Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS II Sample Photo Gallery (DPReview)

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Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS II at a glance:

  • EF-Mount Lens/Full-Frame Format
  • Aperture Range: f/4 to f/32
  • One Fluorite Element and Two UD Elements
  • Super Spectra Coating
  • Ring-Type Ultrasonic Motor AF System
  • Optical Image Stabilizer
  • Internal Focus, Focus Range Limiter
  • Weather-Sealed Construction
  • Rounded 9-Blade Diaphragm

DPReview posted a set of sample photos shot with the new Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS II lens. The Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS II is getting one positive review after the other. Canon clearly has another best selling lens here.

The Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS II is in stock at major retailers in the US, price is $1,299: B&H Photo | Adorama | Amazon.

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS II world-wide:

America: B&H Photo, Adorama, Amazon USA, Amazon Canada, Canon Canada, Canon USA
Europe & UK: Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon IT, Canon IT, WEX Photographic, Canon FR, Canon UK, Canon DE

Save 10% on Canon cameras and lenses and 20% on Canon accessories at KEH

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KEH is selling Canon Gear at a discount. You save 10% on Canon cameras and lenses and 20% on Canon accessories. All you have to do is using code CANON8A at checkout. This promotion will be available through Wednesday, 8/15.

Click here to see all products on offer.

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Seven Things You Might Want To Know Before Switching to Mirrorless

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Pierre T. Lambert posted a 18 minutes video where he discusses 7 things that people might ignore when buying a mirrorless camera. Seven aspects of mirrorless technology that you may not know about before making your purchase. The seven things are:

  1. The size
  2. The EVF exposure and lag
  3. Looking through the EVF
  4. More sensitive to dust
  5. Battery life
  6. Choice of lenses
  7. The cost

And here is the video:

[via DIY Photography]

Nikon’s upcoming Full Frame Mirrorless Cameras are named Nikon Z6 and Z7, four lenses to be announced too

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New bits about Nikon’s upcoming mirrorless cameras.

Nikon Rumors reports the following:

  • The names of the two new Nikon full-frame cameras will be:
    • Nikon Z6: high speed, low light model (24MP)
    • Nikon Z7: high-resolution model (45MP)
  • The new Nikon mirrorless lenses could be called Z-Nikkor
  • There will be a Nikon Z-Noct-Nikkor 58mm f/0.95 lens. This will be the fourth Z-mount lens and it will be announced after August 23rd
  • In the next official teaser or in the final press release, Nikon will greatly emphasize the inner diameter of the new mount
  • Nikon will concentrate on high-end prime lenses for their new mirrorless system
  • [NR] believe[s] on August 23rd we will get both the Nikon Z6 and Nikon Z7 mirrorless cameras together with the 24-70mm f/4, 50mm f/1.8 and one more wide angle lens (24mm f/1.8 or 28mm f/1.8 or 35mm f/1.8)

There have been already two teaser by Nikon, and most of the specifications for the two mirrorless cameras have already leaked.

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV vs Sony a7 III Low Light Portrait Comparison

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Photographer Julia Trotti, well known for her portrait work, discusses how the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and the Sony a7 III stand to each other when it comes to low light portrait photography. A real world comparison between the EOS 5D Mark IV ad the Sony a7 III.

[via Fstoppers]

This Very Rare Canon 45-200mm f/2.8 Prototype Lens might be yours, for $40k

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If you’re a lens collector looking out for something extremely rare, then this might be for you.

What appears to be a very rare Canon prototype lens, a Canon 45-200mm f/2.8 lens with unknown mount type, is sold on eBay UK for $40,000.

We did a quick research and found almost nothing about this lens. In 1960 Popular Photography Magazine reported that Canon would announced a 45-200mm lens for their 35mm Canonflex system. Lenses for the Canonflex system had the R lens mount, so this 45-200mm f/2.8 lens might have a R mount. The Canon Camera Museum does not list a 45-200mm lens in the R mount section. And that’s all we found. It definitely appears to be a prototype lens from a very limited batch. If you have additional information please let us know in the comment section.

The Canon 45-200mm F/2.8 prototype lens is sold by seller smokegrafix on eBay UK for around £31,000/$39,999. We have no experience with this seller so we can’t give you any advice. The rating is 100% positive and based on 360 customers. We confide you know how to roll on eBay.

Below you can see some picture of the Canon 45-200mm f/2.8 prototype lens that’s sold on eBay UK. The seller describes the Canon 45-200mm f/2.8:

[…] the lens is in Excellent+++ condition, both cosmetically & optically, with perfect mechanical , clean blades, it has a unique aperture feature so you can get both click and click free aperture by just screwing and unscrewing the click screw on aperture ring. The lens was recently serviced, optics are cleaned, and rear optic has minor sign on the coating in the corner, as it was properly cleaned from fungus and is missing little coating, which has nothing to do with image quality. There is a filter on the front optic from the day first, and professional follow focus gears are attached on the lens from the first day.
The lens came with original metal heavy duty box, Genuine front cap, Filter, Hood, Follow focus knob’s, and a Lens sliding attachment Rig. The lens only weights approximately 2.8 to 3kg, and with the whole package it weights about 7.5 kg,