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I’ve had the Canon RF 14-35 f4 since it came out and finally finished testing it out. I took it out to a Phillies game and got some really cool images with it on the R3. Stephen also used it to capture some landscape images at Longwood gardens. I did notice there’s a HUGE amount of Vignetting at 14mm, but is it a deal breaker….no, just go shoot and capture the moments.
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These are both great for landscape photographers that are using filters because of the non bulbous front
I wonder how it compares to Nikon's much lighter 14-30mm?
Does the lens really have that crazy vignetting? It definitely looks like you put the lens hood on wrong lol but if not that’s really wild
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i got the 15 -35, love the 2.8 and the photos it took. Then dropped it early one morning and broke it. You would of nearly seen a grown man ugly cry.
I survived the first few months with the RF 14-35 f/4L without a supported lens profile and it made my life very miserable to try and correct for manually or by modifying the RF 24-105 variable aperture zoom. Now that Adobe has released its own lens profile, it's actually great to use this lens creatively and see wider. Jared, the thing to keep in mind is that the lens sees at 14mm AFTER you use the correction profile. If you don't use the lens profile then we've calculated out that you're actually seeing closer to 12mm and maybe a hair wider. The problem is obviously the vignette and the distortion. But, as you so nicely demonstrated here, you can still get incredibly good wide images that use the distortions to emphasize the scene. Or, if you want a clean cut image, you can click a box and it's perfectly corrected and cropped down to 14mm.
I've been using a EF 17-40L adapted to my EOS-R, and also carry a IRIX 15mm f/2.6 when I need something wider. I've been waiting for a review of this lens, and am happy to see that it's a good lens. I don't care about it being an f/4, since I shoot landscapes almost exclusively, so rarely, if ever, shoot wide open. I also don't want the added size, weight and $$$ of an f/2.8. Looks like I'll need to sell a few items and get this lens!
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As a real estate photographer, I was looking forward to this review. I don't need a super-wide and crazy aperture. The only concern I have are vignette and the barrel distortion. I’m still using the 17-40 adapted btw. Maybe it is time to change
Both amazing lenses. Stefano
I have the 14-35 and love it because of it's small size, light weight, and range. I also have the 11-24 and reach for it if I want something wider. Incidentally, the advantage of the 11-24 is actually inherent in the need for an EF to R adapter- using the adapter with the built in filter gives you the ability to use a polarizing or ND filter which is very nice.
F2.8 will be better for astrophotography so maybe the $700 is worth it if you are shooting more low light…
I received mine last August. Scary first impressions. First I used PS lens correction with OK results. But then came Digital Photo Professional 4 and éureka! Batch Pre Processing Real Estate Photos are a blast and look great. I'm shouting ± 2/0 HDR @ ƒ8 and with proper placement enjoy up to 4 walls in the frame without vignetting.
Canon Digital Photo Professional 4 makes this lens a star!
Thank you for a great review.
I still had the old EF17-40 and replaced it with the RF16 2.8.
Personally, 16mm is enough for me next to the RF24-105 4 L. I use little ultra wide and the RF14-35 takes up too much space and weight for me on the go
Sorry, Canon did it for marketing, with an f/4 that is still “generally” affordable.
Effectively it is a 15mm that’s pushed beyond its design to 14mm with imo extreme vignetting in the context of modern design, price tag and the RF mount that allows for updated glass design. Now pros will get what they need from it, it looks sharp. But to drop this kind of money on a sub optimal design just for the 14mm? Canon should and could do better, especially as part of the RF mount advantages vs EF.
"I hope that Canon Comes out with an 11-28 or a 12-24 2.8 or something super unique, and if it is f4 it is f4…." If you remember Sony has a 12-24 f4 G lens launched in may of 2017 and a 12-24 f2.8 GM launched in August 2020. To go along with there two (now 3) 16-35mm ultra wide zooms.
And here I am with an APSC Sony 10-18 F4 on an A7IV cause I can't afford any ultrawide full frame lens😅. It actually works well enough at 12-14mm(in full frame mode). A bit soft in the corners and slight vignetting. But I don't use that lens professionally so I don't really care. Its still a great little lens for some creative shooting. Also becomes a 15-28 for the cropped 4k 60 of the A7IV.
Good justification this time to spend a bit more and get the 2.8
It seems that some people don’t understand that a barrel distorsion is a lens capturing a wider angle .
With mirrorless cameras we have now a generation of lenses with a strong barrel distortion which take advantage of the software correction.
Once this distortion corrected the vignetting disappears. Of course the focal length announced is the one after correction ( angle of view) . There are many exemples of this type of lenses. The recent Sony 16/35 f4 is like this . The older Sony 24/105 f4 too, it is actually a 22mm not a 24mm. Once the distorsion corrected , the dark corners disappear. They are not part of the final image.
