Which is Best For You??Canon RF 70-200mm F4 L IS USM: The 70-200 f/4 lenses do not require this ring to be mounted on a tripod - the camera body tripod insert can be used. But, this setup is front heavy. A top-notch ball head can handle this load, but a lesser one will drop some amount after it is tightened. Care must also be taken to not tip the off-balance tripod forward. The RF 70-200mm F2.8 L IS USM lens uses two NANO USM focus motors, which is a first for Canon autofocus lenses. Close-focus performance is enhanced thanks to the RF 70-200mm F2.8 L IS USM lens floating optical system. A high degree of quietness, power saving, and high-speed operation can be achieved without sacrificing the compact size of the lens. RF 70-200 F4 should be very compact & lightweight.. No need to « downgrade » to another « white elephant of the EF era.. » That elephant is quite compact and nice, actually, like a cute baby elephant. Just wait for its cute baby the soon to be released RF 70-200 F4. The RF f/2.8 was disappointing to me and a few people, at least I own both the Canon EF 80-200mm f2.8 Magic Drainpipe and the Nikon F 70-200mm f2.8E FL (I’m slowly switching systems from Canon to Nikon, due to the again crippled video in the EOS R and the excellent video in the Nikon Z line: plus of course ergonomics, I don’t like touchbars and I do like joysticks, like I enjoyed in my 5D series cameras). The f/2.8 lens has significantly less peripheral shading, even in the f/2.8 vs. f/4 comparison. The f/4 lens has dramatically less barrel distortion at the wide end and less pincushion distortion at 105mm. The Canon RF 24-105mm F2.8 L IS USM Z Lens vs. Canon RF 24-105mm F4 L IS USM Lens comparison shows the f/2.8 is far larger and heavier. The 4WkoIl. Canon Lenses RF 70-200mm f/4 Vs f/2.8 and RF 50mm f/1.8 Vs f/1.2. On the 4th November 2020 Canon released two full frame RF mirrorless lenses for the EOS R camera system. Canon RF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM. Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM. 24-105 paired with a future 100-500 or a prime telephoto would be your best bet in my opinion. If you shoot a lot of sports the 70-200 would be better. I have no experience with the 70-200 f4, but have the 24-105 f4 and it is a beautiful lens for studio portraiture when you have studio lighting. It basically lives on my camera and I choose it Popular Telephoto Zoom Lens Made Lighter And Smaller. Unique to RF lenses, the additional control ring on the barrel of RF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM could be customised to control exposure settings; providing a more intuitive control especially while shooting. Filter Size: 77mm. Image Stabilisation of up to 5 stops. But with fewer elements in the construction, Sony’s significantly reduced the weight from just under 1.5kg to just over 1kg, saving almost a third. Indeed it even shaves 25g from the weight of the Canon RF 70-200 2.8 to become the lightest of its peer group. Tamron’s 70-180 2.8 is 225g lighter still, but has a shorter range. With the substantial price savings you get with the Sony 70-200mm f/4 over the f/2.8 version (over $1,400), you can easily buy an extra prime lens or two that will serve you much better. Panasonic S1 Panasonic Lumix DC-S1R Canon RF 50mm F1.2L USM Panasonic S Pro 70-200mm F4 OIS Canon RF 24-70mm F2.8L IS USM +3 more Reply Reply with quote Reply to thread Complain

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