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The Canon RF 800mm f/11 IS STM is a supertele lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2020. The focus is done by Stepper Motor, it has image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 969 €;
55 users have given it an average vote of 8.3 out of 10.
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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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Pros:Lightweight, easy handling, perfectly balanced when extended with R7.
Cons:Difficult to hit the lens for the very narrow angle, about 2 ° on Aps-c, but it is an 800mm not a 50mm.
Opinion:I took it recently and I did tests with different settings, but I have to complete even if I found two good settings that I stored in C1 and C2. It is a 1280mm equivalent and therefore at 8 meters frames 15 x 20 cm, at 100 m a whole person. At 6 m, minimum distance of MAF is great for following insects in flight such as butterflies, for bees my problem (I am short-sighted) is to find the insect 6 m away, easy with some butterflies, much less with bees. Obviously it is a lens to be used a lot to get our hands on, surely it is difficult to follow birds in flight for the very narrow angle, you have to practice. The quality of the file seems good to me, see the photos I posted on Juza, certainly not comparable to the 800 f / 5.6 from 20K €, but it cost me 880 € with two years warranty! And it weighs only 1200g, with the R7 weighs exactly 2 kg, you can carry it for hours without getting tired even for the excellent balance, the center of gravity with R7 is exactly on the tripod attack. I would have liked a swivel attachment. I immediately took the hood, € 27 with shipping, necessary to protect the front lens and side lights. Examples of photos of the much-mistreated pair R7 + 800 in my dedicated gallery, I appreciate observations and criticisms. Thank you.
Opinion:Often with photographer friends who do naturalistic I ask: but with your sigma / tamron 150-600 on duty, at what focal length do you shoot? And them: at 600mm and more crop. Wanting to start doing naturalistic again and photographing well the moon, Jupiter and Saturn I decided to take this 800mm "pocket". Beautiful sharp, fast, freely handheld shots without problems. Beware of the times, however, even at 1/400 1/500 the blur is easy to find. Photographing in a zoo at 1/640 many photos were shakes. In any case absolutely recommended
Pros:Sharpness, lightness, focal length, stabilization and price
Cons:Speed maf tracking, plastic, no hood
Opinion:Bought on the advice of a friend I was struck by its sharpness and lightness, I'm using it on R7, for now with the little use I did I hope I have to take the hand to a focal so pushed, so much so that to chase subjects in flight are more times than in focusing are lost, obviously it is not an L series that when it hooks you no longer give up the subject but the price difference answers every question, however the limiter at 20mt from a small hand. In the most stationary subjects it behaves like PRO I managed to photograph a passerine in a hedge at 1/160 ISO 1600 because of the little light without shake, obviously it also takes a bit of luck and a good burst. I recommend trying it I was skeptical and fortunately I trusted
Cons:Weight too light, constant opening at f / 11, stabilizer almost non-existent.
Opinion:I bring my opinion following wk just spent in the mountains, where I could fully use this RF 800 f / 11 asu R6 and R7 for life and landscape, Of course the comparison with my two zoom lenses canon RF 100-500 and the sigma 150-600 C were a must. The latter is heavy compared to the two Canon optics, but has a stabilization and precision of af to envy the RF 800. On R7 it becomes a 1280mm, long, very long. Raising the times and lowering the ISO changes very little, there is always the microcosm, imperceptible during the shot but as soon as you enlarge the image a little you discover the microcosm. On R6 it behaves better, well-defined and workable files but the microcosm and the little definition penalize this perspective. The stabilization is very bad, the gain stops are not those really declared by canon, I say it having used it on R6 and R7 both with stabilization in the room. The 100-500 RF at 500mm on R7 "becomes" an 800mm, it is much better than the RF 800, excellent photos for detail than for colors. also The sigma 150-600 C, with multiplier 1.4x on R6 "becomes" an 840mm, pesantuccio to use but the files are also better than RF 800,. It is a compact and lightweight lens for transport, but once extended for shooting it is long and uncomfortable to hold. The photos are off, devoid of emotion, flat, often the subject is not very sharp and not defined. As per canon policy for non-L-series lenses is not available neither the hood nor tripod mount together with the excellent. I would have preferred to spend a few hundred euros more and a few grams more on the weight but have a very, much more performing optics both in terms of opening and stabilization. Unfortunately it is a perspective that I would not recommend. Yes, maybe just enough time to try it, have fun, but for sure it will not be part of my kit.
Opinion:The Canon RF 800mm f/11 IS STM is a rather unusual supertele: it has a fixed aperture F11, it is very light (1260 grams are very few for an 800mm!) and has a not very high price. The focal length makes it ideal for birdlife, but the merits end there. The build quality is from amateur optics, very plastic; the AF is acceptable, while the stabilizer seems to me not very effective, and the microwavy is always lurking, also because of the very low brightness that forces you to use long times or to raise the ISO even in full sun. The image quality is mediocre, although the results may vary depending on the situation: in ideal conditions (strong and direct light, fast time) the quality can be discreet, but in most cases it will be unsatisfactory, at least on the R5 (45 megapixels) with which I tested it. The results would certainly be better on the R6 and other less demanding sensors, around 20-24MP. Overall, it is a lens that I do not recommend; for the same price you can take Tamron or Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG, much more versatile and bright lenses and with equal or higher quality.
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