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ctk · 2026-06-29T15:00:22-0400

DocInfoSci said:
I run an R3 and and R6, each with a control ring adapter. Check my sig for the EF lenses and accessories. I can state that I enjoy remarkable success with all of them. RF has an advantage in terms of AF speed for USM -variety and VCM lenses, from my limited testing, and in some cases there's a sharpness edge, but nothing I'd pay $1000+ extra for unless my mortgage depended on the outcome. Turn on DLO for sooc improvements (I use max DLO, but the fastest things I shoot are sprinting deer and galloping horses). Especially for Macro I really appreciate the manual focus with the EF lenses as it stays put and can't be damaged when the camera sleeps, gets turned off, undergoes a battery swap, etc. If you're on the fence it's worth hauling your camera to the local store and testing both EF and RF equivalents. Stuff like the 100mm macro should still be in good supply around the place, and right now Canon / vendors tend to run early summer specials.

RF really breathed new life into a lot of EF glass, particularly fast primes that struggled to nail focus. Most extreme examples of this were the old Sigma EX 1.4 primes; no more issues with alignment. The 50 still wasn't great wide open but from F/2 onward it was solid. EF glass generally works way better on RF bodies than the EF bodies they were made for.

Del Paso · 2026-06-29T13:41:59-0400

koenkooi said:
I had a preorder with Cameranu, didn't make the first batch. Cameraland did have a single one in stock, which is now attached to my R8.

I checked their website and, fully automatically, got the French translation.

Enjoy your 20-50 like I enjoy mine!

AlanF · 2026-06-29T12:50:21-0400

Blacktailed Skimmer today (R5ii + RF 100-500mm).

Click · 2026-06-29T09:52:31-0400

Very nice shots. I especially like the 4th one.

AlanF · 2026-06-29T06:42:03-0400

Large Skipper and Speckled Wood butterflies (R5ii + RF 100-500mm).

candyman · 2026-06-29T05:11:15-0400

masterpix said:
I wish I had the money for it all, but at the moment I use my old EF glass which works quite well.

I held onto my EF glass for quite some time. Over the past three years, I’ve started replacing it—a process that doesn't happen overnight. It involves deliberate saving combined with the sale of lenses, accessories, and the like. Recently, I sold my two M-series cameras and all my EF-M lenses. Since 2025, I’ve been buying via grey market imports, which has saved me over 4,000 euros so far. I also don't expect to replace the gear I’ve just bought anytime soon.
So, it’s not a simple process; it requires a strategic approach.

ISv · 2026-06-28T23:02:19-0400

Today it was all about the Chestnut Munia!
First photo full adult, second very young bird (bill is black, more brownish feathers), third, two photos, also young but the bill already not black; showing some black spots on the head and by far more red feathers. This one was posing best today

The last one is an old photo of more matured bird - very confusing for not well prepared visitor-birders plumage (but all Chestnut Munias go in that step, with high variability!). That is ~the last step before the adult plumage.

Noreaster · 2026-06-28T18:22:08-0400

@zajicekpavel · 2026-06-28T07:44:39-0400

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@zajicekpavel · 2026-06-28T05:03:48-0400

https://www.ignisbrunensis.cz/en

27.6.2026

R7 + Sigma 17-40 mm f/1,8 DC Art Canon RF

@zajicekpavel · 2026-06-28T04:57:42-0400

https://www.ignisbrunensis.cz/en

27.6.2026

R7

Nathalietje86 · 2026-06-28T04:35:52-0400

The new compact camera's absolutely need to have raw instead of only jpeg, but we are end of june now why is canon so quiet?
Come one canon give us some news about the new compact camera's

Chig · 2026-06-28T03:25:26-0400

I love my RF 45mm f/1.2 and a similar RF 80mm f/1.2 would be great as I like that focal length/aperture but I'm reluctant to buy the RF 85mm L f/1.2 as it costs nearly $5K NZD and I'd much rather spend say $1200 NZD on a smaller, lighter version and put the money left over towards a 2nd R5ii body

AlanF · Saturday at 7:41 AM

koenkooi said:
Here's a 100% crop of the lens + 2x extender at MFD. I wasn't paying attention to the zoom, so it's not at 400mm :/

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By coincidence, yesterday I took a very similar shot with the RF 100-400mm on the R7 at close to its mfd on the R7 (f/8, iso 800). The mfd of the 70-200 Z is close to half of that of the 100-400 and you are getting about 50% more resolution with the 2xTC. The eyes in my image are not as good but the sharpness of the face is better, presumably from the about 3x greater dof, you were stopped down to f/11.

cpats · Friday at 6:10 PM

Some of this stuff is nice.

But no touch AF? Grrr.

Salamander · Friday at 6:01 PM

neuroanatomist said:
You're welcome. FWIW, I have made several 'street price' purchases through them. Sometimes they are from one of the big-two retailers in NYC/NJ, other times from Canadian retailers but they ship with no issues / duties / etc., and the warranty applies. Assuming you're in the US, refurbished from Canon USA is a great option as well (a very good price on the 24-70/2.8 right now, but that's not always the case (for example, the RF 200-800 is cheaper via street price than Canon USA refurbished).

Thanks again

neuroanatomist · Friday at 12:11 PM

ctk said:
They're "selling" because they're bundled in. Crop shooters historically don't buy much beyond whatever their cameras come with.

Obviously. But your claim was that there is no business case for such lenses. If you meant no business case for OEM crop lenses other than those bundled in kits, you could have said that.

