1.4L II
50mm f/1.8 IS
85mm f/1.8 IS
135mm f/2L II
New FF body, maybe

Man, you have a great wish list.

 

[Dylan777]

I could see realistically:

100-400L IS II + 7d2 before photokina,

then announced at photokina:
35mm f/1.4L II
50mm f/1.8 IS
85mm f/1.8 IS
135mm f/2L II
New FF body, maybe

Count me in for 35mm f1.4 II. You forgot IS on 135mm

 

[jhanken]

It has also become the year of collapsing sales for most manufacturers of cameras and lenses. Perhaps Canon is wise to keep their powder dry, as introducing new products is expensive.

A more cynical view is the they are realizing that the market isn't crazy about small aperture lenses with IS as replacements for large aperture lenses. That is the direction they have generally been going in. Sigma is an interesting contrast, as they have been taking a different, perhaps more well received approach, of improving the optics on their fast lenses.

I love fast lenses and that is why I have drunk so much of the Sigma cool-aid.

 

[Don Haines]

It is the year of the lens...

but unfortunately for Canon, the lens is the Tamron 150-600......

 

[LetTheRightLensIn]

I've been holding out for Canon's supposed 50mm IS and possibly even an 85 IS.

We're over half way into 2014, I just may have to buy glass from a different manufacturer :/

Any word?

16-35 f/4 IS makes it the year of the lens!

 

[StudentOfLight]

It is the year of the lens...

but unfortunately for Canon, the lens is the Tamron 150-600......

From a value-for-money standpoint Tamron's 150-600mm is impressive but I wish Tamron had made it a 150-500 instead and half a kilo lighter. I hate that on the long end it only reaches its best around f/10-11. :'(

 

[can0nfan2379]

I could see realistically:

100-400L IS II + 7d2 before photokina,

then announced at photokina:
35mm f/1.4L II
50mm f/1.8 IS
85mm f/1.8 IS
135mm f/2L II
New FF body, maybe

Let me fix that...

50mm 1.2L IS w/o focus shift
85mm 1.2L IS w/ internal focusing, weather sealing and RING USM.
135mm 1.8L IS

 

[sagittariansrock]

I could see realistically:

100-400L IS II + 7d2 before photokina,

then announced at photokina:
35mm f/1.4L II
50mm f/1.8 IS
85mm f/1.8 IS
135mm f/2L II
New FF body, maybe

I remember asking you before:
What would you expect of a 35/1.4 II and a 135/2 II?
Do you think Canon will produce a v2 just to include weather sealing and curved aperture blades? I doubt it.
I can't imagine what else could be improved significantly.
I hope Canon decides to go for a 85/1.4 instead of a 85/1.8 IS. I want it so much...

 

[raptor3x]

85mm 1.2L IS w/ internal focusing, weather sealing and RING USM.

The current 85 1.2L has a ring-type USM.

 

[can0nfan2379]

85mm 1.2L IS w/ internal focusing, weather sealing and RING USM.

The current 85 1.2L has a ring-type USM.

My bad....I guess what I was thinking was non-focus by wire MF and faster AF

 

[Cali_PH]

16-35 f/4 IS makes it the year of the lens!

It was #1 on my wish-list of new lenses for landscape, so I'm happy.

 

[sanj]

I've been holding out for Canon's supposed 50mm IS and possibly even an 85 IS.

We're over half way into 2014, I just may have to buy glass from a different manufacturer :/

Any word?

16-35 f/4 IS makes it the year of the lens!

Yes.

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

Zoom lenses seem to sell best, so expect more of them. Primes are useful for video, because they help keep the video maker from zooming in and out incessantly. Since Canon is pushing for more video, I expect more f/2 primes with IS.

 

[Hjalmarg1]

16-35 f/4 IS makes it the year of the lens!

It was #1 on my wish-list of new lenses for landscape, so I'm happy.

+1 I love this lens

 

[localhost]

New 40mm f/2.8 with IS possibly ;D