How Do You Like the RF-S 18-150mm?

CamerEyes wrote:

Photato wrote:

CamerEyes wrote:

Photato wrote:

CamerEyes wrote:

Photato wrote:

CamerEyes wrote:

Sweet deal for $300! Initial impressions (some a mere reiteration of feedback and comments above):

• Quiet and fast focusing
• Light yet does not feel fragile
• Can do a bit of macro up to around 100mm
• Sharpness is above what's usual for this price range
• Just half an inch longer (when fully retracted) than the RF24mm (and slimmer)
• Obvious downside: Indoor with average lighting, you'll have to be north of ISO800 for the lens to be usable. I've taken shots at 1/10 shutter speeds with 75-80% keeper rate so far

Glad you like it, $300 is a good deal for it.
The lens hood for it is the same as the EF-M 18-150 or EF-M 18-55. As a matter of fact any lens hood for the Canon EF-M is mountable on the RF-S lenses. AFAIK

BTW, unrelated question.
I noticed you have both the RF16 and RF24.
Is the RF24 bayonet lens hood mountable on the RF16?
I know it would vignette but not when using it with an APS-C body.
TIA.

No. The grooves in the 16mm are wider (24mm's slimmer) so despite the same diameter on where the hood can be mounted, it wiggles when mounted on the RF16mm.

The lens hood of the RF50mm f/1.8 fits the 16mm perfectly (and as you already indicated, you'd use it for cropped shots anyway so vignette won't be an issue). This hood btw won't rotate at all (therefore cannot be mounted) on the RF24mm.

Thanks for let me know.
A couple of days ago upon checking some pictures I decided it was better to get the RF50f1.8 hood instead. Glad you confirmed it works on the RF16 as well since I have both lenses.
I also ordered the hood for the RF 100-400 and is arriving today, I’m expecting it to be compatible with the RF85 f2

You're welcome. My turn to ask: The hood for such long lens fits the 85mm?

It did not, unfortunately.
The RF85 f2 hood mount diameter is a tiny bit bigger like 1 mm more, I even tried to force it but nothing.
More likely Canon deliberately designed it this way so people don't use the wrong hood on FF cameras.

A shame since the length when reversed for storage, fits the shorter 85 lens length perfectly.
Not a big deal, but I was hoping to have the extra shading coverage this longer hood provides and also for sharing this hood between these lenses.

Well, you tried!

It will be an adventure to find lens hoods for my 18-150mm and my newest 15-30mm.

For the 18-150mm it is straight forward unless you want to use the longer EF-M 55-200 hood when using specifically the 55-150 range.
I'm not 100% if those are compatible but all my Canon EF-M lens hoods are compatible with each other.
For the 15-30 when on the R7 there might be alternatives but is hard to find out.