Why I Own The Canon RF100-500 f/4.5-7.1 Lens. 4 Years With The Canon R Mount
The RF100-500 is great for portability, versatility and when an extreme focal reach is required for wildlife, sports, action and photojournalism, while in good lighting situations!
This is a telephoto zoom lens and it's part of Canon's L series, which means it has better optical lens coatings, is generally sharper than non L series lenses, is weather sealed and has the new focus drive system, the Dual Nano Ultra Sonic Motor, which is compatible with the latest Canon R series auto focus system. I can tell you that the auto focusing is incredible and the image results are extremely sharp.
However, this is a lens I probably wouldn’t refer to as a pro lens, simply because of the aperture range. However, this is an insane lens to have in your bag. It's a lens that's delivered amazing results for me in the last few years I’ve been using it.
There's been a few occasions where I've used it for professional sports as the 100-500 focal range kind of negates the need for a second camera and lens set up, reducing the amount of gear I need to carry. The focal range covers most of the field of play and the 100mm end is normally wide enough for most situations.
However, for extreme situations such as low light conditions it will struggle, which is why I can’t recommend this as a professional choice, or for that one lens to rule them all, and at over $2500 it’s not cheap.
The f7.1 aperture, which actually only starts at 460mm, can be a bit of a handicap as you’ll need to shoot at very high ISO levels for sports, action and wildlife. For everything else this lens is magical.
The 5 stops of image stabilisation system works so well you don’t always have to use fast shutter speeds for every subject, compensating the need for higher ISO values.
I’ve used it for a number of subjects including landscapes, portraits and for video work as well as sports and wildlife. The image stabilisation system works great when used for video work. I can shoot handheld most of the time a still maintain a good level of quality.
I’ve taken it to Africa a number of times, it’s been on safari in Sri Lanka’s Yala park and also to The Middle East. It’s been through some fairly extreme conditions and harsh environments and there’s hardly a scratch or speck of dust affecting it.
There are some minor caveats though. The use of teleconverters is quite awkward as the lens has to be extended or zoomed out to 300mm before they can be fitted. That’s quite annoying really and I’m not sure why Canon did that. It's a major design flaw with the new R mount.
So with a 1.4x teleconverter fitted this lens will be roughly 420-700mm at around f/8 to f/10. With a 2x converter it'll be a 720mm to 1000mm lens at f/11 to f/14. I don't have the 2x converter so I can't talk about the image quality but there is a slight loss of optical quality with the 1.4x depending on the situation because at extreme focal length you have to factor in things like heat haze and other environmental issues like air quality.
For me this has been an absolutely fantastic lens to use for a number of subjects and is an extremely useful one to have for travel, extreme conditions and environments, for safari and wildlife trips, photojournalism, for aviation photography and also for some professional or amateur sports.
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