Please drop the price for Canon RF 85mm F1.2 L.
I do not want the Canon RF 85mm F1.2 L DS. I do not want any compromise on IQ.
The non-DS is $300 cheaper than the DS
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Please drop the price for Canon RF 85mm F1.2 L.
I do not want the Canon RF 85mm F1.2 L DS. I do not want any compromise on IQ.
The non-DS is $300 cheaper than the DS
Please drop the price for Canon RF 85mm F1.2 L.
I do not want the Canon RF 85mm F1.2 L DS. I do not want any compromise on IQ.
In the UK the RF 85mm f1.2 USM DS is £ 3,249.00 as opposed to £ 2,799.00 for the regular version. £ 450.00 more is a hefty premium for an already expensive lens for anyone other than professionals making a living from either fashion, portraiture, weddings or food.
The RF 70-200mm f2.8L IS USM is slightly more tolerable at £ 2,699.00 given the list price for the EF 70-200 f2.8L IS USM III is £ 2,149.00 (you can buy for £ 1,999.00).
The problem for Canon is the RP and R only have two non L affordable lenses the RF 24-240mm f4 - 6.3 IS USM and the RF 35mm f1.8 IS STM and this is certainly limiting purchasers. Now the holy trinity is delivered Canon needs to address the lower end and fast or risk losing out to Sony.
Go back to the RF 85mm f1.2L duo, they would have to be appreciably better than the EF 85mm f1.4L IS USM lens to tempt me as this lens is such a good all rounder and at £ 1,379.00 its almost half the price of the RF 85mm f1.2L IS USM. As for defocusing I can achieve similar results using a polyester filter from Lee Filters that maintains sharpness at the plane of focus but adds softness to out of focus areas for a few £ / Euros / Dollars (Polyester soft set in frames which fits their 100mm holder).
I was a bit underwhelmed by the level of CA with the lens. That along affects the character of OOF areas quite a bit.The EF 85mm f/1.4L IS is a good lens in terms of imaging a flat test chart and staying sharp all of the way out to the edges, but when using it to take photographs of a three dimensional world, I'm a bit underwhelmed by the character of out of focus areas for a "premium" prime lens. That's probably due to the effects of the amount of flat field correction needed to get that flat test chart performance.
I was a bit underwhelmed by the level of CA with the lens. That along affects the character of OOF areas quite a bit.
The feature sets of the M62 and 1DX3 seem to indicate that Canon is moving in the right direction. In the meantime there are some really nice RF lenses out there looking for a good home.
Sure, the RF 70-200mm lens looks promising and innovative. However, what sports or wildlife photographer is going to want to put it on an RF mirrorless that only shoots 5 fps with AF?
Almost. This one was A9 of that time (with Sony A mount).In 1987, Canon released the mediocre EOS 650 to support its brand new lineup of EF lenses. It was 2 years until the EOS-1 came out, and by then everyone had switched to Sony.
In 1987, Canon released the mediocre EOS 650 to support its brand new lineup of EF lenses. It was 2 years until the EOS-1 came out, and by then everyone had switched to Sony.
Two big decisions Nikon made that were the route cause of their electronic and then digital issues and subsequent sales demise. One, the decision to put the AF motor in the body rather than the lens all whilst keeping that darn F mount, and two, the decision that 135 format digital sensors 'were not needed or desirable' so it took them way too long to offer them and because of that their 'best' lenses image circle didn't even cover the ff format! At the last count there were around 50 different F mount 70-200 f2.8'sNah, but a lot of Canon FD shooters did switch to Nikon, some out of necessity and others out of spite.
They all came running back, and brought a lot of other long time Nikon shooters with them, when the advantages of an all electronic connection between the camera and body and Ring USM AF motors could be fully exploited by the late 1989 EOS-1 and its 1994 followup EOS-1N. Within 3-4 years of the introduction of the EOS-1 Canon passed Nikon as the system of choice for photojournalists and professional sports/action shooters. At the Seoul 1988 Summer games Nikon was still the dominant camera system in use. At the 1992 games in Barcelona it was split about 50/50 and the tide had clearly turned. By Atlanta in 1996 there were almost no Nikons to be seen in a sea of white lenses.
Two big decisions Nikon made that were the route cause of their electronic and then digital issues and subsequent sales demise. One, the decision to put the AF motor in the body rather than the lens all whilst keeping that darn F mount, and two, the decision that 135 format digital sensors 'were not needed or desirable' so it took them way too long to offer them and because of that their 'best' lenses image circle didn't even cover the ff format! At the last count there were around 50 different F mount 70-200 f2.8's
They have since gone back on all of it, they put the AF motors inside the lenses creating untold compatibility issues within the overstretched F mount, they have changed the mount, and they are now fully embracing the market demand for above average priced FF censured bodies.
From the news release: "The ninth and tenth lenses in the RF family are both powerful tools for photographers using the EOS R or EOS RP cameras, in particular, those shooting sports or wildlife photography with the RF 70-200mm F2.8L or portrait photography with the RF 85mm F1.2L USM DS."
Sure, the RF 70-200mm lens looks promising and innovative. However, what sports or wildlife photographer is going to want to put it on an RF mirrorless that only shoots 5 fps with AF?
The more I use it, the more I love it for portraits. I dont shoot test charts.The EF 85mm f/1.4L IS is a good lens in terms of imaging a flat test chart and staying sharp all of the way out to the edges, but when using it to take photographs of a three dimensional world, I'm a bit underwhelmed by the character of out of focus areas for a "premium" prime lens. That's probably due to the effects of the amount of flat field correction needed to get that flat test chart performance.
Great. What is so incredible about this lens from your perspective? A genuine question. Thank you.I got to shoot with the RF 70-200 2.8 at the expo @ the Javits center. It's absolutely incredible! I also have the RF 85mm 1.2, RF 28-70 f2, & RF 50mm 1.2 and I'm excited for the addition of the RF 70-200 to my bag.