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Canon needs a compact walk around RF 35mm

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OP Dave King Forum Member • Posts: 69
Re: Useful thread
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dmartin92 wrote:

This has been a very useful discussion. The RF 35mm f/1.8 has received at least one less than very enthusiastic review from a respected reviewer, but numerous forum participants have taken the time to praise the lens. When forum discussions go well, it is as good as this. It may be September before I get the lens, but I think it will be my first RF.

I agree this thread has been useful, but I'm still not convinced on the 35 1.8. Reviews like the one below (on the Canon web site) give me pause. This photographer uses the lens in a way similar to how I would.

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The lens I love to hate

Pros - This lens takes great photos that are very sharp and the colors are great. It is lightweight and a good size.

Cons - It is so noisy! And that noise is exacerbated by the fact that it has to hunt for focus way more often than any of my other RF lenses. Also, when it looses focus it retracts all the way back so it takes a maddeningly long time to find it again. I shoot documentary and I don't know how many moments I've been waiting for just the right expression or gesture and the lens just loses focus at the wrong moment and by the time it's finally back I've missed what I was looking for. My RF 28-70 never does this, and also never hunts in low light the way this lens does. I find this lens very frustrating to use and not on par with the rest of the RF lenses.

https://www.usa.canon.com/shop/p/rf35mm-f1-8-macro-is-stm?color=Black&type=New

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