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Bob Howland · Nov 24, 2025

The R50V with Sigma APS-C zooms are superb. The Sigma primes are better if you're short of light.

Click · Nov 24, 2025

Great shots, woody04.

LSXPhotog · Nov 24, 2025

ziqian said:
I'm looking for it too! I had never considered a Canon before (simply because it is too ugly) but I am now after the 45mm f1.2 coming out, but I do hope a beautiful compact body to be released sooner before I'm going with a R8 - the smallest canon FF body so far I could find.

I actually spit my coffee up when I read "simply because it is too ugly". Unreal to me that someone would consider Canon cameras ugly and not buy a Canon because of the way it looks. Then again, there are people out there who still buy Pentax.

woody04 · Nov 24, 2025

Assortment of shots taken in 2025 in the UK

Ozarker · Nov 24, 2025

YuengLinger said:
I really love my EF 35mm f/1.4L II. Yesterday I almost purchased a new one as backup, believing that it is inherently better and more special than the new RF/VCM version.

Then I started rewatching and rereading reviews made in 2015 when the EF II came out. The new and old share equal image quality, except regarding two aspects. The reviews were done by "my" trusted reviewers from back then (Dustin Abbott, Chris Frost, Gordon Lang, photozone.de.) The biggest shared complaint was the $2000 USD price tag in 2015!

Where the new RF/VCM version falls a bit short: 1) Severe distortion, and 2) CA when wide open and near MFD. The distortion of the RF/VCM model, as we know, has digital corrections baked in, so for practical purposes, it is not as big a deal as some new reviewers rant about.

I asked myself, do I really want to layout $1600 USD (as an "insurance policy") on a lens first released in 2015? (How long will Canon service this lens? With care and luck, won't my current EF II last many more years?)

The decision isn't a complete "no-brainer" for me, as the main reason I dumped the version I of the EF 35mm f/1.4 was purple fringing.

I believe I'm not the only photographer who associates lens choice with judgment and skill as a photographer. For me, camera lenses involve an emotional connection. We replace all kinds of appliances, vehicles, and tools in our age of extreme planned-obsolescence, but we aren't using many such purchase to express ourselves creatively.

The idea of dumbing down a 35mm L prime grates on me. I'd be sad to replace my current EF 35mm f/1.4L II treasure with the new version. And I doubt that Canon is going to have two-tiers in their L series for this lens.

But I'm not so freaked out that I'm going to spend money that may never get used. I don't believe I will be "crippled" as a photographer if I had "to settle" for the new VCM version. On the other hand, I fret over the trend of downgrading aspects of optical quality.

Also, I try to understand Canon's perspective, and I think I should be grateful that they are doing as well as they are in the age of smartphones and digital manipulation.

From what I've read lately in the CR forums, hard-nosed pragmatism drives the majority of purchase decisions, but some photographers are concerned about where the industry is headed with engineering.

Hey, buddy. When I switched to the R, I sold all my EF lenses. For me, that was a huge mistake. In that collection was the EF 35mm f/1.4L II. Some of my most beloved photos were taken with it. There was just something special about that lens. I wish I had it back. I'd buy another if I could.

Ozarker · Nov 24, 2025

Isn't that the truth? I was quickly wiped out during the pandemic as far as gear goes. I haven't a single RF lens. On the positive side, I managed to hang on to my R body, Canon EF 135mm f\2L, Tamron 45mm, and dozens of very old M42 mount lenses.

I can add one new RF 'L' lens a year, starting next year. Yes, my R is old, but I haven't shot with it much and it takes wonderful still life and portrait photos. It's slow as heck, and an R6 Mark III is on the far horizon, but I want glass.

The RF 28-70mm f/2L is the obvious first choice for me. Then Canon releases that damned RF 24-105mm f/2.8L with internal focusing. #$@&!

My obvious second choice is the RF 85mm f/1.2L. Then the RF 50mm f/1.2L. Simple. Then Canon releases the VCM primes. UGH!!!!

It was far easier when there were a few known 'great' lenses for what the project required. It was easy to choose. Now, from where I'm sitting, we are very spoiled. Thank you Canon.

jimim · Nov 24, 2025

Anyone get it yet that pre ordered. I was in a shop yesterday that has them in. I’m pre ordered from adorama so I didn’t want to mess things up.

Jim

AlanF · Nov 24, 2025

becceric said:
I agree!
But I'm still waiting for the "Consultation Fee" invoice...

