Who is falling for new Canon lenses?

At ~$1300 for new L 70-200mm F/4 IS and
over 2K for new L 50mm F/1.2
Who feels like going for either one and who feels Canon has addressed the need in todays maket well for a new product?

when did the 50 jump up to 2k? anyway, the 50mm is temporarily on my list, but I will wait and see if it performs...if not it will come off the list.

both lenses seem like fairly sane moves for canon to make. personally im not a portrait guy, and like my 50 1.4 just fine, plenty fine enough not to need the 1.2. and at $1250 id much rather keep my 70-200 2.8 then f4 with IS. Although i know there are lots of 70-200 F4 fans out there who are very excited about it. To each his own i suppose. i find both lenses fairly exciting, i just personally wouldnt need them.

Canon seem to be going along the right path with their lenses. My concern though is their pricing and Canon's QC - with regard to both bad batches of lenses and/or lens models being released with fundamental flaws.

it's a good thing that the third parties have worse QC .

ed rader

For ~$1200-1300 for hte F4 IS... I'll pony up the extra $400 or so for hte 2.8 IS... that's just my thinking though.

50L is good as mine!

3 stop IS, (4 stops with patience), light weight, flourite lens, weather sealed, approx. $1200. My f/4 non IS will be up for sale.

For what I do, the equiptment that I have is fine. I usually just shoot for fun, but every now and then I get a paid gig, and I havent had any complains.

Ive done some paid work using a 50 1.8 and 50 1.4. Both customers were satisfied, and I was satisfied with the results, im sure they wouldnt have been able to tell the difference anyway.

Ive played with the 85L and ive played with the 85 1.8. Sure the 85L was an excellent lens, but IMO it wasnt $1000 better. Im pretty sure ill feel the same way about the 50L. Id rather save my money and buy other lenses that I NEED.

People are quick to jump to the latest and greatest, especially when it has that purrdy red ring around it. But if they need it, and have the money for it, more power to them.

Happy shooting

Just a thought, what will the new 50 1.2 do to the crazy prices we see being asked for the 50 1.0?

I bet Dante is feeling better about missing out on the older lens now!

It will make the 50 f/1.0 pretty much obsolete IMO.

I would rather see a 100-300 IS L or at least a 70-300 IS WHICH WORKS rather than a 70-200 IS f4 at nearly the same price as the 2.8 version.....

70-200mm IS L will find many fans, but the 50mm L is strictly minority interest, same as the 85mm L, and most won't care to pay the premium over the 1.4. The replacement that needs to come along is either a new 100-400mm IS L or a 200-500mm IS L for me to show any interest.

I will probably give the new 50 a try. Whether I keep it or not is a matter to be seen. I fortuneately have a retailer which will let me have a lens for a week or so to try. It looks pretty good though.

Amen to that Dave!

I for one initially liked the look of the new 50L but some early image samples I've seen from it have been rather underwhelming to say the least.