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Thursday is a big day for Canon shooters, as Canon will be announcing 3 new lenses and shipping the recently announced RF 10-20mm f/4L IS STM.
We have confirmed some information about the Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 IS USM.
Yes, it is USM and not STM, which is great and makes a lot of sense for its focal range. The lens will also have a tripod collar and it looks like a black lens hood will be included. Will Canon offer a $300 white hood? I'm only half kidding.
You can see in the amazing quality image above, that the RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 IS USM will come in Canon's pretty white paint.
The excitement surrounding this rumored lens has been palatable for a lot of shooters. If you're into this lens, get ready to preorder it in the first minute, because I think they're going to be extremely popular.
* Not all of us have $2,000 laying around that just doesn’t matter.
On a totally different note: am I the only one one that feels like Canon could have easily slapped a red ring on this just for marketing purposes? At $2000, is there really anything Canon has to lose by calling this an L lens? The RF 24-105mm F/4L IS is an L lens, and it isn't particularly special optically.
Would Canon really lose any sales on a $12,000 telephoto like the upcoming 200-500mm F/4L if they put a red ring on this? It's not like the RF 24-105 having a red ring makes someone not buy the 28-70mm F/2L, but I guess Canon felt like a red ring would make them have to price this higher.
Personally, I'm waffling on this lens. The 100-500L with a 1.4x performs very well and is a 420-700/8-10, which isn't too far off of this lens. Will this lens be smaller or lighter? Doesn't look like it. Optically better? Maybe, but probably not or it would have a red ring.
I'll have a look at the actual specs when it's announced and decide whether to preorder it (alongside the RF 24-105/2.8L).
I think part of the cleverness of this lens is for people like myself, who have been holding onto an adapted EF 100-400 F/4.5-5.6L IS II with a teleconverter on their R5/R3.
Changing to the RF 100-500 + teleconverter means having to buy a $2600 lens plus a $500 teleconverter, which has held me back since most of my paid work(weddings/sports/news/etc) is covered by my RF 70-200 anyway. The 100-400 has been mainly a hobby lens for me in terms of birds/wildlife, or for the occasional news story I can't get close to. So if the 100-400 is getting used by me, it's almost always going to have the teleconverter on it, since if 200 isn't enough I'm probably going to want 560mm anyway.
I'll hazard a guess that when I sell the 100-400 and 1.4x teleconverter, I won't be at much of a loss if this lens comes out at $2,000, which makes this a lot more interesting to me than the incredibly excellent RF 100-500.
Quite sneaky of you, Canon.
Any how, I purchased he 800mm twice before I realized it's value and i want to give this one value before I even know the facts. But... so far, it is sold in my eyes, GAS had once again prevailed. To bad I can not have it in my hands before the end of local high school football season. Take this out with the EF 70-200 and leave the EF 400mm f/2.8 home. BTW, I got was onfield for the last game. I really need time to enjoy what the 400 is capable of, and when/where to use it. I shot 1000+ photos in under 2 hours, and I am not satisfied with the percentage of results I want to show off. The 70-200? 99% of them are fantastic.
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