Mine are: (1) RF 135L f1.8, (2) RF 85L f1.2, (3) RF 50L f1.2, (4) RF 24-105L f4, (5) RF 35mm f1.8. I shoot portraits, and travel most of the time. I have the RF 28-70L f2, but I can't feel the love for it..perhaps its me...
I'm not trying to carry around the 28 to 70mm at a wedding. It's just not worth it. I'm using the Canon 50mm RF L lens and my Tamron 24 to 70mm w/ the EF to RF adapter. I've got the 35 & 50mm RF lens STM but I'm not confident on the quality. I'd rather use a higher end EF like the Canon 85mm EF f/1.2.
I only own 6 RF lenses, so I'll list them in favorite order: 1. RF 24-105 F4L, my most versatile lens for just about everything except wildlife, but especially landscapes. 2. RF 100-500 F/4.5-7.1L, my birding lens. I have also used it for landscapes (distant details) and even butterflies, since it focuses so close. 3. RF 14-35 F/4L. I rarely shoot wider than 24mm. This lens is my most recent purchase and, when I have both a compelling close foreground and an interesting midground, this is the lens I reach for. I almost always shoot vertically with it, as landscape-format images have too much distortion at either side for my purposes. 4. RF 100mm F/2.8 macro. Because, 1.4x macro and really sharp. It would also be a great portrait lens, if that were my thing. 5. RF 35mm F/1.8. It's my main lens for pieces to camera when I shoot CZcams videos. 6. RF 16mm F/2.8. I bought it for vlogging but, being unstabilized, it has limitations. But for architectural images taken close up, it's OK.
I’m primarily a wedding and portrait photographer; 1. RF 28-70mm f2 L - my main wedding lens, its on 80% of the day 2. RF 70-200mm f2.8 L - mainly for the ceremony 3. RF 50mm f1.2 L - for portraits 4. RF 35mm f1.4 L - environmental portraits 5. RF 15-35mm f2.8 L - only lens I bring for family vacations RF glass really is amazing. Pricey but very worth it imo.
@@KevinDealyessir! You’re making me want the RF 24-105 though! Never was a fan of the EF versions, too much CA imo, but the newer RF is very enticing! Thanks for the video!
35mm 1.8 is my favorite right now. I have the whole non-L lineup, but this lens has been living on my camera. For video it has been amazing. I love the size, weight, stabilization, image quality and the control rings have been game changers for me. All my friends are using cine glass, but they keep coming to me asking why my stuff looks so much better, Auto-focus and image stabilization my friends. I mean there is a place for cine glass, like when you have a focus puller and stabilization rigs, but for a run and gun, one man band like me, the 35mm is killing it.
As a budget-challenged hobbyist that mainly shoots portraits, I do not have a top five. I have 2 lenses that cover my needs. They are the 24-70 F2.8L and the 70-200 f2.8 IS L G2 They are both EF lenses that adapt well on my R camera. The only lens that you talked about here that I may be tempted to get would be the 16mm.
I really understand it. I used to be a prime guy, and I still like prime lenses, don't get me wrong, but since I have the 28-70 F2, I'm always blown away by its image quality and bokeh capabilities. In combination with my Sigma 70-200 F2.8 I can almost do everything. The RF35 F1.8 is a beast lense too! As you said. Underrated. Also like it for videos
Posting this before watching your video to see if we have any in common: 1. RF 50 1.2 2. RF 28-70 2.0 3. RF 15-35 2.8 4. RF 70-200 2.8 5. RF 100 2.8 Macro
Only one in common. Love your list and it proves my point. All of our favorite lenses will differ based off what we shoot and which criteria you use to rate. If I were rating solely off image quality, my list would look much closer to yours.
Mine are 50mm F1.2 24-105mm F4 L 100-500mm (Wildlife, Aircraft, and other moving objects) 85mm F1.2 70-200 F4 L I have thought about the 70-200 F2.8 but the 70-200 F4 handles really well for me.
Thank you so much for clarifying that the 24 to 105. F4 is not a kit lens I’m so sick of CZcamsr downin it because it’s not a fast lens bokeh is not everything it’s not the end of the world.
