Canon’s next announcement today included the new zoom full-frame lenses for Canon RF mount and a firmware update for the Canon EOS R and Canon EOS RP cameras, which enhances AF for object tracking. Those new lenses are the ultra-wide 15-35mm f/2.8 and the standard range 24-70mm f/2.8 zoom lens. Canon also teased the new 70-200mm f/2.8 lens, which will come later this year. The firmware update for Canon EOS R and EOS RP cameras. Canon announced new RF lenses and Firmware update for EOS R and EOS RP cameras. This article only covers today’s Canon RF mount news. For two new Canon camera announcements – the EOS 90D and EOS M6 Mark II – please refer to our second article. New Canon RF Lenses One of the two newly announced lenses is the ultra-wide Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8 IS USM. It covers full-frame sensors, features three aspherical elements and two ultra-low dispersion elements. The lens has an 82mm front filter thread and minimum focusing distance of 11.02″ (28cm). With 15mm on the wide end this lens is the widest Canon lens for the RF mount yet. The other newly announced lens is Canon’s standard range zoom Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 IS USM. The lens of course also covers full-frame sensors and features three aspherical elements and three ultra-low dispersion elements. The minimal focusing distance is 8.27″ (21cm) and the lens has 9 diaphragm blades. Both lenses feature image stabilization system and they are available now for pre-order. The price...
Published By: CineD - Wednesday, 28 August, 2019