cannon announces 200-400F4 IS with built in 1.4x

[Todd Caswell]

wonder what this baby will cost?

http://www.canonrumors.com/2011/02/canon-ef-200-400-f4l-is-announced/

[Jim Almquist]

I would guess at least $1700.00 and maybe as high as $1900.00. It will have IS and the 1.4 tele. will more then likely drive up the price some. I also liked that rumor of the 400 5.6 having a IS version.

[Dbl]

I would guess at least $1700.00 and maybe as high as $1900.00.

.... the Nikon 200-400/4 is around $6700 with no TC, this one will easily be in the $7000 to $9000 range. I've seen talk as high as $10,000. Believe me this will not be a cheap lens to own.

[Steve Foss]

If it's as sharp as (or sharper than) the Nikon version, it will be a phenomenal piece of kit, one I'd sell a lot of other lenses in order to own. To have a top-quality lens running from 200 to 560mm with f4 to 400mm, and newest generation IS, would be smashing!

It's what many of us have been hoping Canon would do for years.

Hmmmm, time to get a second mortgage on the house.

[Todd Caswell]

I have read the same somewhere between 7500 and 10,000

just going to have to wait for a used one

[MN Shutterbug]

If that baby was under $2000, I'd sell my 100-400 lickety split and nab this one right away. I would definitely think it would go for more than the 500/4. Maybe even more than the 600/4.

[Jim Almquist]

Yowser!

No way did I think it would cost that much

Only way I will ever own one is to win the Lotto

[JayinMN]

I want to remain optomistic and beleive it will retail at $999.99.

[Todd Caswell]

I want to remain optomistic and beleive it will retail at $999.99.

well if you price it out 100-400 $1600 + 1.4 III $400 ? = $2000.00

[MN Shutterbug]

well if you price it out 100-400 $1600 + 1.4 III $400 ? = $2000.00

But, you're missing the kicker - F4.

[Jim Almquist]

But is it F4 with the 1.4 or a 5.6 ?

I guess that is why my price was so low.

[Steve Foss]

But is it F4 with the 1.4 or a 5.6 ?

I guess that is why my price was so low.

It's f4 without it and f5.6 with the TC. Just like now with any other f4 telephoto. The lens is not going to make most folks better photographers. That's more about vision, heart and inspiration than it is about gear. But gol durn it, I want one! I've long looked at the Nikon version and believed it's the perfect zoom for wildlife/avian photography!

Now three Canon lenses to do it all. OK, four. The 17-40, 100 macro, 70-200 and 200-400.