February Announcements
The following lenses have been slated for announcement from a few sources.
EF 35 f/1.4L II USM
– availability in the summer
EF 80-400 f/4-5.6L IS USM
– avalability in the summer
We know the 35L replacement is coming, I was initially told it would be in the fall of 2009. Expect a long delay on purchasing the lens after announcement.
As for the 80-400, this is the first time I've heard about this focal range for the replacement of the 100-400. Take this with a bigger grain of salt than the 35L II.
No info about a 24-70 replacement with IS.
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15 Comments
This focal length would be very versatile indeed! I just hope that incorporating a wider end has not compromised overall quality. Still the same speed, so presumably this won’t be a heavier lens.
80-400? what the heck? are they chasing after nikon? they should be going the other way…make it a 200-400 or 200-500/5.6 and make sure the image quality is out of this world (or at least keep the 100-400)… making the zoom even longer… I have my doubts about any major improvements in the IQ department, which is a shame
cfibanez – the current 100-400 is 4.5 – 5.6
This “new” lens is 4 – 5.6
It’s potentially faster.
Sounds like a good option and upgrade to a very good and well respected lens.
Of course, a 200-400 (or 300-500!) f/4 would be nice as well!
drop the F4 down to F5.6 and you’ve got a winner… if you make either of those lenses f4 then they get huge and vastly more expensive (a 500/4 but as a modern L zoom… do the math)… it needs to be affordable and not like the 400/4 DO… who cares if that thing is smaller… it costs the same as the 500/4 and doesnt deliver the same IQ… need to make sure any higher end zooms dont go the way of the nikon 200-400mm which is another heavy and expensive (way out of my reach) beast
I think most people want the 200-400/4, the Nikon is very popular with the event and sport crowd and likely a great wildlife lens for big/close subjects. They already have a number of other zooms in the less expensive range (100-400, 35-350, etc) Sigma has a bunch of big zoom telephotos in the 5.6 range (120-400, 170-500, 150-500) and I don’t really know how popular they are?