The RF mount allows for the use of Canon EF and EF-S mount lenses using one of three Canon-made lens adapters. When an RF-S or EF-S lens is attached, however, the camera will only function as an APS-C camera, not a full-frame camera.
Detailsedit
Canon full-frame cameras have used the EF lens mount since 1987. In comparison with that mount, the RF mount's inner diameter is the same at 54 mm.[1] The RF mount's flange focal distance at 20 mm is much shorter than that of the Canon EF and EF-S mounts at 44 mm. The EF-M mount has a flange focal distance of 18 mm.
An EF-EOS R lens adapter enables Canon EF, EF-S, TS-E and MP-E lenses to be used on cameras that have the RF mount.[9] The three adapters have differing features:[10]
Mount Adapter EF-EOS R
Control Ring Mount Adapter EF-EOS R – the Mount Adapter EF-EOS R with a lens control ring
Drop-In Filter Mount Adapter EF-EOS R – the Mount Adapter EF-EOS R with the ability to use drop-in filters, either a variable neutral density (V-ND) filter or circular polarising (C-PL) filter, and a clear (CL) filter, released in 2019.
If an EF-EOS R Mount Adapter is used to mount an EF-S lens, the image will have to be cropped by 1.6x due to the smaller image circle on EF-S lenses.
Lensesedit
When Canon announced its first R-series body, it announced four new RF-mount lenses:[11]
RF 24–105mm f/4 L IS USM
RF 28–70mm f/2 L USM
RF 50mm f/1.2 L USM
RF 35mm f/1.8 MACRO IS STM — 0.5× maximum magnification.[12]
In conjunction with the February 2019 announcement of the entry-level full-frame EOS RP, Canon announced six additional lenses would be released by the end of that year, although it did not indicate release dates for any of them:[13]
RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM
RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM DS — Same as the above, except includes "defocus smoothing" technology intended to improve bokeh. According to Canon, the effect is similar to that of an apodization filter, but achieved through special lens coatings instead of a filter.[14]
RF 15–35mm f/2.8 L IS USM
RF 24–70mm f/2.8 L IS USM
RF 24–240mm f/4–6.3 IS USM
RF 70–200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
In 2020, Canon introduced seven new RF mount lenses:
RF 24–105mm f/4–7.1 IS STM
RF 600mm f/11 IS STM — fixed-aperture lens
RF 800mm f/11 IS STM — fixed-aperture lens
RF 85mm f/2 MACRO IS STM — 0.5× maximum magnification
RF 50mm f/1.8 STM
RF 70–200mm f/4 L IS USM
RF 100–500mm f/4.5–7.1 L IS USM
In 2021, Canon introduced seven new RF mount lenses:
RF 100mm f/2.8 L MACRO IS USM - 1.4× maximum magnification
RF 400mm f/2.8 L IS USM
RF 600mm f/4 L IS USM
RF 14–35mm f/4 L IS USM
RF 16mm f/2.8 STM
RF 100–400mm f/5.6–8 IS USM
RF 5.2mm f/2.8 L Dual Fisheye
In 2022, Canon introduced the first RF-S lenses (RF-S 18-150mm and the RF-S 18-45mm) for APS-C Sensors, together with the R7 and R10 camera bodies with the first built in APS-C Sensor in the R-System.
In 2022, Canon introduced seven new RF mount lenses:
RF 1200mm f/8 L IS USM
RF 800mm f/5.6 L IS USM
RF-S 18-150mm f/3.5–6.3 IS STM
RF-S 18–45mm f/4.5–6.3 IS STM
RF 24mm f/1.8 MACRO IS STM - 0.5×maximum magnification
RF 15–30mm f/4.5–6.3 IS STM
RF 135mm f/1.8 L IS USM
As of November 2023,[update] Canon has introduced eight new RF mount lenses:
RF-mount lenses are not compatible with EF, EF-S or EF-M mount camera bodies. RF-S lenses can be used on full-frame RF cameras. However, the image will be cropped by 1.6×.
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