
Canon believes the “more affordable” options are already covered by the hundred and whatever million EF lenses out there that work extremely well on the RF mount with Canon’s line of adapters. Canon still has lots of work to do in both the non-L and L lineups. Canon doesn’t feel the RF lineup is anywhere near maturity, and they want the lineup filled out with their own lenses first. We have been told that there are a few reasons for this, and please don’t shoot the messenger. The big one being, Canon has no plans to give permission to third party manufacturers to utilize their RF mount patents as they pertain to electronics and autofocus anytime in the near future. I have spoken to two quality sources on the topic, from completely different geographical locations and they both have said very similar things. One of the good things to come from multiple folks covering this issue, is people begin to talk a bit more candidly about the topic at hand. The lack of RF native autofocus third party lenses has become a growing concern amongst shooters. Since the story broke last week that Viltrox was told by Canon to cease making any autofocus lens for the RF mount, there has been a lot of chatter for obvious reasons.
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Read the full review at The-Digital-Picture Is this the smallest, lightest, and most affordable ultra-wide-angle RF zoom lens available at review time? Yes, and the Canon RF 15-30mm F4.5-6.3 IS STM Lens is the right choice when those factors are the most important.
Is this the highest-performing ultra-wide-angle RF zoom lens available? No. Most will find an ultra-wide-angle zoom lens to be one of the most important members of their kit, and the well-featured Canon RF 15-30mm F4.5-6.3 IS STM Lens is a good option for that role. The Canon RF 15-30mm F4.5-6.3 IS STM Lens fills the previously open affordable, compact, ultra-wide-angle zoom lens position in the RF lens lineup. If you’re like me, you may only use an ultra-wide angle lens on occassion, so this is a great option for minimal cost compared to the RF 14-35mm f/4L IS USM and RF 15-35mm f/2.8L IS USM. Bryan at The Digital Picture has completed his review of the brand new Canon RF 15-30mm F4.5-6.3 IS STM, Canon’s ‘value’ wide angle zoom lens for full-frame and APS-C RF mount cameras.