Re: 100mm f2.8 L IS Macro!!
Looks like a great lens! I would love to get this one.
The Press Release says the estimated retail price is $1,049.00.
Re: 100mm f2.8 L IS Macro!!
Damn. And I was just ready to pull the trigger on the older 100mm macro. At half this price, I might still do that. But it won't seem as sweet now...
Re: 100mm f2.8 L IS Macro!!
Great! Hopefully a great predecessor to the old 100mm f/2.8 USM macro. What a geat focal lenght for an L, imagen how sharp it will be..
Re: 100mm f2.8 L IS Macro!!
gotta buy a 100mm non-L macro before the are all gone. I really think I wouldn't need the IS for macro, but thats just me.
Re: 100mm f2.8 L IS Macro!!
Crap!
I just placed my order for the old non-IS Macro lens. Amazon.com is taking preorders for it - price: 1049.99 dollars!
I'm considering cancelling my old order and upgrading for the IS. But let's wait and see what Bryan has to say about the new IS Macro lens before I shell out 500 extra bucks.
Or what do you guys think?
Re: 100mm f2.8 L IS Macro!!
wow, i've had the non IS one for a while now and i have loved it! The only thing I have missed from it is a red ring round the front ;)
I have plenty of other lenes i wantto buy before I replace that with this new one tbh.
Re: 100mm f2.8 L IS Macro!!
Hmmmmm. I wonder how much better the IQ will be over the older non-L non-IS 100mm macro? Personally, I don't think the IS would be of much use to me. I always use a tripod for my macro work and use such small aperatures that the shutter speed would probably be too slow even for IS. Then again, it is an 'L' with all the advantages that entails and will be weather sealed(?). Once again Canon leaves their customers with another hard choice[:D]
Re: 100mm f2.8 L IS Macro!!
I think they said this is a new lens to supplement the non-L 100mm macro. It's not replacing it. So you shouldn't have to rush out to get the last in stock. Then again, the old lens is out of stock at a lot of places already. But that might have been because the sellers knew this new lens was coming.
Re: 100mm f2.8 L IS Macro!!
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Originally Posted by Maleko
wow, i've had the non IS one for a while now and i have loved it! The only thing I have missed from it is a red ring round the front ;)
Same here. :-)