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Venus Optics has announced the Laowa Argus 28mm F1.2 FF lens. The ultra-fast prime lens is designed for full-frame mirrorless cameras and will be available in four mounts: Canon RF, L, Nikon Z, and Sony E.
The "modern take" on the classic 28mm focal length is well-suited to a wide variety of photographic situations,...
Canon has announced a pair of new lenses for its mirrorless EOS R system, and they are quite distinct from one another. One of them is a wide-angle prime lens, the RF 16mm f/2.8 STM, and the other is another telephoto zoom, the RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 IS USM. The latter lens is a more affordable and lighter alternative to...
Canon has expanded their RF-mount lens lineup with another wide-angle zoom lens, the compact and light RF 14-35mm f/4 L IS USM. A sibling lens of sorts to the earlier RF 15-35mm f/2.8 L IS zoom, the new 14-35mm lens offers the broadest zoom range so far in an RF-mount wide-angle lens as well as providing a smaller,...
Photographer Thomas Heaton loves epic landscape photography. He's done his fair share of it. However, his latest video showcases a more intimate, low-key landscape photography shoot along a local coast. It's peaceful and very productive. He thinks intimate landscape...
While the camera world, and Canon fans in particular, eagerly await the debut of Canon's souped-up, super-performance EOS R3, the Japanese camera maker has today released a few more tidbits and additional specs about their forthcoming high-end mirrorless camera. In addition to some more images of the camera itself, which...
Zhong Yi Optics, often referred to as ZY Optics, has announced the launch of four new manual focus T/1.0 cinema lenses. Two of the lenses, 17mm and 25mm primes, are for Micro Four Thirds cameras. The new 35mm lens is for Canon RF, Fujifilm X, Sony E and Micro Four Thirds. Rounding out the new lenses is a 50mm lens for...
Canon has announced three high-end prime L-series lenses for its mirrorless RF mount. The shortest of the three primes is the RF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM lens. The other two lenses are RF-mount versions of two existing super-telephoto lenses, the RF 400mm f/2.8 L IS USM and RF 600mm f/4 L IS USM.
As one would expect, Canon continues to expand and grow its new RF camera system, today adding a couple more RF-mount lenses to its arsenal: the RF 70-200mm f/4L IS and the RF 50mm f/1.8 STM. Similar to their EF lens family, the RF lens lineup now features two choices for 70-200mm telephoto zoom, a faster f/2.8 option or...
Alongside the Canon EOS R5 and EOS R6 cameras, Canon has announced four new lenses and a pair of teleconverters for its mirrorless RF system. The new lenses are an interesting mix! Canon has announced the RF 85mm f/2 Macro IS, RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L IS USM telephoto zoom, alongside the RF 600mm f/11 IS STM and RF 800mm...
Canon has introduced a new all-in-one RF travel lens, the first entry-level zoom lens in the RF system, the RF 24-240mm f/4-6.3 IS USM. This new full-frame telephoto zoom lens is designed to offer good all-around performance in a compact and lightweight form, all at a budget-friendly price point.
Of the new RF 24-240mm...
When I was asked to write this article about Canon lenses, and in particular the new RF line, I thought I should give an explanation of Canon's history with lenses, talk about what we believe customers are looking for in a lens today and how we went about developing the RF series and why. We value the input from our...