My top 5 1. 28-70 F2 (replacing the RF 24-70 2.8), it's heavy but worthy 2. 35 1.8 STM macro, when I want to go lightweight for street photo (thinking about replacing it by the 24 1.8 STM macro version...) 3. 16 2.8 so awesome, always on my bag! It is also enough for me for astro photo 4. 50 1.8 STM, the new nifty fifty, always on my bag too it is overlapping the 28-70 but I have a EOS RP as second body, and with the nifty fifty it fits inside my jacket's pocket! My go to for travel/single lens kit 5. 24-105 4-7.1, yes it is a kit lens but for the price it is just perfect, I'm not afraid of breaking it, stabilized, combined with the nifty fifty
My wallet was hoping the RF135 wouldn’t be a lot better than the EF. But, wide open the difference was pretty big. I couldn’t unsee it. I am keeping use EF for my film work. It’s a legend.
The RF 50 1.2 was my reason to step into the R-World. Folllowed by the incredible 28-70, 85 1.2 DS and 135 1.8. Shooting portraits, events and and indoor sports with this gang. The rest (f. e. Outdoor Sports) is covered with my trusty EF L Lenses 🥰
I'm with you on the 24-105 f/4 L. I spent a summer traveling and shooting with the 5D4 with the 24-70 f/2.8L as my primary lens, and I went back and compared the number of my keeper photos that were shot wider than f/4 with the number shot at 70mm and cropped tighter. That made it very clear that more reach was more important to my kind of shooting than a larger aperture, so when I got my EOS R, I switched to the RF 24-105 as my primary lens, and I have not regretted it. The EF 24-105s were not as sharp, but the IQ on the RF has been fine when mounted on my R and R6. When I need a wider aperture, I've got the RF 16 f/2.8, RF 35 f/1.8, RF 50 f/1.8, RF 85 f/2, and RF 70-200 f/2.8, so the fact that the 24-105 only opens to f/4 has never been a problem.
@@KevinDeal I also have the RF 100-400, but the small, variable aperture is my least favorite property of that lens. I rarely bring everything when traveling, but I try to tailor the equipment for the situation. Last year we spent a week hiking with a group on El Camino Santiago between Bilbao and Santiago de Compestela in Spain. It was a hiking trip rather than a working trip, so for the best combination of low weight, easy access, and focal length options while hiking I had my iPhone 13 Pro (13mm, 24mm, and 77mm lenses) and my R6 with the RF 100-400mm mounted. For shots before and after hiking, I had other lenses for the R6, but they traveled between hotels in the support vehicle.
@@DaneRThomas That lens is on my list to try out. I don't shoot stuff that's too far away, so I wouldn't want to drop too much on a lens like that. The 100-400 seems good enough for day time photos.
My top 5 would be as follows: Rf15-35mm F2.8 L IS USM Rf28-70mm F2 L USM RF70-200mm F2.8 L IS USM I own these 3 above lenses. Rf85mm F1.2 L USM. ( getting this next week as a birthday present for myself😊) Rf100mm F2.8 L IS USM.
Wow, I own the bottom 3 lenses of your top 5, and I couldn’t agree more (although I’m in no way am I a professional!). Such great lenses that give me such amazing shots in a wide variety of scenarios. Who knows? Maybe in the future I can round out my RF lens collection with the other two… 🤔
Great video. I mix and match RF and EF...My FF kit : eosRP x2...RF16...EF24 2.8...RF35 1.8...RF50 1.8 (not really a 50mm fov guy but wife loves it)...85 macro F2.0....EF70-300L F4-5.6.. The eos RP bodies are cheap... and will do 95% of what anyone needs in a camera ... they can AF all the wonderfull EF glass...i.e. some of my other older but still use usefull glass . EF 100/2...EF 135/2...EF 300L f2.8...EF 24/2.8...EF 28-105 f3.5-4.5 Tamron 90 2.8 macro...etc. and then there is all my favorite LM and L39 glass (voigtlander...Leica...Helios...Industar...7artisans etc) cheers
I like your list. I have adapted EF lenses for the R5. The Rf 28-70 is also my fave. I have everything from 8 fisheye-800 Prime. I also think 24-105 is a good Swiss Army knife.
My top five, albeit heavy, include the Canon RF 2.8 zoom trinity, 50 1.2L, and 100-500L. I picked up a RF 24-105 kit lens and still have my old EF 100 f2,… waiting for an RF replacement for this.
THE TOP BEST RF LENSES ARE , AND I BASE THESE CHOICES ON 46 YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE. 1 RF 28-70 f/2 2 RF 70-200 f/2.8 3 RF 15-35 f/2.8 4 RF 100-500 f/4.5-7.1
Just waiting for the 35mm to arrive after getting a Prime deal of £350. I was concerned about the chromatic aberrations but after playing with Lightrooms defringe brush it appears to deal with it well. Better than the lens tool module does.
