CANON RF 70-200 f/2.8 - REVIEW - The Best RF Lens for You? - Portrait Photoshoot BTS
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- čas přidán 25. 06. 2024
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In this video, I'm testing the Canon RF 70-200 f/2.8. Is this the perfect lens for portraits? Weddings? Events? I absolutely fell in love with this lens, and I can't wait to tell you more about it.
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0:00 INTRO
0:52 THE BASICS
1:21 WHY I TRIED IT
1:48 RF vs EF
2:26 MY FIRST IMPRESSIONS
2:41 SIZE + BUILD
3:18 OPTICS
3:52 AUTOFOCUS
4:16 OIS
4:43 VIDEO
5:02 CHARACTER
5:48 WHO IS IT FOR?
6:43 AM I KEEPING IT?
7:26 FINAL THOUGHTS
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70-200 is my favorite lens. I do tons and tons of high-end graduation photos, and this lens rarely leaves me desiring anything else. Occasionally I’ll use my 16-35 or 35 1.4 for some wider shots or more storytelling images, but this lens is the one I could never live without. The compression and bokeh really are magical
Totally this lens is a game changer. Thanks for watching!
Hi Owens! I also do grad portraits, but unfortunately not as many as I would like. My current lead flow is from word of mouth, and I get maybe 10 a year.
What do you recommend to help me gain more leads and serve a lot higher volume of graduates? I have a goal of 100.
Thank you in advance!! 🙏🤩
Agree 100%
I just ordered it. So now I'm covered with 35, 50 and 70-200. Amazing lens it seems.
Wow. Such an in-depth, relatable, informative video. This review was more than I could have hoped for for this lens. Thank-you!
P.S. Love that you took the time to add the lens info for each shot. Much appreciated.
Thanks so much, Lisa!! I'm so glad to hear that you found the video helpful. Thanks for watching! :)
Mine is coming tomorrow can't wait to play with it!
Well done on the review. I have felt the same way the first time I took mine out. I always bring my 70-200 and I’m never disappointed I did.
It’s insane. Love it so much! Thanks for watching 😊
Beautiful photos!! Thanks for the information :)
Hi Zach, Wonderful review! I learnt a lot! God bless you and keep photographing great shots!
Ah thank you so much! Means a lot - thanks for watching :)
Zach thank you for this excellent commentary and video! I shoot portraits at the beach and in the studio also, in the same lighting conditions, and find your style and work inspiring and very encouraging.
Also very much appreciate your succinctness and the fact you stay on topic! I find your voice pleasant, your video edits superb with flow and focus on topic, and your professionalism and non-condescending manner is refreshing.
Thank you for your kindness and efforts!
Subscribed and grateful to come across your channel. Hope all is well with you and your business!!
Cheers 😎
Ah Sean! This is so kind - thank you for the comment and thanks for watching! Means a lot. I'm glad you are enjoying the channel. Cheers! :)
Just got the 70-200 2.8 as well! First impressions are amazing on my R6
Thank you so much! Means a lot - thanks for watching! :)
Love your reviews and style of videos.
Thank you so much! Means a lot 😊
As always, such a good video. I feel similar to you, I love the old 50mm 1.2 but 70-200rf is a beast.
thank you
Thank you so much for watching! Yeah, these lenses are hard to beat!
Great review. Most appreciated. Thank you.
Thank you for watching!
Man I love your videos
So glad to hear it - thanks so much for watching :)
Glad you are able to grow and share!
Thank you so much, Keith! 😊
What a great video; succinct and interesting. I recently acquired the RF 70-200 f/2.8 and my thoughts echo yours. The image that this lens renders is something quite magical. And because of this vid, I am now subscribed to your channel.
Thank you for watching and for the sub! So glad you enjoyed the video- means a lot! Enjoy the lens! It’s incredible.
I've used a hybrid approach, where I use a Fuji 16-80 f/4 (24-120 equiv) on one body, and the Fuji 35 1.4 (52mm equiv) on a second body, it's been a huge game changer for me.
