09-28-2015, 10:43 AM
Well, until recently the situation in the Canon camp was pretty muddled - there were the L lenses and the non-L consumer fare, with good units being few and far between (85/1.8 being a well known exception). When the 100/2.8 macro and 70-300 IS were phased out in favour of the L models, I had a feeling they're going to drop the non-L/non-EFS line completely, leaving maybe the old 50/1.8. Now, of course, with full frame becoming increasingly affordable, they've thankfully made up their mind and started updating that stuff. But Nikon is still far ahead here, maybe in part because they do not have a well-defined "top-of-the-line" designation like L in Canon land.