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We have been reporting for what seems an eternity that Canon will be announcing an RF 200-500mm f/4L IS USM any day now! That has obviously has not come to pass, but over the last month or two there have been some changes in what the 200-500 may actually be. Sometimes information has some assumptions, […]
Canon’s supply status notifications, a constantly updating list of gear that will have delays when it comes to new orders from retailers has been updated to include the RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Z, which should come as no surprise to anyone. While it’s going to be a popular lens at the retail level, it […]
Recently Richard broke down a patent application that showed an RF 70-150mm f/2L USM optical design, one that may would consider a dream lens. Now, back in July of 2023, we reported with our old rating of [CR2] that another f/2 zoom to “compliment” the RF 28-70mm f/2L USM was on the horizon. For the […]
In this patent application (2024-154138), Canon hits the ground running on some downright jaw-dropping lovely zooms. Will we see any? I hope so, but I’m sure someone out there will complain about them being too expensive and too heavy. Going by the embodiments, these will be both. Canon sets up the problem domain that this […]
We received a good question today about teleconverters for the black version of the RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Z. The person that reached out said that the black version of the lens with white teleconverters would “look like an oreo cookie”. I figured it was a good topic to put out there, because I’m […]
The RF 200-500mm f/4L IS USM continues. Every so often we get a lens that simply won’t come to fruition. I’m talking to you EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM II and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM II. We recently reported that there will be two more lenses coming October 30 along with RF 24mm f/1.4L VCM, […]