Canon RF 35mm F1.8 Macro IS: Review | 4K

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[Yalelax]

I hope that Canon takes your criticisms to heart Dustin. Thanks for the excellent review.

[rickmiller]

Thanks for the great summary (as always) as an EOS-R owner, in practical terms, this is the only native lens you could consider a “walk-around”. The 24-105 is outstanding, but too heavy for casual usage. The 35 RF is a favourite due to the size and weight, which more than compensate for any weak points of the lens, which are few to begin with. Also, if those are pics of the Fairmont Montebello, what a great resort. Loved it. Cheers.

[krisdeaglephotography]

I appreciate this review’s honesty. It doesn’t feel like you are trying to suck up to Canon and sell it to me nor does it feel like you are trying to bash Canon and deter me from buying it. It was thorough and felt refreshingly honest. Bravo.

[stevemurnan]

Mine arrived today. So far very impressed with it considering the price and the IS works a charm with my R5.

[frandecatta]

I've been working with this lens in weddings for almost all 2019 (until I bought the 28-70 f2L in september). And I still loving this little one, may be not as much for working as before (this new lens does a great job) but yes for travel and carry almost no weight, but having a lot of resources to shot in different conditions. Having his flaws in mind, is a must have lens if you own an R camera.

[kiliandietrich]

I can absolutely relate to what you said about this lens. I own it since it came out and it pretty much has replaced my Sigma 35 Art!! The Sigma is clearly the better lens and has a better built quality but (!!!) the fact that this lens is small, lightweight, has IS, does macro to a certain degree, and the aperture is fairly close to 1.4 makes it very travel friendly. I really hope Canon will come out with yet another prime like this. Btw I agree that weather sealing (at least a little bit of it) and a lens hood should come with the lens. Canon needs to realize that.

[herbertgruneberg]

Thank you Dustin for the comprehensive review - as always. I just changed camera bodies and moved from an EF to an RF mount. Do you think there is any good reason to replace my ‚old’ Canon EF 35mm f2.0 IS by this more up-to-date gear? I still like my old lens using the adapter ring but I do, of course, not have the comparison to the new guy.

[MikeAzul]

Fantastic in depth reviews as usual. Looking to getting one of these to have as a small street/travel type lens for my R5. Won’t be a small enough setup like an actual compact camera but will be way better than how I usually take it out with massive heavy Canon L (& sigma art and tamron g2) lenses.

[Bisme]

I really enjoy how informative this video was, only one I've seen of yours so far, clearly you're very well versed. Appreciate the huge amount of info you drop.

[jijojacobmathew]

If I purchase 24-70 f2.8, do I need to buy this lens

[robgerety]

Glad you got it sorted out and thanks for the video. I think you will see as time goes on, and you acquire higher quality glass, the results you get with your R6 will be even more satisfying. Enjoy.

[palmbregas]

How is this lens compared to the Tamron SP 35mm f1.8? I’m currently using the Tamron on R6M2 and I’m happy with overall results except sometimes the photos are out of focus(slightly) and the weight combined with an adapter is quite a lot. I’ll travel to Japan next month and I already own an RF 50mm f1.8 and 24-105mm f4L and thinking about bringing the 35mm with me but the weight is holding me back.

[Lance_Magillicuddy]

Unfortunately, AFTER I bought this lens it occurred to me to look for reviews on YouTube. My wife does Zoom and Teams meetings every day for work, so I set her up with an RP, and I just threw an EF 35mm f/1.4L II lens on, and then I ordered this lens for her since I didn't want to permanently deploy a Canon first-party EF "L-level" lens for this purpose. As it turns out, after a day of using this native RF lens, she wanted to go back to the EF 35mm, because she didn't think the RF 35mm made her feed look as good. She's not a photography person, so I was rather surprised that she noticed any difference at all, and in particular, for that *relatively* lower resolution use case. I realize that an L-level lens will look better than the consumer-grade version, but I was not expecting that there would be any significant difference for Zoom meeting type usage. If I had to do it again I would have ordered the Sigma EF 35mm Art version for a couple hundred bucks more and just used it with an adaptor. I happened to have a Sigma EF mount 50mm Art lens which she has been using subsequently and approves of, so it may be I'll never see that one again.

[Noealz]

well done man - straight to the point reviews

[gameshoes]

Speaking of uninspiring packaging, I've sold a couple of RP kits with the 24-105mm EF 3.5-5.6 lens, and the dang thing is just a white box with a sticker slapped onto it. Both times the warehouse guys thought it was a box in a box (and opened it) but, nope, it was the actual thing.

[shazbk]

Great review as always. What is your personal opinion if you had to choose between this lens and the Tamron SP 35mm f/1.8? Thank you so much!

[agustinbenencia]

Hi Dustin, thanks for your review (all of them). Did you try this lens on the Canon R5? I’ve the R5 but I’m not sure how well this llens will manage the 45mp. Thanks again

[zosozoso]

Realy good review yet again! Im a bit confused still if its tis one or the F2 IS, as I also would like to use it for video, this one is 5 stop is, and the old one is 4 step, is it a big difference?

[teelowko]

Really stuck between buying this or the sigma 35 Art. Whats you’re thoughts for imagine quality & Contrast? Thanks

[MaartenOosterbaan]

Ok, bit late question maybe, but as a mostly amateur photographer but with an R6 and not really afraid to still buy EF lenses....would you advise the Sigma 35mm ART over this RF35mm!? I mean over 1000 I would never be comfortable spending on it anyway....