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loebas
20th of March 2008 (Thu), 15:14
Hi, intend to go for the above lens. As it is on the market since 1999 and some new IS developments have been made I wonder if someone knows something about Canon productdevelopments
Mark_Cohran
20th of March 2008 (Thu), 15:18
I doubt you'll find an answer here. Canon stays pretty tight lipped about their product development until they're ready to issue a press release.
method-photo
21st of March 2008 (Fri), 08:37
It is one of their best lenses, not sure it is an obvious choice for an upgrade.

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AngryCorgi
27th of March 2008 (Thu), 16:45
I just flipped a very reliable coin, and the results indicate that Canon WILL be producing a new 300mm prime of unknown speed in the near future!*




*note: "the near future" refers to a time within the next 15 years.
col4bin
30th of March 2008 (Sun), 15:30
doubtful
CyberDyneSystems
30th of March 2008 (Sun), 15:55
Is there something wrong with the current one that I'm not aware of?
Bubble
5th of April 2008 (Sat), 23:28
Is there something wrong with the current one that I'm not aware of?

+1. What seem to be the problem the current 300IS? I can't find any negative thing about it. :)
petrolhead
6th of April 2008 (Sun), 11:42
Why would they????????
Larry Weinman
13th of April 2008 (Sun), 16:49
It's the sharpest lens they make. Why would they mess around with it?
farrukh
14th of April 2008 (Mon), 10:56
May be because of IS cost. as new IS mechanism is1 stop more effective at very little cost.
gregster
14th of April 2008 (Mon), 16:59
*if* they were to update it, I would imagine the price would be through the roof as with the 200/2 and 800/5.6. I honestly don't know how much better they could make it. The AF speed is blazingly quick, IQ is fantastic. Perhaps another 1-2 stops on the IS, but anything AF or IQ would be a very minimal improvement.