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One of the first third-party RF mount lenses is being heavily discounted at Adorama. The Samyang 85mm f/1.4 UMC Manual Focus Lens for Canon RF Mount is now only $249 (Reg $399).
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Samyang RF 85mm f/1.4 $249 (Reg $399)
Not with manual focus only lenses that do not have the electronics to communicate with the camera. I own the R and more than 40 mf lenses. The only focus assistance available is focus peaking, but the green mf focus assist tool does not work with any of those lenses. The lenses do not have the electronics required to accomplish that. This lens is no exception to that rule. Focus peaking helps, but it is no substitute for the focus assist tool.
Hmmmm. Focus Assist on my EOS R works perfectly with my manual focus Rokinon 14mm F2. But that lens has a chip which allows communication with the camera.
Try as I might, I can't find a Rokinon EF 14mm f/2 manual focus lens anywhere with a google search or at ebay. I'd be interested in such a lens. I have had M42 to EF adapters with a focus assist chip mounted on them to get the "beep" confirmation (the chips all eventually fall off).
Sorry for sending you on a goose chase. My bad. It is a 14mm F2.4.
Manual focus used to be not all that hard. It horribly difficult now because one has to go waaaaay out of one's way to get a split microprism focus ring in the viewfinder, if such a thing is even available for one's camera model (and usually it isn't).
