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Exploreshootshare · Nov 7, 2025

Canon Rumors said:
It's Forty-Fine?

Love that one. It should stick

Steve_FR · Nov 7, 2025

mxwphoto said:
Anyone got good nicknames for this upcoming 45mm?

Hyperdrive forty-five
Overdrive forty-five
Power dive forty five
Come alive forty five
Under five ($hundred) forty five

The “Nifty Four-fifty” …($450 ..ish)

Del Paso · Nov 7, 2025

Richard CR said:
I gave my thoughts on this lens.

A Closer Look into the Canon RF 45mm f/1.2 STM - Canon Rumors

A review of the Canon RF 45mm f/1.2 STM as compared to other Canon RF 50mm and Canon's legacy 50mm EF lenses.

www.canonrumors.com

some of you may like my thoughts, some of you may hate them. don't come after me for T* though

You are not alone with your thoughts.
A lens to play with, but not for me. If sharpness did set in from f/4, why not, but this is not the case...
I'll keep using my 1,8/50 or the 2,8/60 Makro Elmarit R.

Nemorino · Nov 7, 2025

archie said:
Rolling shutter rate is about 13.5ms at 12-bit color. Only slightly better than the, what, 14.5 from the mark ii?

Don't forget about the higher pixel count.

Aldherrian · Nov 7, 2025

-pekr- said:
Really? Initial reports mentined something like 400-500 USD raise compared to the R6ii release. Need to check local Czechia prices ... or travel to buy to Germany

Because that's from tariffs, not Canon

yeahright · Nov 7, 2025

webmeister said:
I wonder what the actual impact of GPS is on the battery, especially if you consider that without builtin GPS you need to enable wifi/bluetooth for the smartphone connection and that will also use some power.

I never really tested this, apart from noticing that even if I accidentally leave the camera in GPS mode 1, it will drain the battery only very slowly. Maybe it loses 5% per day, but even if it were 10%, I'd happily take that. All of my DSLRs (7DII, 6DII, 5DIV) almost always survive the day on a single battery, no matter what I do with them. So with the more power-hungry mirrorless cameras I'd probably need two batteries per day most of the time, but that should then also leave enough power for GPS, I'd hope.

That sounds like a better explanation to me. But compared to the DSLRs, the mirrorless cameras got smaller (maybe sometimes even too small, at least for my hands), so perhaps they could sacrifice some of that to properly integrate GPS again? If they do not want to do that everywhere, then at least in one of their bodies (maybe the R5?), so that they can still offer something that is as small as possible (R8, maybe R6) and something that is a bit larger (and more expensive) but also more capable.

I briefly considered buying the R3, since it is not that much heavier than my 5DIV (about 200g), but the integrated battery grip makes it too cumbersome to carry my usual way (capture clip on the hip belt of my backpack, or within the backpack behind a side access door, for which it might be bit too large (which is then also a problem with external solutions like the GP-E2)).

This is what I did before buying my first 7DII. But it has all the drawbacks of any "second device" solution, and now you also need synchronized clocks or the points will not be accurate. My GPS logger back then had a small display, so I could take a photo of its clock to calculate the offset, but I was so happy when I didn't need to do that anymore with the 7DII, I don't want to go back to that.

External loggers cost around 100-200€. But for the comfort of built-in GPS I'd also pay 500€.

Great, I'd be interested to read that

What battery improvements do you think are necessary? Perhaps they just need some more modern (GPS) technology: I bought a cheap (~100€) smartwatch this year. The whole thing just weighs 30g and has a 270mAh battery (so around 1Wh, assuming this is some standard ~3,8V battery). It can record GPS tracks for more than 20h using less than 10% of the LP-E6's capacity. Why should it take a camera more than that to geotag some photos?

Very good elaboration on that, I feel pretty much the same on everything. The R3 and R1 are much too large for me, I'd like to go smaller than the 5D4 in the future. I don't care much about the battery issue however, I am currently carrying around 8 batteries for the 5D4 anyway, that will get me about 4 days of shooting, if I carry the same number on a future GPS-capable R5 and it only gives me 2 days that is fine for me.

mimbu · Nov 7, 2025

Richard CR said:
As many of you know, I’m pretty huge on the bang for the buck lenses

The king of bang-for-the-buck today is Chinese glass. Have you considered picking up a used E or Z mount camera to try some of this out? It almost boggles the mind how good some of this glass is for the price. (And if you work out how to order directly from the Chinese sites, prices get even lower. Sometimes a LOT lower.)

Richard CR · Nov 7, 2025

I gave my thoughts on this lens.

A Closer Look into the Canon RF 45mm f/1.2 STM - Canon Rumors

A review of the Canon RF 45mm f/1.2 STM as compared to other Canon RF 50mm and Canon's legacy 50mm EF lenses.

www.canonrumors.com

some of you may like my thoughts, some of you may hate them. don't come after me for T* though

-pekr- · Nov 7, 2025

Exploreshootshare said:
Well, in Germany and most parts of the world Canon didn't raise the price for the camera.

