The image of the 11-24mm that leaked some time ago.

I have been told by a good source (thanks) that Canon will soon announce the EF 11-24mm f/4L lens. The announcement may be a matter of a week or two. Price is said to be around $3,000.

An image of the new ultra-wide angle zoom lens showed up time ago. All agree that the image (above) is not a fake. Moreover, there is also a patent for such a lens.

Update (thanks Paul): Canon Germany’s site has leaked the 11-24mm lens, though the link does lead to a “page not found”. In the image below you see a screenshot of the page. The 11-24mm is mentioned where the image is missing. The text says:

The EF11-24mm 1:4L USM is the widest ultra-wide angle lens for Canon full-frame cameras. It features a completely new design, new lens coating and outstanding performance.

Stay tuned…

Image courtesy of Canon Rumors

New images, specs, and a product description of Canon’s upcoming EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS II lens leaked at Canon Rumors. And they look very official.

The price of the EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS II is $2,199, shipping in November (announcement most probably on next Monday). Core specs:

• Focal Length & Maximum Aperture: 100-400mm 1:4.5-5.6
• Lens Construction: 21 elements in 16 groups
• Diagonal Angle of View: 24º-6’10’
• Focus Adjustment: Inner focus system / USM
• Closest Focusing Distance: 3.2 ft. / 0.98m
• Filter Size: 77mm
• Max Diameter x Length, Weight: 3.7 in. x 7.6 in. / 94mm x 193mm; 3.46 lbs. / 1,570g

The EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS II features Canon’s new Air Sphere Coating (ASC) to reduce backlit flaring and ghosting. A new inner focusing AF system is on board.

The first specs of Canon’s upcoming EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II lens leaked at Digicame-info (translated).

This is a substantial evolution of the previous model. The EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II adopts a brand new lens coating (ASC), which is machine-translated to Air Sphere coating, and should reduce lighting artefacts. The minimum focusing distance is 0.98m vs 1.8m of the predecessor.

EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II specs (machine translated):

• One fluorite lens, the one Super UD glass to use
• For the first time adopted a new development of the Air Sphere coating (ASC)
• IS unit effect of a shutter speed four stages
• Equipped with the IS mode 3 for sport shooting
• A minimum focusing distance of 0.98m
• Maximum magnification of 0.31 times
• The diaphragm blades nine circular aperture
• AF motor the ring-type USM
• Rotate zoom
• Zoom touch adjustment ring
• Detachable tripod mount
• Dust and water structure
• Fluorine coating

The picture above showing the extended EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS II lens, popped up in a CR forum. Another image of the lens leaked yesterday.

Annuncement of the new Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS II lens is expected for Monday (or Tuesday).

Stay tuned…