There is clearly a business case for APS-C kit lenses. As for the additional lenses, there aren't many anyway. For RF-S, the 18-45, 55-210 and 18-150 are kit lenses. The 10-18, 14-30 PZ and 3.9mm dual fisheye are the others, and the last of those is a very niche lens. That's consistent with the overall idea that there's not much of a business case for a wide selection of OEM crop lenses, but I highly doubt that Canon would design and sell a lens for which there was no business case.

They've been doing this whole camera- and lens-selling thing for a while, and they're pretty good at it.

Ozarker · Friday at 10:58 AM

Ozarker said:
Hey buddy. Thanks for this great post. I think this one goes on my list. I don't know how I missed this. I was linked here today by Neuro.

I'm losing it, I think. I DID see this post last year. Dang.

Del Paso · Friday at 6:52 AM

neuroanatomist said:
Post your images from Canon's first (non-cinema) ILC lens to feature an internal power zoom.

Canon's RF 20-50mm f/4 L IS USM PZ delivers a very useful focal range (for me, at least). Personally, I don't shoot video with ILCs, but rather with a camcorder (Canon HF G60) or the PowerShot V1, so I'm already used to having a power zoom for that use case.

When the 20-50/4L was announced, I had concerns about the implementation of a power zoom for general photography, but those concerns turned out to be mostly unfounded (which makes sense, given the L designation of the lens). Of the two modes, PZ and what I'll call EMZ (electronic manual zoom, analogous to electronic manual focus aka focus-by-wire), I expect I'll leave it on EMZ unless and until I decide to shoot video with a MILC (for which I'd get the C50, at this point).

What I mean by 'mostly' is that that the motorized zoom has a maximum speed that noticeably lags behind the speed at which I typically rotate a zoom ring. Peak zooming speed with EMZ takes about 0.5 seconds to go from 20mm to 50mm. The EMZ zoom throw is short, only about 60° rotation, and I can rotate through the range in less than 0.25 s, meaning with a rapid rotation of the zoom ring, it takes a bit of time for the zoom to catch up. It's something I'll get used to, but I'm not a fan of that lag.

I was hoping for the lens to be a bit smaller, it's only a bit shorter than the RF 24-105/4L. Though the 20-50/4L does not extend with zooming, that's of less concern to me than the amount of space a lens takes up in a camera bag. One big difference is the weight – at only 425 g, the 20-50/4 is easy to carry along and much lighter than the 24-105/4L that weighs in at 700 g. The 20-50/4 is also significantly skinnier – holding one in each hand, the PZ lens feels smaller and much lighter.

Choice is a good thing, but I now have several choices for a zoom lens covering the standard range for local or travel use.

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Horses for courses, though...my primary use case for the 20-50/4 will be as an urban travel walkaround lens on the R8, where starting at 20mm instead of 24mm means less swapping to a UWA zoom, and the light weight will be an advantage.

An extra 4mm on the wide end may not sound like much, but it makes a difference especially when there is limited room to back up. For the same reason, Canon has both a 24/1.4L VCM and a 20/1.4L VCM.

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As expected, the lens requires distortion correction at the wide end (RAW images from DxO below). The image fills the frame between 23-24mm, with some residual optical vignetting that is mostly gone by 28mm. Wide open vignetting is not bad, though that's expected for an f/4 lens.

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Overall, I'm very happy with the size and functionality of the RF 20-50/4L, and looking forward to putting it to use on upcoming trips. It's a good size on the R8.

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Since there are a few forum members now with this lens, I'm looking forward to seeing examples from others. Bring 'em on!

I would post if I could, but I am already packing for my Iceland vacation and won't be using the 20-50, but the much wider 15-35!

My test pictures are too ugly to post, since I was mostly checking corner sharpness (which was very satisfactory).

Canon Rumors · Friday at 2:27 AM

Canon has released firmware v1.0.6.1 for the Cinema EOS C80. This firmware update is a mid-tier update with some new features and bug fixes. Firmware Version 1.0.6.1 incorporates the following fixes and enhancements: Canon EOS C80: Download Firmware v1.0.6.1 Canon Cinema EOS C80 Current · Canon RF · Full-Frame Sensor Resolution 19.05MP Sensor Size Full-Frame […]

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neuroanatomist · Thursday at 4:22 PM

Ouch. That level of damage might be worth an insurance claim.

AlanF · Thursday at 10:59 AM

Barnswallow in full flight this morning. (R5ii + RF 200-800mm).

neuroanatomist · Thursday at 10:09 AM

GMCPhotographics said:
No one seems to have noticed this new RF 20-50mm f4 L is the 2nd lens in a new F4 trio started with the RF 10-20mm f4 L. It's easy to guess what focal length and aperture the 3rd lens of the range will be, 50-xxx f4 L.

I certainly noticed. But IMO, the trio is here already 10-20/4, 20-50/4 and 70-200/4.

DhlcadR6 · Thursday at 8:03 AM

They are reskin of Meike. Recently there's 85mm f1.4 for 600USD, and reviews from China seems promising.

I think they avoid the Canon legal team by keeping it not easily accessible.

justaCanonuser · Thursday at 5:26 AM

john1970 said:
A lens that would be a bit more differentiated could be a 150-600 mm f4.5 to f6.3. Could take a 95 mm filter on the front and be internal zoom with L grade quality.

I guess the pressure on Canon may increase to come up with a bit faster medium tele zoom because of Sony's new 100-400mm f/4.5, surely an excellent lens. Sony's learning curve in tele lens design was steep, and their actual 600mm f/4.0 lens even beats Canon's actual 600mm f/4.0 lenses in lab reviews, I have seen. Personally I won't change to Sony, but their attack on Canon in the tele section is definitely bold since they came up with their very competitively priced and therefore popular 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 tele zoom. Also, as Canon users, we can only profit from that stiff competition.

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