The Canon RF 14mm F1.4L VCM is Right Around the Corner

[Canon Rumors]

I have been talking about two more VCM lenses being on the horizon for a while now, with one of them being wider than the RF 20mm f/1.4L VCM and another longer than the RF 85mm f/1.4L VCM. It looks like we're going to get the wide lens first. We can expect an announcement on […]

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[Dr_Flash]

is a new 400mm 2.8 with TC a wild enough lens ??? - they can it make crazy light or with a 2x TC

 

[neuroanatomist]

Will be a preorder for me.

 

[Del Paso]

The only VCM f/1,4 lens missing would be the 28mm!

 

[David - Sydney]

I'm scared of the price though...
Have I read the patent correctly that it is about 140mm from the body in length?
The Sony 14/1.8 is100mm long, 450g and reasonably priced at USD1750.
The Sigma 14/1.4 is a beast at 150mm long/1.1kg ie double the weight of the Sony but about the same price.
The dew heater and locked focus would be handy on the Sigma.
AF would be great for some users but not useful for astro.

 

[EricN]

The only VCM f/1,4 lens missing would be the 28mm!

The tea leaves say they'll make it around the same time as 35 1.2

 

[johnchio]

Is it the 300-600 being finally announced after 5 years?

 

[domo_p1000]

Is it the 300-600 being finally announced after 5 years?

Yes please!

 

[Zadak]

impressive feet

Indeed

 

[Canon Rumors]

The only VCM f/1,4 lens missing would be the 28mm!

Indeed

(Doh)

 

[Del Paso]

Oh no! It will be another horrible lens with satanic software correction! How could they do it again to us?
(I only wanted to be the first to complain, in order to put this sterile discussion to a well deserved end).
And also before asking my photo-store to put one aside for me as soon as Canon start delivery.

 

[P-visie]

Oh no! It will be another horrible lens with satanic software correction! How could they do it again to us?
(I only wanted to be the first to complain, in order to put this sterile discussion to a well deserved end).
And also before asking my photo-store to put one aside for me as soon as Canon start delivery.

A lens with an image circle with a radius of 18.68mm would not cover approximately 4.94 % of a full frame sensor (according to ChatGPT).

 

[Exploreshootshare]

I´ll rent the 14mm F1.4 this year for night sky pics, if it comes out. The price will be too steep for me and the use-cases too few.

 

[Exploreshootshare]

The only VCM f/1,4 lens missing would be the 28mm!

Maybe a 100mm F1.4 (or similar) VCM prime?

 

[Canon Rumors]

A lens with an image circle with a radius of 18.68mm would not cover approximately 4.94 % of a full frame sensor (according to ChatGPT).

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The image height is 18.68 instead of 21.64. I added that to the article.

 

[Del Paso]

The tea leaves say they'll make it around the same time as 35 1.2

This is cruelty! Hurting our innocent feelings and hopes.
I'll have you banned from this forum for life!

 

[Del Paso]

A lens with an image circle with a radius of 18.68mm would not cover approximately 4.94 % of a full frame sensor (according to ChatGPT).

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Frankly, I don't care at all.
The VCM lenses were all brilliant, just like the 14mm will be. I could compare my excellent Zeiss 21mm f/2,8 to the 20mm VCM. The Zeiss, though optically corrected, didn't stand a chance...

 

[Del Paso]

Maybe a 100mm F1.4 (or similar) VCM prime?

The question is whether they could keep the same diameter. If you look at the Sigma monster...

 

[neuroanatomist]

Frankly, I don't care at all.
The VCM lenses were all brilliant, just like the 14mm will be. I could compare my excellent Zeiss 21mm f/2,8 to the 20mm VCM. The Zeiss, though optically corrected, didn't stand a chance...

Indeed. The image height of the 20/1.4 lens in the same patent is 18.90mm, the corner performance of that lens is excellent. This is the post-correction extreme upper left corner of an image from the 20/1.4 with Dubhe and Merak in the 100% crop (the two scoop-side stars of the Big Dipper that point to Polaris).



As another example, here's a 100% crop from the post-correction extreme lower right corner of an image from the 20/1.4, and most of this image is from the part that was 'stretched' to wider than the original pixel width, as you can see from the full image in DxO showing the output size of 6492 x 4000 from the 6000 x 4000 sensor of the R1.