Can someone explain to the
- Canon RF 24mm f/1.8 IS STM Macro
What would this lens be best used for and what types of shot will this lens be effective for? Portraits up close? Landscape? Macro of flowers and bugs? Please help. want to learn about lenses and uses and how this in future could be paired with r5 camera.Thanks
Actually, this is my most anticipated lens, next to the 135mm. This will be the king of video lens in my eyes. Small, bright and wide enough for
in crowd videojournalistic shots such as weddings, street manifestations, tight spaces as in a metro and buses, dancing during a party. It is light enough for any table-top product videography, handheld and you don't have to extend your hand too much; over-the-table food sliding, punch-in and orbit of any product videography. The R5 will be very happy with it: using different crops and IBIS you can get, without changing a lens, 24mm, 35mm and 40mm and you can handheld it for a long time. It is the macro property that gets me exited. This means that I can punch in, then transition to something else, while still in focus. I would choose from where to defocus in post. Finally, it is my most used focal length for gimbal work. I favor the R5 over any video camera for that reason.
Photography-wise, I am not seeing much need. I prefer a 35mm, even when shooting in tight room such as hotel bedroom, or bathroom. Yet, I have seen people using it for portrait. I have used wider lenses on cosplay photography, but that is not for everybody. It allows you to put the lens right at the tip of a weapon, using it as a leading line to the face of the cosplayer.
Hope that gives you more idea on how I intend to use it.
The 135mm is my preferred focal length for portraiture and fashion. The current EF lens is to prone for lens flare. Some people adore flares, not me.