Now the claims start flowing
Received 3 emails in the last 10 minutes claiming to know which lenses are coming.
Canon will launch the 24-70 f/2.8L IS II and 70-200 f/2.8L IS II near the end of August.
Another Take
According to a reader, a pro sports photographer had told him to hold off on purchasing a 300 f/2.8L IS as well as the 500 f/4L IS.
I have a history dating back a fair ways stating we'd see an update to the big white lenses for the Olympics and World Cup.
I was told by an MLB photographer that Canon would be updating their big white lenses over the next “12-24 months”. That was in the fall of 2008.
Take #3
Could this confirm the new L macro rumor from a while back? An email and commenter think so.
CR's Take
I have no info from credible sources yet, I should see some insight in the morning (EST). I need to really sleep though!
thanks for waking me Dave
cr
81 Comments
Maybe not, the Dynamic IS also has dynamic EQ
if they up the IQ noticeably that would be some lens
but it has been wished and rumoured for some many years now and always a false promise
but maybe it is time
maybe for august:
24-70 IS with better optics, especially at wide end
180 IS L macro
35 1.4 Mk II L (although this one was already pretty good at Mk I and maybe not the most urgent need, then again they redid the 24 and TS-E and they seem to refuse to update the non0L primes, which is a shame, as a landscape 24mm f/2.8 with equal or better IQ than the 1.4 L MkII could be done for a LOT less, so maybe this makes sense to next on line, but only if they did the 24-70 IS so maybe yes the 24-70 IS!)
maybe one new EF-S, but four lenses sounds like a lot
and a few new super-tele with much modern IS for olympics time, at least on trial basis
well so many of those are 100% not due for update not sure you can tell anything from that
IMO the 24-70, 17-40 and some slow, high quality wide to 50mm primes are badly in need of an update; my guess is canon is not touching the latter, at least not for a long while, which is a shame
i mean they do have great wide primes now and great stuff for landscapes but starting at $1700 is rough when you might get a 24mm f/2.8 MkII or L for $850 that is at least as sharp at f/6.3-f/11 as the new 1.4.
anyway at least they do have superb options now, even if at great cost, so that is a positive
lens rumours do have a terrible record, much worse than for body specs, virtually none have ever been correct aside maybe for the 18-200 about a month early