Poll for Canon's next new lens

It looks like Canon's been doing a great job with its latest releases: EF-S 17-55 / 2.8 IS, EF 50 / 1.2L, and EF 70-200 / 4L IS. Yeah, yeah, the 85 / 1.2L II -- but I'm not quite sure why resources were expended on that. Still, that's another topic. : )

OK. List your top three pics and the price you'd be willing to pay, keeping in mind the unexpectedly high price of the 50 / 1.2L and 70-200 / 4L IS. Please put the lens choice in the subject line and the prices, and anything else, in the body. Also, please specify EF or EF-S (but keep in mind that there is little to no size/weight advantage for EF-S lenses longer than 135mm).

Also, please keep in mind how large, heavy, and expensive many of the options below are when choosing your favorites. We all want a 10-1000 / 1.4L IS Macro that's the same size and weight as the 50 / 1.4, but that is simply impossible, not to mention the cost of such a beast.

So please pay attention to the size, weight, and cost of similar existing lenses before making stating your three wishes. : )

Here's a list of lenses and prices that it may be helpful to choose from, but please don't feel constrained to this list. All lenses in this list are presumed to have the leatest and greatest USM, and, for those specified, IS.

Primes (please choose EF or EF-S, add or subtract IS as desired):

12 / 2.8L
12 / 4
17 / 1.8L
17 / 2.8
28 / 1.4L
50 / 1.4 II (same optics as 50 / 1.4, but with the USM of the 100 / 2)
50 / 2 IS 1:1 Macro
70 / 1.2L
70 / 1.4
70 / 2 IS 1:1 Macro
100 / 1.4L
100 / 2 IS Macro
135 / 2L IS
135 / 2 IS 1:1 Macro
150 / 2.8L IS 1:1 Macro
200 / 1.8L IS
200 / 2.8L IS
300 / 4L IS 1:2 Macro
400 / 5.6L IS 1:4 Macro
500 / 5.6L IS

Zooms (again, please choose EF or EF-S, add or subtract IS as desired):

10-22 / 2.8L
12-28 / 2.8L
16-50 / 2.8L IS
16-50 / 4L IS
17-200 / 4-5.6 IS
24-70 / 2.8L IS
50-135 / 2.8L IS
100-300 / 2.8L IS
100-300 / 4L IS
100-400 / 4L IS
150-400 / 4L IS
200-400 / 4L IS
200-500 / 5.6L IS
300-800 / 5.6L IS

Man, that's a whole lotta lenses, ain't it? : )

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--joe

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