The Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 IS Macro STM is a budget-friendly RF-mount lens that combines wide-angle versatility with macro specialization. Key features include:
Canon RF Mount. The Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 IS Macro STM belongs to Canon’s line of RF-mount lenses. It’s compatible with Canon RF cameras. It does not work with Canon EF-mount cameras.
Versatile 1:2 Macro. This unique lens’s combination of wide-angle versatility, 1:2 macro magnification, and a 6.7-inch minimum focusing distance make it great for a range of applications including landscapes, street and macro photography. Its bright f/1.8 aperture and rounded nine-blade diaphragm give you great low-light shooting capability and shallow depth of field.
Advanced Optics. This lens’s nine-group/eleven-element optical formula includes one aspherical element that minimizes chromatic aberrations and color fringing while providing high clarity, color fidelity, and sharpness. Canon has applied a Super Spectra coating to the lens elements to further combat ghosting and flaring, even in harsh lighting.
Built-In Autofocus. This lens uses a ring-type Stepping Motor to provide fast, accurate, and nearly silent autofocus performance for both still and video shooters. You also get full-time manual-focus override for precision adjustments.
Optical Image Stabilization. The RF 35mm f/1.8’s built-in image stabilizer compensates for five stops of camera shake, so that you can shoot in lower light at slower shutter speeds without worry.
Configurable Control Ring. This RF mount lens features a new integrated, configurable control ring that you can use to adjust a range of exposure settings, including ISO, aperture, and exposure compensation.
The “small, light, reasonably priced” prime of the early RF releases, the 35mm f1.8 is small, light, reasonably priced, and has image stabilization, which is nice whether you think you need it or n...
The “small, light, reasonably priced” prime of the early RF releases, the 35mm f1.8 is small, light, reasonably priced, and has image stabilization, which is nice whether you think you need it or not.
It’s very, very sharp in the center 2/3 of the image, but, like most 35mm lenses, it does fade a bit in the corners. The macro feature is quite nice, although, as you would expect with a 35mm macro, you’ll be working pretty close to whatever you’re macro-ing.
The STM motor can be a bit buzzy and isn’t ultra-fast focusing, but it’s really accurate and doesn’t hunt, even at macro distances.
Given its size and price, I think it’s going to be an “If you have an RF camera, you better have that lens” for a long while—it’s really good and really useful.
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