Blurmore
Feb-17-2009, 07:05 PM
If you have them drag them out on the floor here so we may beat them upside the head. In light of the fact that I went out and traded my 70-200 f4 L in on a 70-200 f 4 IS L today I can (with my luck) lay 2 on the table.
Most likely...An update to the 300 f4 IS L, call it the Mk II, give it some more SLD and flourite and a 3rd gen 4 stop IS unit. This lens is in NEED! one of the last in Canon's lineup with 2nd gen IS and non ring type USM.
Canon could list a lens like this for 1700 dollars and get it (even in the present economy), its only competition is its broke down older model.
Possible...If the Nikon cat was meowing in the bag an update to the 35mm f2 (released way back when parachute pants were popular) with USM and maybe in the spirit of oneupsmanship a slightly faster max aperture say f1.7 (unlikely I know, tweener apertures are the domain of the Pentax and Minolta crowd) Canon needs to get on board with a modern standard lens for its crop bodies, they can no longer rest on their laurels of having the best entry level bodies.
Less likely,
A real mate for the 17-55 f2.8 EF-S IS say a 55-135 f2.8 EF-S IS.
Even less likely a 24-70 f 2.8 IS to hang on the front of that pretty 5d MkII body, give it the 3rd gen 4 stop or the 5 stop of the 200mm f2. MANY pros moving from crop bodies to full frame are addicted to a 2.8 standard lens with IS and won't settle for the f4 24-105 (I wouldn't). This might be tougher to move in this economy (it would most likely have to retain north of 1500) but I think some people would plunge.
So thats my predictions (really more of a wish list I guess). I don't see many companies rolling any new bodies, maybe some new micro 4/3, hell maybe Leica will put Minox out of its misery and trot out a Minox Micro 4/3 badge engineered Panasonic box. If you have predictions I'd love to hear them...Canon, Nikon, the rest...I'm not picky.
Most likely...An update to the 300 f4 IS L, call it the Mk II, give it some more SLD and flourite and a 3rd gen 4 stop IS unit. This lens is in NEED! one of the last in Canon's lineup with 2nd gen IS and non ring type USM.
Canon could list a lens like this for 1700 dollars and get it (even in the present economy), its only competition is its broke down older model.
Possible...If the Nikon cat was meowing in the bag an update to the 35mm f2 (released way back when parachute pants were popular) with USM and maybe in the spirit of oneupsmanship a slightly faster max aperture say f1.7 (unlikely I know, tweener apertures are the domain of the Pentax and Minolta crowd) Canon needs to get on board with a modern standard lens for its crop bodies, they can no longer rest on their laurels of having the best entry level bodies.
Less likely,
A real mate for the 17-55 f2.8 EF-S IS say a 55-135 f2.8 EF-S IS.
Even less likely a 24-70 f 2.8 IS to hang on the front of that pretty 5d MkII body, give it the 3rd gen 4 stop or the 5 stop of the 200mm f2. MANY pros moving from crop bodies to full frame are addicted to a 2.8 standard lens with IS and won't settle for the f4 24-105 (I wouldn't). This might be tougher to move in this economy (it would most likely have to retain north of 1500) but I think some people would plunge.
So thats my predictions (really more of a wish list I guess). I don't see many companies rolling any new bodies, maybe some new micro 4/3, hell maybe Leica will put Minox out of its misery and trot out a Minox Micro 4/3 badge engineered Panasonic box. If you have predictions I'd love to hear them...Canon, Nikon, the rest...I'm not picky.