Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 IS STM 'Macro' lens review with samples

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Did I get a little over-excited about this lens? Possibly...but I really do seriously love it!
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@PeteEdmunds 4 жыл бұрын

Great review Chris. Appreciate your thorough and friendly style. Working my way through your playlists slowly. Cheers!

@Darkhorse88 5 жыл бұрын

I can proudly say I have bought the majority of lenses from watching this channel.

@obele92 4 жыл бұрын

Same here, since I discovered his channel I always watch his review first before buying any lens.

@westleyalfonso5303 3 жыл бұрын

instablaster...

@valentinesgiftshop799 2 жыл бұрын

Me too.. He is the one guy who does consistent unbiased lens reviews

@dbwgsbesm 2 жыл бұрын

Same here 🙋🏻‍♂️

@pabloperez4569 2 жыл бұрын

Hell yea! Chris is for sure the most reliable source of lens reviews in the whole KZfaq

@Narmi804 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for including the AF noise test especially for video using internal mic. Hope you will continue to include it on all of your future lens reviews. Thanks again!!

@samartography 5 жыл бұрын

Christephor, I know I’ve said this before. But even though I don’t have a lot of the lens you review/reviewed, but I still just watch most of your videos because they’re so good and detailed and I actually remember them even years later, so if I was to buy this 2-3 years down from now I will remember this and watch it again! Thanks

@jcax44 5 жыл бұрын

Always fantastic reviews Christopher with your own style and branding. I love this lens and camera - very convenient for travel.

@focusboxmedia5471 2 жыл бұрын

As always you are my greatest camera gear reviewer. Thanks a ton for all your helpful reviews. I own this lens and I am very happy with it.

@darrenhall4212 4 жыл бұрын

Ive been watching your reviews ever since I started photography in 2014, really appreciate your work and opinions! 👍

@davidcantu5923 6 ай бұрын

Great review! Ordered this week for my Canon RP! Thanks again for all your accurate tests and reviews!

@Compo12344321 5 жыл бұрын

its not the same without "Howdy everyone" =) But nice review as always.

@joshuatatro4503 5 жыл бұрын

I also felt the "It's me" was a little presumptuous, even though I think he's earned it at this point ;)

@kian8382 5 жыл бұрын

"it's me" sounds like an old friend, I super love that.

@kahnjugaming 4 жыл бұрын

I agree, but I think he's doing this just this once. Haha! I prefer the "Howdy everyone!" too. 😁

@oliveringram3056 2 жыл бұрын

@@joshuatatro4503 Better than "Hey guys, what's up" by some guy wearing a peaked hat backwards, indoors.....my pet hate. {I'm 70, which probably explains it..!!]

@poelogan 5 жыл бұрын

I never thought I’d say this. But. Dear Sony, Take notes.

@WesKriesel 5 жыл бұрын

Ha ha.. ;-)

@albedo0point39 5 жыл бұрын

Yep, this is the lens that really attracts me in their system (and I shoot a7rii). A great value 35mm, plus macro - such a useful walkaround lens. For me, Sony's lenses don't focus close enough.

@tyroneparker8399 4 жыл бұрын

I got tired of Sony. I had an a6000 for the longest, then got an a7ii and had that for about a year. (Enjoyed my a6000 a lot better than the a7ii). Hated the file formats and Sony just being a headache overall. I got a brand new canon T5i for $150 that came with the standard 18-55 and another auto telephoto lens. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! Canon is more intuitive and produces great products for a great price. Funny how I said I’d never get a canon. Never knock it until you try it. I certainly ate my words. Canon rocks!

@thegrayyernaut 4 жыл бұрын

@@tyroneparker8399 My old kits were a Canon T6i, a 18-55 kit, and a 55-250 tele, almost just like yours :3

@kalikhloedaddyparker6813 4 жыл бұрын

Bao Doan I should’ve gave canon a chance earlier, it really is a great piece of kit!

@webbiker100 5 жыл бұрын

As usual a nice review..... I have the lens myself and agree with all your findings looking forward to the next one

@Seeitmove 4 жыл бұрын

Very well spoken review, Christopher. Please keep up the good work!

@thedondeluxe6941 5 жыл бұрын

I have this lens on my EOS R and I really couldn't be happier! Genius combination and a real workhorse type of setup for both video and still photos. Canon sure know how to make great, cheap(ish) lenses! Only wish it was weather sealed, but I guess that would defeat the purpose of a cheap lens.

@vesock1 4 жыл бұрын

These reviews are so nice. Thanks again for quality content!

@ladycris1655 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are really clear and understandable also for beginners!!your voice is very relaxing!👏🏻⭐️

@NizarNoor 5 жыл бұрын

I got this lens and I love it! I really appreciate the light weight and its compact size. And it's sharp wide open.