I love it! Your top five is my RF kit. I shoot with the R6 & R6 mk II. My lenses are 28-70 f2, 85 f1.2, 35 f1.8, 24-105 f4 and 16 f2.8. It took me a while to go all-in with the RF Mount but I love this set up
What You think about difference of R6 and R6 mark II? I’m changing my equipment (DSLR) for mirrorless and in doubt about this 2!!! Can you give me some tips?
The 16mm lens though unless you are cropping it or stopping it right down is appalling on the edges and corners. So noticeably bad you do not even need to zoom in on your monitor to see the problem. It very much restricts how you frame the shot.
Wow. mine is quite sharp (on both my RP bodies). I have actually owned 3 different RF16 lenses (two new and one 2nd hand) due to trading out my full frame for other gear and re-buying again...(retired in Bangkok...lots of second hand gear available)
What are your top 5 RF lenses?
Mine are: (1) RF 135L f1.8, (2) RF 85L f1.2, (3) RF 50L f1.2, (4) RF 24-105L f4, (5) RF 35mm f1.8. I shoot portraits, and travel most of the time. I have the RF 28-70L f2, but I can't feel the love for it..perhaps its me...
@@TheSilverGlow that's a fantastic list. The 28-70 certainly isn't as sharp as the primes. It's close but not 100% there.
I'm not trying to carry around the 28 to 70mm at a wedding. It's just not worth it. I'm using the Canon 50mm RF L lens and my Tamron 24 to 70mm w/ the EF to RF adapter. I've got the 35 & 50mm RF lens STM but I'm not confident on the quality. I'd rather use a higher end EF like the Canon 85mm EF f/1.2.
The 28-70 is definitely not for everyone. But I love it at weddings. Often times I just roll with that for 90% of the day. @@sjcproductionsandmedia
I only own 6 RF lenses, so I'll list them in favorite order:
1. RF 24-105 F4L, my most versatile lens for just about everything except wildlife, but especially landscapes.
2. RF 100-500 F/4.5-7.1L, my birding lens. I have also used it for landscapes (distant details) and even butterflies, since it focuses so close.
3. RF 14-35 F/4L. I rarely shoot wider than 24mm. This lens is my most recent purchase and, when I have both a compelling close foreground and an interesting midground, this is the lens I reach for. I almost always shoot vertically with it, as landscape-format images have too much distortion at either side for my purposes.
4. RF 100mm F/2.8 macro. Because, 1.4x macro and really sharp. It would also be a great portrait lens, if that were my thing.
5. RF 35mm F/1.8. It's my main lens for pieces to camera when I shoot CZcams videos.
6. RF 16mm F/2.8. I bought it for vlogging but, being unstabilized, it has limitations. But for architectural images taken close up, it's OK.
Killer list. I don’t own the 100-500 but I own the rest on your list and your points on all of them are excellent. Thanks for the watch!
I’m primarily a wedding and portrait photographer;
1. RF 28-70mm f2 L - my main wedding lens, its on 80% of the day
2. RF 70-200mm f2.8 L - mainly for the ceremony
3. RF 50mm f1.2 L - for portraits
4. RF 35mm f1.4 L - environmental portraits
5. RF 15-35mm f2.8 L - only lens I bring for family vacations
RF glass really is amazing. Pricey but very worth it imo.
That's the ideal wedding kit, in my opinion.
@@KevinDealyessir! You’re making me want the RF 24-105 though! Never was a fan of the EF versions, too much CA imo, but the newer RF is very enticing! Thanks for the video!
@@darthkillahkix it's a solid lens. Very light
35mm 1.8 is my favorite right now. I have the whole non-L lineup, but this lens has been living on my camera. For video it has been amazing. I love the size, weight, stabilization, image quality and the control rings have been game changers for me. All my friends are using cine glass, but they keep coming to me asking why my stuff looks so much better, Auto-focus and image stabilization my friends. I mean there is a place for cine glass, like when you have a focus puller and stabilization rigs, but for a run and gun, one man band like me, the 35mm is killing it.
35 1.8 is underrated.
As a budget-challenged hobbyist that mainly shoots portraits, I do not have a top five. I have 2 lenses that cover my needs. They are the 24-70 F2.8L and the 70-200 f2.8 IS L G2 They are both EF lenses that adapt well on my R camera. The only lens that you talked about here that I may be tempted to get would be the 16mm.
Both the lenses you have are excellent. The 16mm seems like it would fit well into your system.
I really understand it. I used to be a prime guy, and I still like prime lenses, don't get me wrong, but since I have the 28-70 F2, I'm always blown away by its image quality and bokeh capabilities. In combination with my Sigma 70-200 F2.8 I can almost do everything.
