Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L DS USM, RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM and other accessories will be announced soon

H. Jones · Oct 8, 2019

The RF 70-200 can't come fast enough. At work we use shoulder bags, and the EF 70-200 just barely fits in upright. The RF will be the perfect size and it'll be so convenient to have a 24-70 sized 70-200.

fabao · Oct 8, 2019

And yet, I have not seen anywhere how you will zoom on this new 70-200. Perhaps you will do it by extending the lens, but I found it intriguing that people who were able to handle this new lens were not able to demonstrate this.

RobbieHat · Oct 8, 2019

Will love that 70-200 lens if it is smaller and internal zoom like current 70-200. Don’t want an extending zoom as they are magnets for dust and sand in landscape (especially dunes).

Tom W · Oct 8, 2019

It'll be very interesting to see how they both perform. I would suspect that the 70-200 RF will perform much like its EF brother, which is to say excellent. The 85 also, though I want to see how that DS feature performs.

flip314 · Oct 8, 2019

fabao said:
And yet, I have not seen anywhere how you will zoom on this new 70-200. Perhaps you will do it by extending the lens, but I found it intriguing that people who were able to handle this new lens were not able to demonstrate this.

You can see the zoom lock switch in a lot of the photos, and ephotozine.com has already confirmed it is an extending design (see the remark from the editor in the comments section).

bryston · Oct 8, 2019

RobbieHat said:
Will love that 70-200 lens if it is smaller and internal zoom like current 70-200. Don’t want an extending zoom as they are magnets for dust and sand in landscape (especially dunes).

This will be internal focus, all pro 70-200 2.8 even from Nikon are IF lenses.

LensFungus · Oct 8, 2019

The RF 70-200mm extends... my poverty.

flip314 · Oct 8, 2019

bryston said:
This will be internal focus, all pro 70-200 2.8 even from Nikon are IF lenses.

Do you have a source for this? I have seen absolutely no evidence that it is internal focus, and quite compelling evidence to the contrary.

H. Jones · Oct 8, 2019

flip314 said:
Do you have a source for this? I have seen absolutely no evidence that it is internal focus, and quite compelling evidence to the contrary.

Internal focus, not internal zoom. The zoom is external, the focus is internal. Very, very few L lenses externally focus, besides maybe the EF 85mm f/1.2.

Adelino · Oct 8, 2019

I wish my wife could afford either lens as a Christmas gift for me.

CanonFanBoy · Oct 8, 2019

I'm gonna wait it out. Still dreaming of an RF 70-135mm f/2L zoom to match the RF 28-70mm f/2L.

Joepatbob · Oct 8, 2019

My wallet is not prepared.

CanonFanBoy · Oct 8, 2019

Adelino said:
I wish my wife could afford either lens as a Christmas gift for me.

Cut her off unless she pays for it.

CanonFanBoy · Oct 8, 2019

Tom W said:
It'll be very interesting to see how they both perform. I would suspect that the 70-200 RF will perform much like its EF brother, which is to say excellent. The 85 also, though I want to see how that DS feature performs.

Be aware that the DS feature cannot be turned off and is effective at wide apertures only. DS is accomplished by adding a specially coated element to the glass already in the lens, so you lose about 1 stop.

thomas2279@hotmail.com · Oct 8, 2019

This is looking good Canon.

wockawocka · Oct 8, 2019

CanonFanBoy said:
Be aware that the DS feature cannot be turned off and is effective at wide apertures only. DS is accomplished by adding a specially coated element to the glass already in the lens, so you lose about 1 stop.

Has this fact been officially put out there by Canon? Just that it was something I was wondering about.

SecureGSM · Oct 8, 2019

RobbieHat said:
Will love that 70-200 lens if it is smaller and internal zoom like current 70-200. Don’t want an extending zoom as they are magnets for dust and sand in landscape (especially dunes).

1. It is an extending design
2. Canon 100-400 II L is an extending design but sealed pretty well, does not suffer from dust ingress, same with 24-70/2.8 II

gbc · Oct 8, 2019

fabao said:
And yet, I have not seen anywhere how you will zoom on this new 70-200. Perhaps you will do it by extending the lens, but I found it intriguing that people who were able to handle this new lens were not able to demonstrate this.

Have there actually been any hands-on reviews of this? Every "preview" of this lens I've seen noted that they just had the spec list and that the physical object they saw was a non-functioning mockup.

CanonFanBoy · Oct 8, 2019

wockawocka said:
Has this fact been officially put out there by Canon? Just that it was something I was wondering about.

Yes. I f you go to their website, Rudy does a demonstration. It is actually 1.5 stops light transmission difference. I personally did not find the difference between the two to make a difference to me. In other words, I am happy with what I have. I won't be missing anything.

https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/...RF-85mm-F12-L-USM-vs-the-RF-86mm-F12-L-USM-DS

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