New EF-M lenses are rumored since a while, and in the past we got a few suggestions it could be a 35mm prime lens, the first time in May 2016. The last time we heard something in this direction was one year ago.
The suggestion of a fast, 35mm lens (re-)surfaced on the web. It’s suggested it may be either f/1.4 or f/1.8. We have always been told it would be a 35mm f/1.8 lens.
However, we think (have been told) there will indeed be new EF-M lenses in 2018. A fast 35mm prime lens would be a wonderful addition to the native EOS M lens line-up.
Venus Optics is set to annonce a Laowa 9mm f/2.8 ZERO-D lens for mirrorless systems, Canon EOS M included. Here are some images of the lens as they leaked on Weibo.
The Laowa 9mm f/2.8 ZERO-D will be available for Sony E, Canon EOS M, and Fujifilm X mounts. Announcement is expected for March 2018.
We had doubts about this rumor, which was suggesting Canon would announce a prime lens ahead of CP+. It just looked to be too much perfectly timed. Moreover, ahead of any important photography show it’s always “crap rumor season”. That’s not to say that websites are always responsible for fake rumors. We all get fooled, from time to time.
Now, unfortunately the “a new prime lens for the EOS M system before CP+”-rumor turned out to be not reliable.
Back in November 2016 we got an identical rumor saying Canon would announce a prime and a zoom lens for the EOS M system in 2017. It didn’t happen and since then I lost a bit of confidence about Canon’s plan with the EOS M system. A system that’s recognised to be powerful but to dramatically lack native lenses. Since the EOS M5 () and EOS M6 () you can properly use almost all EF and EF-S lenses via adapter (). Never the less it’s not the same as having good native lenses (something you get if you buy into Fuji’s mirrorless system).
New EF-M lenses are rumored since a while, and we got a few suggestions it could be 35mm prime lens. However we haven’t heard anything since a long time about an EF-M 35mm lens so we do not think this old rumor is still reliable. The last time we heard something in this direction was one year ago.
However, there is a lot of stuff Canon is set to announce ahead of CP+ (starting March 1, 2018), and it’s listed here.
We anticipated that Canon might announce the EOS 7D Mark III before Summer 2018. We got this from a good source. However, another source we worked with in the past tipped us that the EOS 7D Mark III might be a late 2018 affair, possibly slipping into 2019.
Specification-wise we still know very little about the successor of the highly popular EOS 7D Mark II (price & specs). Please note that there are two specification lists making the rounds on the web. One which originates from us, another which does not. Although this specification list was attributed to us, it has nothing to do with us.
The bits we got over the last months:
newly developed 28MP sensor, said to introduce a new Canon APS-C sensor generation (we leaked this first)
No big surprises here. The list above has a lot of obvious stuff (tiltable screen, richer feature set etc) and/or stuff we hear rumored for any major Canon DSLR iteration. I just hope it’s true the EOS 7D Mark III will have the same introductory price as its predecessor. Also, 4K video isn’t a real surprise: that the EOS 7D Mark III will have 4K is just common sense. I guess not even Canon could afford to not feature 4K on their next APS-C flagship.
No one so far has any reliable specifications for the EOS 7D Mark III (all rumors). If the suggested announcement timeframe before Summer 2018 is to be believed, we will soon start to see leaked specifications, and when the announcement gets closer also some pictures of the EOS 7D Mark III.
If the previous rumor is not reliable (i.e. no announcement before Summer 2018), all you’ll see will be a lot of fake rumors and the first serious stuff not before September or October 2018. Also note, that Canon has become very secretive in the last years and reliable rumors leak during the very last weeks before an announcement, and almost entirely come from Japanese sites. Something, certain people do not want you to know.
Stay tuned.
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