New EF 70-300 f/4-5.6 IS?
I've received an email saying Canon will be replacing the 70-300 f/4-5.6 IS with a new version.
The current version was launched in 2005 and has been a good seller for Canon.
I have heard stories from various retailers about the lens being backordered for a while now.
I'm going to say the likelihood of this being replaced is low, unless I hear from better sources.
100-400?
These are still easy to get from Canon, I do not see a replacement.
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I would love a really sharp 400 f4L IS with that sweet sliding lens hood like on the 300 f4. Something that’s just wicked sharp with great bokeh and color.
The size of the front element is directly related to the aperture in tele lenses, so an EF-S 55-200/2.8 would not be any smaller than the current 70-200, hence why it probably will never exist: 200/2.8= 71.5mm, which is pretty big.
This is why Oly telephotos are at least as big as, if not bigger than Canon’s (300/2.8, 90-250/2.8, 150/2, etc.) despite having a much smaller format.
So a 200mm f/2.8 lens would have a front element of 71.5mm, whether it should cover an APS-C sensor, a full frame sensor, or a large format film ?
That sounds counter-intuitive to me.
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The sensor is actually not much relevant if we are talking only focal length and aperture and not particular desing of the lens. Aperture diameter is determined by the fraction of focal lenght and aperture value. 200/2.8=71,5mm aperture opening, regardless of the sensor size. Whether the lens is designed to be usable on APS-C only, FF or MF, that’s another issue of lens desing…