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The Canon RF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM is a tele lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2020. The focus is done by Ultrasonic AF Motor (Nano-USM), it has image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 1619 €;
22 users have given it an average vote of 9.5 out of 10.
MOUNT
This lens is available with the following mounts:
Canon RF: this lens is compatible with mirrorless fullframe and APS-C Canon RF.
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Opinion:In my opinion, this is a lens that is mainly suitable for taking portraits of people or animals, or for panning in sporting circumstances. It is very small and light, and even if it is not compatible with multipliers it is not a problem at all, if anything it could be about the older brother F2.8 on which a 1.4x multiplier could fit in different situations, but unfortunately it cannot be mounted. The image quality is very pleasant, and as I said before it lends itself well to making portraits as the sharpness is high but not excessive and surgical, like perhaps that of the big brother F2.8 and other fixed ones, but it is pleasantly "soft", a bit like the old 200 2.8 II at full aperture. Above all, the detachment that is created between the subject and the background is very sweet and pleasant, which is not as exasperated as that of the brightest lenses where you do not understand anything about the moment and the scene and you only have the subject in focus and everything else has not arrived (photos that to my taste tell absolutely nothing) while with this lens you can have a sharp subject (and not surgical) in the foreground, it is a background that fades progressively and gently. The stabilization is very good, you can go down to 1/10, 1/8 handheld. Unfortunately, once again Canon slips me on the small detail, and with its obscene and shameful segmentation policy, on this 70-200 F4 has put a beautiful lens hood identical in all respects to that of the 70-200 F2.8 and the 100-500, that is the ET83, but not with the initials F ... but with the initials G, that is, there is not the small and very convenient window from which you can adjust the filters mounted on the lens... So I have to assemble and disassemble the lens hood every time ..... In short, Canon wants to make it clear that this 70-200 is probably not as professional as the others? Or simply because it costs less (but still a lot) he put a less professional lens hood? Truly a fall in bad taste, as per Canon tradition, alas
Pros:Build quality, fast and accurate AF, excellent stabilization, not excessive weight, very sharp, tropicalized, professional.
Cons:If I really have to find them.... it is certainly very expensive and unfortunately it is not compatible with Tele Converters.
Opinion:I state that in the past I have already used this lens combined with the Canon R6 then sold to switch to Fuji X-H2s so I already knew the amazing optical qualities and more. Recently from the publication of this opinion and to be honest a little nostalgic of the FF, no that the Fuji X-H2s Apsc is poorly performing indeed it gave me a lot of satisfaction! I couldn't help but go back to basics, especially with the release of the new Canon R6 Mark II. After selling my Fuji kit I bought this lens again and I combined it with the new Canon Eos R6 Mark II.... guys needless to say that the combination is certainly one of the most apt, the images that churns out are really surprising, very sharp already at TA both in the center and at the edges, the AF goes that is a wonder both in speed and precision, the flare is almost absent as well as the vignetting (slightly present at TA), the chromatic aberrations are non-existent or almost, cmq all easily correctable in Post-production even if you can correct most of these small imperfections already in the machine by setting the appropriate correction functions. This fantastic lens would have been perfect if compatible with Canon's tele converters, I'm sure given the excellent sharpness that it would not have suffered in this regard. Too bad! The rings are very fluid and rubbed to the right hardness, neither too soft nor too hard moreover, although there is the zoom lock at 70mm, even without using it I have not yet seen the barrel stretch while walking with the optics facing down. Despite the maximum aperture of f4, the bokeh of this lens is very creamy / pasty and never nervous, obviously to have the best results you have to work at TA and have a certain foresight in maintaining the right distances between subject and background. We are certainly facing a zoom lens with great performance, it is true it costs a bit like all the lenses of the Canon L Series but it is also true that quality is paid. Good shot to all
Opinion:THE TURNING POINT. It's the first 70-200 that maybe I like a little. It is very sharp and practically has no aberrations. The stabilizer combines with that of the R6 and becomes formidable. Together with the 14-35 f/4 they make a perfect travel kit, super stabilized, compact, lightweight and sharing the filters with a diameter of 77mm. Unfortunately, it cannot be multiplied or duplicated. Compared to the EF brothers, it is not made of metal but of plastic. Alas, it has followed the trend of recent times and has increased a lot in price compared to its brother EF, but with a view to a lasting investment it is worth it.
Pros:One-of-a-kind compatezza (great work by Canon), sharpness and AF speed
Cons:Compatibility with multipliers compared to brothers, for me it is a slight defect because I have never used them even in EF
Opinion:Two weeks after the purchase I put a small review of the white "RF 70-200 F4". On a constructive level I found it very robust, it immediately gives you the impression of having in your hand an L series, the barrel that comes out gave me some doubts in terms of solidity instead it does not have strange games. In my opinion, the zoom lock button is also very useful, especially on this lens where the inner barrel comes out several cm (especially in crossbody transport where you would risk impacting on other objects); for now the zoom ring has the right resistance so even walking without lock does not stretch. Interesting also the white lampshed, I think plays its part in the hot summer periods (the hook is very soft, maybe even too much since once closed it has a small game). Aesthetically closed (at 70mm) it is very beautiful, even the combination with the lampshed is fine in my opinion, I also realize that at 200mm it loses a little its masculinity and makes you disfigure if you pass next to an ef 70-200 2.8 ? As for the sharpness and quality of the image for now it has satisfied me , combined with the R6 churns out beautiful rows, the f4 are already sharp all over the frame and with a pleasant bokeh, in particular at 200m, with the EF I was paired with always soft rows and with a very often inaccurate af, in particular it angered me to see immobile subjects out of focus; by now I had to twice before shooting (a ridiculous thing for cameras or lenses of this level). I put the AF to the test with cross bikes that have continuous irregular movements, I have to say that it was really little wrong, a few shots out of 200 total, a small piece compared to the past with SLRs. Unlike those who preceded me in the review (which I thank very much for the kindness the info provided) I did not miss the ring for the tripod I think precisely for the small size, maybe it would have been nice a window to adjust any additional filters (I do not use them but for landscape photographers maybe it would have been useful). I keep a reservation about the possible dust infiltrations that can have this kind of lenses, I would hope not since in the past I had the 17-55 f2.8 efs, in 6 years of heavy use I noticed yes and no 3 grains.
Opinion:Arrived this morning, the ultralight jewel that had appeared in the first reviews of some time ago is confirmed. My back will be enthusiastic about the very low weight, it is indisputably an L series, with all the advantages of the case. Autofocus is practically imperceptible from how fast and quiet it is. On my RP it turns out a little "unbalanced" on the front, the body machine is really small by comparison, I do not know if the tripod ring (present on the "big brother" RF 2.8 L) would have benefited in this regard, but surely it would have required a little more space. From the first tests it seems really very sharp all over the frame, as I take photos I will update the review, at the moment I am really very satisfied, not only with this particular goal, but with the entire RF line. EDIT: There's a moving part in the front element (I think inherent in stabilization) that swings a lot with the camera off, don't worry, it's completely normal (I think :P at least at the moment it seems to me that stabilization works flawlessly)
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