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Canon RF 85mm f1.2 review by Fro

When eye-af actually engages on the R and RP with this lens it nails it. But 8 times out of 10 face detect fails when someone is wearing strong glasses. MF + 10x magnify works wonders in that case, I haven't tried to use touch-and-drag AF for this yet.

Jared mentions this in his review as well, but I like to highlight it as well: when racking focus from MFD to infinity you can feel something large and heavy inside the lens shifting. That brings a smile to my face every time!

Unfortunately I have to return it to the rental place next week :(
 
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I went on a short holiday for a few days and only used the R+50 and it performed perfectly. It’s very, very good AF-wise also, so I don’t doubt for a second the 85 is just as good.

OTOH, I saw maybe 4 people with a “real camera” everyone else used their phone. That has changed dramatically the last couple of years..
 
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