Canon RF 24mm f/1.4L USM and RF 50mm f/1.4L USM coming in Q4 as part of a "hybrid family" of L prime lenses

[EOS 4 Life]

They have terrible focus breathing and they don\'t focus as fast my previous sony lenses.

New Canon cameras have focus breathing correction and Canon prefers to pull focus slower in video for smoother focus.
That being said, less focus breathing in the lens would be welcomed.

 

[Del Paso]

I heard and read about that. Here my two cents:
First of all, I chose a part of the island, where there are very few tourists and no high-rises/ entertainment areas or such. Much more relaxed and calm and close to nature.
Second of all, these are the same people who cried during COVID and begged people to come. After covid, Mallorca and the Canary Islands did a bunch of marketing in Germany and tried to lure people to the islands. You can´t complain both ways... although some tourist destinations would benefit from a more controlled way or a maximum number of tourists... but I won´t get into this vicious cycle...

The vicious circle is round like $$$$$

 

[EOS 4 Life]

*Update* We have been told that both the RF 24mm f/1.4L USM and the RF 50mm f/1.4L (Yes, an L and without IS) are part of a new “hybrid family” of RF prime lenses. The RF 35mm f/1.4L USM will come first around the same time as the EOS R5 Mark II and the RF 24mm f/1.4L USM and RF 50 f/1.4L USM coming in Q4 of 2024.

Colour me surprised about the 50mm, the crow is tasty. The RF 35mm f/1.4L USM will tell us what's in store for the 24 and 50.

I would prefer a 24 f/1.2, 35 f/1.2, and 50 f/1.4 IS.

 

[EOS 4 Life]

Perhaps "video focused" means that they are going the Sony route and making a set of lenses smaller and lighter to make the gimbal friendly.
If that is the case then f/1.4 and no IS would make sense.
A higher aperture and the inclusion of IS would make the lenses bigger.
Smaller and lighter lenses would also make some photographers happy.

 

[EricN]

It really is a catastrophe what is happening there.I pity the locals...
Once again, it's about $$$$$, nothing else.

It seems to be quite common with resort locations, don't you think?

 

[Loswr]

The RF 35mm f/1.4L USM will come first around the same time as the EOS R5 Mark II and the RF 24mm f/1.4L USM and RF 50 f/1.4L USM coming in Q4 of 2024.

These lenses will make some people very happy. Personally, I’ll stick with my 28-70/2 to cover that range (close enough in FL and aperture, for me).

 

[twoheadedboy]

Wait, the title says "RF 50mm f/1.4 IS USM", but the edit says "RF 50 f/1.4L USM", no IS. Is it competing rumors, or is one or the other the prevailing assumption?

 

[koenkooi]

Wait, the title says "RF 50mm f/1.4 IS USM", but the edit says "RF 50 f/1.4L USM", no IS. Is it competing rumors, or is one or the other the prevailing assumption?

The article was updated with new information, but the title wasn’t updated.

 

[Canon Rumors]

The article was updated with new information, but the title wasn’t updated.

It's generally bad practice to change a headline beyond grammatical issues (I did change the forum thread). I did add "(This headline is incorrect)" to the site.

 

[jam05]

Canon Rumors is typically this guys number one source for “new” content. Weird that Canon Rumors is using him as a source now.

He appears to work hard at what he is doing over there. Sometimes hard work, persistance, and effort pays off.

 

[roby17269]

I would prefer a 24 f/1.2, 35 f/1.2, and 50 f/1.4 IS.

Me too (shocker) for the 35!
For a 24mm I'd probably rather wait for a TS lens... the 50 1.4 is not going to pry the 50 1.2 from my very alive and very grabby hands

It seems like I am going to be disappointed with this upcoming round of announcements

 

[koenkooi]

It's generally bad practice to change a headline beyond grammatical issues (I did change the forum thread). I did add "(This headline is incorrect)" to the site.

And I bet the backend won’t change the URL slug, so the link will have the original title in it forever as well

At work we have similar issues with our internal documentation, we can improve the docs and reword things, but all the links have to keep working.

 

[RobbieHat]

Im interested if the 24mm 1.4 is decently corrected for coma, as it could be useful for astrophotography. Historically Canon primes have had pretty awful coma...

And the 50mm IS sounds really nice. I just hope that the video centric feature won't make it less useful for photographers.

It seems there are about three of us that want a native Canon RF fast UWA that handles coma well. I Have the Sigma Art 24mm f1.4 and 14mm f1.8 EF mounts and use them both quite a bit for astro. I would willingly replace both with Canon RF offerings but it seems Canon has never taken the astro market that seriously other than creating bodies that cater to night photography. We will see what this 24mm holds and hope that they go even wider and fast with another prime (ideally 12 or 14 mm) or release an UWA zoom that is at least f 2.8. Any of these would be a guaranteed buy for me if they are decent in the corners.

 

[frankchn]

It seems there are about three of us that want a native Canon RF fast UWA that handles coma well. I Have the Sigma Art 24mm f1.4 and 14mm f1.8 EF mounts and use them both quite a bit for astro. I would willingly replace both with Canon RF offerings but it seems Canon has never taken the astro market that seriously other than creating bodies that cater to night photography. We will see what this 24mm holds and hope that they go even wider and fast with another prime (ideally 12 or 14 mm) or release an UWA zoom that is at least f 2.8. Any of these would be a guaranteed buy for me if they are decent in the corners.

Unfortunately I don't really see Canon fleshing out the UWA bits of the prime lens line-up (anything under 24mm) this year -- the 35L, maybe 24L etc will take precedence.

For now, I think a A7CR with some combination of Sigma 14/1.4, 15/1.4, 20/1.4, and 24/1.4 is probably the best bet if you are serious about astro.

 

[Bonich]

I want only 3rd. party lenses, not the crappy Canon RF lenses.
Tamron and Sigma rule!
PS: I wrote this, being in a state of complete sloshedness...

Take the Voightländers!
You will never look back.

 

[navastronia]

This has been a deeply confusing set of rumors (not blaming you, CR Guy) and I really am looking forward to solid info at this point, about all of this.

 

[Sporgon]

It's generally bad practice to change a headline beyond grammatical issues (I did change the forum thread). I did add "(This headline is incorrect)" to the site.

Well I hope you guys didn’t manage to wake Ahsanford up earlier in the thread.

 

[Del Paso]

Take the Voightländers!
You will never look back.

Sorry, but I have my Leicas from 15 to 560mm.
PS: my first post wasn't serious!

 

[mb66energy]

If this 1.4 50mm is close to the EF-M 1.4 32 in terms of max. magnification, overall image quality and in the region of 1 k$/1k€ I will buy one. Good for FF but also great for APS-C where it is 80mm-ish.
Just tried my FD 1.4 50 S.S.C. with an EOS RP today to see how it works: Image quality is phantastic for FullHD including soft background but trying to make a video of myself was not that easy: Looking at a smartphone to check my right position and than putting the smart phone away and talk without moving isn't that easy.

 

[Pete Roberts]

Oh dear so now Canon Rumors is relying on Simon The Ordinary Filmmaker for content! He is wrong so often it's ridiculous. I stopped watching his content a long time ago most of his videos are clickbait rubbish