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Canon RF Mirrorless Lenses
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STEREOSCOPIC 5.2mm f/2.8L Dual 190º Fisheye
NEW: 10-20mm f/4 L IS STM, also at Adorama and at Crutchfield.
14-35mm f/4L IS
15-30mm IS STM 15-35mm f/2.8L IS
16mm f/2.8 STM 108º non-distorting ultrawide
24mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM
24-50mm IS STM
24-70mm f/2.8L 24-105mm f/4L
NEW: 24-105mm f/2.8L IS USM
24-105mm IS STM 24-240mm IS <—My Favorite
28-70mm f/2L 28mm f/2.8 STM
35mm f/1.8 IS Macro
50mm f/1.2L 50mm f/1.8
70-200mm f/4L IS 70-200mm f/2.8L IS
85mm f/1.2L 85mm f/1.2L DS
85mm f/2 Macro IS 100mm f/2.8L IS Macro
NEW: RF 100-300mm f/2.8L IS USM
100~400mm IS USM 100-500mmL IS
135mm f/1.8L IS USM
NEW: 200-800mm IS USM, also at Adorama, at Crutchfield and at eBay
400mm f/2.8L IS 600mm f/4L IS
600mm f/11 IS 800mm f/11 IS
800mm f/5.6L IS 1,200mm f/8L IS
2× Extender 1.4× Extender
NEW: RF-S 10-18mm IS STM
RF-S 18-45mm IS STM
RF-S 18-150mm IS STM
RF-S 55-210mm IS STM
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For VR, 3-D and stereoscopic use.
Manual focus, takes rear gel filters only, 12.4 oz./352g, 7.9"/0.66'/0.2m close-focus, 1:33.3 (0.03×) macro ratio.
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07 October 2021 |
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World's Widest Non-Distorting AF Zoom
130.5º undistorted angle of view on full-frame, rear gel filters (only), 20.1 oz./570g, 3.3 × 4.4"/83.7 × 112mm, 0.8'/0.25m close focus (from image plane; focuses almost up to the front surface of the lens), 0.12× macro ratio, 9-blade diaphragm stops down to f/22.
Wow! World's first 10mm full-frame AF zoom!
This is insane! Ultra-ultra wides are extremely difficult to use, and if you know how, no other AF zoom goes this wide. There have been off-brand fixed or manual-focus lenses this wide, but nothing ever dedicated to a real camera system with this level of performance and modern electronic communication.
This is not a lens for carrying around your neck all day because there is no way to use front protective filters. Therefore, like the Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8, you constantly have to be vigilant in protecting the front element against everything. Not only is it unprotected, but due to the extremely deep depth of field of ultrawide lenses, any damage to the front element will be seen in your pictures. You can scratch or have dirt or fingerprints on a tele and no one will notice, but you will see what's on your front element in your pictures with lenses this wide. I'm serious; a small fingerprint smudge will show up as a slightly darker region in the sky and its a bear to try to fix later. Be careful and be clean.
For most uses I prefer the much more practical RF 14-35mm f/4 L IS USM which takes normal 77mm filters and caps, and now Canon has broadened our perspective beyond anything ever seen in serious photography for those who need the widest of the wide.
While 10mm versus 11mm may seem like just one silly millimeter, it's significantly wider than the previous world wide leader, the EF 11-24mm f/4 L USM, and adds image stabilization.
In-camera stabilization doesn't work well in the corners of ultrawide lenses for geometric reasons, so it's crucial that this lens has optical stabilization. Geometry requires a sensor to move over twice as far in the corners than in the center to compensate for the same angular displacement with a 10mm lens, which sensors can't do. Only with a tele or a fisheye does image displacement remain the same across the sensor for the same angle of lens shift; with ultrawides the sides and corners are displaced more with motion than in the center. Therefore it's magnificent that this lens has optical stabilization.
I show this in my review of the unstabilized Sony 14mm f/2.8; the corners can't be well stabilized with sensor shifting alone.
