CANON 50MM F/1.2L USM AND 24-70MM F/2.8L IS USM LENSES GE AR RE V I EW.
STEPPING UP Canon adds to its arsenal of optics with two new RF mount lenses – a 50mm f/1.2L USM and 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM
WORDS. Adam Duckworth C anon’s range of EF mount lenses are by far the most dominant optics used by independent filmmakers. Maybe it’s because so many started their video journey using the Canon EOS 5D Mark II – and therefore bought into EF – then continued employing them when switching to other brands like Sony, using adapters. It might be because Canon’s range is so vast and plentiful – both new and used at a range of prices – that makes them so attractive. And the EF mount also comes on other cameras, such as Blackmagic, Red and Panasonic. A set of EF lenses
the next EOS is likely to have an RF mount, too. The RF mount is bigger, allowing for faster maximum apertures, adjustable in eighth- stop increments – and has a 12-pin connection to the camera, rather than the 8-pin EF style. This helps increase the speed and volume of data between lens and body, leading to faster AF and better image stabilisation. It also allows many lenses to have a customisable extra control ring that can be programmed, for example, to allow exposure changes. If you are a Canon shooter, your next lens upgrade could well be to an RF
can fit on almost any modern camera, either natively or with an adapter. And both quality and reliability are excellent. But the writing is now on the wall for the EF mount, which was always designed for use on DSLRs. Canon recently revealed it is not actively investigating technology for EF mount DSLR cameras, and thus the AF lenses to go on them. All the focus is on the new, larger RF mount that fits full-frame mirrorless Canons, as well as the latest small cinema camera from the brand – the EOS C70. It also comes on the Red Komodo; and you just know that
THE NEXT LEVEL The RF mount Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM, as seen on a Red Komodo body
51. FEBRUARY 2022
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