Paolo Dolina wrote:
This makes this the 4th 1.6x crop body in the Canon product line? Can the economy accomodate yet another (now expensive) crop body?
Nikon has the D3000, D5000, D90, D60, D300 and D300s.
Even if the 7D runs alongside the 50D, Canon will only have five 1.6 crop bodies - 1000D, 450D, 500D, 50D and 7D.
Canon usually charge a premium for "Luxury" and now they are giving it away for free to EF-S customers? Who said Canon would never offer L EF-S lenses?
Navyblue wrote:
If I were Canon I'd put a doggie smile shutter, after all there are a lot more people who take pictures of their dog than bird shooters.
True!
Or maybe Cutesie Ickle Fuzzeh Wuzzeh Kitteh Detection AF - they'd sell millions of 'em!
garyvot wrote:
I believe all EF-S lenses have the silver ring: it's what distinguishes them visually from EF lenses (and there are very good EF-S lenses...).
Canon have the "Gold ring" EF-S lenses (10-22, 60 macro, 17-85 IS, 17-55 IS) which is usually associated with Canon's mid range lens line, while the Silver ring lenses are usually associated with the cheap entry level lens line. Strange that the new 15-85 IS has the silver ring rather then the gold ring.
EOS20 wrote:
Maybe they should try including a lens hood as a "Hint of luxury" instead of adding crappy silver rings to their lenses!
Totally agreed! I have seen many people who paid hundreds of dollars for their EF-S lenses and cheap out on the hood, which is really needed in many sunny situations and protection. It cost Canon probably a few bucks to included it. (At least give them out for 10-22 and 17-55 IS and some higher priced non-L primes) However, Canon still decided to charge $50 for it and ended up most people do without it. I know we can get one on ebay for cheap, but hey it improve image quality in many situations, so why put all this nice coatings and stuffs on the glasses and not including the cheapest thing as a package. Nikon includes a hood with most of their lenses except the cheapest line of lenses.
garyvot wrote:
I believe all EF-S lenses have the silver ring: it's what distinguishes them visually from EF lenses (and there are very good EF-S lenses...).
Gold is reserved for Tamron. Sigma stole the red ring from Canon.
EOS20 wrote:
Canon have the "Gold ring" EF-S lenses (10-22, 60 macro, 17-85 IS, 17-55 IS) which is usually associated with Canon's mid range lens line, while the Silver ring lenses are usually associated with the cheap entry level lens line. Strange that the new 15-85 IS has the silver ring rather then the gold ring.
I thought:
silver ring = EF-S
gold ring = EF
red ring = EF L
Sadly, only the red ring lenses are supplied with a hood.
EOS20 wrote:
Canon have the "Gold ring" EF-S lenses (10-22, 60 macro, 17-85 IS, 17-55 IS) which is usually associated with Canon's mid range lens line, while the Silver ring lenses are usually associated with the cheap entry level lens line. Strange that the new 15-85 IS has the silver ring rather then the gold ring.
Yea, that puzzled me too. Why show a brand new prosumer camera with a silver ring lens? Maybe silver is the new red? Unlikely. By the way, both new EF-S lenses (15-85 and 18-135) appear to be silver ring lenses. Atleast they have metal mounts!
There is no color designation for mounts - the colors only designate quality. Red is best, gold OK and silver to be avoided. Green is dead.
vpk24_astro wrote:
There is no color designation for mounts - the colors only designate quality. Red is best, gold OK and silver to be avoided. Green is dead.
I'm not sure this is true any longer, at least when it comes to EF-S lenses. Are there any gold ring EF-S mount lenses? There aren't red ring ones (EF-S L's).
Paolo Dolina wrote:
I'm a bit biased though what I really want to see is a 1D3 replacement not "yet another 1.6x crop body". This makes this the 4th 1.6x crop body in the Canon product line? Can the economy accomodate yet another (now expensive) crop body?
when the 40D and 50D came out everyone whined that they were not D300 tier bodies and now that canon does this they whine because they did it
globalkiwi wrote:
I'm not sure this is true any longer, at least when it comes to EF-S lenses. Are there any gold ring EF-S mount lenses? There aren't red ring ones (EF-S L's).
Who said Canon would never offer L EF-S lenses? 
