If you could only have one Canon RF L Lens (Page 2): RF 24-105 hands down. Great quality and good walk around range. I'm in no rush to replace my 16-35 lens or my telephoto since they...

RodM Loc: SE Virginia

RF 24-105 hands down. Great quality and good walk around range. I'm in no rush to replace my 16-35 lens or my telephoto since they are needed so much less often. Some day I will want the RF 100-500.

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

Opusx300 wrote:

Happy 4th of July weekend to all.

I own the Canon R5 and simply love it. The Canon RF L lens line up is amazing but also pricey. I was wondering what folks might choose if they could only have one RF L lens.

Thanks to those that share their thoughts. Cheers!

If I had a R camera, I would want the 24-240mm - but it is not an L lens

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CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

I would want an RF 50mm f/1.8, but it is not an L lens either.

PhotosBySteve

RF 24-105 f/4 L

Schwabo Loc: Florida

Canon 24-70mm ultrasonic 95% of the time.

Jimmy T Loc: Virginia

Opusx300 wrote:

Happy 4th of July weekend to all.

I own the Canon R5 and simply love it. The Canon RF L lens line up is amazing but also pricey. I was wondering what folks might choose if they could only have one RF L lens.

Thanks to those that share their thoughts. Cheers!

I have the RF 24-105L F4 IS and it gets the nod for the most versatile, practical, and ONLY travel lens. Photographically speaking, I travel light, with just one lens/body.
Keep in mind that this lens is an F4 at 24mm through 105mm with Image Stabilization.
Couple the RF 24-105L F4 IS with the R5, with IBIS and good low light performance, makes this a very good pairing.

I also have the Canon R5 (IBIS) and an RF 100-500L IS that stays on that body.
This combo is currently the most used locally in a very rural area for landscapes and flowers.
Yes, it will focus close enough to fill the frame when shooting flowers.
This lens will do in a pinch indoors on the R5 (IBIS) body. Just no group photos please, grin.
Full disclosure: the RF 100-500 L is new and benefits from the "Halo Effect".

While I Love both, they each have definite but sometimes overlapping applications.
However, they both make me . . . .
Smile,
JimmyT Sends

Jimmy T Loc: Virginia

imagemeister wrote:

If I had a R camera, I would want the 24-240mm - but it is not an L lens

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Great reviews too!!

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

Jimmy T wrote:

Great reviews too!!

Yes, I have seen the Imatest numbers - it beats the Nikon 24-200 by a little !

josquin1 Loc: Massachusetts

Opusx300 wrote:

Happy 4th of July weekend to all.

I own the Canon R5 and simply love it. The Canon RF L lens line up is amazing but also pricey. I was wondering what folks might choose if they could only have one RF L lens.

Thanks to those that share their thoughts. Cheers!

The RF 24-105mm f4 L. Use it 80% of the time. Great lens and I love it.

jstampa

I’ve got several RF lenses.

canon rf 100-500 L
canon rf 28-70 L
canon rf 70-200 L
canon rf 100-500 L
Canon rf 100 macro
Canon rf 24-105

The 100-500 is used 85% and the 28-70 is about 10%. The rest is divided. Love the 100-500.

If they come out with an rf 600L I’d get that. I’ve got the EF400 2.8L and love it.

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jstampa wrote:

I’ve got several RF lenses.

canon rf 100-500 L
canon rf 28-70 L
canon rf 70-200 L
canon rf 100-500 L
Canon rf 100 macro
Canon rf 24-105

The 100-500 is used 85% and the 28-70 is about 10%. The rest is divided. Love the 100-500.

Would certainly hope so since it appears you have two of them ... So, is that only 85% or should that actually be 170 % ?

Do you carry them on two bodies so you never hafta swap lenses, mebbe like as illustrated here below ? Certainly doubly obvious that if you were replying to the OPs specific question, then the 100-500 would clearly be "The One".

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jstampa

I’ve only got 1. That was a mistype

pminyard Loc: Bartlett, Tennessee

[quote=Opusx300]Happy 4th of July weekend to all.

My favorite L series lens is my Canon 24-70mm-f2.8L-II-USM. Photograph quality is as good as a prime lens. If the 24-105 had the same quality, I'd be shooting it for the longer reach, but alas. I also have four other L series lens. They are all worth the cost.

MtManMD Loc: Beaverton, Oregon

I choose the RF 24-240mm lens when I first got the R5. Superb all-around lens with great range in focal length. Although it is a heavy lens. Since I'm a wildlife/nature photographer, I have the RF 100-500mm lens. It is fantastic at both distant telephoto and for close-up work. Probably between the two lenses, I use them about 60/40, with the 100-500mm the most now that I see how good it is at close focusing.

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jstampa wrote:

I’ve only got 1. That was a mistype

Maybe subconsciously saying how very important that lens really is for you ;-)

Kinda like ghost writing except its from within instead of from "out there" .....