Why I Own The Canon RF28-70 f/2 Lens. 4 Years With The Canon R Mount
Hi and welcome back to my channel in this video I'd like to share with you my experience after almost 4 years working with the Canon RF28-70mm f/2 lens.
The 28-70mm f/2 is the perfect lens for lower light conditions, portraits, demanding close up action scenarios, and works well as a sort of proxy prime lens that covers 35, 50 and 70mm focal ranges but maintains that ultra sharp quality you'd expect from a fixed prime.
This lens is big and quite heavy! But it’s also possibly one of the best ever made by Canon. It was released fairly early in the development of the R series, around September 2018. So Canon knew what they were doing from the start with the RF mount, and it was a sign of what was to come later in the RF line up.
The 28mm range can be a slightly limiting at times. There’s been situations when I’ve needed to be wider, especially for interior architectural work, but this lens just delivers quality imagery. To have a 28mm to 70mm focal range at an f2 constant aperture is a bit of a luxury to be honest. The depth of field in this lens creates that type of surreal, magical imagery only wide apertures can achieve.
The 70mm range at f2 consistently delivers stunning results and it almost negates the need for the use of 35mm and 50mm prime lenses. Just a shame it doesn’t go all the way to 85mm. That would have been amazing. Also, these no optical stabiliser on this lens. That would have been even more amazing, but also, it would have made this lens even bigger, heavier and probably more expensive than it already is.
But I’m being a little fussy here as this is a sensational lens that is amazing for all types of photography, time-lapse and also for video.
There is the older EF28-70 at f2.8 or alternatively the RF24-70 at f2.8, Canon also just released the 24-105 f/2.8 and that thing is huge and even more expensive, but this lens has an f2 aperture. But what does f2 actually get you? Well it's a full stop of light. It's the difference between shooting at 12,800 iso and 25,600 iso. Is it worth paying the extra money? It saves me having to carry around several extra prime lenses, so for that reason it's been a good investment so far.
If you’re thinking of moving to the RF mount it will be a serious investment and you’re going to need extremely deep pockets.
It is an extremely expensive lens but when you compare it to the Canon prime lenses at 35 or 50mm, even though it's f/2 and not f/1.2 or f/1.4 it's a good investment and does save a lot of space when travelling.
So that's my review after almost 4 years working with the RF28-70 f2 lens. It's been an amazing journey so far and I hope to be using it even more during the next 4 years.
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The gear i currently use:
Canon R5 - https://www.amazon.com/Canon-Full-Fra...
Canon R6 - https://www.amazon.com/Canon-Full-Fra...
Canon RF15-35 f2.8 - https://www.amazon.com/Canon-RF-15-35...
Canon RF28-70 f2 - https://www.amazon.com/Canon-RF-28-70...
Canon RF70-200 f2.8 - https://www.amazon.com/Canon-RF-70-20...
Canon RF100-500 f4.5-7.1 - https://www.amazon.com/Canon-100-500m...
Canon RF400 f2.8 - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=RF400mm&am...
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