Canon surprised us with an unexpected/never rumored before RF 16-28mm f/2.8 IS STM lens:
- Pre-order: Adorama | B&H Photo
- Additional informtion
- Sample photos
- Press release
- Product page
- Lens overview, features, and related videos:
Lightweight & versatile, this wide angle zoom lens is ideal for capturing stunning photos and videos on-the-go. The RF16-28mm F2.8 IS STM lens is perfect for both still and video content creators who desire high image quality and constant aperture at a more affordable pricepoint than traditional L-series products. This lens is now the smallest, lightest RF zoom lens with image quality equivalent to a Canon L-series specification. For still image creators this light and compact lens weighing in at just over one pound will be a “take anywhere” kind of lens. Offering a fast f/2.8 aperture throughout the zoom range, photographers can work in low light situations or take creative control and blur the foreground and background with wide apertures not possible entry-level wide-angle lenses.
• Convenient wide-angle zoom with a fixed f/2.8 aperture through the entire zoom range.
• Light & compact everyday carry lens.
• Built-in optical image stabilization for less camera shake while hand-holding on-the-go.
• Incredible quality from edge-to-edge due to 4 UD elements to minimize chromatic aberration, and 2 aspheric lenses.
• Impressive durability and weather-resistant construction equivalent to an L-series lens for use in harsh environments.
• Incredibly minimal focus breathing when recording video.
• Optical image stabilization is automatically enabled for cameras without IBIS for effective 5.5 stops of correction.*
• Coordinated control using IBIS x OIS provides an image stabilization effect of Center 8.0 stops and Corner 7.5 stops.*
• Leadscrew-type STM for fast and quiet autofocus for stills and video.
• Light & compact everyday carry lens.
• Built-in optical image stabilization for less camera shake while hand-holding on-the-go.
• Incredible quality from edge-to-edge due to 4 UD elements to minimize chromatic aberration, and 2 aspheric lenses.
• Impressive durability and weather-resistant construction equivalent to an L-series lens for use in harsh environments.
• Incredibly minimal focus breathing when recording video.
• Optical image stabilization is automatically enabled for cameras without IBIS for effective 5.5 stops of correction.*
• Coordinated control using IBIS x OIS provides an image stabilization effect of Center 8.0 stops and Corner 7.5 stops.*
• Leadscrew-type STM for fast and quiet autofocus for stills and video.
*CIPA2024 standards (yaw/pitch/roll directions at a focal length of 28 mm using EOS R1
