Canon 18-300mm 3.5-5.6 IS STM

Read yesterday that the Canon 18-300mm 3.5-5.6 IS STM, is likely to be announced when Canon announces the new Canon 7d Mark ii and possible new updated 100-400mm replacement. The rumor is that Canon will announce these either before or during Photokina 2014 in September.

beingaliveisnotliving wrote in post #17076447
Read yesterday that the Canon 18-300mm 3.5-5.6 IS STM, is likely to be announced when Canon announces the new Canon 7d Mark ii and possible new updated 100-400mm replacement. The rumor is that Canon will announce these either before or during Photokina 2014 in September.

Link?

Oh, no.

EF-S possibly (not ef)
But i do not think so

beingaliveisnotliving wrote in post #17076447
Read yesterday that the Canon 18-300mm 3.5-5.6 IS STM, is likely to be announced when Canon announces the new Canon 7d Mark ii and possible new updated 100-400mm replacement. The rumor is that Canon will announce these either before or during Photokina 2014 in September.

OK, can get enough of the 7D2 and 100-400 rumors

OK, I would be in for one of these. On my last vacation I was getting tired of constantly swapping between 10-22 / 24-70 / 70-300 lenses, and a lightweight 18-300 would be nice. (I'd still keep the other lenses for low light work.)

... if it is a decent lens of course, in particular at the long end. But Canon's recent STM lenses give one hope that they could pull this off.

If it's EF, it could be interesting for certain purposes.

If it's EF-S, then it's just another boring crop-sensor superzoom which every lens manufacturer already has.

Not impressed with the 18-200 I cant imagine the 18-300 would be any better.

electricme wrote in post #17105226
Not impressed with the 18-200 I cant imagine the 18-300 would be any better.

Agree about the 18-200 ... but the 18-135 STM is surprisingly sharp, perhaps they can pull a rabbit out of the hat again with a 18-300 STM.

jrbdmb wrote in post #17105637
Agree about the 18-200 ... but the 18-135 STM is surprisingly sharp, perhaps they can pull a rabbit out of the hat again with a 18-300 STM.

I doubt it. It's a huge increase to the range. I think the 18-135 STM is nearing the edge of what's possible.

vengence wrote in post #17106580
I doubt it. It's a huge increase to the range. I think the 18-135 STM is nearing the edge of what's possible.

This ^^x2

hmmm... Seems like a lens they would announce with the release of the next Rebel iteration, not their (rumored) successor to their flagship crop sensor.

Wit the exception of 18-135 STM, I'm not interested in these ridiculous super ultra zooms.
You own a DSLR; part of the fun is that you can switch lenses so why would you want a zoom that cover almost every focal lenght at ****ty quality instead. meh

Hermelin wrote in post #17115970
Wit the exception of 18-135 STM, I'm not interested in these ridiculous super ultra zooms.
You own a DSLR; part of the fun is that you can switch lenses so why would you want a zoom that cover almost every focal lenght at ****ty quality instead. meh

Ever shot in a sandstorm?

I wouldn't use one outside of a sandstorm, though...

Hermelin wrote in post #17115970
Wit the exception of 18-135 STM, I'm not interested in these ridiculous super ultra zooms.
You own a DSLR; part of the fun is that you can switch lenses so why would you want a zoom that cover almost every focal lenght at ****ty quality instead. meh

Just because you can, doesn't mean you have to. There are other advantages to a dslr besides lens swapping.