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p.1 #1 · Rumour?! - EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

Saw this posted on the Photozone.de forums.

More infos:
http://www.eos-numerique.com/forums/showthread.php?p=116688#post116688

Don't shoot the messenger!

Only 2-3 more weeks until Canon lets us know.

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Feb 09, 2006 at 03:34 PM

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p.1 #2 · Rumour?! - EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

Hi
Can u please place a screenshot. Its asking to register in a language most of us dont understand.

Thanks
Leo.

Feb 09, 2006 at 04:01 PM

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p.1 #3 · Rumour?! - EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

agreed - I know french but I don't wish to register.

I love rumours, so please post a screenshot or something else

Feb 09, 2006 at 04:03 PM

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p.1 #4 · Rumour?! - EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

If this is for real, put me down for one...drool

Feb 09, 2006 at 04:10 PM

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p.1 #5 · Rumour?! - EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

that is going to be one big heavy lens

Feb 09, 2006 at 04:20 PM

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p.1 #6 · Rumour?! - EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

I like that rumour. Especially if that lens exceeds the 16-35 performance at a lower cost. That would be one more reason not to walk away from the EF-S mount entirely. Strengthen the consumers' perception of Canon's committment to EF-S and APS-C ?

Feb 09, 2006 at 04:27 PM

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p.1 #7 · Rumour?! - EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

so Canon is going to a) make a wide-zoom that is superior to the 16-35 and 17-40Ls, but mount it only on consumer grade bodies, thus cannibalising both L glass sales and pro-body sales? and b) install IS into a low breadth wide angle zoom to add additional weight to already heavy 2.8 glass?

I think the chances of this happening as somewhere between a snowball's chance in hell and when pigs fly.

Don't get me wrong, it would look great on my 350D, but this is a _very_ unlikely rumour IMHO.

Feb 09, 2006 at 08:23 PM

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p.1 #8 · Rumour?! - EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

DavidJB wrote:
so Canon is going to a) make a wide-zoom that is superior to the 16-35 and 17-40Ls, but mount it only on consumer grade bodies, thus cannibalising both L glass sales and pro-body sales? and b) install IS into a low breadth wide angle zoom to add additional weight to already heavy 2.8 glass?

I think the chances of this happening as somewhere between a snowball's chance in hell and when pigs fly.

Don't get me wrong, it would look great on my 350D, but this is a _very_ unlikely rumour IMHO.
Exactly my toughts

Feb 09, 2006 at 09:01 PM

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sjms wrote:
that is going to be one big heavy lens

The sigma 18-50/2.8 isn't that big or heavy. I'd bet the canon is 2x as much.

Feb 09, 2006 at 09:19 PM

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Feb 09, 2006 at 09:30 PM

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p.1 #11 · Rumour?! - EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

nobody knows, just wishfull thinking

Feb 09, 2006 at 09:38 PM

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p.1 #12 · Rumour?! - EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

Sounds to me like someone saw that picture of the alleged 35D that's been making the rounds and could make out the "17-" on the lens but not the 85. I'd be excited by a 17-55/2.8 but I don't think it's likely.

Feb 09, 2006 at 09:52 PM

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p.1 #13 · Rumour?! - EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

MPerdomo wrote:
DavidJB wrote:
so Canon is going to a) make a wide-zoom that is superior to the 16-35 and 17-40Ls, but mount it only on consumer grade bodies, thus cannibalising both L glass sales and pro-body sales? and b) install IS into a low breadth wide angle zoom to add additional weight to already heavy 2.8 glass?

I think the chances of this happening as somewhere between a snowball's chance in hell and when pigs fly.

Don't get me wrong, it would look great on my 350D, but this is a _very_ unlikely rumour IMHO.

Or, option C: A pro APS-C lens to go with a pro-APS-C Body.

I know a lot of Canon users would love to have the choice of a high quality crop camera.
"APS-C" and "pro" are mututally exclusive terms.

Feb 09, 2006 at 10:24 PM

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Tomash wrote:
"APS-C" and "pro" are mututally exclusive terms.

