All new from Canon comes the EF 70-300 f/4-5.6L IS USM, jumping right to the four-stop IS compensation tech and a minimally described
function that prevents erroneous operation when the lens is mounted on a tripod or monopod
-so I’m curious about whether it’s an “ON/OFF” switch or some hyper-intelligent artificial life-form that subsists in the flourite lens elements or the Flourine coating. We’ll see what our technical rep Brian Matsumoto says. It’s also got the dust and water resistant design of the other lenses we’ve discussed today.
The other new lens is an 8-15mm Fisheye Zoom. That’s delightful – a six inch close focusing distance, as fast an aperture as you’d expect from a fisheye, and 180 degree diagonal angle of view for APS-C and Full Frame formats. The EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM also features
a new fluorine anti-smear coating is applied to the front and rear elements to make lens cleaning easier than ever.
Which should bring some reassurance to the folks accustomed to putting protector filters on their lenses.
Check Canon’s press release at the source link for more deets about availability and Estimated Selling Price.
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