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Canon has announced three high-end prime L-series lenses for its mirrorless RF mount. The shortest of the three primes is the RF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM lens. The other two lenses are RF-mount versions of two existing super-telephoto lenses, the RF 400mm f/2.8 L IS USM and RF 600mm f/4 L IS USM.
After a mammoth article last week, our Firmware Friday roundup this week is a rather more modest affair. In fact, if you're not a Canon shooter you can move along now, because all of this week's news comes from Canon alone. A fair few different product categories are included, however.
First of all, we have news...
Our weekly Firmware Friday roundup returns with the arrival of another weekend, and this time around it's a story that's dominated by Sony and its flagship A9 mirrorless camera. The Sony A9 v5.0 firmware update is clearly this week's showstopper news, and so we'll be covering it first of all in this week's article. If...
Seemingly lost in the shuffle amid the late-night release of Canon's EOS R full-frame mirrorless system was the news that they've also updated two of their famed supertelephoto lenses: the 400mm f/2.8L IS and 600mm f/4L IS. The new third-gen EF 400mm...
A new patent from Canon shows off the optical formula for a 600mm f/4 DO IS.
Originally filed back in June of 2013, the patent displays yet another potential super telephoto lens from Canon that uses its proprietary Diffractive Optics technology. From the illustration, the lens appears to be made up of 19 elements in 10 groups, with one of the...
Nikon today announced a trio of new lenses they've added to their expansive lens lineup: a high-performance and versatile, enthusiast-oriented AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80MM F/2.8-4E ED VR lens as well as two new-and-improved super telephoto lenses for professional and well-heeled sports and wildlife photographers.
First up,...
While your typical street photographer may be perfectly happy with a couple primes, avid fans of sports and wildlife photography need to go big. Very big. Enter the world of super telephoto lenses.
Canon users enjoy quite a selection of super telephoto primes and zooms, which, for wildlife photographers, are invaluable tools to capture...
Canon USA has today published a service advisory detailing a firmware update on four of its telephoto and super telephoto lens models for the pro market. In all four cases, the firmware updates autofocus algorithms for better responsiveness and more precise focus, especially when using AI servo AF to track irregularly-moving subjects.
The Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM and EF...
Canon USA has today issued a brief statement to provide updated availability information for two super-telephoto lenses that were first announced a little over a year ago.
The Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM and EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM were both unveiled on February 7th, 2011, shortly before the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, causing widespread devastation. To make...