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BTW if it's not an L lens, we can most likely kiss the weather sealing goodbye. Which kind of puts this lens at a disadvantage versus the Sony and Nikon offerings... but if this lens is (going to be) real, we'll see how infallible is Canon's dedication to their principles, e.g. "no L, no weather sealing" and "no L, no hood supplied".

Since we spoke about Brightcolors, let me be BC this time 
non L=no weather sealing and no hood supplied is not correct 
DO lenses are weather sealed and come high hood