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Canon updates super-tele availability, tweaks pricing

Canon's EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens. Photo provided by Canon Inc.Canon USA has today issued a brief statement to provide updated availability information for two super-telephoto lenses that were first announced a little over a year ago.

The Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM and EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM were both unveiled on February 7th, 2011, shortly before the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, causing widespread devastation. To make...

Sony Goes *Long* - 500mm f/4.0 A-mount Sees Light of Day!

Sony's 500mm F4 G SSM lens prototype. Photo provided by Sony Electronics Inc.First previewed almost two years ago at PMA 2010, the 500mm f/4 G super-telephoto is finally seeing the light of day. The new A-mount lens sports bundles of goodness, including first and foremost its big f/4 aperture, and extending to a Nano Anti-Reflective (AR) coating, a new supersonic motor drive circuit for fast & accurate autofocus, and extensive dust and moisture sealing,...