@Hellraiserzzz 5 жыл бұрын

That's an impressively performing lens, especially when it comes to its value. Canon is back in the game, let's hope they make more great and affordable lenses to their mirrorless system.

@kai64 3 жыл бұрын

I always recommend this lens for beginners. The size and all those features, and undeniably the price! Perfect budget lens!

@palm153 4 ай бұрын

Thank You Chris. It is really cool review. I bought 16, 35, 50 after watching your reviews. I like your editing, peaceful voice, Beautiful church and bible text footages. Lovely.

@leilasmama01 3 жыл бұрын

I have an R and the 24-105 and a third party 85 but I really want this now! One of my fave channels!! 🥰

@BackFocus11 3 жыл бұрын

Christipher you da man. Love this channel!! Love your analysis and consistency in testing! Keep it up brother

@WesKriesel 5 жыл бұрын

Nice review! This is the RF lens I chose to start with, and I'm still very happy with it.

@Johnstonbros 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate this channel so much! Great consistent to the point videos that are soooo helpful for researching new gear :)

@Funky777Gibbon 5 жыл бұрын

That weir photo was stunning, Christopher. Nice review, as always.

@tragicbubba 5 жыл бұрын

Hey I love your lens reviews! I was shopping online for a lens that you reviewed and I noticed they had a portrait picture of you in the add.

@jamesmonahan9408 4 жыл бұрын

Not only do I love your reviews, Christopher, but I love that fact that you're man of God. God bless you my fellow photographer.

@christopherfrost 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you find them helpful! Every blessing

@franktorres7963 5 жыл бұрын

"Hi, its me". Now that's an intro!!

@trioanderscht 5 жыл бұрын

I forgot to say: I love your videos, Christopher. Thanks a lot for your efforts!

@nikonmark37814 3 жыл бұрын

This is a must have lens for me when I go mirrorless. I'm currently using the Canon EF 35 f/2 IS and it is a under rated lens, I use it a lot with my 5Ds!

@agentdouble-osoul158 4 ай бұрын

Excellent review Christopher very much appreciated.

@ArteUltra1195 5 жыл бұрын

I was really looking forward to this review!

@CarinaKircher Жыл бұрын

Dankeschön Christopher for your informative review!

@lucifirartwork6234 3 жыл бұрын

Nice review. I'm going to buy this RF 35mm f/1.8L IS STM lens today!

@auxmike718 Жыл бұрын

Just bought this one today! Excellent macro, love it 😍

@nikkiwakatani 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this great review. I'm looking for a good small camera and a reasonably fast lens at a good price for my daily use. This video was so helpful.

@B18C5 4 жыл бұрын

The "Hi it's me" grabbed my attention more than the usual greetings. Any way lovely review.❤️

@mirage505 4 жыл бұрын

Your reviews as always simply explain the matter..,👍👍

@christophermcmullen5307 7 ай бұрын

I too heard great things about this lens. Nice to see Canon back to making a good quality non-L lens.The mix of specs is wonderfully overkill: does everything but edit your RAWs for you!

@fabioroncal8763 3 жыл бұрын

Man i really like your reviews, precise, technical and with examples, nothing like this other bloggers reviewing channels making videos just to get free merch!

@jeffreyfleming4016 4 жыл бұрын

Great review and useful information. Thank you.

@skyeleake9943 5 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate the coma tests in the reviews :)

@manusk40 5 жыл бұрын

Great to that see you got the EOS R. Hope you're enjoying it. I'm still loving my Viltrox 20mm. Super sharp 👌

@christopherfrost 5 жыл бұрын

So glad you're enjoying that lens!

@mdturnerinoz 2 жыл бұрын

I got mine as soon as it came out when I first got my EOS-R; great lens for sure!

@Pablo-Ramirez 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, thank you very much for your video, I love your analysis that you carry out with the lenses, it is very professional for me. I have this lens and I use it with an R6, they work very well, photos, macros and especially in video, greetings from Chile.

@becasso74 3 жыл бұрын

Really useful and informative. I'm getting this lens!

@Mosesybanez 9 ай бұрын

I just picked this lens up like two days ago and it's fantastic I had the canon m50mark2 and my favorite lens by far for that camera was the 32mm 1.4 I loved it it stayed glued to my camera I bought the rf50mm and thought that was an okay lens nothing special but had good enough quailty also have the 100 400mmrf but I then got this 35mm 1.8 rf and I felt the same way I did when I started snapping photos with the efm32mm its great and I'm happy and your videos help alot when I'm thinking about throwing hundreds and thousands of dollars at a new lens thanks for the videos even If I do find them 4years later I just upgraded to an R7 and am loving this camera

@wolfiemedia 4 ай бұрын

I have the choice, RF 16mm, RF35mm or RF50mm. I can only get one - which do you think? General walk around shooting. I only have the RF 100-400mm and RF 18-45mm currently.

