Canon RF 100-300mm F2.8 L IS USM, RF 800mm F5.6 L IS USM and RF 1200mm F8 L IS USM Super-Telephoto Lenses
The Canon RF100-300mm F2.8 L IS USM lens is answering calls from photojournalists and professional level customers for a modern 300mm f/2.8 equivalent lens.
For decades, the 300mm f/2.8 telephoto lens has been an industry standard for photojournalists, professionals, and aspiring enthusiast photographers due to its outstanding image quality, excellent speed for indoor shooting, and relatively light weight for hand-holding. Now, with the launch of the RF100-300mm F2.8 L IS USM, Canon delivers the flexibility of a zoom lens design with the truly outstanding quality of a 300mm f/2.8 L-series telephoto lens. Exceeding the reach and potential of traditional 70-200mm lenses, and adding zoom flexibility to its Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS predecessor, the RF100-300mm F2.8 L IS USM lens brings new value to customers with the following features:
Wide Focal Range—100-300mm range
Extended Zoom—Optional RF1.4x and 2x extenders are supported with this lens, enabling a zoom range of up to 600mm
Spectacular Image Quality—f/2.8 constant wide aperture; Fluorite Aspherical and UD-glass design
Reliable Stabilization—Up to 5.5 stops correction with in-lens Optical Image Stabilization and up to 6.0 stops correction with in-body coordinated Image Stabilization (CIPA standard)
Weather and Dust Resistant—Durable in various environmental conditions
Compact and Lightweight Design—Despite capabilities to zoom over 300mm, this lens is unusually lightweight, just barely heavier than the EF300mm f/2.8L IS II
The Canon RF lens family is growing by two, with the addition of the Canon RF 800mm F5.6 L IS USM, and the longest focal length RF lens yet, the RF 1200mm F8 L IS USM. Both super-telephoto fixed focal length lenses are quite light for their considerable abilities, and share many of the same features such as Super Spectra Coating (SSC) and Air Sphere Coating (ASC) to help minimize ghosting and flaring, compatibility with both the RF 1.4x and RF 2x extenders and a customizable electronic focusing ring with manual focus capability during Servo AF.
Canon RF 800mm F5.6L IS USM
The RF 800mm F5.6 L IS USM weighs in at just 6.9 lbs and features a minimum focusing distance of 8.53ft/2.6 meters — maximum close-up magnification is a superb 0.34x, allowing wildlife image creators to fill the frame with small subjects, such as birds, at its minimum focusing distance. Optical image stabilization is up to 4.5 stops* of shake correction and includes three IS operation modes. When using the RF 1.4x or RF 2x extenders, users can experience enhanced effective focal lengths of 1,120mm and 1,600mm respectively.
Canon RF 1200mm F8 L IS USM
The RF 1200mm F8 L IS USM is the most powerful super-telephoto lens in the Canon RF lens line. It weighs in at 7.4 lbs — an outstandingly light figure for a super-tele lens of this type — and features a minimum focusing distance of 14.1ft/4.3m. Optical image stabilization is up to 4.0 stops* of shake correction and, similar to the RF 800mm F5.6 L IS USM lens, includes three IS operation modes. When using the RF 1.4x or RF 2x extenders, users can experience enhanced focal lengths of 1,680mm and 2,400mm, respectively.
