Northlight has uncovered a USPTO patent that showcases various optical formulas for apodization lenses. It appears one of the embodiments fits the recently announced Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L DS USM.
Other embodiments in this patent include:
- Canon RF 35mm f/1.4
- Canon RF 28mm f/2.8
We don't doubt that an L 35mm lens is coming sooner or later for the RF mount.
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(I don't need this lens to be aposdistized, but) YES PLEASE! And please let it be pancake-ish. I will buy it instantly. Would love something matching a good selfie focal length :ROFLMAO:
I second that! It doesn't have to do tricks either; no macro necessary, or apodisation. Just small and sharp. Leica has been making tiny, fast 28s and such for their 'mirror-less' M series for decades!
Lengths are 140, 123 and 97 mm.
Why CR don't discuss about these lenses
70-200 f2.8-3.4 | 70-200 f2.8 100-200 f/4
Patent Public Search | USPTO
Looking at the EF primes Canon released over the past decade, I would be surprised if Canon released pancake lenses.
The lowest one can expect should be somewhat similar to the Sony FE 28mm f2 (has to be bigger with the control ring, etc.) but Canon is probably not interested in making one like that. If size was their main priority over rigidity and optical quality, they would have chosen a smaller mount and an even shorter flange distance.
With all that said, there will be at least one pancake lens, it just might not be what people expect (you probably cannot make a 28mm as small as let's say a 40mm).
I understand that you've left M system, but why do you expect Canon to kill it by releasing similar lenses for the RF-mount? (if they could in the first place)
That's the point, it's not going away any time soon, they are filling in different needs and wallet thickness.
Yeah I'd forgotten about autofocus and IS… Their new APO-Summicron-SL 35mm F2 ASPH looks like a telescope!
A better comparison might be Canon's own EF 28 f/2.8 IS. Seems like you could trade the mirror clearance that it has to accommodate for another stop in speed—and not have to make it too much bigger, if at all. The new RF 35mm isn't too awfully big (I don't think). A 28 vision of the same—without macro—ought to be easy enough to do.
Yes, it seems a little odd, considering the recent release of the EOS RP, but at this stage, they probably expect it to be used with the smaller and cheaper adapted EF glass.
Its small size is what it brings! I agree 2.8 isn't great, but a tiny lens is essential if you're doing street photography and don't want to draw attention to yourself. A tiny lens really doesn't look as 'threatening' or invasive to people as a 24-70 f2.8 does.
I guess Yongnuo may do something if the mount gets reverse engineered, all plastic so light and very cheap, but it's safe to say that it's not going to be anywhere as good optically as any Canon RF lens. Until then, it is mostly MF only or wait for Canon's surprise (but let's be honest, in a lot of cases, surprises aren't what we really want).