Invoice: Fee for consultation $6000 ($10/mm rate). I recommend the 1200mm next at same rate.

scottburgess · Nov 24, 2025

Eloniel said:
I mean yes we all want Japanese camera companies to survive. But ultimately we also want the best product possible. So who cares if in 20 years the state of art mirrorless body is a Laowa one ? At the end it's still a tool and you take the best one you can afford for your needs. So more competition is better for the consumer to both bring lower price and force improving products.

I think you missed the rather LARGE point that eventually you wouldn't be able to afford anything made in China, unless you are a rather wealthy American. And that is assuming that trade relations normalize in the meantime, too. Demographic collapse in China is baked in--hence why the CCP feels a need to invade Taiwan as even losing a war is preferable to losing power. All of the collapse can then be blamed on the war and the West.

mawlki · Nov 24, 2025

First, prevent installation of the titmouse's "firmware" at all costs!

Click · Nov 24, 2025

Beautiful light effect on the petals.

Click · Nov 24, 2025

Nicely done, Nemorino.

Traveler · Nov 24, 2025

It is interesting that they still release only about 6–10 lenses a year even after starting from scratch with the new mount. I understand that Canon has limited capacity, but if Sony, Tamron, Sigma, and others can survive by making lenses almost exclusively for the E-mount, then it should be worthwhile for Canon to expand their capacity and fill out the RF lineup more quickly.

Olli · Nov 24, 2025

homebodyMacro2 said:
Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any update so far. @Canon Rumors may have something in the works, but I haven't seen anything else on the internet. I bumped this thread to see if we could get that wheel spinning a bit lol. But who knows, maybe this one died down again. I certainly hope not!

In any case I'm at least rather happy with my 70-200Z + 2x for now, though I am hopeful for a 300-600 eventually. Some recent butterflies:
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I guess it will stay again just a rumor. It became so silent about it so don’t think any wildlife lense again.
Slowly becoming really disappointed with canon.

Richard CR · Nov 24, 2025

m4ndr4ke said:
Pretty much all their full-frame cameras since the A9 II can do it. At this point, I find it hard to understand why Canon isn’t featuring that in their cameras, I hoped the R6 III would change that, but it didn’t.

speed. it's 4x faster in e-shutter doing 12 bit - canon uses a ramp comparator, so the more bits the slower the ramp.

Nemorino · Nov 24, 2025

R5m2 + Laowa RF 58mm
Stack of 34 frames, handheld

Nemorino · Nov 24, 2025

My challenge of the summer: Little birds sitting in the reed.
Hard to spot, hard to focus, hard to shoot.
R5m2 + RF200-800 + 1.4 TC
Willow warbler

Common reed warbler

m4ndr4ke · Nov 24, 2025

ThomasTH said:
14 bit RAW with electronic shutter is nice.

Pretty much all their full-frame cameras since the A9 II can do it. At this point, I find it hard to understand why Canon isn’t featuring that in their cameras, I hoped the R6 III would change that, but it didn’t.

ThomasTH · Nov 24, 2025

14 bit RAW with electronic shutter is nice.

Chig · Nov 24, 2025

RF Revolutionary Flange
Really?
Dreamed up by the marketing drones not the engineers

Richard CR · Nov 23, 2025

The rumormill is continuing to drip information regarding the Sony A7 V. Slowly, this is the latest camera in a long line of Sony's mid-level class full-frame mirrorless camera, which, like the R6 lineup, has grown up a lot over the years. Currently, according to SAR, the specifications include; The partially stacked sensor is a […]

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becceric · Nov 23, 2025

ThomasTH said:
Really cool photos, I especially like the third. The motion in the wings and the expression of the mallard are great.

Thanks, ThomasTH! I wish I could say I planned the slight blur of the wings, but I thought my shutter speed was just on the edge of freezing motion. Oh well, I was on the wrong side of that edge.
But I like the slight blur regardless.
As far as the expression, apparently I choose to photograph the duck that is employed by a modeling agency

wormss · Nov 23, 2025

Just wondering if the 'A' for Astronomy line was excluded on purpose or by accident or was just felt it didn't meet the criteria ? The EOS 60Da (a being astronomy or astromodified)

Click · Nov 23, 2025

AlanF said:
Saw a distant raptor 80-100m away so pointed the R5ii with the RF 200-800mm + 1.4xTC at 1120mm. It works pretty well and I was able to identify it as a Buteo buteo, the European Buzzard, only 400px x 500px in the image. For amusement at 1120mm, a portrait of a House Sparrow at 5m away (cropped).

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Amazing details in the second one.

Click · Nov 23, 2025

I really like the hawk in this dark blue sky.

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