I’ve been trying to create my own “trinity” of lenses both for personal and professional use. I can only afford 3, and 2 of them are already the 15-35 2.8 and the 50 1.2 with me considering the 70-200 as the third. This was super helpful to help get a feel for the lens rather than just reading spec sheets.
Go for it... It worth it every penny, trust me... I have it...I also have 3, 35mm 1.8 fixed, 24-105mm L and 70-200... I also want 85mm 1.2 :)
Is that your own preset that you use in this video ? I absolute love it 🔥
great review Zach
Thank you for watching!! :) Glad you enjoyed!
I also have the EF50 f1.2 and I will buy the 70-200 RF f2.8, I think it compliments well my 50 mm lens.
I Love Love LOVE your colors
Thank you so much! And thanks for watching :)
Just ordered one, looking forward to shooting with it!
Congrats!! It’s really incredible!
It’s an amazing lens. If I had to choose between the 28-70 and 70-200 2.8 I’d gladly choose the 70-200. It’s absolutely gorgeous! I love your work man! Stills and channel. 🙌🏾🌵
Thank you so much for watching & for the comment, Christopher! Means the world!! :) I'm glad you are also enjoying the 70-200 - it's amazing!
@@TheZachMendez My pleasure man!! Have a great weekend!
I have both. I would say 28-70 is giving much better pics, more like prime lenses.But, 70-200 is a very good and flexible lense
This lens is worth the price of admission! I just picked one up absolutely incredible. And I’m using it on a CanonEOS R. Lol I can’t wait to pair this with the mirrorless equivalent to a 5DS. Whenever that comes out.
Totally worth it!! It is easily my new favorite lens. I've been getting so much use out of it!
Very nice video. Back when I shot Canon I used the 70-200mm f2,8 IS II for all my shoots and coupled with a fast prime like the 50mm f1,2 or 85mm f1,2 it made a great combo. I shoot Fuji now and the one thing I miss the most it the 70-200mm. Fuji´s 50-140mm f2,8 is nowhere near to it in image rendering. It´s sharp but the separation from the background is rather weak compared the the 70-200. Glad to hear the RF 70-200 is so good. When/ if I decide to go back to Canon I know what I want :)
Awesome! Thanks so much for watching! Glad you enjoyed the video! :)
Very nice video Zach. Super classy as usual. I was curious as to what you'd think about using this lens for theatre, cause I'm also in the opera business and take rehearsal photos with the EF version on the EOS R, which is a heavy combination! Unfortunately, neither the R6 nor the R5 are for me for different reasons so I'm staying with the R, biding my time till the Mark II's arrive and focusing on lenses like this RF 70-200. Time to sell the EF I think! 😊
I love this lens!! It's so great for shooting stages - a total game changer. It's actually a 70-200 I want to use. Thanks so much for watching :)
GREAT video. Thank you...
Thanks so much for watching :)
RF 70-200 f2.8 is perfect for street style fashion photography during fashion week and backstage use. 😉🙌
Yes - I love it! Thanks for watching!
I just found your video and I really like it. I just ordered the rf 70-200 2.8, however I am a prime lens guy, I love the combo tamron35 1.4 + rf50 1.2 + rf85 1.2 :D
70-200 is totally amazing. Thanks for watching
As someone that never loved using a 70-200 before I keep thinking about this lens as my big RF lens purchase. I want to upgrade my 85 1.4 to the RF version but the versatility of the RF 70-200 2.8 is what I keep coming back to.
Yeah, the versatility of the 70-200 is exactly the reason I went for it. It's also such a manageable size considering it's a 70-200. Thanks for watching! :)
Don’t sell your EF 85mm f1.4L wait until Canon do an RF version. I have the EF 70-200mm f2.8L IS USM II and the RF 70-200mm f2.8L both are great portrait lenses but the EF 85mm f1.4L has a different look at 85mm to these zooms.
