Canon RF 85mm F2 Macro is STM, Compact Medium-Telephoto Black Lens (4234C002)
Original price was: $599.99.$549.00Current price is: $549.00.
Price: $599.99 - $549.00
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The RF85mm F2 Macro IS STM medium telephoto lens expands on the versatility of bright, macro, IS equipped prime lenses built for the EOS R system. With a focal length of 85 millimeters and a bright, maximum aperture of f/2 for beautiful bokeh, this versatile lens is a great choice for portraits and street photography, as well as low light scenes or during concerts, and with the addition of macro capability, even close-up and macro photography will provide stellar results. The RF85mm F2 Macro IS STM is a lightweight, affordable lens that boasts high image quality and an impressive optical image stabilization system offering up to 5 stops of shake correction ideal for low-light scenes or when recording video, and featuring Hybrid IS enables stabilization when focusing on macro, close-range subjects. Like the RF35mm F1.8 Macro IS USM, it also includes half-size macro functionality allowing for a minimum focusing distance as close as 1.15 ft. With a built-in customizable control ring and a fast 12-pin communication system, the RF85mm F2 Macro IS STM is an ideal travel companion for your portrait, macro, low-light, and video needs.
Bright f/2 Aperture Mid-telephoto Macro RF Lens with Beautiful Bokeh.
Maximum Magnification of 0.5x and Minimum Focusing Distance of 1.15 ft.
Optical Image Stabilization with up to 5 Stops of Shake Correction.
Hybrid IS Compensates for Angular and Shift Camera Shake during Macro Shooting.
Control Ring for Direct Setting Changes.
Lens compatible with Canon Full Frame Mirrorless Cameras (EOS RP, EOS R, EOS R5, EOS R6)
Customers say
Customers appreciate the camera lens’ image quality, lens quality, and value for money. They find it good for product and close-up photography, with nice background bokeh. Many consider it an excellent all-around lens for professional results, even on a hobbyist budget. The sharpness and weight are also appreciated. However, some customers dislike the noise level. There are mixed opinions on focus speed and macro capability.
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Original price was: $599.99.$549.00Current price is: $549.00.
Amazon Customer –
Great lens for portraits and I do wide angle Deep Sky Astro with it too!!
Great lens so far. Fast and great photo quality. Love it for my uses.
nikki –
Doesn’t leave my RP
I love this lens, it doesn’t really leave RP. I shoot mostly portraits outdoors. I’ve been getting beautiful shots! It’s great for the price.
Amazon Customer –
Unexpectedly better
As a long time user of the EF L lenses I was not expecting much from this medium range lens. I got it to handle macro and some basic portrait work.Lena arrived today and did some quick test shots above to check its macro capability with it mounted on an RP. Needless to say, I was a both surprised at the quality of the images.The lens is light, not as quick at focusing as an EF L lenses, I donât have any RF L lenses so cannot comment, but acquires focus at a decent speed. Very little hunting if you point the center focus square at the point you want it to focus.Bokeh is outstanding. Well worth the price and portability! Highly recommended.
T. Dillenkofer –
Excellent lens!
Lightweight and sharp as a tack! I get about 12″ of working room between the lens and the subject. I use it to shoot miniatures about 1 1/2 inches high and they fill a horizontal frame. I have an R8 body, so the relatively high f-stop doesn’t make a huge difference. If I want more bokeh I just move my backdrop.This also works great as a portrait lens!
Mano Chandra Dhas –
A Decent Inexpensive Portrait Lens
I would like to straight away mention that I rate this 4 stars, only because I always feel there is room for improvement. I therefore never give any product a 5 Star rating, unless it is absolutely superb.This is a good portrait lens and for the price, certainly worth it. The alternative is the RF 85mm F1.2L which costs about $2500. This lens, for about a fifth of the price, is a decent alternative. It comes with a sort of Macro facility which may be good for product photography. I say, “sort of,” because the magnification is only 0.5x. It cannot deliver what professional Macro lenses do. But then, we get what we pay for!I am having fun trying out my latest RF lens with my Canon EOS R6 body. ð
Snappy Chick –
I love it!
I rarely ever shoot below f/2 because I think it just adds more risk of an image being fuzzy; a risk that just isnât necessary, in my opinion. This lens is not as quick focusing as a higher quality lens (like itâs way more expensive counterpart), but itâs honestly not that noticeable of a difference unless youâre trying to photograph live action. However, it is absolutely perfect if youâre looking for a lightweight, high performance, cost effective, professional lens! The images I have gotten with it are just ð¤©! I couldnât be happier!
