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Rumor: Canon 100-400 L MkII Specs  
User currently offlineSNATH From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 3232 posts, RR: 24
Posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 8435 times:

Hi all,

Following up on the thread I started a few weeks ago. Canon Rumors is reporting here:

http://www.canonrumors.com/2008/12/ef-100-400-f4-56l-is-cr2/

that they got an e-mail from a guy who's allegedly been testing the Canon 100-400 L mk II. The main points (nothing really unexpected I have to say!):

- traditional zoom ring (no push/pull mechanism)
- slightly faster on the wide end (f4 instead of f4.5)
- latest IS (4-stops)
- weather sealing
- (most importantly) very sharp

Announcement is supposed to be coming in Feb 2009. Of course, take it with a grain of salt.  Smile

Regards,

Tony


Nikon: we don't want more pixels, we want better pixels.
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User currently offlineMichlis From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 737 posts, RR: 2
Reply 1, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 8404 times:

Interesting. The F4 would be a great feature, but personally I find the "push-pull" mechanism to a strong attribute to the lense, especially if you're shooting sports.


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User currently offlineSamuel32 From Switzerland, joined Jun 2005, 141 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 8394 times:

Rumor is most likely BS... Tomorow it will be 1DMK4, and in one week it will be the 400 5.6L IS.

Though if it were true i'd buy it in a heartbeat. You hardly need another lens in aviation if your copy is sharp.

Offcourse there is always the 300 2.8, and 500 F/4 on a nice 1.3 crop body (or 1.6), but thats out of price range for a lot of us.

Sam,

[Edited 2008-12-29 07:32:49]

User currently offlineSNATH From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 3232 posts, RR: 24
Reply 3, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 8168 times:



Quoting Samuel32 (Reply 2):
Rumor is most likely BS...

Maybe, maybe not. It's consistent with what I've been hearing on the 100-400 L replacement (the only new item was really the Feb 2009 date). The specs look quite reasonable to me too (and consistent to what Canon has done recently when replacing other lenses). But we'll really know in a month or two.  Smile

Quoting Samuel32 (Reply 2):
400 5.6L IS.

That'd be awesome.

Tony


Nikon: we don't want more pixels, we want better pixels.
User currently offlineAllpress From Australia, joined Jan 2005, 73 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (4 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 8005 times:

eh.. i wouldnt hold my breath for Feb 2009...
canon just had a price increase.. and the 100-400
went up also.. if they wanted to clear stocks they would
have had a runout special on it.. but ill ask the rep
next time i see him, might get u some more info =]

cam


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