An everyday carry 70-200mm zoom is the RF 70-200mm f4L IS USM the optical quality of this lens is outstanding.
@@novainvicta I held on to my EF 85 1.4. It's a great lens and it does have a different look than the RF 85 1.2. I do miss owning the EF 85 1.2 II but that lens was so slow to focus.
I got this lens since 1 year for my R6, and I agree it is the best RF lens for sure and best 70-200 ever. Night and Day difference with the super old (EF 70-200 F4 IS USM MKI) I had before. That combined with a 24-70mm F2.8 and the RF (Samyang 85mm F1.4) is my current combo to cover every range with wide aperture.
The only complain is of course the super high price but there's no other competitor for this lens, unlike other focals where you can get a third party lens as good and sometime even better than the official Canon lens.
Yes totally!! I am just blown away by the quality of the lens but also by how much I enjoy using it. Thank you for watching!! 😊
hey man I enjoyed this review of the 70-200!
btw which clock are you wearing? It's so minimalistic!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching! :) The watch is by Skagen.
I Love mines!!!
It is unreal. I love this lens.
Yea you were wrong kidding lol. Serious though every wedding and event photographer I know including myself use it as the primary portrait lens. 200mm at 2.8 is something even an 85 can’t give you. The compression plus the bokeh just do amazing things. You can find background highlights to work with and almost create backdrops out of them it’s really an amazing lens. Great video. I love the golden hour shoots.
Yeah I'm starting to wonder why I've been out of the loop! LOL. Totally loving this lens. Thanks so much for watching :)
@@TheZachMendez because it excels with portraits that are posses. On the internet they sell you this idea that posing is wrong. That being said currently environmental portraits are the “in thing” which is great! For that we use 35 1.4s and 50 1.2s etc. the 70-200 is best at 200 2.8 that’s where it shines it’s magic is not environmental it’s in isolation. Let me give you a heads up on some lenses you need to try you can make a video about these if you wanted too. Canon 200 1.8! It’s an amazing lens and with the image stabilization of the current cameras it’s brilliant wil need to use eye detect. Canon 135 f2 one of canons best portrait lenses has some of the best character ever. You can rent them.
Totally worthy.
Obsessed with this lens. Thanks for watching :)
i'm buying!
I hope you love it! Thanks for watching :)
Thank you for making a great real world review of this camera in under 10 minutes! I still can’t convince myself to swap my eos R with the R6, but I’m glad to see that it’s working well for you. 👏🏾
Thank you so much for watching! Glad you enjoyed. Love the R as well. 😊
The only reason I could consider it is the joystick for focusing, but I really like the extra MP the R has for that bit of cropping I always seem to do.
Try renting it. I have the R as a backup/secondary camera to my r6. I would much rather use my R6. The R is fine when a subject is pretty still and you aren't in a challenging environment but the r6 is an all around performer. With photography, it's so good, it pretty much gets out of your way so you can create.
Zack, please tell me at 200mm the minimum focusing distance is also 70 cm?
Zach, just watched this. Curious… Why do you like the EF 50 1.2 over the RF version?
I hope I can buy this lens this year. I’ll definitely work harder.
It is one of my absolute favorite lenses ever. Thanks for watching!
I really appreciate your content. I dig your gentleness in general (no agenda of manipulation or bombastic approach so common on CZcams) and I value that your vids are rich with varied examples of your work. Before I had a mirrorless, I was using my 70-200mm f2.8 all the time, but since moving to mirrorless I've been obsessed with the RF 85mm 1.2, but haven't yet tried this particular lens so now I'm really inspired. Thanks for the review. All of that being said, would you mind sharing product info for the boom setup you were using indoors with the big umbrella? I'm curious about that. Thanks!
Thanks so much for the kind words, Bjorn! I made a video on the 85 a couple months ago - wow, what an incredible lens that is! For me I think the 70-200 makes a bit more sense, but I would love to use the 85 again.
