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  | sent on 13 Maggio 2025 Pros: RF mount, 14mm, zoom versatility, relatively compact optics Cons: External zoom? Opinion: After years of honorable service and use of the brother (ancestor) EF 17-40 F4, which I have used for several years also on Eos R with the adapter, when I found the opportunity to get an RF 14-35 I didn't think too much about it and made the purchase. Let's start by saying that going from 17mm to 14mm is a nice advantage, the second advantage in my case was to eliminate even those 2cm or so of adapter ring and the huge lens hood that is part of the 17-40. Super versatile wide angle with focal lengths that I really like (and it is no coincidence that it is the lens that is most often used together with the camera body) and also stabilized. The only thing I preferred about the 17-40 compared to the 14-35 is that the zoom was internal while in the 14-35, the front element moves (slightly) and has an excursion outside the lens barrel. Apart from that, if having a stabilized F4 wide-angle is perfectly fine with you, for me it is the ideal match on Canon's R system. I think that this perspective is unlikely to leave my kit in the near future. Absolutely a Top purchase as far as I'm concerned! |
  | sent on 06 Settembre 2024 Pros: Lightweight, excellent rendering both in color and definition, very good stabilization and manual MAF. Cons: I would say nothing, you notice a natural flare against the light; useless to complain about the price, come on, it's an RF - L. Opinion: Recently purchased from RCE Torino - very good - with a much more than satisfactory evaluation of my used car: I come from the Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 VC USD that I loved absolutely, but both for the weight it had, and for its overall size combined with the adapter for EF mount I preferred to streamline weights and bulk. With the R3 it goes to god. Well balanced, fast and precise AF, adapts to the camera body with a brush, very balanced, compact the right amount and always falls well. The colors are right, beautiful, natural, the definition (on the screen, reviewing on the PC) is clearly visible, imperceptible stabilization but always present and effective. At full aperture it has excellent detail in the focus area and a beautiful, pleasant, truly satisfying blur. I notice a fair amount of flare, but I took those images with strong sun almost frontal shielded by some low clouds, so that's okay. The lens hood does what it can, on that side much better than the Tamron and its conformation of integrated lens hood, practical and really efficient (it was a Pentax project, in short... ). I like it very much: I would not have really chosen the 15-35 f.2.8, for the 600 euros more and having 1 mm less focal length and 4° lower field of view: the 14 is perfect for me. Great product, great satisfaction. Thinning out almost all the old EF mount lenses I discover the RF-L world and I am very happy about it. |
 | sent on 01 Novembre 2023 Pros: Lightness, tropicalization, sharpness, versatility, stabilizer. Cons: L-series footprint, price, third bezel, vignetting. Opinion: After a long time I finally find that familiar effect of the old L series, I would say that three-dimensionality, (despite f4), that reportage aspect if used in the street with people as a subject. Very good sharpness, only high vignetting. Otherwise it's really good. Bought used very good condition with Amazon second hand, the lens was perfect, no scratches, there was the canon leather bag and the lens hood. I have an eos rp and this lens was not compatible as it required firmware update. It's there because this lens is very recent and my old room from 2020. It had never happened to me before that Canon on Canon did not go without sw updates. Anyway tried and I must say that it is lighter than expected and, even if nice big, it is ergonomically perfect: it grips well because it starts tight and then gradually widens on the zoom ring, making it easier to grip. The stabilizer is stunning; You really can shoot at night despite the relatively low maximum aperture brightness. Took night photos with headlight trails at 1/30th of a second of course without a tripod. It has proven to be a reliable travel companion, also because it is tropicalized and therefore 4 drops of water do not bother him. One thing that doesn't come naturally to me is the third ring common to RF lenses, I never use it as it just creates unnecessary distractions. When using for long exposures at night or with ND filters, you have to remember to take off the stabilizer otherwise they will be moved, as it does not recognize the tripod as some more expensive lenses do. Nice light but stable the lens hood supplied, relatively expensive lens because if in 5 years it is sold I have found that an L series keeps its value high so excellent goods for exchange or renewal of your lens park. |
 | sent on 24 Settembre 2023 Pros: Compactness, full made in Japan, quality Cons: Beyond the high price, if one knows what to buy I would say nothing Opinion: Purchased a week ago to replace my beloved Zeiss Distagon 21mm from which I parted for reasons of practicality. I used the Zeiss always closed beyond f4 to maximize sharpness, exclusively for landscapes. I imagined it would have been hard to live memories of the splendid yield that had that goal, and instead I have to change my mind totally: moving to the RF now I finally have all the native RF lens park, so I removed the adapter that despite being excellent is still an extra piece, the weight even to say it is definitely in favor of the RF and the yield is incredible at all focal lengths, slightly less sharp at 35 but closing a hair returns to perform beautifully. It brings with it all the advantages of the RF L system (customizable ring and stabilization) and alas also the price, decidedly high for "an f4" but trust me, once mounted on an RF body it will become your reference landscape optics. Bringing me this lens on an excursion over (2000mt of positive difference in height) does not make me regret the 15-35 2.8 and absolutely not the Distagon. |
