oh so the blog pirate already posted this news but does anyone really look in there ?

canon releasing 2 new superteles:

http://www.usa.canon.com/templatedata/pres...015_eflens.html

EF 200mm f/2L IS USM and EF 800mm f/5.6L IS USM

Come over to the dark side Colon!

Jonathan

too bad they are just prototypes. plus, i would expect a $3000 to $4000 price tag.

Maybe the bottom will fall out now on the used 200 f1.8s and I could pick one of those up for $2000??
Probably not. My guess is that those who have them will still say they are superior to the 200 f2 and want the $4,000ish price for them. Can't really say I blame them.

I would have gone with one of those, except that they don't have IS and with the weight of that lens IS is a MUST. You can't shoot that lens (without a monopod) at less than a 250th of a second minimum.

I think an f2 with IS is way more valuable IMHO.

A bigtime +1 on this.

And why would he switch with the D3 release imminent? Silly Canonites

If you're Mike Colon, there's no reason not to have a MKIII and a 200 just for incidental use.

It would be nice if Canon started making their 50mm f0.95 again!

I'd even settle for the f1.0.

I would love to be able to purchase either one. They look fabulous.