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Del Paso · May 22, 2026

David - Sydney said:
Ahhh, to be able to find a second hand rf20mm in australia

Don't you worry!
You've got so many other bitingly sharp "things" in Australia...

Kiton · May 22, 2026

My first 80-200 2.8 was a Tokina, I guess the early 1980s.
It was not great (it could not deal with any sort of bad weather) but it was the first affordable 80-200 2.8 and was great for news photography and sports.

Today's 70-200 Z is unbelievably good and fits in the hand perfectly!
We are lucky today, albeit too expensive, but the level of the gear is shocking.

David - Sydney · May 21, 2026

erader said:
i bought a used 20 1.4 and took it for a spin last week in the eastern sierra. i haven't processed the files yet but the raws look great.

Ahhh, to be able to find a second hand rf20mm in australia

David - Sydney · May 21, 2026

I like using my Astrhori 6/2.8. >180 degree coverage. Used it for architecture but need to watch for fingers. Tripods without a horizontal extension will include legs unless shooting upwards.
Dynamic range is challenging if the sun or bright lights are anywhere in frame.
I'll be testing it for night/milky way soon but should be better than my EF8-15/4.
Not sure how this will look for crop sensors though.

Click · May 21, 2026

Very creative. Nicely done, Noreaster.

Noreaster · May 21, 2026

AlanF · May 21, 2026

The depth of field with these very short focal length lenses is so deep you just guess with no problems, or just set at a convenient distance, especially as you tend to use them for scenes. For example, at 4.5mm and f/2.8, set at 0.4m, everything from 0.2m to infinity is in focus. And at 10mm and f/2.8, set at 2m, everything from 1m to infinity is in focus. If you leave set at infinity, at 4.5mm, it's sharp down to 0.4m, and at 10mm, down to 1.8m. You should get automatic exposure in aperture priority but not shutter priority. All in all, it is a good value fun lens.

m4ndr4ke · May 21, 2026

Personally, I'm not a fan of pancake lenses in general so, to be honest, I wouldn't wish for any model to be made.

I wish the RF 28mm was a f/2 or f/1.8, not pancake, with the ability to use a proper lens hood.

For small lenses, I'd be very happy with the size of the RF 16 f/2.8 and 50mm f/1.8, avoiding the compromises of the pancake format.

spartan · May 21, 2026

please make compact rf 300 f2, 8 with integrated tc1, 4...i much prefer it to rf 100-300 f2.8

MayerMP · May 21, 2026

mangobutter said:
id rather the 40 2.8 be resurrected for RF. i'm in love with its optical qualities. if canon can play with the EF 50 STM and repurpose it for RF mount, i dont see why canon can't do the same for the EF 40 2.8.

Absolutely! For me, this would be a dream.

Robi Naitsirhc · May 21, 2026

The Canon RF 7-14mm is a superior, more versatile, and optically a much more refined option. It seems to me that the Laowa punches well above its price as an accessible, fun APS-C alternative with video-friendly traits. But from where I stand, the Canon justifies its cost for serious users, otherwise, if you're on RF-S/APS-C and don't need AF, the Laowa offers some value.

homebodyMacro2 · May 21, 2026

Slasheal said:
I would love to be able to get a 50mm 1.2 but newer generation with VCM technology or ultra fast AF like the 85 1.2.

Genuine question: are you aware there's a 50mm f/1.4 L VCM? There's not a very meaningful difference vs. f/1.2, and it solves your other requests.

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Primo1911 · May 21, 2026

I just wish they make their AF lenses available for Canon WITH AF!

Tho this will very handy on the GoPro Mission 1 ILS. It's essentially a 12-27mm.

scyrene · May 21, 2026

MayerMP said:
There really is a lack of good but non L "Standart Zooms" like the good old 24-85.
But my main desire is a 40mm pancake as 28 is often too wide for me.

It's been said on here that pancake focal length is roughly the same as flange(?) distance so I don't think it's feasible?

HG MERCURY · May 21, 2026

Some users have reported that firmware version 1.3.0 for the Canon EOS R52 may cause the camera to freeze when using the touch-and-drag autofocus feature.

On Chinese social media, a small number of R52 users have reported that after updating to firmware 1.3.0, enabling the “Touch & Drag AF” function (sorry, I’m not sure of the exact English menu name — it is the first option on the second page of the green menu tab) can cause the camera to freeze completely, requiring the battery to be removed and reinserted in order to recover.

Some users reported that the issue can be reproduced consistently when using the EVF while dragging on the touchscreen to move the focus point. Others said the camera may freeze even without dragging. However, all of them reported that disabling the Touch & Drag AF feature resolves the issue.

Some users have already reported this problem to Canon China, but at the moment Canon China has not officially acknowledged or reproduced the issue, and they are still waiting for additional user reports.

(Translated by ChatGPT)

Click · May 21, 2026

I love your gif. Well done, Alan.

MayerMP · May 21, 2026

There really is a lack of good but non L "Standart Zooms" like the good old 24-85.
But my main desire is a 40mm pancake as 28 is often too wide for me.

HeavyPiper · May 21, 2026

MayerMP said:
I´m struggeling whether to wait for R8 ii or to buy an R8 now with good discount.

I'm in the boat. I rented a R8 in May and found it fun to use. I'm older and finding my R5 is getting heavy.

MayerMP · May 21, 2026

Improvements like bigger battery, 2 slots etc would increase size and price.
And they would lower the distance to the R6 ii.

I just hope for a photocentric camera. My biggest wish is a tilting screen!

Design wise I would love to see parallels to the EOS 50e in the late 90s.

Lenses? Something better than the 24-50 but not L. Like the elder EF 24-85, 28-105 or 28-135 IS.
AND what about a 40mm 2,8 pancake?

I´m struggeling whether to wait for R8 ii or to buy an R8 now with good discount.

Del Paso · May 21, 2026

blackcoffee17 said:
Wish this lens was 10 or 20mm longer. Or the 14-35 was 16-50. Would make much easier to take only one lens to travels.

I see!
A 10-800mm !

AlanF · May 21, 2026

ISv said:
It illustrates that it's the ambient light and the exposure that are doing the difference, no surprise...
But: "Experiments are the only means of knowledge at our disposal, the rest is poetry, imagination." I would say that the experiments start with "poetry, imagination.", usually called hypothesis.
And only the results from the experiments are the thing that will kill or uplift your hypothesis! In this particular case the hypothesis didn't survive the experiment. For the "experimental scientist" it means (most of the time but not always) your chances to get money for your next experiment are diminishing...

There's more than one way for doing experiments. My postdoc supervisor who was a marvellous human being as well as an absolutely top-tier scientist told me that year: "Alan, you have a different approach to me. You think of a problem and then do experiments to solve it whereas I find an interesting area to work in and hope my skills will be able solve what turns up." In the usual terminology, I was (and still am) hypothesis driven and he was discovery driven. But, in the end, our papers look like we had a common approach!