Here is the full list of the gear and kits Canon is going to announce next (EOS 5D Mark IV, lenses, more)

EOS 5D Mark IV

A list of what Canon is set to announce around August 25 leaked at Digicame-Info. The list goes beyond what we anticipated a week ago.

We have the listing of all the gear that’s soon coming from Canon: EOS 5D Mark IV kits, new EOS 7D Mark II kits, the W-E1 WiFi adapter, and new lenses:

All our previous CW5 rated rumors got confirmed. We expect the EOS 5D Mark IV and the other stuff to be announced August 25/26. Stay tuned!

[via Digicame-Info]

What to expect to be announced by Canon before Photokina 2016 (EOS 5D Mark IV and more)

eos 5d mark iveos 5d mark iv

It’s not just about the EOS 5D Mark IV. We are getting closer to the most important Canon announcement of the year so I thought it would be a good idea to sum up what we can expect Canon to announce. I give different ratings. The most likely date for EOS 5D Mark IV and other announcements is August 25 or August 26.

Announcements set for the end of August:

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (all rumors). Likely the most anticipated DSLR of the year and still no reliable specs. Will it have 24MP or 28MP? First EOS 5D Mark IV product page already showed up – [CW5]

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS Mark II. Said to be the new kit lens for the EOS 5D Mark IV. Still no specifications. Product page showed up on the Internet – [CW5]

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III. This lens too will be announced soon. A product page showed up. No specs – [CW5]

Canon W-E1 WiFi adapter. This has just leaked a few days ago. Canon will enter the market with their own WiFi adapter for SD card slots – [CW5]

Announcements that are less likely:

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM. Not sure what to think about this. There have been rumors about a replacement for the EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS but I always thought the Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS was the lens that replaced the EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS – [CW3]

A prosumer Canon EOS M body. This is becoming the white unicorn. No reliable information, just speculation and a lot of wishful thinking. Let’s give it a [CW3]

New EF-M lenses for the EOS M system. There are patents, and rumors. We also have reason to believe that Canon started to take their EOS M system seriously. There will be more EF-M lenses, I am just not sure if we will see those lenses in 2016 – [CW3]

It’s barely 3 weeks until the day we expect Canon to make their announcements. Stay tuned, we will soon know some specifications.

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III set to be announced next month? [CW4]

EF 16-35mm F/2.8L II

New reports suggest the replacement for the highly regarded EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM lens may be announced in June 2016.

The upcoming Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III will for sure top the lens it replaces. Quoting the source of the rumor:

A person who has used the EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III says it’s every bit as good as the recent L offerings from Canon and “solves the most glaring weaknesses of the current version.”

I think this rumor has a high probability to be reliable. Stay tuned…

[via Canon Rumors]

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II replacement undergoing field tests? [CW2]

EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II replacement coming in 2016?

The replacement for the Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II is rumored since a while. Latest murmurings has it that the EF 16-35mm f/2.8L Mark III is already being tested out in the wild by select photographers.

The announcement of the EF 16-35mm f/2.8L Mark III may come along with the announcement of the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV. But since no one really has a clue when the EOS 5D Mark IV will be announced, it is still nothing but speculation.

[via CR]

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III coming 2016? [CW3]

EF 16-35mm F/2.8L II

The Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III may come next year, latest rumor suggests. The EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III announcement is rumored to go along with the announcement of a new Canon professional full-frame DSLR, the EOS-1D X Mark II or EOS 5D Mark IV are candidates. So far, the EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II replacement is rumored to have the following features:

  • slightly longer
  • bit heavier
  • 82mm filter
  • improvements on weather-sealing and optics
  • new lens hood
  • likely no image stabilisation
[via Canon Rumors]

[CW3] Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 Mark III in the works? Canon patent for 16-35mm f/2.8 lens spotted

16-35mm
embodiment: 16-35mm f/2.8

Last week I got a rumor I didn’t take seriously. The rumor suggested that Canon is working on a new version of the highly popular EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM lens. Well. I think I was wrong in not trusting the source. The EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM was released in 2007, so a replacement is not out of the realm of possibilities. Given the patent, I rate the rumour CW3.

Egami (translated) spotted a patent that appears to support the rumour of a EF 16-35mm f/2.8 Mark III lens.

  • Patent Publication No. 2014-206674
    • Published 2014.10.30
    • Filing date 2013.4.15
  • Example 1
    • Zoom ratio 2.06
    • Focal length f = 16.49-23.74-33.94mm
    • Fno. 2.91
    • Half angle of view ω = 52.69-42.35-32.51 °
    • BF 38.74-48.38-63.65mm
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EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM

About our rumour rating:

  • CW1 – probably fake rumor, not reliable (less than 15% chance to be real)
  • CW2 – rumor from an unknown/new source, but otherwise at least a plausible rumor (15%-40% chance to be real)
  • CW3 – around 50% chance to be real, coming from a known source, or from new source with good insight in Canon’s business
  • CW4 – rumor from a known source that was right in the past, high probability to be true (60%-80% chance to be real)
  • CW5 – as good as certain to be true