Canon Rumors https://www.canonrumors.com/category/canon-lens-rumors/ Your best source for Canon news, rumors and more Thu, 12 Dec 2024 15:44:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Is a non-L RF 70-200 f/2.8 or similar lens on the horizon? https://www.canonrumors.com/is-a-non-l-rf-70-200-f-2-8-or-similar-lens-on-the-horizon/ https://www.canonrumors.com/is-a-non-l-rf-70-200-f-2-8-or-similar-lens-on-the-horizon/#comments Thu, 12 Dec 2024 15:44:48 +0000 https://www.canonrumors.com/?p=61060 We have covered this topic in roundabout ways in recent months, for both APS-C and full-frame. While we do know f/2.8 constant aperture zoom lenses are coming to the RF-S lineup, we don’t know what they’ll actually be in focal lengths. We’ve recently been told by one source than an “RF 70-200mm f/2.8 IS STM [...]

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]]> https://www.canonrumors.com/is-a-non-l-rf-70-200-f-2-8-or-similar-lens-on-the-horizon/feed/ 31 Is a Canon RF 200-500mm f/5.6L IS USM a possibility? https://www.canonrumors.com/is-a-canon-rf-200-500mm-f-5-6l-is-usm-a-possibility/ https://www.canonrumors.com/is-a-canon-rf-200-500mm-f-5-6l-is-usm-a-possibility/#comments Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:53:16 +0000 https://www.canonrumors.com/?p=60154 We have been reporting for what seems an eternity that Canon will be announcing an RF 200-500mm f/4L IS USM any day now! That has obviously has not come to pass, but over the last month or two there have been some changes in what the 200-500 may actually be. Sometimes information has some assumptions, [...]

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]]> https://www.canonrumors.com/is-a-canon-rf-200-500mm-f-5-6l-is-usm-a-possibility/feed/ 113 Is something like the RF 70-150mm f/2L USM actually coming? https://www.canonrumors.com/is-something-like-the-rf-70-150mm-f-2l-usm-actually-coming/ https://www.canonrumors.com/is-something-like-the-rf-70-150mm-f-2l-usm-actually-coming/#comments Sun, 03 Nov 2024 11:26:04 +0000 https://www.canonrumors.com/?p=60130 Recently Richard broke down a patent application that showed an RF 70-150mm f/2L USM optical design, one that may would consider a dream lens. Now, back in July of 2023, we reported with our old rating of [CR2] that another f/2 zoom to “complement” the RF 28-70mm f/2L USM was on the horizon. For the [...]

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]]> https://www.canonrumors.com/is-something-like-the-rf-70-150mm-f-2l-usm-actually-coming/feed/ 126 There will be more VCM hybrid prime lenses, but not anytime soon https://www.canonrumors.com/there-will-be-more-vcm-hybrid-prime-lenses-but-not-anytime-soon/ https://www.canonrumors.com/there-will-be-more-vcm-hybrid-prime-lenses-but-not-anytime-soon/#comments Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:34:19 +0000 https://www.canonrumors.com/?p=60097 Canon completed their long-awaited hybrid trinity of L prime lenses with the RF 24mm f/1.4L VCM, RF 35mm f/1.4L VCM and RF 50mm f/1.4L VCM, and all of them appear to have been very well received. We also know that there will be more hybrid VCM prime lenses in the future, but not in the [...]

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]]> https://www.canonrumors.com/there-will-be-more-vcm-hybrid-prime-lenses-but-not-anytime-soon/feed/ 83 Will we get black teleconverters to match the new RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Z? https://www.canonrumors.com/will-we-get-black-teleconverters/ https://www.canonrumors.com/will-we-get-black-teleconverters/#comments Wed, 30 Oct 2024 17:39:20 +0000 https://www.canonrumors.com/?p=60088 We received a good question today about teleconverters for the black version of the RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Z. The person that reached out said that the black version of the lens with white teleconverters would “look like an oreo cookie”. I figured it was a good topic to put out there, because I’m [...]

