Richard CanonNews / Friday, October 20, 2017 / Categories: Rumors, Canon Lenses This post may contain affiliate links(s). An affiliate link means I may earn advertising/referral fees if you make a purchase through my link, without any additional cost to you. It helps to keep this site afloat. Thank you in advance for your support. If you like what we do here, maybe buy me a coffee. New Rumor surfaces about a 24-70L 2.8 IS Our friends at Canon Rumors suggest that there are two versions of this lens in active prototype, designs haven't been finalized as canon continues to work on this lens. An extremely plausible rumor, as I'm sure the nature of the compromises in either cost, size or weight against quality have Canon considering a couple of approaches. As with any lens, these take years and years to get through the design, prototype, manufacturing development to end up delivered to our doors, so it's impossible to suggest that it's release any time soon. Canon Rumors states: Every other lens manufacturer seems to have an IS version of their 24-70mm f/2.8 version and Canon seems to pride itself on being the market leader in lens technology, so I think it’s only a matter of time until we see an EF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS. We tend to agree. Read more here Richard CanonNewsRichard CanonNews Richard has been using Canon cameras since the 1990s, with his first being the now legendary EOS-3. Since then, Richard has continued to use Canon cameras and now focuses mostly on infrared photography. Richard is the founder and editor of CanonNews since 2017, and has worked as a writer on CanonRumors and other websites in the past. Other posts by Richard CanonNews Contact author Facebook page Previous Article G1X Mark III Full Specifications Leaked Next Article A new major CINI camera coming for NAB 2018? Print Please login or register to post comments.