arbitrage wrote: Dragonfire wrote: Chimping wrote:
I doubt we will see 300 & 500 version III’s. Hasn’t it been said that most high end lens development for the EF system has now stopped?
The 300 III and 500 III will definitely be released and sit next to the 400 III and 600 III because those lenses also work on mirrorless.
Canon Rumors has reported they heard that those two lenses won't come in EF mounts. They will come in RF instead. But of course that is just a rumor so anything could happen. I would have thought Canon would have released 500III and 300III by now if they were going to. The Mk 2 series were released closer together and at that time it was the f/2.8 pair and then the f/4 pair.
Another consideration is that we know the only real difference between the Mk 2 and Mk 3 400 and 600 is the weight. Maybe the weight savings wasn't great enough in the 500 and 300 by using smaller elements and therefore there was no point in making those two? The 300I to 300II hardly shaved any weight and the 500I to 500II was much less than the 400 and 600 lost back then.
The 500mm f4 is supposed to be the first RF big white lens. Canon also stopped development on the 600mm f4 DO apparently. They may have been planning ahead with the new mount in mind for years. One thing is certain: it is the new RF mount that is responsible for a large foggy cloud that now hangs over all of Canon's future products. It may well be a relief for Canon shooters to be 3 years forward in time, simply to know what on earth to expect. I am in that boat: what body for my 400DOII and extenders after the 7DII? A Canon 7DIII? A Canon R body? A Sony A7RIV, a Sony A7000? No idea at the moment really, all I can do is wait, and enjoy the 7DII, which has grown on me and is not as bad as I had anticipated by far. But it does not have the DR of the Sony sensors that I have been used to for 7 years, so I am still looking to get a better body.
Aug 22, 2019 at 03:44 PM
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