In my studio the setup is actually pretty simple. C-Stand + weight, Profoto B10 (could really substitute any flash head), + deep umbrella (I have both silver & white, prefer the white) sizes 41', 51', 65' + diffusion. The back drop is just savage seamless paper and the support is from Manfrotto. I think that's about it. Hope this helps & thanks for watching :)
@@TheZachMendez thank you! Totally forgot to respond to your reply, but I appreciate your taking the time. I should've been more clear in my question. I'm more curious about the actual C-stand that you're using. I've got a pretty flimsy boom setup & yours looks so sturdy. I like the idea of equipment NOT crashing down to the peril of equipment or humans. :P
What mist filters do you recommend?
Hey Zach, great video. Super informative. Thanks for making.Now I want this lens.. I loved the beach location that you shot the model at. Would you be kind enough to share that location, please.
thanks,
Kelly
Hey, Kelly! Thanks so much!! This was at Butterfly Beach in Montecito :)
Q: the R6, have u done prints ? if so, size of prints you were able to achieve ?
Hey there - thanks for watching. Yes, I have made fairly large prints and it has been OK. If you need resolution for large scale printing it probably isn't the camera for you though. Thanks for watching
Great review. I had to settle in the f4 version only because of the price lol.
I'm sure its equally amazing!! Thanks for watching! :)
I prefer zoom lens. I have a 3 yr old so keeping up with him using a prime is difficult! I currently own the 28-70 f2.
Awesome! Yeah I can see why you would prefer them! Thanks for watching 😊
I have thid lens. What modifier do you screw on the front? I almost always shoot naked...unless video
I think I was using an ND filter in this one. I don't really do that anymore. Thanks for watching :)
Now how did you know that I am just waiting for the UPS man to deliver my R6 this evening. I did buy the RF 35mm lens. I already have a 50mm lens or 70 - 200mm zoom lens for my Nikon so I will probably go after the 85mm prime and the 100-500mm zoom when it becomes available over here. I prefer prime but a good zoom lens is so much more affordable then a $12000 prime lens.
Enjoy the R6! Can’t wait to hear how you like it 😊
Only if i see the size…. It’s definitely the first usable 70-200mm yet, but 2800$, cmon…
Would make AP a lot easier than with my el cheapo 75-300 4-5,6
But i think its better to make 2x the lights and deal with focus problems and CA than paying like 3k for not much usage i would have for it.
I'm using the 28-70 and I've been contemplating on the 70-200 for the longest time 🙈
It's so so good!
Compared to the 70-200 2.8 iii i don’t think its worth it to upgrade to the rf right? I mean there was nothing wrong with the lens and its super sharp and takes pretty good sharp photos even pn backlit situations
Great! Then yeah, no reason to upgrade. Thanks for watching :)
@Zach Mendez; I’m trying to decide between the F4 & F2.8 RF 70-200. I am going to be taking pictures of my toddler and family in environments such as forest trails, indoor recreation centres, arenas and some outdoor sports (toddler for now). I’m assuming that these are similar to a lot of environments that you have to take photos in with regards to lighting quality. There probably won’t be much difference between F4 & F2.8 in subject separation when I’m in more open type environments because the subject will be further away for sports or environmental portrait type photos. I’m on a Canon R6 and if I get the 70-200 F4 version I think I’d upgrade my EF 24-70 F4 to the RF 2.8 version. Any input would be appreciated!
Hard to say! I know that both versions are great. The f/4 is quite compact too. But I enjoy having the extra light gathering capabilities of the wider aperture. I think it is hard to go wrong either way with this lens. Thanks for watching :)
Now that you’ve tried the 85 1,2, what are your thoughts comparing the two?
Great question. For me, the 70-200 is much more useful & worth it. I don't think I could justify paying that much for a prime lens at the 85 mm focal length, despite how amazing the RF 85 is! I might change my mind one day. For now I feel like the 70-200 is more than enough.
@@TheZachMendez thank you
Been debating the 28-70 or this for my weddings. Such a rough choice
I can see a use case for both! Good luck & thanks for watching :)
@@TheZachMendez thanks for the content!
