Total winner. No-brainer RF lens

I'm getting a kick out of the "This image was taken wide open in broad daylight and the corners aren't to my standards!!!" stuff. Keep it coming!

PGSanta wrote:

It’s a nice lens, a decent value at $450 for sure considering it doesn’t come with a hood, and is made in Taiwan instead of Japan.

Ill get shouted at by hoka, but it still exhibits some pretty bad CA, even for the price point.

I just really like the weight/size/IS. It’s a nice fit on an R for a walk about/random video type of prime.

I think lens designers have come to the conclusion that CAs are easy enough to deal with. Vignetting, CAs and mild distortions seem to be the "go-to" compromises. I'm ok with that.

LMOE wrote:

It's a 'meh' lens. Nice, but has its issues. No better, no worse than other similar primes. Priced right at $450-$500 USD. I think many are overly excited about this lens at is the only one that is small and a good "fit" with the current R series bodies. Shame there are no decent R bodies - yet.

This may possible be the most internet forum thing ever said... until... "Some of us have higher standards I guess"

Canochrome wrote:

That model railroad setup might be a good candidate to try focus stacking with.

Agree. The point of focus here was more distant that it appears, and shot handheld in this instance, With the IS of this lens (which is fairly good for photography) - maybe I could have pulled it off.

Glenn Haley wrote:

There's a Video test of the RF 35mm on YouTube that shows the IS is not very good. I hope your new lens is better;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SxdWzRxNmY

The IS is excellent for photography - hit some printable shots at 1 second without much trouble.

I don't think it'll be a revelation for shaky-hands videography stabilization, though. It performs well when it's not being jostled about, but you won't be bouncing around town like in that video and getting steady-cam footage with it.