Wildlife Photography across the Water: New Canon Gear

Thursday, 26 August 2010

New Canon Gear

Canon have been busy-They have announced a list of new gear and gear soon to be announced, Camera wise the 60D with the same 18mp sensor as the 7D/550D, Images of this camera started to appear on forums a couple of days ago
Lens wise there are a few biggies- EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye, EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS, EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II, EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II, Extender EF 1.4x III and Extender EF 2x III and they have said that they are working on new versions of the 500 and 600F4 big boys-Time to start saving Canon boys, I can guarantee that these wont be cheap
I just found out the prices-be sitting down for this-The 300F2.8 will be $7000 and the 400 F2.8 will be $11000 yes thats right and the extenders are listed as $500 a pop!!!! must say i am glad i am with Nikon at the moment looking at these prices-Gulp, The positives are that these super telephotos will be much lighter than the previous models,The weight has gone into the prices

Dave

4 comments:

Anonymous26 August 2010 at 15:42
Checkout wharehouse express for UK prices:

EF300 £7,499
EF400 £11,499
EF1.4x £549
EF2x £559
EF 500 £Your House
EF 600 £National Debt of UK

We'll I guess these prices will have to drop a long way before they are sold in any numbers.

Can the improvement in image quality be that great? Or are Canon marketing just making it look very cheap to switch to Nikon........?
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WPATW26 August 2010 at 16:14
Who would have thought 'cheap' and 'Nikon' would ever be in the same sentence-lol Canons last few releases have had a big price increase over the former models-see 1D4 and 70-200f2.8-wonder what the 500 and 600F4 prices will be

Dave
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Bobbster26 August 2010 at 17:13
Canon obviosly limiting their customer base to lottery winners and millionaires!! I really can't see how these prices will not drop massively. ! I will certainly be in the majority here and NOT BUYING or buying NIKON
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WPATW26 August 2010 at 17:37
Maybe it is Canons way of reducing complaints from owners. Few owners means few complaints. See previous posts of mine. Give it 6 to 8 months and they will be 40% cheaper.
Martin
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David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.