They don't have to be. I would jump on a 1.6 crop 1 Series in a second. The added DoF for indoor sports shooting with fast primes is a big boon to a lot of stuff I shoot.

With that said, it's probably all speculation but it's a range Canon needs to fill better. The 17-85 and 17-40 are too slow, the 24-70 isn't wide enough, the 16-35 isn't long enough. There's no good option for a mid-range L-grade zoom for the Canon system right now.

Feb 09, 2006 at 10:30 PM

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p.1 #15 · Rumour?! - EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

Well, the manager of one of the biggest on-line shops over here , pointed out today that the follow-up will be announced, he only spoke about a price (1800 EUR, thats equal to D200 price), and with kitlens it would be 2800 EUR.
He also said there would be in total 5 lenses announced.
Mind you, 50 % of what he tells is total bullshit, but he nailed the 350D two weeks before announcement...

Flappie

Feb 09, 2006 at 10:45 PM

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p.1 #16 · Rumour?! - EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

the Nikon 17-55 f2.8 ain't that heavy. a little heavier than the 25-105IS, a lot lighter than the 24-70L.

Feb 09, 2006 at 10:53 PM

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Flappie wrote:
Well, the manager of one of the biggest on-line shops over here , pointed out today that the follow-up will be announced, he only spoke about a price (1800 EUR, thats equal to D200 price), and with kitlens it would be 2800 EUR.
He also said there would be in total 5 lenses announced.
Mind you, 50 % of what he tells is total bullshit, but he nailed the 350D two weeks before announcement...

Flappie

a 1,000 euro kitlens..sounds interesting. hoping this statement is on the 50% part that is true and another shot at upping his nailing record

, what could this be? a 1,000 euro EF-S 17-85 II? 24-105? not a perfect kit lens range on 1.6... an ef-s 17-55 2.8 IS USM for a thousand euros? plausible?

Feb 09, 2006 at 10:56 PM

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p.1 #18 · Rumour?! - EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

If they make it, I will buy it.

Feb 09, 2006 at 11:09 PM

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p.1 #19 · Rumour?! - EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

It looks like you bought everything Canon ever came out with..

Feb 09, 2006 at 11:18 PM

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p.1 #20 · Rumour?! - EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

clotug wrote:
It looks like you bought everything Canon ever came out with..

Just don't tell my wife...she knows that I still want a 500/4.

Feb 09, 2006 at 11:29 PM

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p.1 #21 · Rumour?! - EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

Tomash wrote:"APS-C" and "pro" are mututally exclusive terms.

Now go say that on the Nikon forum!

Feb 09, 2006 at 11:33 PM

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bkriete wrote:
Tomash wrote:"APS-C" and "pro" are mututally exclusive terms.

Now go say that on the Nikon forum!

Feb 09, 2006 at 11:45 PM

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p.1 #23 · Rumour?! - EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

make a wide-zoom that is superior to the 16-35 and 17-40Ls, but mount it only on consumer grade bodies, thus cannibalising both L glass sales and pro-body sales?

Not really. Full frame is still full-frame. I doubt that anyone spending 3,000-8,000 dollars on a pro body would suddenly buy a 1.6x camera instead, just so they could save a couple hundred bucks on the lens. Actually, now that I'm typing that idea out, it seems even more ridiculous.

What they might cannibalize is the excellent Sigma 18-50/2.8. This lens is faster than the 17-40, and lighter to boot (because it doesn't have a wastefully large FF image circle).

Image stabilization on a fast 17-55 lens makes no sense though.

Feb 09, 2006 at 11:46 PM

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p.1 #24 · Rumour?! - EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

darylc wrote:
Image stabilization on a fast 17-55 lens makes no sense though.

That's silly, have you ever used a short focal length IS lens? Fantastic. A fast one would be even better.

Feb 10, 2006 at 12:43 AM

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bkriete wrote:
Tomash wrote:"APS-C" and "pro" are mututally exclusive terms.

Now go say that on the Nikon forum!

lol

Feb 10, 2006 at 12:44 AM


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