Are The Canon RF 600mm f/11 and RF 800mm f/11 The Best Wildlife Lenses?

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Are Canon’s new RF 600mm f/11 and RF 800mm f/11, two relatively affordable lenses for the EOS R system, the best wildlife lenses you might get?

Tony & Chelsea Northrup take a closer look to these lenses, and try to answer some questions. They tested the lenses on an EOS R5.

Table of contents:

  • 0:00 Shameless plug
  • 0:57 Introduction
  • 1:38 Canon 600mm f/11 Overview
  • 2:05 Canon 800mm f/11 Overview
  • 2:47 NOT FOR DSLRs
  • 3:01 Hand-holding
  • 3:49 Sharpness
  • 4:42 Background Blur
  • 5:16 Low-light
  • 6:05 Carry-ability
  • 6:38 Stabilization
  • 7:37 Price
  • 8:03 Lag (electronic viewfinder)
  • 9:01 Autofocus
  • 9:47 Minimum focus distance
  • 10:52 Frames per second (FPS)
  • 11:20 Mechanical vs electronic shutter
  • 11:36 Silent shutter
  • 11:46 Summary

Canon RF 600mm f/11 [shoplist 62748]

Canon RF 800mm f/11 [shoplist 62749]

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Two Cameras Coming To New Cinema EOS R Lineup (new XC cameras too)

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Rumor has it that Canon will soon launch the Canon Cinema EOS R lineup, Cine cameras with RF mount.

Two Cinema cameras with RF mount are rumored:

Canon Cinema EOS R200 (name not confirmed)

  • Super 35mm 4K sensor (same as the Cinema EOS C200)
  • No IBIS
  • RF Mount
  • Internal ND (10 Stops)
  • CLog 2 & CLog 3
  • 4:2:0 8bit internally onto SD cards up to 4K60 & 1080/120
  • No RAW
  • Dual LP-E6NH battery slot
  • Price: $3499 USD

Canon Cinema EOS R300 (name not confirmed)

  • Super 35mm 4K DGO sensor (same as the Cinema EOS C300 Mark III)
  • No IBIS
  • RF Mount
  • Internal ND (10 Stops)
  • CLog 2 & CLog 3
  • 4:2:2 10bit onto SD cards up to 4K120 and 2K180
  • No RAW capability internally at launch
  • BP-A batteries
  • Price: $6299 USD

Moreover, two XC replacement might also be on Canon’s release radar:

Canon XF505

  • Replacement for the XF205
  • Same 1″ sensor as the XF705
  • 12G-SDI output and SD cards
  • An integrated zoom lens with 15x zoom
  • BP-A batteries

Canon XC20

  • Replacement for the XC10/XC15
  • Same 1″ sensor as the XF705
  • CFexpress slot for internal RAW recording
  • SD cards for XF-AVC/MP4 recording
  • An integrated lens with 10x zoom and constant f2.8 aperture
  • LP-E6NH batteries

Source: Canon Rumors

Are These The Specifications For The Upcoming Canon Cine Camera With RF Mount?

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An RF mount Canon Cinema camera is rumored since a few months. Here are the alleged specifications.

Canon is rumored to announce a Cinema camera with RF mount in August 2020. These are the rumored specifications:

  • Same Super35 sensor as the Canon Cinema EOS C200
  • Internal ND filters (mechanical) up to 6 stops
  • 2x Mini XLR inputs
  • Full-size HDMI
  • 4K 4:2:2 10bit in ALL-I and IPB up to 120p
  • 1x CFexpress Type B Slot
  • 2x SD UHS-II slots
  • External RAW recording options up to 4K 120P
  • 2x LP-E6NH batteries
  • Camera size smaller than the EOS-1D X Mark III
  • Price: $4499 USD

Along with this RF mount Cinema camera, Canon might also release these adapters:

  • PL to RF with Cooke/i
  • EF to RF focal length reducer (speed booster)
  • EF cinema lock to RF

All Canon rumors are listed here. Stay tuned.

Source: Canon Rumors

Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS Lens Availability Scheduled For August 28, 2020

canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS review
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The Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS lens for the EOS R system will most likely start to ship on August 28, 2020.

That’s the date B&H Photo is displaying on the Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS product page. Let’s hope this lens doesn’t have an overheating issue.

Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS preorder at $2,699: [shoplist 62747]

Key features:

  • RF-Mount Lens/Full-Frame Format
  • Aperture Range: f/4.5-7.1 to f/32-54
  • One Super UD Element, Six UD Elements
  • Dual Nano USM AF System
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Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L Review (potentially incredible, flagship portrait lens)

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Here is another Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L review, and again the reviewer is very fond of this “boutique lenses“.

Coming from Christopher Frost Photography, the 8 minutes review below praises the lesns and wants to see if “potentially incredible, flagship portrait lens” is really “good enough to justify its incredibly high price [$2,599]”. Is it?

More Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L review stuff is listed here. All reviews praise this outstanding lens.

Key features:

  • RF-Mount Lens/Full-Frame Format
  • Aperture Range: f/1.2 to f/16
  • Blue Spectrum Refractive Optics Element
  • One UD Element, One Aspherical Element

Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L: [shoplist 56632]

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Canon Might Release A Speedbooster And New Adapters For RF Mount

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Canon might soon announce new adapters for the RF mount, i.e. the mount of the company’s EOS R full frame mirrorless camera system. And a Speedbooster might also get announced.

Rumor has it that Canon might release some interesting adapters for the RF mount, all of them likely within 2020.

  • PL to RF with Cooke/i
  • EF-Cinema Lock to RF
  • Speedbooster

That Canon was working on their own speed booster was in the air. A pertinent patent was spotted time ago. For those who want to learn what a Speedbooster is, have a look here.

A Canon announcement in August or September 2020 is already rumored. The adapters might get announced along with new Canon EOS M cameras and a new EOS R camera.

Stay tuned, and don’t forget to snap pics.

Source: Canon Rumors