What would make me part with my beloved RF 24 to 105mm F4.0 L IS USM lens.
How about 2.8?
The Canon RF24-105mm F2.8 L IS USM Z lens is here.
Canon has finally done it and today I get to give it a test run.
Hi everyone, I'm Canon Explorer of Light, Lindsay Adler and today I am
thrilled to shoot with the newest addition to the RF lineup of lenses.
Canon has done something that no other lens manufacturer has.
They've finally created a 24-105 that is an f/2.8 constant.
This is exactly what I and other
photographers have been hoping for for decades, literally for decades.
And during today's shoot, I'm going to put this new lens to the test
during a personal branding portrait session with my beautiful subject, Amy.
Amy is a board certified nurse practitioner
and she works in cosmetic dermatology.
And so what we're going to do
is we're going to give her a complete visual rebrand.
And I'm excited because I have one lens that is going to give me a fantastic
range of focal lengths
tack, sharp image quality, and also a beautiful narrow depth of field.
So first, let me tell you a little bit about how and what I shoot.
I'm a portrait commercial photographer,
which means one day I may be shooting social media images for a handbag company.
Then on another day I'm shooting a book cover for a powerful businesswoman.
And then on another day, I'm shooting a skincare campaign.
In other words, I shoot a lot of different subject matter.
When I shoot, I like to move quickly.
And that's one of the reasons I love the 24 to 105 millimeter focal length.
I don't have to keep switching lenses.
I can get a wide angle shot at 24 millimeters.
I can pop in, get a full length or mid-length shot at 50 millimeters,
and the head and shoulders shot at 105 millimeters.
This lens keeps pace with the way I shoot, which is great
when I have dozens of different shots that I have to get in a single day.
When I go on location, however, you usually find
that I leave behind my RF24-105 millimeter f/4.0.
I leave it in the studio and instead I grab my RF 24 to 70
millimeter 2.8 because I love that narrow depth of field.
I like to be able to simplify my background on location
and I'd like to really shoot in lower lighting situations.
But recently I was on a campaign shoot
and I was shooting the 24 to 105 4.0 and then the RF 24 to 70 2.8
and I was going back and forth between the two and I realized
24 to 70 was actually a little bit sharper.
So I had to make a decision, was a willing to sacrifice my range of focal lengths
in that convenience in order to get an extra stop of light and more sharpness.
What's wonderful is now I don't have to decide.
So what else should you know about this brand new lens?
It has incredible tack, sharp image quality,
which of course is to be expected of the Canon RF lineup of lenses.
For those of you
interested in capturing video, the lens also has a brand new capability.
It provides you the ability to manually adjust the aperture on the lens.
And this is a feature previously not seen in RF or EF lenses.
And for you lovers of the RF 28 to 70 f/2 .0,
now you can get more range but also have a beautiful wide aperture.
This new lens is similar in weight to the traditional EF 70 to 200 f/2.8 lens.
It's not a light lens for sure, but there is a lot packed into it
for this personal branding session.
I grabbed the Canon R5 and when I was shooting in low light,
this lens and camera combo made it a breeze, pairing its image
stabilization along with the R5’s electronic viewfinder and face and eye tracking,
I could shoot wide open, in low light, and get tack sharp focus.
This is truly the lens that I've been hoping for ever since
I started shooting with a 24 to 105 focal length almost two decades ago.
I always loved the range, but now I can also love the aperture,
the depth of field.
It's like having multiple lenses in one,
so now I can pare down my kit, but I don't have to sacrifice anything.
It looks like I have a new favorite lens
and these images, they speak for themselves.
But I love the convenience, the sharpness and the aperture.
These are all things that I've been hoping for.