I would not call this a crop like Mr Polin says as the lens has captured more than planned. Don’t forget that on a mirrorless , what you view ( evf or screen) is corrected.
With a pincushion distortion it is the contrary the lens capturing less angle . This is a real crop from the beginning.
Using digital correction instead of optical correction allows to simplify the lens design and makes those lenses more compact and….often better , the end results being sometimes brilliant on high resolution sensor.
The drama of uncorrected images looks a bit nicer. It's what I want from an ultra wide at least.
What if Canon gives you a weird 10 – 18mm F2-F7.1 zoom 🤣
Ask your girlfriend, width is important.
Ive been waiting FOREVER for this review! Ive been thinking about getting the 14-35 for my vlogs. Because the 24-105 is definitely not wide enough.
I dont care, U dont care, both we mąkę photos for moment but what to Day strangers or clients. "Oh but why is there this black in corner – i dont like it :v"?
At least it seems Canon has some logical pricing in there wide angle lens options for (RF) including the adapted 11-24. I just wish Nikon would release something that's wider than 14mm (even a 12mm prime for FF would be nice). Personally I think that with the f/4 versions (Nikon and Canon) they are much lighter, smaller, and a bit cheaper which makes them ideal. I mean I would prefer to have (for example) the NIkon Z 14-24 but that lens costs about 2x as much as their 14-30 f/4, so I'd rather take a hit on lens speed and a little sharpness (in the corners) to save $1200 (and to me, shooting mostly landscapes and architecture with a wide angle — don't shoot astrphotography — I'd rather hold onto that $1200 for something else— a trip, or another lens).
Landscapes, maybe street photography. I do love wide angle shots. I typically stay at 35.
It corrects in PS or LightRoom
I skipped this lens and got the 15-35mm 2.8 instead. I dont like to postprocess optical defects and the 2.8 gives more consistently "correct" images.
8:30 thanks for mentioning this. Let's hope Canon are listening. We need an RF 35mm L, I would even be happy with f1.8
Don't see the issue with overlap. It's good to have in fact, at least I know if I need a 35 range it's there because moments move faster than lens change.
What’s crazy to me is that “catch me outside” chick is buying multi million dollar homes right now….
Where is the R7 in depth review man
Sounds like your approach to wideangles is the same as mine. Great review, Jared.
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Jared, how bad is nikons auto focus system? Just kill, it's that bad!
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I prefer the design of Sony PZ 16-35 G, which is $500 cheaper, 150g lighter, internal power zoom, and is actually wider than 15mm.
Lately the RF lenses, even with an L badge on it are disappointing. A lot of corners being cut with the optic quality and using plastic housing with the same high price tag as the EF lenses. You could argue that the plastic housing makes the lens lighter and "in the spirit of mirrorless", but the R line-up have been the exact EOS DSLR replacements with the size and weight anyway.
Because you can't see through the lens in real time like using an OVF, they often make a lot of compromises for the wide angle lenses in that the barrel distortion is so bad, it's like that they have a formula for slightly shorter focal length but doesn't cover the sensor corners. Then they can "fix it in post" by forcing you to use lens distortion correction, which of course you can't turn off, in camera. I have an RF 24-105 f/4-7.1 which has a terrible lens distortion (it's really cheap though) and when I zoom in or out quickly I can see the lens distortion correction lags behind a bit.
Though I suppose the R cameras have quite high resolution these days and the distortion correction doesn't matter much in post. Still, you'd hope you can use every pixels on the sensor to create the image, not alter them.
Other reviewers do not mention vignetting?
If the corners at 14mm are really dark like that, I do not consider it a 14mm lens, because I have to either crop the corners or amplify them by a few stops, which will also make the noise in the corners 16 times or so worse than in the center. If you already used ISO 4000, that means ISO 64000 in the corners.
I prefer my Tamron 15-30 f/2.8. It has a very bulky front element that keeps vignetting low. It also has an image stabilizer and low distortion that does not have to be corrected secretly by the cameras.
Both the 14-35 and the 15-35 are heavily overpriced for what they deliver.
OK you guys wrong, I have both and the 14mm is really a 13mm that's why the vignetting is so bad, when you apply the lens correction it brings it back to 14mm, go ahead and test it against a 14mm prime and you see it really fast.
You rarely find something good with Canon, don't you?
The Vignetting, I read that at 14mm, it’s actually 12-13mm and once you correct it in post, it’s 14mm.
canon got a 8 mm f/4 – that's wide….
Vignetting is so nono if you want to use the entire 35 mm frame. You can NOT invent light, not even in post processing.
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at 11:19 its showing f2.0
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Currently adapting the EF 17-40 mm F4 on the R5, thoughts on jumping to the 14-35?