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6141B002 CN-E14.5-60mm T2.6 L S With EF Mount $42,750.00 now shipping
6142B002 CN-E30-300mm T2.95-3.7 L S With EF Mount $44,650.00 now shipping
6141B001 CN-E14.5-60mm T2.6 L SP With PL Mount $42,750.00 now shipping
6142B001 CN-E30-300mm T2.95-3.7 L SP With PL Mount $44,650.00 now shipping
6569B001 CN-E24mm T1.5 L F With EF Mount $5,220.00 now shipping
6570B001 CN-E50mm T1.3 L F With EF Mount $4,950.00 end of August
6571B001 CN-E85mm T1.3 L F With EF Mount $4,950.00 beginning of Sept

If you are on the fence I'd like to know your thoughts and survey the the field for how you all think these lenses will sell / perform.

I can't imagine EVER buying a $45K piece of EF mount glass. Rental maybe, but that's bound to create some serious brand loyalty once you commit to purchasing something like that. Perhaps a ploy by Canon to keep people buying their cams far into the future... The primes on the other hand look nice for the price. I wonder how they perform wide open compared to say the Zeiss CP.2 Super Speeds.

One difference is that the CP.2 Super Speeds are 35, 50, and 85mm. Canon has a 24mm but no 35mm. Canon's 50 and 85 are slightly faster than the Zeiss. Maybe Canon will wait to deliver a Mk II 35/1.4L before making a cinema version.

I feel that Zeiss lenses have slightly better flare resistance, compared to Canon L lenses. I'd also assume that we'll see similar color differences that we're used to for the two brands.

If you shoot wide open, both lens sets will have falloff. With Canon L glass on a Canon camera, you can use Peripheral Image Correction (PIC) to boost the corners levels before 8-bit encoding. It works great with L glass on a DSLR. I don't know if you get the same results with Cinema lenses on a C300.

Then again, I seem to remember reading that unlike with DSLRs, the C300 offers PIC on some 3rd party lenses, so maybe this is a moot point. I don't know the answer, but I know that PIC can be worthwhile. With falloff, you can get 8-bit contour lines on flat surfaces like walls, the sky, and snow. PIC minimizes that artifact and delivers more usable bits in the corners.

Can't wait to see how the new primes stack up to CP.2s at the affordablish end of the market (hopefully they've got a Cooke-like warmth to contrast against the coolness of the Zeiss glass) - it's always nice to have options!

Thanks! I'll just use my 'nifty fifty'.

Who on earth has that kind of money except the priviledged few??

I think these were meant to live in the realm of rentals.

Seems all Canon glass is getting expensive. Even the mkII versions of the 500mm f4, 600mm f4 are over $10k! I will say that my mkII 70-200 f2.8 is much nicer in every way than the mkI version.

So no doubt they're making great lenses but those cinema zooms are 3 times the price of the C300! And the primes a grand more than Zeiss?

My clients will have to pay for the privilege of using those!

These lenses are actually quite reasonably priced compared to most other cinema lenses. Zeiss Master Primes go for over $20K per lens. Cooke Panchros go for around $8K each, and are f2.8 across the range. If you need/want pro cinema features, you've got to pay pro cinema prices.

Who on earth has that kind of money except the priviledged few??

People who do this for a living. And rental houses.

6141B002 CN-E14.5-60mm T2.6 L S With EF Mount $42,750.00 now shipping

This would be the perfect fit with my Black Magic Cinema Camera :>)