Canon will announce some very interesting super-telephoto prime lenses on Thursday alongside the EOS R5 and EOS R6.
Canon RF 600mm f/11 IS STM Specifications:
- Retractable design
- 10 elements in 7 groups
- DO element
- Minimum focusing distance 4.5m
- Maximum magnification 0.14x
- 5 stops of IS
- 82mm filter size
- Size: 93mm x 199.5mm (When retracted) 269.5mm when shooting
- Weight: 930g
Canon RF 800mm f/11 IS STM Specifications:
- Retractable design
- 11 elements in 8 groups
- DO element
- Minimum focusing distance 6.0m
- Maximum magnification 0.14x
- 4 stops of IS
- 95mm filter size
- Size: 101.6mm x 281mm (When retracted) 351.8mm when shooting
- Weight: 1260g
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I’d like to try them out once, even just for some fun
Clever retractable design also. Important given these will rarely (if ever) be the only lens you will want to bring out with you.
Assuming IQ is up to scratch I can these going down very well with enthusiast wildlife photographers, particularly those that are on the go.
All depends on the IQ and price, that 800mm could be very interesting as a portable wildlife lens.
I hope Canon does not mess it up by setting the MRSP too high...
The EF 600mm f/4L IS III USM has 4.2 m
So pretty much what you can get out of such super teles.
Why do you think it is bad? I have the 800mm f/5.6 and it has the same minimum focus distance. It's rarely a problem in the real world.
Oh, ok. I remembered around 4.5m for the 800 5.6.
Now that we've seen pictures of the lenses, I'd really like to see some pictures taken through the lenses...
I wonder if these lenses will be usable with the teleconverters given the aperture.
Key differences: the 800mm f/5.6 weighs 3.5 times more than this lens at 4490g and costs $12,999 new.
I only had the old 400 5.6 i remember i was bothered sometimes by the long 3.5m minimum focusing distance. Not very often tho.
These new lenses apparently are compatible with both TCs but who wants to add TC on an F11 lens? Maybe for moon shots or long exposures or some landscapes