Canon Announces the Canon RF 14mm f/1.4L VCM

[fox40phil]

So do you guys think Canon will finally fix their UW video wobble while using IBIS?!?!
The 14mm and also the fisheye zoom are new huge arguments for a long needed fix!

 

[stillviking]

I will just keep 15-35 2.8 L to use front filters.

 

[benperrin]

So is everyone hearing end of Feb for the arrival date? I'm in Australia and I got an email after my pre-order saying March.

 

[neuroanatomist]

So is everyone hearing end of Feb for the arrival date? I'm in Australia and I got an email after my pre-order saying March.

In the press release for the two lenses, Canon stated end of February:

The Canon RF7-14mm F2.8-3.5 L Fisheye STM zoom lens and RF14mm F1.4 L VCM prime lens are currently expected to be available by the end of February 2026...

 

[Etnaphele]

I will just keep 15-35 2.8 L to use front filters.

That’s actually a big plus, as I already use them 82mm on the 24-70. Vignetting should not be huge with thin filters from what I’ve seen.

 

[erader]

I don't shoot Canon anymore and don't really care that much but why would someone spend nearly 3k on this lens when the old sigma version is almost certainly as good. Astro isn't exactly a run and gun genre. It's almost always planned, with a car, on a tripod. Native mount and smaller size doesn't really do much for you here. IDK I'm sure people will defend it but yeah.

i have the sigma 14 f1.8 and i have no plan to buy the rf 14

 

[erader]

Gordon from camera labs has already shown some uncorrected images in his first-looks video. The corrections don't look as heavy as I might have first expected IMO.View attachment 227860
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IQ looks to be excellent as well. Really amazing what canon has done here. I just wish I could justify spending that amount of money on it ...

if i makes you feel any better canon released the ef 14 f2.8 II in 2007 for like $2300, which would be about $3500 today

 

[Richard CR]

So do you guys think Canon will finally fix their UW video wobble while using IBIS?!?!
The 14mm and also the fisheye zoom are new huge arguments for a long needed fix!

yes, use a new canon IBIS camera. It's called Peripheral Coordinated Control IS. It's not out for the older camera bodies, and I'm not sure it's even possible to fully get away from it - it's just something people have to be aware of when shooting.

Sony I believe gets rid of it in post because it tags it in the meta data, but it's still there. If it really is a problem use a gimbal.

 

[erader]

12-15mm.. doesn't matter whatsoever for astro. All 12 would do is add size and cost. The 15-35 is brilliant at 15, barely distortion. You can get them cheap, it's light. Who cares about an overlap between 24 to 35? That's strange.

i don't play the overlap game. i buy lenses that i actually use

 

[Richard CR]

if i makes you feel any better canon released the ef 14 f2.8 II in 2007 for like $2300, which would be about $3500 today

I didn't even bother comparing the MTF of that lens to the 14/1.4 - I didn't want the EF lens to experience that kind of beat down.