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]]> https://www.canonrumors.com/will-we-get-black-teleconverters/feed/ 36 Canon to announce 5 new lenses on October 30 https://www.canonrumors.com/canon-to-announce-5-new-lenses-on-october-30/ https://www.canonrumors.com/canon-to-announce-5-new-lenses-on-october-30/#comments Mon, 28 Oct 2024 13:01:01 +0000 https://www.canonrumors.com/?p=60043 You all know by now that Cannon will be announcing three new lenses on October 30th. That will be happening at midnight Eastern Time. Just to recap in case you’re new here we know for sure the following three lenses are coming. We can now confirm that two more lenses are coming on the same [...]

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]]> https://www.canonrumors.com/canon-to-announce-5-new-lenses-on-october-30/feed/ 151 A new macro lens coming in the first half of 2025 https://www.canonrumors.com/a-new-macro-lens-coming-in-the-first-half-of-2025/ https://www.canonrumors.com/a-new-macro-lens-coming-in-the-first-half-of-2025/#comments Fri, 25 Oct 2024 09:23:13 +0000 https://www.canonrumors.com/?p=60000 We are told that Canon will introduce a new macro lens in the first half of 2025. and it will have/be a “macro design first”. We weren’t given any details on what the “first” will be. It will be an autofocus lens, so no MP-E 65mm update. That’s not really a lens you’d use autofocus [...]

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]]> https://www.canonrumors.com/a-new-macro-lens-coming-in-the-first-half-of-2025/feed/ 94 Report: The RF 200-500mm f/4L IS USM is delayed until 2025 https://www.canonrumors.com/report-the-rf-200-500mm-f-4l-is-usm-is-delayed-until-2025/ https://www.canonrumors.com/report-the-rf-200-500mm-f-4l-is-usm-is-delayed-until-2025/#comments Tue, 22 Oct 2024 10:51:32 +0000 https://www.canonrumors.com/?p=59954 The RF 200-500mm f/4L IS USM continues. Every so often we get a lens that simply won’t come to fruition in timely manner for the rumor mill. I’m talking to you EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM II and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM II. We recently reported that there will be two more lenses coming October [...]

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]]> https://www.canonrumors.com/report-the-rf-200-500mm-f-4l-is-usm-is-delayed-until-2025/feed/ 46 Two more lenses coming with the 3 hybrids or soon after https://www.canonrumors.com/two-more-lenses-coming-with-the-3-hydrids-or-soon-after/ https://www.canonrumors.com/two-more-lenses-coming-with-the-3-hydrids-or-soon-after/#comments Thu, 17 Oct 2024 09:31:20 +0000 https://www.canonrumors.com/?p=59905 Canon recently teased three new hybrid lenses coming on October 30, 2024 and we all know that Canon will announce the RF 24mm f/1.4L VCM, RF 50mm f/1.4L VCM and the RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Z. In regards to the latter, yes it will be compatible with teleconverters. We haven’t confirmed if the RF [...]

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]]> https://www.canonrumors.com/two-more-lenses-coming-with-the-3-hydrids-or-soon-after/feed/ 71 Happy Hallowe’en! Canon to announce 3 new lenses on October 30, 2024 https://www.canonrumors.com/happy-halloween-canon-to-announce-3-lenses-on-october-31-2024/ https://www.canonrumors.com/happy-halloween-canon-to-announce-3-lenses-on-october-31-2024/#comments Tue, 15 Oct 2024 16:25:26 +0000 https://www.canonrumors.com/?p=59866 So we were wrong, they aren’t doing lens announcements in November, they’re going to announce 3 new lenses on October 30, 2024. We have already told you what the next lenses would be, but we’ll remind you! Lenses to be announced October 30, 2024 The above teaser is from the Canon USA instagram account. What [...]

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