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Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L Image Thread

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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L Image Thread

I've tried to find an image thread for the RF version of 85mm and couldn't find any.
I was hoping to keep this thread an 85mm f/1.2L non defocus smoothing (DS) only but perhaps a few of you may sneak some in?

Happy shooting!

Sep 26, 2021 at 09:38 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L Image Thread

Here are some shots with the R5 and RF85f1.2 I did together with a dancer at the national (Norwegian) ballet this summer. Lovely lens and a lovely model.

Sep 27, 2021 at 01:48 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L Image Thread

Since there are so few of each out there, I think having both the DS and Non DS in one thread makes sense.

Edited on Oct 03, 2021 at 10:04 PM · View previous versions

Oct 02, 2021 at 04:18 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L Image Thread

From a redwood wedding in nortnern California. Was hoping for overcast, but the sun was bright that morning.

Oct 03, 2021 at 12:08 AM

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Oct 04, 2021 at 08:00 PM

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Oct 10, 2021 at 08:06 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L Image Thread

Elijah wrote:

Love this framing, it’s beautiful!

Oct 11, 2021 at 06:41 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L Image Thread

The RF 85mm 1.2 is heavy enough that I considered selling to re-acquire the EF version again, and put the extra cash toward another body or something. But the wedding I photographed for this last weekend fully convinced me to keep the RF lens for the long haul.

Nov 09, 2021 at 12:10 AM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L Image Thread

mdvaden wrote:
The RF 85mm 1.2 is heavy enough that I considered selling to re-acquire the EF version again, and put the extra cash toward another body or something. But the wedding I photographed for this last weekend fully convinced me to keep the RF lens for the long haul.

Nice shot!

It's not even worth going back to the EF version (slow AF, CA, softer, etc)... Unless you're talking about the 85/1.4 version.

Nov 09, 2021 at 10:13 AM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L Image Thread

I'll play... just got this lens last week. I'm digging it.

Nov 09, 2021 at 11:23 AM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L Image Thread

Anyone done a comparison between the RF85 f/1.2 and the EF85 f/1.2 V2

Nov 09, 2021 at 01:49 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L Image Thread

Alan Kefauver wrote:
Anyone done a comparison between the RF85 f/1.2 and the EF85 f/1.2 V2

Not directly, but I've owned both lenses and I can tell you the RF is massively superior. Completely different league.

Razor sharp optics at F1.2, little to no CA, fairly uniform across the frame, and can track a moving subject easily. The EF 85/1.2 fails hard in pretty much all of those aspects.

Drawbacks? Besides the price, the RF 85 is comically large. It's "oh my god are you serious??" kind of big. Honestly its a lens I hate having in my camera bag, but man the images redeem it.

Nov 09, 2021 at 04:22 PM

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Nov 11, 2021 at 04:15 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L Image Thread

Elijah's pics convinced me to get the 58 1.4 when I was shooting Nikon, and now that I moved to Canon, he's presenting a great case to get the 85

Nov 11, 2021 at 08:34 PM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L Image Thread

deepbluejh wrote:
... and can track a moving subject easily. The EF 85/1.2 fails hard in pretty much all of those aspects.

Thanks for sharing, it's good to hear your experience. Do you mean the 85 EF also tracks badly when adapted to an RF camera, or was shoddy on an EF body?

I don't use it as much as before, but there was a point when I almost exclusively shot with the 85L II. It was pretty much [single] spot focus and pop/click. Anything else (especially AI servo) was futile.

Nov 11, 2021 at 10:27 PM

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sirimiri wrote:
Thanks for sharing, it's good to hear your experience. Do you mean the 85 EF also tracks badly when adapted to an RF camera, or was shoddy on an EF body?

I don't use it as much as before, but there was a point when I almost exclusively shot with the 85L II. It was pretty much [single] spot focus and pop/click. Anything else (especially AI servo) was futile.

The EF 85/1.4 L has pretty good AF. The EF 85/1.2 (I or II) are both very inconsistent and slow. I've never used them on an RF body, but on DSLRs I considered this lens a "still subject" only lens. If the subject was moving at all, just forget it.

Nov 12, 2021 at 04:35 PM

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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L Image Thread

hijazist wrote:
Elijah's pics convinced me to get the 58 1.4 when I was shooting Nikon, and now that I moved to Canon, he's presenting a great case to get the 85

What an honor

GET IT!!! YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT!
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deepbluejh wrote:
The EF 85/1.4 L has pretty good AF.

I had issues with focusing on the 85/1.4 L. I don't know if its was MY 5D4's or what, the AF was inconsistent.
Ever since I moved to R6's, I never had AF issues with any of my lenses anymore. What a relief.

Nov 12, 2021 at 05:58 PM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L Image Thread

1.2 all day long.

Nov 12, 2021 at 06:54 PM

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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L Image Thread

Great photos!

Nov 13, 2021 at 06:31 AM

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