The RF35 F1.8 is a beast lense too! As you said. Underrated. Also like it for videos
Agreed on all your points. Although I need to check out that Sigma.
Loved that u put the 28-70mm f2 as number one! It's a super beast!
It’s a killer lens.
Posting this before watching your video to see if we have any in common:
1. RF 50 1.2
2. RF 28-70 2.0
3. RF 15-35 2.8
4. RF 70-200 2.8
5. RF 100 2.8 Macro
Only one in common. Love your list and it proves my point. All of our favorite lenses will differ based off what we shoot and which criteria you use to rate.
If I were rating solely off image quality, my list would look much closer to yours.
Mine are
50mm F1.2
24-105mm F4 L
100-500mm (Wildlife, Aircraft, and other moving objects)
85mm F1.2
70-200 F4 L
I have thought about the 70-200 F2.8 but the 70-200 F4 handles really well for me.
Solid list. Can’t argue with those choices.
Thank you so much for clarifying that the 24 to 105. F4 is not a kit lens I’m so sick of CZcamsr downin it because it’s not a fast lens bokeh is not everything it’s not the end of the world.
I agree. It’s a great lens.
My top 5
1. 28-70 F2 (replacing the RF 24-70 2.8), it's heavy but worthy
2. 35 1.8 STM macro, when I want to go lightweight for street photo (thinking about replacing it by the 24 1.8 STM macro version...)
3. 16 2.8 so awesome, always on my bag! It is also enough for me for astro photo
4. 50 1.8 STM, the new nifty fifty, always on my bag too it is overlapping the 28-70 but I have a EOS RP as second body, and with the nifty fifty it fits inside my jacket's pocket! My go to for travel/single lens kit
5. 24-105 4-7.1, yes it is a kit lens but for the price it is just perfect, I'm not afraid of breaking it, stabilized, combined with the nifty fifty
Great list!
My wallet was hoping the RF135 wouldn’t be a lot better than the EF. But, wide open the difference was pretty big. I couldn’t unsee it. I am keeping use EF for my film work. It’s a legend.
The RF 50 1.2 was my reason to step into the R-World. Folllowed by the incredible 28-70, 85 1.2 DS and 135 1.8. Shooting portraits, events and and indoor sports with this gang. The rest (f. e. Outdoor Sports) is covered with my trusty EF L Lenses 🥰
All fine lenses you listed there.
Your list sounds like my RF wish list
I'm with you on the 24-105 f/4 L. I spent a summer traveling and shooting with the 5D4 with the 24-70 f/2.8L as my primary lens, and I went back and compared the number of my keeper photos that were shot wider than f/4 with the number shot at 70mm and cropped tighter. That made it very clear that more reach was more important to my kind of shooting than a larger aperture, so when I got my EOS R, I switched to the RF 24-105 as my primary lens, and I have not regretted it. The EF 24-105s were not as sharp, but the IQ on the RF has been fine when mounted on my R and R6.
When I need a wider aperture, I've got the RF 16 f/2.8, RF 35 f/1.8, RF 50 f/1.8, RF 85 f/2, and RF 70-200 f/2.8, so the fact that the 24-105 only opens to f/4 has never been a problem.
That looks like the ultimate travel set up.
@@KevinDeal I also have the RF 100-400, but the small, variable aperture is my least favorite property of that lens.
I rarely bring everything when traveling, but I try to tailor the equipment for the situation. Last year we spent a week hiking with a group on El Camino Santiago between Bilbao and Santiago de Compestela in Spain. It was a hiking trip rather than a working trip, so for the best combination of low weight, easy access, and focal length options while hiking I had my iPhone 13 Pro (13mm, 24mm, and 77mm lenses) and my R6 with the RF 100-400mm mounted. For shots before and after hiking, I had other lenses for the R6, but they traveled between hotels in the support vehicle.
@@DaneRThomas That lens is on my list to try out. I don't shoot stuff that's too far away, so I wouldn't want to drop too much on a lens like that. The 100-400 seems good enough for day time photos.
My top 5 would be as follows:
Rf15-35mm F2.8 L IS USM
Rf28-70mm F2 L USM
RF70-200mm F2.8 L IS USM
I own these 3 above lenses.
Rf85mm F1.2 L USM. ( getting this next week as a birthday present for myself😊)
Rf100mm F2.8 L IS USM.
Congrats on the 85. It’s so insane. I love it. Love your list.
I immediately recognized the picture you shot with the 24-105. Downtown Dallas, nice.
