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Canon EF 300mm & 400mm f/2.8L IS II USM Lenses Now Available

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Canon EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II USM Telephoto Lens

The Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II and 400mm f/2.8L IS II lenses have been available at times in limited quality; however, it looks like B&H has them both available now.  Hit the links above for details.

Note that the 400mm lens is listed as “available for pre-order” which generally means that B&H expects it to be in stock and shipping out to customers within the next few days.

Canon 500mm, 600mm & 200-400mm Lenses Delayed…Again

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Canon 600mm f/4L IS II

The Canon 500mm f/4L IS II and 600mm f/4L IS II lenses were announced in February 2011, with availability initially set for May and June for the respective lenses.  In May, the availability date for these lenses was pushed back to December 2011.

Canon dropped a press release yesterday to simply say that availability is “yet to be determined” for these lenses – presumably to make it official that Canon will miss the December ship date.  As for the 200-400mm f/4L IS lens, it’s TBD as well.

Official word from Canon is in the press release below. [Read more…]

Canon EF Cinema Lenses Detailed

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Canon 24mm Cinema Prime

Canon has revealed details on seven new EOS Cinema lenses for the new EOS C300 camera and the upcoming 4K DSLR camera.

The lenses are high-end cinema lenses rated better than 4K resolution.  The new CN-E24mm T1.5 L F, CN-E50mm T1.3 L F and CN-E85mm T1.3 L F lenses are designed for all current Canon EOS sensor formats, including full frame coverage on the 5D Mark II and 1D X.  The 24mm and 50mm lenses will be available in July 2012, while the 85mm is set for an August 2012 release.  All three new cinema primes retail for $6800.

The 14.5-60mm (Jan. 2012) and 30-300mm (Mar. 2012) cinema zoom lenses ring in at $45,000 and $47,000, respectively.  Note that these lenses are only compatible with Super 35 / APS-C format image sensors.

More details in the press release below. [Read more…]

Canon EOS 4K Concept DSLR Revealed

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Canon 4K Concept DSLR

Canon is developing a DSLR capable of 4K video capture to go along with the new Canon EOS C300 and the rest of the EOS Cinema line.

More details below. [Read more…]