Here's another crazy great thing about the new RF 10-20mm f/4 L IS STM: it's about the same and weight as the small RF 14-35mm f/4 L IS USM and weighs only two-thirds as much as the RF 15-35mm f/2.8 L IS USM and it's smaller, too!
Check price, also at Adorama and at Crutchfield.
11 October 2023 |
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Full-frame, 67mm filters, 13.5 oz./384g, 0.92'/0.28 meters close-focus, 0.16× macro ratio, (0.42'/5"/0.128m or 0.52× in manual focus).
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30 October 2022 |
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Five real stops of stabilzation, 82mm filters, 29.4 oz./834 g, 0.92'/0.28m/11" close focus, 1:4.76 (0.21×) macro ratio.
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28 June 2020 |
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Full frame 108º non-distorting ultrawide, 43mm filters, 5.8 oz./165g, 0.43'/5"/0.13m close focus, 1:3.8 (0.26×) macro ratio.
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11 December 2021 |
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82mm filters, 31.7 oz./897 g, 0.69 feet/0.21m/8¼" close focus at 24mm and 1.25'/0.38m/15" close focus at 70mm.
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04 July 2020 |
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72mm filters, 26.3 oz./747g, 1.6-2.6'/0.5-0.8m close focus,1:3.8 (0.26 ×) macro ratio.
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02 August 2020 |
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Full frame, 8 elements in 7 groups, 55mm filters, 4.2 oz. (120g), 9.1'/0.23m close-focus, 1:5.9 (0.17 ×) macro ratio.
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24 May 2023 |
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52mm filters, 10.6 oz./300g, 0.56'/0.17m close focus from image sensor (3½"/90mm from front of lens), 1:2 (0.5×) macro ratio. Check price.
Works only on Canon's Mirrorless cameras. It won't fit on any DSLR.
12 September 2018 |
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43mm filters, 5.6 oz./159g, 1'/0.3m close focus, 1:4 (0.25 ×) macro ratio.
Not only is it ultrasharp like most 50mm f/1.8s, it's also devoid of distortion and is the, ahem, world's closest-focusing non-macro 50mm lens. Not bad for $199. Bravo!
Check price. 21 February 2021 |
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77mm filters, 24.3 oz./688g, 2'/0.6m close focus1:3.6 (0.28×) macro ratio.
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25 February 2021 |
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77mm filters, 41.9 oz./1,187g with collar as shown, 37.5 oz./1,062g without, 2.3'/0.7m close focus, 1:4.3 (0.23×).
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30 August 2020 |
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What is Defocus Smoothing (DS)? What does an apodization filter do? How do the pictures look?
31 August 2020 |
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82mm filters, 41.9 oz./1,188g, 2.8'/0.85m close focus, 1:8.3 (0.12×) macro ratio.
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31 August 2020 |
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82mm filters, 41.9 oz./1,187g, 2.8'/0.85m close focus, 1:8.3 (0.12×) macro ratio.
What? A second 85/1.2? This 85 DS is no BS: it means "Defocus Smoothing" which means this is an ultra-bokeh (soft, smooth background) lens. It's ultra-ultra sharp, and the defocussed parts are extra smooth and creamy. Its images look three-dimensional because of the huge contrast between sharp subject and soft background.
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20 August 2020 |
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67mm filters, 17.5 oz./496 g, 1.1'/0.34m close focus from image sensor, 1:2 (0.5×) macro ratio.
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15 January 2021 |
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Full-Frame, 67mm filters, 25.7 oz./730 g, 1:0.7 (1.4× larger than life-sized) macro ratio, 0.85'/10.2"/0.26m close focus.
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21 April 2021 |
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Well, at least everything since 1990.
12 May 2021 |
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77mm filters.
54.0 oz./1,530g with tripod collar.
48.3 oz./1,370 g without collar.
2.9' (0.9 meters) close focus at 100mm.
3.9' (1.2 meters) close focus at 500mm, 1:3 (0.33×) macro ratio.
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Works with RF 1.4× Extender or RF 2× Extender, but only if lens zoom ring is set to 300mm or longer.
06 September 2020 |
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