Normally I wouldn’t be surprised by this, but the RF 14mm F2.8 did receive in-camera corrections. What isn’t supported (at least by the time of this review) is Canon’s Lens Aberration Correction, as the camera shows no data available for the lens. It’s worth noting that the lens properly communicates all EXIF information and properly identifies in post processing software (Samyang RF 85mm F1.4). This isn’t going to serve as a substitute for a macro lens, however. The close up performance is pretty good, fortunately, with good contrast and sharpness. Despite being less than a third of the price, the Samyang RF85 (as we’ll call it for brevity) delivers a beautiful optical performance and is a very welcome addition to the Canon RF ecosystem. I’m delighted to see one of my favorite Samyang lenses (the AF 85mm F1.4) now come to Canon RF, where it delivers a MUCH less expensive alternative to the excellent (but incredibly expensive) Canon RF 85mm F1.2L lens ( my review here). I expressed hope that this was the beginning of Samyang delivering a number of their excellent recent autofocusing lenses designed for Sony FE onto the new Canon RF platform, and that appears to be the case. To this point there have been very, very few autofocusing third party options on the Canon RF mount, though it has become clear that Canon is fully committed to developing for the platform. It was an autofocusing lens (and one that autofocuses very well on the Canon EOS R that I tested it on) and also had a beautiful, weather sealed build. At the beginning of this year I was delighted when Samyang released the Samyang AF 14mm F2.8 lens in an RF mount.
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