I am currently owing both. I would go with 28-70 for wedding. 28-70mm is much like prime lenses
it's easy ... you need both
There’s this photographer that uses that lens with the R5. He stands at the busy streets in Moscow and photographs hundreds of beautiful woman. Free models, smart kido 😂
So what’s the difference between a close up shot with a 35mm and this 70-200 rf2.8?
There is quite a difference in terms of compression/etc. Also depends on which versions of the lenses you're using. Thanks for watching!
@@TheZachMendez thank you
I shoot for a fire department. For me its an absolute gamechanger.
Oh that's pretty awesome! Thanks for watching!
What I really miss is the possibility to manually correct the focus, just before nailing the right shot. EF lenses had this possibility; in RF they decoupled the focus ring when in autofocus :(
Good news is the AF is stellar! Thanks for watching :)
There is a setting for that on the R5 at least
@@ShaunCurrier If so, please share with me the setting; I own the R5 yet did not discover it!
Later edit: I was a lens firmware version beyond; that is why I could not use it! Fixed now!
It is a shame that the RF 70-200mm f2.8 lens is NOT compatible with a 1.4 teleconverter. It is NOT an internal zoom lens as the lens barrel extends when zooming. I used the EF 70-200mm f2.8 for at least 17 years & never had an issue with it.
Nice! Most likely will get signs or tamron due to price.
Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video!
I have 50stm, 100L EF and 24-105/4 rf
Want BOKEH, versatility and compression.
100L is enough, but I want better image's by lenses.
Magic of 50-85 1.2-1.4 (extremely wide aputure) is the possibility for make amazing BOKEH in close distance without need to go far back.
85 1.4 is shorter and more comfortable, but this lens only for portraits in low light.
For the day light 70-200 will be awesome
What do you think about this dilemma?
I’m so blown away to hear anyone say they prefer their EF50 to its RF counterpart. The CA on the EF lens is horrid in comparison.
6:50 you changing lenses without turning the camera off 👀
Lol... yeah... thanks for watching!
I bought a mk ii version of it using on my R6. It's breathtakingly sharp! Like it drops my jaw all the time. It's huge and heavy and designed for mans hands i believe. Not recommend it to ladies.
That is the one downside of the 70-200. One of the things I love most about the RF versions is that they are so much smaller than the previous versions. Thanks for watching.
Im thinking on selling my RF85 1.2 for this one!
Wow! Why? You don't need extreme BOKEH?)
@@user-dg6zr2et4d hahaha I was thinking that because of versatility! But I won’t change my 85
@@Francisfphoto_ oh) I will duplicate my question of this video for you:
I have 35/2, 50stm, 100L EF and 24-105/4 rf
Want BOKEH, versatility and compression.
100L is enough, but I want better image's by lenses.
Don't like 135 EF prime.
Magic of 50-85 1.2-1.4 (extremely wide aputure) is the possibility for make amazing BOKEH in close distance without need to go far back.
85 1.4 is shorter and more comfortable, but this lens only for portraits in low light.
For the day light 70-200 will be awesome
What do you think about this dilemma?
@@Francisfphoto_ cream bokeh = 85 1.2 (1.4) = 135/2 = 200 2.8
Nice content my friend but you say ''there something about this lens'' about almost every lens you review. Its kinda becoming redundant, something to think about ;)
Probably because I like talking about lenses I like lol. Thanks for watching.
I like how you are comparing 50 mm 1.2 to 1.8 rf and say that the ef is better go pick up 50mm 1.2 rf lens and compare it then say the ef is better
Not sure I get this comment but thank you for watching!
@@TheZachMendez i was mistaken my bad watched the other video
@@TheZachMendez i watched a comparison between 1.8 rf and 1.2 ef and I thought that is what you where referring on the video
Don’t buy .. worst build quality of canon 70-200rf
It’s actually really great
How so ?? 🤔