 | sent on 12 Settembre 2023 Pros: Image quality and portability Cons: Nobody Opinion: Used for 10 months now and on two "important" trips (Madeira and Iceland)... It is the perfect lens for a landscape painter who wants quality photos, without fainting too much with his wallet and without carrying an excessive weight on his shoulder. Apart from comparisons from fundamentalists, it produces images indistinguishable by eye from those of the big brother, which certainly on paper boasts a higher quality (in addition to the opening) but which also exceeds it in discomfort ... This one is compact and is a feather! A pleasure to leave it attached always and keep the camera by hand. Also had the grandfather EF 16-35 F4, which as yield was at the same level, but on the body of the R6 was too unbalanced and heavy, also having the adapter. In summary, never money better spent on a landscape optics. |
 | sent on 15 Aprile 2023 Pros: Sharpness, weight, good flare resistance, good stabilizer.... nice wide angle Cons: Nothing to report if not the price but on the other hand the improvements are paid ....... Opinion: Passing now almost definitively to RF technology, I hold on with my 1DX and I will never give up, I sold my now old but always excellent EF 17/40 L F4 USM to switch to 14/35 RF F4 ....... what to say there is no comparison, at F8-11 is splendid on the whole format, very sharp that does not regret the 15/35 2.8. Excellent weight that attached to the R3 seems to carry around a 2000D with 18/55 attached .... spectacular. The price is a bit high but the technology is paid and canon is certainly not the cheapest on the market, but dealing well with the store you can get a respectable discount that brings it back to earth!!!!!!! |
 | sent on 11 Febbraio 2023 Pros: Size, weight, flare resistance, beautiful starry, stabilization, sharpness, those 14mm Cons: the high price like all Rf L lenses Opinion: It is attached to the R6 as if it were glued and has no weak points to report. Compared to the 16-35 f4 is that I had in the past improves almost in all an already very good lens and in addition gives those 2mm wide side that are so much stuff. Also closed to f11-f16 has an excellent star effect on the light points "from fixed optical level". It is already sharp at f4 and touches its max at f8 where even at the corners it is gorgeous. For me the perfect travel wide angle |
 | sent on 25 Gennaio 2023 Pros: IQ, focal range, size and weight Cons: Cost a bit high Opinion: I happily replace the already tested and excellent 16-35 f4 that on the R, for size and greater weight (due to adapter), had become tiring to carry over the shoulder. The autofocus is superfast, the color quality excellent. At 14mm focal length at full aperture is already OK on the whole frame, from 5.6 from the maximum. Space on all other focal lengths from edge to edge. Really successful optics. |
 | sent on 15 Settembre 2022 Pros: dimensions, focal range, AF Cons: Strange flares, distortion, vignetting, absurd price Opinion: I have owned the lens in question for a few months and after a few hundred photos taken I can say that it is neither meat nor fish. Low weight, but to my scale still marks 640 gr and not 540 as stated, small dimensions, autofocus that as much as needed in a wide angle is very quiet and fast. The cons are varied and annoying, really obscene vignetting at 14 mm, totally black corners, sample distortion, never seen anything like that even on the 14 mm samyang that costs 4 times less. the beauty is that once thrown into the LR meal the vignetting disappears and the distortion disappears (but not always) also thanks to the fact that it is not a 14 mm but a 12 that is then corrected and cut out. Flare strange and ugly, shooting against the light I noticed in almost all the times when the light is lateral and quite strong colored shades and circles that are not fixable in post in the starry flare. Result far from even a humble tamron 17-35 that I previously owned and never gave me problems. The sharpness has never thrilled me but I reserve other tests In conclusion if you want a light, compact all-rounder lens with wide focal range is fine. What is not good is the price, paid 1760 euros for a lens that at best should be sold at 1000 euros or so. In short, it does not excel in anything but you photograph almost everything without problems with an unjustified economic outlay. |
 | sent on 15 Settembre 2022 Pros: Truly compact size, the only RF zoom so far that manages to reach 14mm, stratospheric sharpness already at f4 better even than RF 15-35 f2.8 Cons: Inexplicable degradation of sharpness only at 35mm which is still bearable, already at 30mm disappears immediately, usual af and is keys not up to an L series. Opinion: Really successful lens for compactness, performance and lightness, in my opinion ideal for landscape photos, photographic trips or if you need a wide angle (zoom) pushed without the weight and bulk of the brighter brother. As a construction I copy the L RF series even if I have already noticed a hair of dust in the rear lens (the protective one that attaches to the barrel), so I reserve for the actual tropicalization of this lens. Like almost all the L series RF always has those af and is horrible and impractical keys (unsuccessful design because they are difficult to identify if you look for them with the touch). The sharpness as already mentioned is excellent already at f4 with all focal lengths except for the longer limit; at 35mm it inexplicably loses sharpness and incisiveness (a real shame because in all the others it is even better than the RF 15-35); at 14mm you notice a slight distortion, the photos are still spatial, the vignetting is noticeable but I do not consider it a defect, I like it so much that sometimes I accentuate it in post so it simplifies my work. Curious the fact that the barrel stretches respectively to 14mm and 35mm in half remains closed, it would have been nice to see it closed in one of these two focal lengths even if I think it is a purely structural thing. Even the hood being a wide angle is very compact and goes well with the lens (highly recommended a protective filter to preserve the front lens). Price decidedly high considering some things mentioned, it is falling slightly only in this period, paid new at € 1600 with five years of warranty, happy only because at this price you can not even find used not because it is an honest price. |
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