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Reviews of the 35/1.8 Macro RF?

Started Dec 29, 2018 | Discussions thread
gimp_dad Senior Member • Posts: 2,692
Re: Reviews of the 35/1.8 Macro RF?

J A C S wrote:

gimp_dad wrote:

travelinbri_74 wrote:

Trouble finding reviews of this, does anyone have experience or good links? Thoughts?

This guy does good technical reviews and has a review for the RF35/1.8IS Macro. I have the lens and find it to be better than my EF35/2IS. It's a great all around lens and has excellent IQ for its size. It doesn't focus quite as fast as the RF24-105/4L or the RF50/1.2L but it's very accurate and the IS feels very solid.

https://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-RF-35mm-f-1.8-IS-STM-Macro-Lens.aspx

From that review alone, one can say that the IS is amazing but the lens is soft overall and vignettes a lot (as much as the 35/2 IS).

Yea. Pretty similar to the 35/2IS which feels like it was just upgraded all around without any major breakthrough.  It's lighter, with better IS and slightly less distortion. Plus a one third stop increase in aperture along with the Macro capability.
But mounted on a tripod, manually focused on a flat test image it's pretty similar.
I honestly hardly use it because of how great the other three new RF lenses are but it seems like an excellent all around budget lens much like the 35/2IS was for its time. It's just an evolution from that one (which was also an excellent all around lens).

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