Klaus review of RF100 macro is out

Blue-Shift wrote:

fritzli wrote:

https://www.opticallimits.com/canon_eos_ff/1140-canonrf100f28

highly recommended, some focus shift though. what do you think?

About the review or about the lens?

You relpied to both, thanks!

I found it interesting that he demonstrates the focus shift effectively but doesn't mention it anymore. Seems not a big deal for him. Maybe I should test this, too, since I got the lens. Still very weird that Canon didn't implement an auto correction for this - should be easy to do.

I have to say that the autofocus is a joy to use, much faster than anything I have used before, like Sigma 105mms or the EF 100 L. These lenses do offer similar image quality for a much lower price, though.

And yeah, the CA control is just very weird, and I have yet to see anyone who really uses this creatively. Seems that virtually everyone just locks the ring up and forgets about it. I wonder how much smaller and more affordable the lens would be without that... probably not that much.

I first rented the 85f2 for a WE. The STM AF was to slow for me and it is only 1:2.

Then I rented the RF and EF 100 and the Laowa 100 RF wich goes to 2:1 but has no AF and no EXIF. It was soon clear that the Laowa is not for me.

The AF of the RF ist noticeably faster than the EF.
I tried to "prove" the focus shift of the RF. But my test settings were probably not very scientific. The best I got were these:

I finally baught the RF. My learning curve is steep. I find it hard to master that darn lens. If you like, you can find some recent exercises here: https://www.jonnyfoto.ch/Nature/Spring/Spring-2022/
Regards
Jonny