Correct
Wow, I own the bottom 3 lenses of your top 5, and I couldn’t agree more (although I’m in no way am I a professional!). Such great lenses that give me such amazing shots in a wide variety of scenarios. Who knows? Maybe in the future I can round out my RF lens collection with the other two… 🤔
Love them. I'm sure they give you excellent images.
I'm a bird photographer and I'm amazed that I own the bottom 3 of your 5 favs! :)
I gave you all a proper shout out at the end with the 100-500. Thanks for watching!
70 200 2.8 is the first lens I grabbed.
It’s an excellent lens.
Great video.
I mix and match RF and EF...My FF kit : eosRP x2...RF16...EF24 2.8...RF35 1.8...RF50 1.8 (not really a 50mm fov guy but wife loves it)...85 macro F2.0....EF70-300L F4-5.6..
The eos RP bodies are cheap... and will do 95% of what anyone needs in a camera ... they can AF all the wonderfull EF glass...i.e. some of my other older but still use usefull glass .
EF 100/2...EF 135/2...EF 300L f2.8...EF 24/2.8...EF 28-105 f3.5-4.5 Tamron 90 2.8 macro...etc. and then there is all my favorite LM and L39 glass (voigtlander...Leica...Helios...Industar...7artisans etc) cheers
That's quite an impressive collection. I like your choices!
I use two of your picks 35mm, 24-105 f4 love this lens. For me not worth getting the 2.8 use higher ISO
also 100-500
70-210 f4
14-35 f4
Excellent choices.
My top 5 rf lenses is rf 28-70 f2L,rf 85 1.2L,rf 24-105 f4L,rf 70-200 f4L and rf 16 f2.8/rf 35 f1.8 🙏
Great list!
I like your list. I have adapted EF lenses for the R5. The Rf 28-70 is also my fave. I have everything from 8 fisheye-800 Prime. I also think 24-105 is a good Swiss Army knife.
I tapped out at 600mm. Sometimes I feel like an 800 would be nice though.
My top five, albeit heavy, include the Canon RF 2.8 zoom trinity, 50 1.2L, and 100-500L. I picked up a RF 24-105 kit lens and still have my old EF 100 f2,… waiting for an RF replacement for this.
If I did a top 5 only based on optical quality mine would be quite heavy as well. Great choices
Love the ef100/2.
Great video! Awesome presentation.
Thank you kindly!
THE TOP BEST RF LENSES ARE , AND I BASE THESE CHOICES ON 46 YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE.
1 RF 28-70 f/2
2 RF 70-200 f/2.8
3 RF 15-35 f/2.8
4 RF 100-500 f/4.5-7.1
Excellent choices
Just waiting for the 35mm to arrive after getting a Prime deal of £350. I was concerned about the chromatic aberrations but after playing with Lightrooms defringe brush it appears to deal with it well. Better than the lens tool module does.
The RF35 is an excellent lens. You're going to love it.
Nice video, got an idea about the 16mm and the iq of the 35mm. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
I love it! Your top five is my RF kit. I shoot with the R6 & R6 mk II. My lenses are 28-70 f2, 85 f1.2, 35 f1.8, 24-105 f4 and 16 f2.8. It took me a while to go all-in with the RF Mount but I love this set up
That's my exact kit too. Although I did add the RF135 recently. But It would be my #6 choice still, since I consider it more of a specialty lens.
What You think about difference of R6 and R6 mark II? I’m changing my equipment (DSLR) for mirrorless and in doubt about this 2!!! Can you give me some tips?
@@eduardometinger If you can afford the MK II, get it. The autofocus is significantly better.
@@KevinDeal thanks for this comment! That’s something important to me!!
They really need more prime L lenses for RF mirrorless series.
I wholeheartedly agree
I would add the 85mm f2. Very sharp lens. Plus I.S. is so useful.
It’s an excellent lens.
The 16mm lens though unless you are cropping it or stopping it right down is appalling on the edges and corners. So noticeably bad you do not even need to zoom in on your monitor to see the problem. It very much restricts how you frame the shot.
My copy seems to be better there than I've seen others report. It's not perfect, but it doesn't suck either.
Wow. mine is quite sharp (on both my RP bodies). I have actually owned 3 different RF16 lenses (two new and one 2nd hand) due to trading out my full frame for other gear and
re-buying again...(retired in Bangkok...lots of second hand gear available)
No 70-200?! Interesting
Nope. I shoot college graduations and other events and have never needed one. I just use a 135mm if I need a longer shot. Never been an issue.
i only use 15-35 and 70-200
Solid choices.