Help me put together a Canon-Only Lens List

I'm looking to put together a list of CURRENT (not obsolete) Canon lenses that are unique (i.e. no other lens manufacturers have).

So far I have:
TS/E 17mm
MP-E 65mm
EF 85mm f/1.2L (largest aperture AF 85mm)

I know it's easier to be "unique" with zoom lenses as there are plenty variations on a theme...

EF-S 10-22
EF-S 15-85
EF-S 17-85
EF-S 55-250
EF 100-400L

Not yet released but coming soon:

EF 8-15 f/4L fisheye zoom
EF 200-400 f/4L + 1.4TC (The TC makes it unique)


Anything else?
Am I wrong on any of these?
Let me know and I'll update the list.
Thanks.

I really don't mean to sound like a jerk, but what is the point of this thread?

Also, the 85mm f1.2 is probably the fastest 85mm lens but it is not the fastest autofocusing 85mm. The 85mm f1.8 will smack the 1.2 in AF speed.

Technically no one has a 17-55

And I believe the 24-105 would fit in your definition.

You're right, you do sound like a jerk.

Fastest autofocusing lens means "largest aperture lens that autofocuses" as there may be a lot of legacy lenses that are as fast (large aperture) but are MF.
There is a Nikon 17-55 (http://www.kenrockwell​.com/nikon/1755.htm)
There is a Sony 24-105 (http://www.google.com …18051921351&os=​tech-specs)

I think having a list of lenses that are uniquely Canon with no 3rd party equivalent is interesting to at least me.
There are bound to be a couple of POTNers out there that might be interested in this. If you're not interested feel free to visit other threads. Thanks for your participation either way...

Ok, 1200mm?

x_tan wrote in post #12417988
Ok, 1200mm?

I may be wrong but it's obsolete.
Thanks though.

how about adding a ef-s 17-55 f/2.8 IS and a 70-200 f/2.8 IS II, given your current list these world probably round out your collection and i cannot think of two more well reguarded lenses than these

Heres everything that's current; theres also all the competitor lenses to check out for Canon on the site so please post when the comparisons are made.

Primes
http://www.the-digital-picture.com …s/Canon-Lens-Reviews.aspx

Zooms
http://www.the-digital-picture.com …on-Zoom-Lens-Reviews.aspx

EF-S
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/

andrikos wrote in post #12417845
Fastest autofocusing lens means "largest aperture lens that autofocuses"

NOT TO ME! "Fastest autofocusing lens" means to me what is says, the lens that has the capability of the fastest autofocusing. This would definitely include the 400mm f/5.6L which has lightning fast autofocus capability, despite its rather slow aperture.

"Autofocusing lens with fastest aperture" would be the AF with the largest maximum aperture.

There are at least two other 400mm, f/5.6 AF lenses: the Sigma 400mm f/5.6 and the Tokina 400mm f/5.6 ATX. However neither of these lenses have the lightning autofocus speed + accuracy of the Canon 400mm f/5.6L which, because of AF speed and accuracy is one of the very best birds in flight lenses made...

andrikos wrote in post #12417845
You're right, you do sound like a jerk.

Fastest autofocusing lens means "largest aperture lens that autofocuses" as there may be a lot of legacy lenses that are as fast (large aperture) but are MF.
There is a Nikon 17-55 (http://www.kenrockwell​.com/nikon/1755.htm)
There is a Sony 24-105 (http://www.google.com …18051921351&os=​tech-specs)

I think having a list of lenses that are uniquely Canon with no 3rd party equivalent is interesting to at least me.
There are bound to be a couple of POTNers out there that might be interested in this. If you're not interested feel free to visit other threads. Thanks for your participation either way...

I agree to the lack of point of this list, but I'll still contribute.

