List of Canon RF lenses

This page contains all the lenses for the Canon RF mount, naturally including Canon RF lenses, but also the best known third-party brands. I will update this page as new releases come out. The Canon RF mount was released in 2018 with the introduction of Canon’s first mirrorless camera with a full-frame sensor, the Canon EOS R. This mount is compatible, via an adapter ring, with the EF (1987) and EF-S (2003) mounts. However, it is not compatible with the EF-M mount dedicated to mirrorless cameras for an APS-C sensor.

All of these lenses can therefore be mounted on the whole range of Canon full-frame bodies such as the Canon R, Canon RP, Canon Ra, Canon R5 and Canon R6. I talk about these cameras in the article on the best mirrorless cameras.

For information, all the tables below are sortable. Simply click on the desired column if you wish to classify, for example, lenses according to their maximum aperture, the size of the filter or their focal length.

The Canon RF range is still new on the market, hence its limited choice, but should develop quickly. All Canon RF lenses are listed below. All these lenses have an autofocus.

A short precision. Concerning the RF 600mm f/11 IS STM and RF 800mm f/11 IS STM, the f/11 aperture is not actually the maximum aperture of the lens but the only one available.

At the time of writing this, there is no real Canon RF macro lens. Two lenses are labeled “macro” but incorrectly, since the reproduction ratio of the RF 35mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM and the RF 85mm f/2 Macro IS STM is only 1:2 (and not 1:1). However, these lenses already allow to shoot proxiphotography. The minimum focusing distances are respectively 17cm (for the 35mm) and 35cm (for the 85mm). For the moment, in order to shoot “real macro”, you will have to use LAOWA lenses mentioned below. Beware for those who are not comfortable, they are manual focus.

For owners of Canon EF-mount (DSLR) lenses, there are 4 adapter rings available to use your EF lenses on a Canon full-frame RF-mount body, i.e.:

• Adapter ring EF – EOS R (Amazon / Adorama)
• Adapter ring EF – EOS R with adjustment ring (Amazon / Adorama)
• Adapter ring EF – EOS R with ND filter (Amazon / Adorama)
• Adapter ring EF – EOS R with polarizing filter (Amazon / Adorama)

If you’re looking to extend your focal length without buying a new lens, you can use an extender. There are two of them:

• Canon RF x 1.5: multiplies the focal length by 1.5 (Adorama/Amazon) (Amazon / Adorama)
• Canon RF x 2: multiplies the focal length by 2 (Adorama/ Amazon) (Amazon / Adorama)

Be careful though, because extenders have a lot of drawbacks too: impact on image sharpness and contrast, increase in chromatic aberrations, loss of one notch (on x1.5) or 2 notches (on x2) at the maximum aperture, impacted and slower autofocus, increased weight/length. The two extenders mentioned above only work for the moment with the RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM / RF 600mm f/11 IS STM / RF 800mm f/11 IS STM lenses.

To my knowledge, several third-party brands currently offer lenses designed for the Canon RF mount, with manual focus most of the times (except the Samyang AF 14mm f/2.8 Canon RF and the Samyang AF 85mm f/1.4 Canon RF).

Samyang / Rokinon decided to release several lenses for the Canon RF mount. There is currently an 85mm with manual focus and a more recent version offering an autofocus. Samyang has also just announced a very nice (and much cheaper) alternative as an ultra wide angle lens, the 14mm f/2.8 Canon RF, with autofocus. There was already a manual focus version of this 14mm (cheaper).

About the Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 for Canon RF with AF, it is not possible to screw standard screw filters. However, Rokinon offers the possibility to install gelatin filters at the back of the lens. It is also possible to use a filter holder system from Wonderpana 145mm (see model here).

Laowa offers high quality lenses for the Canon RF mount. All its lenses are manual focus. Note in particular the great alternatives for wide angle and ultra wide angle lenses, but also, the only brand to offer macro lenses for this mount.

There are currently two Meike lenses for Canon RF mount. Both lenses are with manual focus.

If you’re still hesitating about which camera to choose, I invite you to take a look at all the lenses of the Nikon Z mount.