@Noealz 5 жыл бұрын

im really excited to see what the future holds for canon mirrorless even if it took them a while to get into the game

@virgo47 5 жыл бұрын

Actually, I like that slower focusing for video - not only for noise reduction, but just because I like slower focus change on videos. I wish we can customize focus speed for videos, that would be cool. ;-) Nice review, as always! Thank you.

@Thomasjcolbert82 4 жыл бұрын

Great review. I just bought this for 375 with the good. I’m looking forward to trying it!

@EugeneLau 5 жыл бұрын

The lens that makes people want to get into eos R system

@officialtiimo 5 жыл бұрын

All the lenses that make me want to get into the system are eff one point too.

@luisalejos4825 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent basic review Chris. . . .

@RyanKemperinOhio 4 жыл бұрын

Phenomenal review. Thank you!

@kangeroobru 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome review. I bought an R and love it. Nice seeing you reviewing the RF lenses.

@martinunderwood3845 3 жыл бұрын

very professional. thank you mate!

@sukhrobsirodzhidinov550 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent review. Thank you.

@Lizerator 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great review!

@zachlucas 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent review, thank you!

@duhalt 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Christopher for this review. I love this lens and I do believe it deserves that red ring!

@ivandarko740k 4 жыл бұрын

This lens is a must have for the RF system, lightweight for travel.

@bamsemh1 4 жыл бұрын

I'm aiming for it, for night city handheld photography 😊 the is really would be lovely on the 50mm, that I use to train with 😊

@marceloweyll 3 жыл бұрын

Dude, whats is thought about sharpness on it?

@vincenzodellama7158 2 жыл бұрын

@@marceloweyll it doesn't matter... Until they remove the AA filter from their cameras it could be the sharpest lens ever, that it would still be a little soft.

@weiliu6871 5 жыл бұрын

looking forward for your review on the new Tamron 35 1.4 :)

@damiengrief 5 жыл бұрын

I've been going back and forth on whether or not I want to spend money on this lens since I got my EOS R. Been using adapted EF lenses and they're great, but still longing for a native lens that doesn't cost $2000+. But then again, I don't need another 35mm lens. My Sigma Art 35mm f/1.4 is already doing its job super well on the R.

@Jooolian 3 жыл бұрын

I paired this up with my new EOS RP - great light combo and great introduction to the canon FF mirrorless system. I think I will sell my 6D mk I and my trusty old 35mm f2 (non-IS)

@ckfvideo Жыл бұрын

I do agree the lenses in this series can be noisy and this may be the worst offender but realistically anyone who would bother to care about this is going to record audio externally anyways. Spot on review, this 35mm is a real value proposition.

@JamalPhoenix Жыл бұрын

Exactly people love complaining about nothing 😂😂

@Dochorahan 9 ай бұрын

This lens is glued to my R6. A must have for casual RF photographers.

@dexio8601 5 ай бұрын

Would you say it's sharper than the 50mm RF? Need a travel lens for my new R8...

@acostaman 4 жыл бұрын

Did that Pepsi expire 2 years ago? 😆 great video as always! Just purchased the R and will be here soon. This looks like a must have 🙌🏽

@KevinDeal 5 жыл бұрын

Love this lens.

@ThePetrifiedwood 4 жыл бұрын

Another great review. This might be the perfect lens for Astro panorama shots. It's wide enough for single exposures and looks sharper than the Samyang 14mm f2.8 when it's stopped to f2.8, so sharper and better at the same aperture, and presumably able to accept filters too, unlike the Samyang. A stitched panorama shot at f2.8 might be pretty spectacular from this lens. And it's cheaper than the Samyang, plus it's a Canon lens. This will probably be the next lens I buy before milky way season.

@rachelfritz Жыл бұрын

That's awesome! I want to do astrophotography and want to buy this lens.

@bamsemh1 4 жыл бұрын

If you want even closer with this macro, then remember the reverse macro mode 😉 but without af and is features though

@missgirl8210 10 ай бұрын

great video! Buying one now. 😊

@PhysicsOfParkour 3 жыл бұрын

Your excitement shows its a fun one to get :)

@joesimpson5636 Жыл бұрын

I never buy a new lens until it's had the Christopher Frost seal of approval!

@EdwardHilvano 4 жыл бұрын

Love the Bible shots Christopher!!! Subscribed!

