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

The Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM is a tele lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2019. The focus is done by Ultrasonic AF Motor (Ring-USM), it does not have image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 3098 €;

26 users have given it an average vote of 9.7 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.

Specifications
Focal lenght	85 mm
Angle of view	28.5°
Format	FF, APS-C
Max. aperture	f/1.2
Aperture blades	9
Lenses/Groups	13 elements in 9 groups
Min. focus distance	0.85 meters
Reproduction ratio	0.12x
Features
Stabilization	No
Focus	Ultrasonic AF Motor (Ring-USM)
Internal Focus	Yes
Built and notes
Tripod ring	No
Extenders	No
Filters	82 mm
Lens hood	Yes, supplied
Weather sealing	Yes
Weight	1195 g
Dimensions	103 x 117 mm
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Reviews

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The following opinions have been automatically translated with Google Translate.

user81750

sent on April 28, 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 January 21, 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 June 17, 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 April 11, 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 August 03, 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.

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