I delivered a verdict on the Canon EOS R full frame mirrorless camera last year, but Canon wasn’t quite finished. Canon has continued to support the EOS R and expand it’s capabilities via firmware. This includes vastly improved Eye AF real-time tracking (which now lags only behind Sony but is better than any other alternative), reduces the latency between autofocus and display, and added the inclusion of an intervalometer and ability to create time-lapse movies in camera. Beyond that, Canon has also started to deliver on what was clearly the greatest strength of the platform – the new RF mount and all its potential. While the bargain lenses for the RF mount are still few (though thankfully some third party support has started to come), Canon has delivered a number of their very best lenses yet on the RF mount…and one of those is the Canon RF 50mm F1.2L, which is one of the best performing 50mm lenses, well, ever. It’s large, heavy, and expensive, but is also one amazing piece of kit. This image gallery serves as a place to check out what it is capable of during my review process. If you want more EOS R content, check out the video below where I detail why I took a second look at the Canon EOS R and bought one in late 2019 after passing on it in 2018.

Canon RF 50mm F1.2L Product

Canon RF 50mm F1.2L Samples

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