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RF 85mm f/1.2L USM... a refined gem from Canon (REVIEW)

Started Sep 18, 2020 | User reviews thread
marshwader
marshwader Senior Member • Posts: 1,317
Re: RF 85mm f/1.2L - compared to the EF 85mm f/1.2L II:

I bought the drop in filter adaptor with variable ND + clear filter even before I got the R5. It's a great system. Almost as good as switchable filters on a video cam, once you get used to the fact that the filter is a bit too "easy" to rotate. There aren't any problems with the adaptor fit on any of the L  lenses i have. This is constructed for all of them, not just the big whites and it's environmentally sealed with rubber gaskets, although I also got the simple no filter  EF-RF adaptor free from Canon, if the going gets rough.

Horses for courses! I love this filter sytem, but if I wasn't also into video I might think differently. I was just totally fed up with pfaffing around with screw on variable NDs on the front end of lenses. I'll get the odd RF lens but on the whole I don't see much reason to replace any of the EF L lenses I have.

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