The-Digital-Picture has completed their review of the Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L USM lens, a lens that will surely become a classic like it's EF mount and FD mount predecessors.
From The-Digital-Picture:
Meet your new favorite portrait lens.
When purchasing a prime lens (vs. a zoom lens), the focal length significantly determines what that lens is best used for and regarding the Canon RF 85mm F1.2 L USM Lens, Kazuto Ogawa, president and COO of Canon USA states “We envision this product as being the quintessential workhorse lens for portrait photographers of all skill levels.” Portrait photography is incredibly popular, the number of 85mm lenses available hints at the popularity of this focal length, and so often, 85mm is the ideal choice for portraiture, providing the ideal subject framing at a distance that creates a pleasing perspective. Read the full review
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Surely a stellar lens, in either version - standard and DS (yet to be released).
But for me too big and too expensive. Give me a little brother, say RF 85/1.8 or 2.0.
Thank you, Bryan.
Looking forward to seeing great portrait examples with this!
I have found the 85 to be the best lens I have ever used and because of this I’m trying to use it in a lot more different situations than I normally would which is fun, heavy but fun.
If Canon provides a compact RF 85/1.8 with 1:2 macro @ 600 Euro/Dollar with great IQ ... this might be the last reason to buy an R camera.
I’m blown away by this lens. Best I’ve ever owned, and that includes the 35 L, RF50 and 200 f2 L.
I wasn’t expecting it to top the RF 50. Somehow it did...
Canon RF 85mm F1.2 L USM Lens Image Quality
Canon RF 85mm F1.2 L USM Lens Image Quality
Otus on 1 Ds MkIII and 5Ds R. Bodies and sensors are not compareble to the one in the EOS R but you can get some impression.
If you look at the corner sharpness the Otus performes not so good on the 1 Ds MkIII but better on the 5Ds R.
Taking the higher MP count of the 5Ds R the Otus seems to be somewhat better here.
But of course lenses are more than just corner or center sharpnes...
That being said, RED is soon coming out with an RF-mount cinema camera as well.
Canon RF 85mm F1.2 L USM
Here’s one I took yesterday:
That 3D pop is unbelievable! Also like the emotion you captured - she looks at ease in front of the lens. Thanks for sharing :giggle:
She wasn’t too happy having her picture taken a while back, but she figured out that it can be fun, and very quickly done when she takes my instructions.
However I still get the old ; “come on! When grandpa takes my picture he only takes ONE, you take too long” lol.
I imagine that when I have kids someday, they're going to grow up either loving or hating the camera ;)