Canon RF 50mm F1.2L USM is a Fixed aperture Auto Focus (AF)
Standard Prime lens with 35mm FF max sensor coverage, and it is designed to be used with Canon RF mount cameras.
What type of photography is the Canon RF 50mm F1.2L USM lens good for?
The type of photography that you are planning to use the Canon RF 50mm F1.2L USM is an important decision factor. Here we have evaluated its suitability to various photography scenarios:
| Photography Type |
Suitability |
| Bird/Wildlife | Fair |
| Sports | Average |
| Portrait | Excellent |
| Travel | Good |
| Street | Very Good |
| Wedding | Excellent |
| Walk Around | Good |
| Vlogging | Good |
| Landscape | Good |
| Macro | Poor |
Canon RF 50mm F1.2L USM is a member of Canon's RF L series of lenses. Below you can see the latest lenses in this series.
RF L Series Lenses in Canon RF Mount
Reasons to Buy Canon RF 50mm F1.2L USM Lens
Here, we've included a summary of the advantages and disadvantages of the Canon RF 50mm F1.2L USM lens in a list form to help you determine whether it offers the features you need.
| Weather Sealed |
| Autofocus |
| Full-time Manual Focusing |
| Very Fast Aperture |
| Covers Full-Frame Sensor |
| 10 Diaphragm Blades |
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Lens Mount
Canon RF 50mm F1.2L USM is compatible with cameras that have Canon RF lens mount. Some of the latest released cameras that are compatible with the Canon RF lenses are Canon R6 II, Canon R10 and Canon R7.
Size, Weight and Filter Thread
Size and weight is a very important decision factor when searching for your next lens. Canon RF 50mm F1.2L USM has a maximum diameter of 90mm and total length of 108mm. It weighs 950g / 33.5 oz.
Canon RF 50mm F1.2L USM has a filter thread of 77mm.
Focal Range
Canon RF 50mm F1.2L USM has a fixed focal lenght of 50mm. When it is mounted on an APS-C sensor camera with 1.6x crop, it provides an 35mm (FF) equivalent of 80mm.
Weather Sealings
Canon RF 50mm F1.2L USM is a weather sealed lens which provides an extra protection to prevent water and dust get inside the lens and camera body under light rain, snow and wind. In order to have an effective protection, you have to pair the Canon RF 50mm F1.2L USM with a weather sealed camera body such as Canon R6 II, Canon R7 and Canon R5 C.
Optical Image Stabilization
Canon RF 50mm F1.2L USM doesn't have an optical image stabilization system so the only option to stabilize the image taken with this lens is to mount on a camera body with IBIS (sensor based In-body image stabilization).
Maximum Magnification Ratio
Canon RF 50mm F1.2L USM has a Max Magnification Ratio of 0.19x and has a minimum focusing distance of 0.4m.
Aperture
Canon RF 50mm F1.2L USM has a max aperture of F1.2 and a minimum aperture of F16.
Optical Formula
Canon RF 50mm F1.2L USM's optical formula consists of 15 elements in 9 groups . Following special elements are used in this design:
- Ground aspherical + aspherical _+ UD elements
- Air Sphere
- fluorine coatings
Lens Hood
Body Colour
Canon RF 50mm F1.2L USM is available in Black color.
Popular Comparisons of Canon RF 50mm F1.2L USM
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