Canon has announced the coming availability of the RF400mm f/2.8L IS USM and Canon RF600mm f/4L IS USM, which it admits are optically identical to the original EF designs. They're not as light as the Canon EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II USM, but they're now more easily portable and overall lighter as well.
I'll admit I almost bought the new Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L II USM for a gift to myself a decade ago – I loved it then and liked the idea of a 400mm f/4 camera for an educational trip. Unfortunately it was a small mirror-less FF camera, which required a padded bag, and that was out of my price range at the time.
But Canon said I was going to get my hands on one anyway, on the anniversary of the previous cameras release. I had set my Christmas list around an 8x10 camera that would blow us away, but having finally launched the RF400II the 350mmx409x64mm kit is now gone and replaced by the 700mmx434mm+32x24mm ultrawide frame.
Canon says that the RF-900 version of the new radio-controlled EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM is 12 to 35% lighter (graph in the preview image) than the original lens. It's also now compatible with optional
teleconverter mounts to turn $4,000 copies of the EF 300mm f/4L IS II USM into documenters capable of shooting high magnification.
One complaint I had about the Canon 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM is that it's very heavy (i.e.it has a point of inertia), so compact photographers may wish to consider a 1D x or 1D IV replacement this holiday season.
With 1,001 original exabytes already deployed on its existing network, Canon has to be optimistic about its EVF (electronic viewfinder) market – there are enough demand forecasts on the Internet all saying that EVFs are just going to grow in size and become bigger and faster.
It seems like we're still waiting on Toyoto's new 7-row, 14.4mm/4.7x digital billboard EVF; however, I'm listening.
Some B&H Deals, and New RapidCam and Plusflix Deals. Info for anyone interested, shortening time from 1 hour to 45 seconds.
Other IDFAH Links.
Ken Rockwell on Tokina_M340 FS.
The NAK500:
Tim Bivins
I'll admit I almost bought the new Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L II USM for a gift to myself a decade ago – I loved it then and liked the idea of a 400mm f/4 camera for an educational trip. Unfortunately it was a small mirror-less FF camera, which required a padded bag, and that was out of my price range at the time.
But Canon said I was going to get my hands on one anyway, on the anniversary of the previous cameras release. I had set my Christmas list around an 8x10 camera that would blow us away, but having finally launched the RF400II the 350mmx409x64mm kit is now gone and replaced by the 700mmx434mm+32x24mm ultrawide frame.
Canon says that the RF-900 version of the new radio-controlled EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM is 12 to 35% lighter (graph in the preview image) than the original lens. It's also now compatible with optional
teleconverter mounts to turn $4,000 copies of the EF 300mm f/4L IS II USM into documenters capable of shooting high magnification.
One complaint I had about the Canon 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM is that it's very heavy (i.e.it has a point of inertia), so compact photographers may wish to consider a 1D x or 1D IV replacement this holiday season.
With 1,001 original exabytes already deployed on its existing network, Canon has to be optimistic about its EVF (electronic viewfinder) market – there are enough demand forecasts on the Internet all saying that EVFs are just going to grow in size and become bigger and faster.
It seems like we're still waiting on Toyoto's new 7-row, 14.4mm/4.7x digital billboard EVF; however, I'm listening.
Some B&H Deals, and New RapidCam and Plusflix Deals. Info for anyone interested, shortening time from 1 hour to 45 seconds.
Other IDFAH Links.
Ken Rockwell on Tokina_M340 FS.
The NAK500:
Tim Bivins
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