SJ –
Very sharp, good contrast and great colors
I bought this lens to replace my old EF 85 f/1.8 lens. I was hesitant because of some bad reviews. But it turned out to be a great upgrade. Image quality is top notch â very sharp, good contrast and great colors. I use it on my EOS R6. Images from this combo are very clean (no haze that I often experienced from the old 85 f/1.8).f/2.0 vs f/1.8 on the old lens â this really didnât matter much to me. The performance of the old lens wide open wasnât great. I used f/2.2 or above for most of my shooting with it. This new RF lens however produce excellent results wide open at f/2.0. The bokeh it produces is very good too.And of course, this new RF lens has IS, close focusing distance and 1:2 macro. All useful features.Before buying this, I was concerned about 2 issues â slow and noisy autofocus and geometric distortion. Neither turned out to be issues for me. Autofocus is noisy but it is fast for normal shooting (0.5m to infinity). Manual/focusing for Macro (0.35m â 0.5m) is difficult, but Macro in general is difficult if you want to do it right. Geometric distortion (very minor pincushion distortion) is harmless, especially after lens correction.I am not much into videos, so no experience there.I am a hobbyist with 25+ years of experience using SLR, DSLR and now mirrorless. I very much appreciate the smaller RF lenses Canon is producing (I use RF 85 f/2.0, RF 35 f/1.8 and RF 16 f/2.8) to go along with compact bodies such as R6. Photography is fun again!
Olive Another –
This lens delivers within the ambitions of its specs and design
Even though this lens is not exactly what I want in an 85mm auto-focus lens for RF mount, I am happy to give this lens 5 stars. What I really want is an enthusiast-grade, f1.4 – 85mm with AF, but as of this writing, Canon doesn’t offer one nor do they allow others to make one. Canon offers the super premium/professional f1.2 and this budget f2 but nothing in between. That’s a shame, but here we are. So, with that said, at a cost of $500 and given the design ambitions of this lens as being a non-weather proof f2, yeah, this lens really terrific. I mostly do street work with many faces frequently the frame and this lens is quick to achieve sharp focus exactly where I want it to be. It is very reliable. The image quality is excellent, the build is very good and it does not weigh a ton. For the $500 that I paid, I consider this lens as an overachiever. It produces really excellent photos.
Diogo morais –
Ãtima lente para quase toda aplicação. A qualidade do material é boa, o encaixe é de metal, e não possui vedação contra água, o que não é problema para mim já que minha câmera não tem vedação à água. Eu usei na minha R10 (APS-C) o que significa que tenho um equivalente a 136mm. No inÃcio, é frequente ter de se afastar do assunto para fotografá-lo melhor com esta lente numa APS-C e pode ser difÃcil usá-la em ambientes apertados â mantenho uma RF 50mm na mochila para isso. O motor de foco pode ser considerado lento para ser utilizado em situações mais crÃticas, mas é absolutamente suficiente para aplicações gerais, mais problemático que isso é a confusão que ocorre nos momentos em que o motor de foco decide pelo ajuste na direção errada, o limitador de foco na lateral da lente é ótimo para isso. Apesar de não ser uma lente macro completa, os resultados que se podem obter com ela são frequentemente interessantes. Acho importante fazer notar que o pacote realmente não inclui capuz de lente, e não se trata de um erro.
Oliver H. –
This is not a detailed review. I love this lens for its good price and value. Of course you can get much faster 85mm lenses but for this price as amateur this is a very good lens. You get nice blurry backgrounds and the lens is fast enough for lit places.
Gustavo Gener –
Estuve viendo por meses reviews de este lente y al final me animé a comprarlo, y la verdad es que no me arrepiento de nada, para retrato es muy bueno, pero el plus de que sea macro me ha permitido explorar un tipo de fotografÃas del que tenÃa muy poca experiencia, el lente es muy nÃtido y es muy preciso y rápido a la hora de enfocar, recomiendo mucho montar en cuerpos como la R7 o la R6 para disfrutar de todo lo que esté lente tiene para ofrecer, aunque yo lo he montado en una RP y va fenomenal salvo por lo del seguimiento al ojo, que no es tan preciso en la RP (ya que la cámara es muy lenta).
Lente entrega o prometido –
A lente entrega o que a descrição diz, lente lente e rápida
Michael Maynard –
I sent back my Rokinon 85mm and decided to go with the Canon version. The build quality is lower than Rokinonâs but this one is lighter, sharper and a little faster if used right. Great purchase