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Could be a little better in relation to its price tag.
a little mistake in the price of its in-house competitor <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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You put an extra 0 on the price of the non-DO lens <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Will there be also an updated test on crop sensor?
I did get a DO for myself, pre-used so that the price was somewhat sane. The reason for choosing it over the non-DO version? So it would fit in my small camera bags <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> I have the 100-400L for when I don't care about size. The only other 300mm region lens I had at the time was the Tamron 18-270 but that felt worse on the long end (both on crop sensor of course).
[quote name='popo' timestamp='1281987626' post='1821']
You put an extra 0 on the price of the non-DO lens <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Will there be also an updated test on crop sensor?
I did get a DO for myself, pre-used so that the price was somewhat sane. The reason for choosing it over the non-DO version? So it would fit in my small camera bags <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> I have the 100-400L for when I don't care about size. The only other 300mm region lens I had at the time was the Tamron 18-270 but that felt worse on the long end (both on crop sensor of course).
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Thanks ... a 70-300 for 4500EUR may be a little over the top ... :-)
There'll be no update on APS-C this time. The lens is not all that interesting for the mainstream I think.
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Thanks ... a 70-300 for 4500EUR may be a little over the top ... :-)[/quote]
Then again, if they did a 70-300 f/2.8 for 4500EUR, I'd possibly be 1st in line <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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I wonder if Canon has given up on the DO design; also curious how long they spent working on the 400 and 70-300 designs prior to release. Hum. Oh well would be nice to see something new on the optical front.
Silly price tag and ugly bokeh. Yikes.
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I wonder if Canon has given up on the DO design; also curious how long they spent working on the 400 and 70-300 designs prior to release. Hum. Oh well would be nice to see something new on the optical front.
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I think they have. These multiple fresnel type lenses are great for making a lens a lot lighter and shorter, are fine when used with film, but on digital they require an expert hand at postprocessing - digital is just too sharp to obliterate the rendering side effects of these lenses.
The 70-300 DO was always praised over here as a stealth lens: it doesn't really look as long as it is, and it is black too <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Kind regards, Wim
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Silly price tag and ugly bokeh. Yikes.
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<img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Kind regards, WIm
[quote name='you2' timestamp='1282048042' post='1838']
I wonder if Canon has given up on the DO design; also curious how long they spent working on the 400 and 70-300 designs prior to release. Hum. Oh well would be nice to see something new on the optical front.
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Canon has filed a number of new patent applications for new DO lens designs. So, who knows, we may see a few more in the next few years?