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We leaked the first image of the Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Z over the weekend, and are 100% confident that the image is real. If you missed it, here it is again:
Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Z in black
This image is perfectly legitimate, it's full resolution, it had a full EXIF, we had a conversation with the person who provided the image, and passed all of the forensic tools we put it through.
Then today, we received another image of the RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Z, but this time it's in Canon's normal white paint job. We're told that the image was taken in Paris during the Olympics.
Now, this image didn't come with some of the usual good signs. There was no EXIF, contact information, the image was resized down to 1024 wide, and it was also in .PNG. None of that is normal when we receive images of unreleased products. Obviously, “Normal” doesn't always happen.
So, the person that provided this image, if you have a full resolution version with the full EXIF available, we'd love to see it. We won't publish it if you don't want us too.
Some of the forensic tests did come back with some inconsistencies, bur nothing showed that it was definitively manipulated. Phones can also do some funky things to an image.
We have seen some very good fakes in the past, but they had more definitive signs. This one only has one issue that causes us pause, but again, it isn't conclusive. We are trying to replicate the issue from random images on the internet, but no luck yet.
So I will let you fine people decide, as some of you may have better tools and skills than I do to detect image manipulation. I'll continue to figure it out or get more conclusive information on this interesting bit of camera fodder.
Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Z in white:
I don't recall a time when Canon released the same lens in two colours (I have been corrected by EF-M lenses that came in multiple colours, but that whole system never existed to me), beyond maybe some limited edition thing. Everything has a first time. I wouldn't be shocked or opposed to such a choice. This topic hasn't come up prior in any conversations that we've had.
We have thought an image was a fake and it wasn't, but that's only happened once with the RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 IS USM.
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Apple - iMac Colors
Folks... It's me... EF-M never existed in my world!
Anyway, they could be experimenting with both colors
Gonna get some hilariously hideous lenses to make Potential thieves think, I carry cheap Amazon bullshit.
There are already some trainwreck skins you can get for cameras and lenses!
Starting with the EF 70-300L, which has no fluorite elements but is painted white anyway, it seems to be partially marketing/expectation. Among RF lenses only the supertele primes (≥400mm) and the 100-300 have fluorite elements, but many others are painted white.