(A) The 85L is the 2nd (technically its a Mk.II lens) AF 85mm that fast where the AF was built-in... but its not the first ever Autofocusing 85mm f/1.2. That would go to the Contax Zeiss 85mm f/1.2 50th & 60th Anniversary on a Contax AX body. The Zeiss 85 f/1.2's are much more impressive than the 85L's but do fetch 2-3x the price of one these days.

(B) Nikkor has a 17-55 f/2.8, but Canon is the only vendor to have IS in their 17-55.

(C) Canon's 70-200 f/4L & f/4L IS do not have competitors from any vendor on any system

(D) EF 400mm f/4 DO IS USM
(E) EF 70-300 f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM
(F) EF 135 f/2.8 Soft-Focus
(G) EF 17-40 f/4L USM
(H) EF 200 f/2L IS USM
(I) EF 200 f/2.8L USM

I agree with the question on the point of this because a question of "competing lenses" is really subjective in my opinion, there is give and take with priorities on what is or isn't needed different by individual. But I'll play a little...

Sigma 10-20 competes with the Canon 10-22

Sigma 12-24 doesn't have any competition currently in the FF market (so a reverse from whatever this list is)
Sigma 8-16 doesn't have any competition I am aware of in the crop market (so again a reverse situation)

Sigma 17-50 OS competes with the Canon 17-55 IS

Tokina 11-16 f2.8 is pretty unique in its space too (no Canon equivalent)

Sigma 17-70 OS competes with the Canon 17-85 IS (minus the 15mm at the long end, but sports 2.8)

It seems to me that actually competitors are trying to find unique segments in this market for which there are no Canon equivalents, maybe more that way than the other.

TeamSpeed wrote in post #12418911
It seems to me that actually competitors are trying to find unique segments in this market for which there are no Canon equivalents, maybe more that way than the other.

No way!! No company can be more innovative than Canon! All the 3rd party companies out there do nothing but make bad copies of Canon lenses!

Wow, tough crowd!

I'm not a Canon zealot by any means, I own a Bigma and like it a LOT! I just don't use it much since birding is pretty low on my photo priorities and it weighs a TON!

Anyway, my interest is purely academic, I was curious to see which lenses Canon makes that there are no 3rd party equivalents of out there...

I do agree that a Sigma 10-20 is equivalent to the 10-22 but not the same. Of course, that makes the 10-22 "less special" than the extraordinary MP-E 65mm f/2.8L and the TS/E 17mm f/4L.
Those lenses are so unique that they deserve a place in the "Canon Uniqueness Pantheon*".
Just like the Sigma 8-16 is unique in its own right.

* Just made it up...

andrikos wrote in post #12419765
Wow, tough crowd!

I'm not a Canon zealot by any means, I own a Bigma and like it a LOT! I just don't use it much since birding is pretty low on my photo priorities and it weighs a TON!

Anyway, my interest is purely academic, I was curious to see which lenses Canon makes that there are no 3rd party equivalents of out there...

I do agree that a Sigma 10-20 is equivalent to the 10-22 but not the same. Of course, that makes the 10-22 "less special" than the extraordinary MP-E 65mm f/2.8L and the TS/E 17mm f/4L.
Those lenses are so unique that they deserve a place in the "Canon Uniqueness Pantheon*".
Just like the Sigma 8-16 is unique in its own right.

* Just made it up...

I'll admit I'm a big hater of the 10-22... It's not that it's a bad lens, its just overpriced without a REAL reason to exist. Its not the widest (but it was when it was released), its not the fastest (never was), and its not the best built. Then other lenses came out that were MUCH better and at a better price.

Sigma 8-16 DC isn't really unique... its the Crop version of the Sigma 12-24 DG... I own both and love em both.

Tokina (and the Pentax it was based on) 10-17 Fisheye Zoom (based on the old Pentax 17-28 Fisheye Zoom) is pretty unique. Canon's upcoming 8-15 f/4L Fisheye Zoom is unique in that it is the only one to go from circular to rectangular fisheye on the same lens and work on all 3 formats (1.6x, 1.3x, 1.0x).