Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM : Specifications and Opinions

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user81750

sent on 28 Aprile 2024

Pros: Sharpness, Dynamic Range, Blur

Cons: Nobody

Opinion: This lens had a formidable benchmark to beat, namely the EF 85 f1.2 II analogue. Did he beat him? Yes. Let me explain: perhaps the EF retains a more poetic and dreamlike blur, but the difference in terms of sharpness is noticeable and it certainly cannot be said that the improvement in sharpness is a bad thing... The blur is creamy, never brutal and such as to make the subject look like a figure stuck on a background. In conclusion: the best you could wish for the quintessential portrait lens at Canon

Antoniodapa

sent on 21 Gennaio 2024

Pros: All

Cons: Nothing

Opinion: Frighteningly beautiful optics, a blade at 1.2 at other apertures I have used it little. Creamy blur, three-dimensionality in shovels. Very fast autofocus in comparison to EF, but this lens is a different story, another level. Defects? Weighs? Coast? No... It has so much quality glass inside that the weight is bearable, indeed you forget, the price is correct in relation to the quality. Other brands are very similar

Pepesale

sent on 17 Giugno 2023

Pros: AF SHARPNESS BOKEH NO ABERRATION STABILIZATION WITH IBIS BODIES

Cons: PRICE

Opinion: Given that I have tried for some time this focal length passing over the years respectively from: 85 ef 1.8, 85 ef 1.2 II, RF f2, sigma art 1.4 up to the latter. What can I say..... Apart from the sale of a kidney to finance the purchase, I am happily satisfied. Those portraits at 1.2 with sharpness that seems to be shot at 2.8 are great, plus everything else that rotates at aperture 1.2-----Dream lens.... And don't tell me the owners of EF II that, like the 50 EF 1.2, they are unique lenses and preferable to RF. Had both and the transition to RF is quite another thing. Dare to admit it :)

Marcellob

sent on 11 Aprile 2022

Pros: Excellent lens, colors focused and blurred at the top.

Cons: Overall footprint weight and stratospheric cost, much less other houses offer equal performance

Opinion: Tried with an R3 and did not miss a beat, beautiful colors bokeh at full aperture and responsiveness even in servo mode. Optics absolutely recommended to the pro who has care and attention to the customer and wants to give portraits to the top. Unfortunately Canon with the new RF series has practically cut out most of the advanced amateur photographers ........ patience. rating 10

user102873

sent on 03 Agosto 2020

Pros: Love at first use, blurry which is a symphony, front view from lensporn, detail and microcontrast to f1.2 all over the frame, optically without almost smudging.

Cons: Weight, clutter, 82 mm front filter (but there are those who do worse), lack of stabilizer, blurry sometimes nervous in the foreground. Price?

Opinion: It gets to me, from Amazon, the spack, it's much bigger than I imagined and I had prepared myself, psychologically, not to like it. The weight, however, is well distributed in the center and in the back as on the RF 50 f1.2 so I find it well balanced on the R. Then I remove the front cap, look at that front lens and see the slats closed and it is love, immediately, immediate. I feel it without delay, AF not very fast but it has stuff to move in there, in that glass bucket. Sharpening everywhere at f1.2, palate microcontrast, practically zero curvature of field and perfectly centered as optics. Blurred? Well, I used f0.95 (50 mm) and no, this is from another planet (almost zero chromatic aberrations and also very limited/almost absent spherochromatism). Even compared to the various 85 f1.4 it blur a lot (even at f1.4 it blurs more) and with little vignetting and a lot of detail and microcontrast (had I already said it by chance?). The only two flaws, as far as I am concerned, are a certain nervousness in blurred in the presence of small elements (such as leaves for example) especially in the "foregroud" (in the first floor), probably due to the characteristics of strong optical correction and the general detail of the lens and the lack of the stabilizer but in the meantime I took the R6 so the second problem arises less :). As a focal it is slightly longer than the EF 85 f1.2 and bears quite well the use of extension tubes (I do not recommend using it with pipes longer than 12 mm). I don't just put 10 for the two described above. So in the end, yes, the Canon RF costs money but i think it's worth it all. I predict a good price hold over time.

Ermannocazzola

sent on 01 Luglio 2019

Pros: No aberrations, fast af, superlative sharpness, improved bokeh, customizable adjustable dial, button to limit AF depth.

Cons: Size... absence of the stabilizer but only on R and RP

Opinion: He arrived to me this morning and I immediately tried it because I had been waiting for him for months. It's simply the optics that have excited me the most in all these years of photography. I divide my review for days because obviously everything can not be understood at the first impact. Part 1) The image quality is superb and the price is proportionate if we were already fine with the price of the previous version. The detachment of the floors is spectacular: the blurring is as creamy as ever. The lack of chromatic aberrations makes its blurred even more homogeneous. All this having increased the sharpness on the subject focused. The weight is slightly higher than the previous version but does not stand out and does not bother. As always in The History of Canon's 85 mm, the colors remain soft, rich in gradations and creamy as well. I'm not here talking about technicalities. I focus only on the emotional aspect that this lens conveys: it is pure poetry. It takes the best merits of the previous version and has eliminated all flaws. The focus isn't as fast as the EF f/1.4 version, but it's still gotten immensely faster than before; Even limiting the focus field above 150 cm now allows you to speed up the work a lot by avoiding long scrolls when the subject is noticeably out of focus. part 2) The construction of this optics is impeccable; some may not like plastic materials (so at least to the touch) and no more metallic than before but the construction is solid and in the hand returns a handleability and an ideal mince. The optics amaze me more every day even in the backlights; for the moment I still haven't been able to find ugly flare... seems to respond really well to light coming from every direction. Part 3) today I got to make comparisons with the old 85mm is one thing impressed me: for having the same exposure with the old I shot at 1/200 while with the new at 1/400. Part 4) Stabilization. If you come from version f/1.4 the lack you feel. Being able to take freehand portraits at 1/30 was really convenient; made it possible to take more advantage of the low ambient light. I think it also depends on the question of costs and clutter this choice but as a user I would not have regretted having it at all. UPDATE OF August 20, 2020 on POINT 4: Combined with R5 or R6 stabilization becomes a spectacle. goes from ZERO for lack on the lens to as many as 8 stops with that of the sensor... works better on this OPTICS-free optics than on lenses already equipped with IS system ... a wonder. Part 5) the dimensions: the optics are larger than the old version and very similar (at least in length) to the version f/1,4... Note, however, that the focus is internal and no body protrudes forward or stretches in any way... so the need to retract the lens before storing it in your bag also disappear.