Anyone disappointed by today's releases?

I must say, I was pretty blindsided by the 8-15L and 70-300L announcements. There were hints at CanonRumors about a revised 70-300 but no one thought it would be an L. While the fisheye zoom does not interest me, I will keep an eye on the 70-300L reviews.

Otherwise, I can't help but feel that Canon has abandoned the non-L EF line. They have left it to wither and die. I personally was hoping for some non-L EF prime announcements, mainly a EF 35 1.8 USM and EF 50 1.4 USM II.

Oh well. Along with those hoping for a 24-70 2.8L IS, I will continue to wait and be patient.

Even if you have no interest in the fisheye zoom, you gotta see that it opens up some pretty significant creative possibilities. For that alone you should be happy - You never know if one day you'd like to experiment in that direction and now you will always have that option. Remember, when it comes to a lens systems, options are the essence of life.

(And I agree, a 24-70 f/2.8L update, IS or no, would have been stellar! But, alas...)

Any chance of them announcing any more from now until Photokina?

No way...

I mean, the updates to those super-telephotos are awesome. Those are what set Canon apart from the competition. The new extenders will be incredible I am sure in terms of IQ and AF speed, and the new fisheye and 70-300 will sell well. If the 70-300 has excellent IQ, there is no reason it will not do well.

Sure, there is no 24-70 II or updated 50mm... But the super-telephotos were due for update (mainly for IS and internal 'workings').

No dissapointment, at all.I was pretty excited even though I can't afford nearly any of it.

I was underwhelmed by the announcement, I don't understand Canon's direction.

They seem to have spent all their energy on new versions of four already superlative telephoto lenses. As least this will allow them to charge even more I guess.

The 8-15L is nice for fisheye users (both of them!)

The 70-300L is a head scratcher. So if you take a competent lens and add ring-USM it becomes an L? This lens is at best poised to blur the difference between what an L is and isn't. Perhaps that's the goal, as the OP noted, there is little (no) development on non-L lenses unless they are espensive EF-S.

Invertalon wrote in post #10791506
...But the super-telephotos were due for update (mainly for IS and internal 'workings')...

Oh?

Yes...

Sure IQ was already incredible, but they all had 2-stop IS which needed updated, and they were also able to do some significant weight reduction. The 400 f/2.8 is now the weight of the 500 f/4 IS... Now, handholdable. They also improved the optics even more. Still the clear winner in the super-telephotos, Canon is making sure they stay that way.

Big deal for people who use them. They will sell like crazy which equal big $$ for Canon. One day, I will have one of them... The 400 f/2.8 looks really nice...

JeffreyG wrote in post #10791508
I was underwhelmed by the announcement, I don't understand Canon's direction.

They seem to have spent all their energy on new versions of four already superlative telephoto lenses. As least this will allow them to charge even more I guess.

The 8-15L is nice for fisheye users (both of them!)

The 70-300L is a head scratcher. So if you take a competent lens and add ring-USM it becomes an L? This lens is at best poised to blur the difference between what an L is and isn't. Perhaps that's the goal, as the OP noted, there is little (no) development on non-L lenses unless they are espensive EF-S.

I agree!

I was hoping for more offerings in the telephoto area, not a bunch of redos with price tags raised even higher! If anything there were other lenses that needed redos before the high dollar super teles!

8-15 f/4L would have been nice if it were not a fisheye.

70-300L is a real head scratcher for me. Looks like they intend to drop the DO if you ask me!

Still waiting on a EF 20/2.8 and 50/1.4, 50/1.2, 100-400 upgrades.

I hope they never release a 24-70 IS. I don't want a cinderblock lens.

I am with Jeffrey. I do not understand the 70-300L at all. 100-400 was due for an update

Out of interest, anyone know when the last non-L EF lens was released?

I am confused by the 70-300 lens especially the price..I think its a fail lens when there are so many other options. f4 constant would have been better.
Also not that it matters to me but I saw the price hikes for the new big ones
the 300II is $7000 and the 400II is $11,000...I would have liked to see a 100-300f4 IS like sigma but with IS, or a updated 100-400..What they offered I feel is lackluster and the new big guns redone was a way to double their price.

In2Photos wrote in post #10791746
I agree!

I was hoping for more offerings in the telephoto area, not a bunch of redos with price tags raised even higher! If anything there were other lenses that needed redos before the high dollar super teles!

8-15 f/4L would have been nice if it were not a fisheye.

70-300L is a real head scratcher for me. Looks like they intend to drop the DO if you ask me!

All these DO lenses should have had a "G" at the end of DO.

red hot sheep wrote in post #10792004
Out of interest, anyone know when the last non-L EF lens was released?

EF lens? It's been a while.

Nothing usable/update for portrait/wedding photoG's.

I was really hoping for more............I'm disappointed.