Really? Initial reports mentined something like 400-500 USD raise compared to the R6ii release. Need to check local Czechia prices ... or travel to buy to Germany

Exploreshootshare · Nov 7, 2025

-pekr- said:
What are they raising the price for then?

Well, in Germany and most parts of the world Canon didn't raise the price for the camera.

-pekr- · Nov 7, 2025

We have R5. My wife is using it for weddings. She's not that much happy with the AF face tracking as much as I have expected, it's not sticky enough. I thought, that R6III would be a sweet spot, kind of returning back to 5DIV resolution and offerning better AF. OTOH, 0.5cm smaller LCD, rounded design I don't like, still no BSI sensor, like - really? What are they raising the price for then? Well, yeah, great video upgrades .... which we don't use (yet), but I value of course. I wonder what is going to be its low-light performance, compared to R5 downsampling to the same resolution?

Click · Nov 6, 2025

Great shots!

esawaya · Nov 6, 2025

Mmm, finally a lens that has the potential of having some character, in the ever so frustrating lineup of lenses that Canon has released up to this point. I mean wjo needs all these VCM lenses? Canon was stuck with either cheap quality lenses at not so cheap prices with their F1.8-F2 offerings, or exorbitant ultra sharp lenses at 2000$+, neither of which reqlly had the qualities of the old EF lenses.

It seems Canon is going after Nikon with their F1.4 lineup of lenses, which were designed with a vintage touch from the 90s in mind, and a reasonable price point. But these lenses did render nicely despite the lower sharpness metrics, hopefully Canon does not cripple this lens too much.

ERHP · Nov 6, 2025

A Western Scrub-jay getting a late afternoon drink.

Part of a flock of Western Bluebirds very interested in the water after going after the now diminished coffeeberry bushes.

One of the few Green-tailed Towhee's that decided to stop by this season.

And Mr. and Mrs. Smith on the 360 Overwatch.

EOS 4 Life · Nov 6, 2025

Canon Rumors said:
No.. they'll probably arrive at dealers 2-3 days before. They'll be embargoed

That only stops major retailers from selling early.

EOS 4 Life · Nov 6, 2025

7DmkI said:
US listed price for body only is US$2,799, equv. to approx. Canadian dollars C$3,940 at todays rate of US$0.71 to C$1.
Canada listed price is C$3,499 equv. to approx. US$2,485.

Canadian price is cheaper by about 10%. Could the difference be tariff?

The prices do not change as often as the exchange rate

EOS 4 Life · Nov 6, 2025

Maximilian said:
@Canon Rumors and @Richard CR:
Does this "new" mean, it is indeed a new sensor or the expected re-use of the (still quite new) EOS C50?

Since no one has the C50 yet, I would say it is still new

Tom R5R7 · Nov 6, 2025

mxwphoto said:
Anyone got good nicknames for this upcoming 45mm?

Hyperdrive forty-five
Overdrive forty-five
Power dive forty five
Come alive forty five
Under five ($hundred) forty five

I was thinking "full metal jacket" but that's already taken by another type of 45.

dolina · Nov 6, 2025

I'd love to see the 1988 Canon EF 200mm f/1.8L USM attached to a RF bodies like the R6 Mark III, R1 & R5 Mark II.

What more on a FujiFilm medium format body like a GFX 100S II & GFX 100 II.

mxwphoto · Nov 6, 2025

Anyone got good nicknames for this upcoming 45mm?

Hyperdrive forty-five
Overdrive forty-five
Power dive forty five
Come alive forty five
Under five ($hundred) forty five

SnowMiku · Nov 6, 2025

Traveler said:
Hooray! And what's the next camera?

I'm guessing the R7 II could be the next one.

scyrene · Nov 6, 2025

fwiw I don't find my R6 battery drains appreciably while switched off, and it can be days between uses.

derekf · Nov 6, 2025

Ooops - seem to have pre-ordered an R63

Exploreshootshare · Nov 6, 2025

First reviews look promising, so I decided to rent it and I will have it for a weekend in November. I'll compare side by side with the 50mm VCM for my personal use. I have the feeling that I'll probably stick with the VCM, but I am curious none the less. Also, if (and I hope so) Canon decides to make more prime lenses like this one, I´d like to get a feel for this type of lens. Maybe there is a preorder in one of the future lenses for me. Who knows...

mxwphoto · Nov 6, 2025

Snapster said:
I mean... I would just love to throw in a couple more hundred or even double the price to get rid of the excessive CA's. Get a bit more sharpness. And a weather sealed construction.

Theres still that big gap between entry level and big heavy pro glass in Canons lens strategy. Only the new 2.8 zooms seem to target the $1k price point. Why not primes?

Sounds like a description for RF 50mm 1.2. Doubtful Canon as a business strategy is willing to spend lots of money on a new lens line to cannibalize and reduce profitability of their existing L lineup. Even Sigma's 50mm 1.2 is $1400msrp. You will have to look toward Chinese lens companies like Songraw to push optically corrected 1.2 lenses below $1000.

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