RF 85mm F2 Macro is STM, Compact Medium-Telephoto Lens, Black, Compatible with EOS R Series Mirrorless Cameras

Nice and crisp images. Macro lens works perfectly for the quality of the images. Worth the price. Zoom is a bit tricky to maneuver but once you get the hang of it it’s easy to handle.

I bought this lens to replace my old EF 85 f/1.8 lens. I was hesitant because of some bad reviews. But it turned out to be a great upgrade. Image quality is top notch – very sharp, good contrast and great colors. I use it on my EOS R6. Images from this combo are very clean (no haze that I often experienced from the old 85 f/1.8). f/2.0 vs f/1.8 on the old lens – this really didn’t matter much to me. The performance of the old lens wide open wasn’t great. I used f/2.2 or above for most of my shooting with it. This new RF lens however produce excellent results wide open at f/2.0. The bokeh it produces is very good too. And of course, this new RF lens has IS, close focusing distance and 1:2 macro. All useful features. Before buying this, I was concerned about 2 issues – slow and noisy autofocus and geometric distortion. Neither turned out to be issues for me. Autofocus is noisy but it is fast for normal shooting (0.5m to infinity). Manual/focusing for Macro (0.35m – 0.5m) is difficult, but Macro in general is difficult if you want to do it right. Geometric distortion (very minor pincushion distortion) is harmless, especially after lens correction. I am not much into videos, so no experience there. I am a hobbyist with 25+ years of experience using SLR, DSLR and now mirrorless. I very much appreciate the smaller RF lenses Canon is producing (I use RF 85 f/2.0, RF 35 f/1.8 and RF 16 f/2.8) to go along with compact bodies such as R6. Photography is fun again!

This is 100% worth every penny. Attached a video of a photo taken with the same camera settings & same spot just this lens vs my basic lens. Soooo beautiful and I cannot wait to have some sessions with this!!

Even though this lens is not exactly what I want in an 85mm auto-focus lens for RF mount, I am happy to give this lens 5 stars. What I really want is an enthusiast-grade, f1.4 - 85mm with AF, but as of this writing, Canon doesn't offer one nor do they allow others to make one. Canon offers the super premium/professional f1.2 and this budget f2 but nothing in between. That's a shame, but here we are. So, with that said, at a cost of $500 and given the design ambitions of this lens as being a non-weather proof f2, yeah, this lens really terrific. I mostly do street work with many faces frequently the frame and this lens is quick to achieve sharp focus exactly where I want it to be. It is very reliable. The image quality is excellent, the build is very good and it does not weigh a ton. For the $500 that I paid, I consider this lens as an overachiever. It produces really excellent photos.

As a long time user of the EF L lenses I was not expecting much from this medium range lens. I got it to handle macro and some basic portrait work. Lena arrived today and did some quick test shots above to check its macro capability with it mounted on an RP. Needless to say, I was a both surprised at the quality of the images. The lens is light, not as quick at focusing as an EF L lenses, I don’t have any RF L lenses so cannot comment, but acquires focus at a decent speed. Very little hunting if you point the center focus square at the point you want it to focus. Bokeh is outstanding. Well worth the price and portability! Highly recommended.

This is a very good lens for the money. F2 at 85 is great for portraits and has a near identical picture quality to the canon RF 85 f1.2L but for much less money. If you're just starting out with photography and want to dab into portraits I highly recommend this lens. The biggest downside of this lens is the focus. It is very slow and likes to focus hunt a lot. At this price point however it is a very good lens for someone getting into photography. Canon has put out very good high and low-end glass for its mirrorless line of cameras.

Works great!

Love these lens. Sharpness and bokeh looks amazing. Definitely a portrait lens. Wish I bought this first

This is not a detailed review. I love this lens for its good price and value. Of course you can get much faster 85mm lenses but for this price as amateur this is a very good lens. You get nice blurry backgrounds and the lens is fast enough for lit places.

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Minha melhor lente. A nitidez dela é excelente e a entrega foi super rápido.

Llegó en perfectas condiciones, sellado en su caja y en el tiempo de entrega estimado. El lente tiene un calidad de imagen muy buena y gracias a que es f2 da un enfoque muy bueno

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