Canon delays shipping of 8-15mm f/4 and 300 & 400mm f/2.8 IS II

[MrLogic]

as posted on DPReview.com:

Canon delays shipping of latest EOS lenses


Monday, 1 November 2010 11:48 GMT

Canon Japan has announced a delay in production of three recently announced lenses. The EF 8-15mm F4L USM fisheye zoom and the EF 300mm and 400mm F2.8L IS II lenses that were supposed to hit the shelves next month, will now be available from March 2011. However, the EF 70-300mm F4-5.6L IS USM and the 2x III and 1.4x III Extenders will start shipping as scheduled on November 19 and December 2010 respectively.

Canon delays shipping of latest EOS lenses: Digital Photography Review

 

[Overread20]

To be fair on the telephotos its probably giving people longer to save to actually afford them!

Glade that the teleconverters are still on schedule - now just gotta find out when sigma are going to do their highstreet releases!

 

[Mbnmac]

Does this have anything to do with China's recent embargo on shipping rare earths to Japan? do we know how reliant cameras/lenses are on these resources?