@rzlorlnd 5 жыл бұрын

The L treatment video is one of your best videos 😂

@bamsemh1 4 жыл бұрын

Lens hood + standard filter is a good idea to get. Protection>function 😉

@SalwanJBinni 5 жыл бұрын

As great review as always

@onegrapefruitlover 5 жыл бұрын

Nice little lens!

@generalgoodman3906 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent Review

@marceloweyll 3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations for the video! I just want to ask you about one thing, actually, ask you for a recomendantion. I use a Canon Rp, and at the moment with a EF 17-40 L, but it isn’t sharp as i really need (big prints) and i can’t spend a lot of money at the moment buying a new RF L series. Would you recomend this lens to me? Thank you!

@mitigo 5 жыл бұрын

This was the first lens I bought for my EOS R. I was rather disappointed at how heavy the vignetting is wide open. Overall, it's a very fun lens to use.

@MrCinecine 4 жыл бұрын

hello just want to say thank you for all your reviews,,,

@christopherfrost 4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@goodns24 4 жыл бұрын

항상 좋은 리뷰 감사합니다.

@deelee2834 5 жыл бұрын

congratulations i think if i saw your little hints correctly

@beginningballroom 3 жыл бұрын

I love Christopher Frost's reviews. But, I know he is very picky about every pixel-peeping detail, so I am always surprised when he comes back and says, "in spite of all that, I really did enjoy this lens..." I do understand why, to a degree. There is the technical analysis and there is the perceived user experience. I have bought and enjoyed several lenses that have been picked apart here. As well as some that have been given a decent nod. But, only two he has said he loved and only one of which he said he actually bought for himself (the Canon 55-250mm IS STM II That said, I was surprised by how positive he was about this lens. I bought it to use with my RP, in spite of the price (which is a lot for me) and It really is helping me decide to keep it.

@FidelisG 4 жыл бұрын

The only Canon needs to do with this lens is make a weather sealed version of it, it's optically brilliant considering the price I paid for my copy!

@brandonj8018 5 жыл бұрын

Next up: 35L II and Yongnuo 35 1.4--yes? :)

@jigglygoop6108 5 жыл бұрын

Thank Chris for reviewing this RF 35 mm f1.8 IS STM macro lens. I intended to buy it for my EOS R camera, but I didn't after testing two new samples of it on shooting far buildings (at >150 ft or 'infinite'). The result: the center was not sharp at wide open, but corners were sharp; this seemed unusual. Probably the lens is more optimized for macro or close range usage except stopping down for far distance objects. DPreview compared this Canon lens with the Nikon Z equivalent lens 35 mm f1.8 S, and it seems the RF 35 mm needs to be stopped down to f2.8 in order to get the center sharp at infinite. I eventually bought the Canon EF 35 mm f2 IS for the R, and it performs extremely well at wide open at all distance.

@RickNuthman 4 жыл бұрын

lol @ L lens treatment. Nice review, mate.

@eritifilor 4 жыл бұрын

great review

@el6594 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing❤

@DanCThorpe Жыл бұрын

Hi there. Thanks for this. Any idea how this lense stacks up against the Tamron SP 35mm f/1.8 Di VC USD? The specs are almost identical, both Macro, stabilised and same aperture. I have the Tamron that I'm using on an R5. My adapter has the built in ND filter so I use mainly EF lenses at the moment. Thanks

@yarisTSk 5 жыл бұрын

i love it too !

@diegorivera2711 5 жыл бұрын

OMG first again! An RF mount camera is on my radar to jump to full frame, so it's a welcome review, 35 mm is a very interesting focal length for FF, and more so with that aperture.

@lazerman121 5 жыл бұрын

WOW saw this video had just been posted les than 10 minutes ago and thought maybe I would be first for once. also no lie I'm viewer 121 :o.

@drbeardo6960 4 жыл бұрын

Nice review 👌👌👌 How does it stand against competitors, like Sony 35 f1.8.?

@BreakingtheChainsofD 4 жыл бұрын

hello how are you wondering what you think about getting the rf24-105mm vs getting the canon 100mm marcro 2.8

@firpofutbol Жыл бұрын

Is there a way to speed up autofocus in video mode? I dont mind the noise since it's for b-roll.

@Glacial_Glass 3 жыл бұрын

Okay ya sold me on this lens for sure I mean what the hay right? might be something to play around with

@iLLWiLL173 4 жыл бұрын

I really dig this lens but I'd like to see Canon make a 28mm and a non L 85mm

@WanderleyMassafelli 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, can you please tell if the this lens accepts ND or any filter such as UV in the lens front? I'm asking because the barrel moves quite a lot. Thanks!