Canon RF 50mm F1.2 L USM Full Frame Lens for RF Mount EOS Mirrorless Cameras 2959C002

This lens is so flexible. I can use it in so many different situations. With the f1.2 aperture, I can achieve beautiful bokeh and shoot in low light environments. It is a great complement to the RF 24-70 F2.8L lens.

Yes, it's pricy. Yes, it's heavier than a typical Nifty Fifty. But, wow - this lens is razor sharp and the background blurs like butter. I love it. The lens makes me want to shoot more. Great colors too. Love the lens.

This lens is a luscious beast. I love it! It may be my new favorite portrait lens!

After adding the Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L USM to my Canon EOS R5 Mark II, I immediately understood why this lens has such a strong reputation. The image quality is exceptional. Sharpness is outstanding even wide open at f/1.2, with incredible detail, beautiful color rendition, and excellent contrast. The background blur is stunning and creates a three-dimensional look that makes subjects stand out in a way few lenses can match. Eye autofocus on the R5 Mark II is extremely accurate, making it easy to capture sharp portraits even at very shallow depth of field. Build quality is exactly what I expect from Canon's L-series lenses—solid, professional, and confidence-inspiring. While it is larger and heavier than some alternatives, the image quality more than justifies the size. Whether shooting indoors or outdoors, the results consistently have a look that requires very little effort in post-processing. If you're looking for one of the finest portrait lenses Canon has ever produced, the RF 85mm f/1.2L USM is an easy recommendation.

This new 50mm 1.2 is simply amazing! Considerable improvements compared to EF version: sharper, focuses faster and extremely accurately with the R camera body (basically, you can get f/1.2 shots all day long), and better control of fringing. This lens still has its own character; it has not gotten too "clinical" as newer lenses seem to be getting lately. A key ability of f/1.2 lenses are their ability to create separation of subject from background (or a 3-D effect), and this lens delivers here extremely well! Out-of-focus areas gently transition into dreamy blur and lift the subject off of background. Naturally, this lens takes in tons of light! With my RP body, I can seriously take shots in near total darkness! You can get very close to subjects, giving it pseudo-macro abilities with a good crop. Additionally, I like the focus limiter and control ring, which make for some very nice enhancements and additional controls. It is large, a tiny bit bigger than an 85 1.4, but feels nicely balanced. This lens hasn't left my camera body since purchasing, and I imagine it won't for quite some time. I am very pleased with this amazing lens, and think it's worth every penny! All sample shots in this review shot a f/1.2.

Okay I'm gonna start off with saying I wish I didn't borrow this lens from my friend. I shoot with an R5/R6, and use the adapted EF 50mm f/1.2 but after using this lens I have to say it's worth the price of admission. The EF is an amazing lens but the RF is taking that lens and putting it on steroids. Sure the size of the EF is smaller but once adapted, not by much. The RF is so much faster in focusing, it's sharp through the aperture range, probably maxes out the pixels of the R6 by f/2. If I had to nitpick anything there is a very noticeable vignette wide open, but that's not uncommon for a wide aperture lens. And me personally, I don't use the control ring for much on any RF lens. I used to have it set for white balance, I tried it for aperture (like I do on my fuji camera), and I find I'm just bumping it too easily. Now I'm waiting on a client check to arrive so I can add this to the kit!

I bought this lens after much contemplation since I already owned RF 50mm 1.8, RF 35mm 1.8, RF 28-70 F2.0 & RF 85mm F1.8 Macro. This lens is nothing but a portrait beast. The background is silky smooth when you shoot in F1.2. I love how fast the autofocus on this one works especially in low light when you want to preserve that ambient lighting and additionally I shoot in manual focus mode to get even shallower depth of field like eyes or details during portraits. I primarily shoot Indian weddings and this is my go to to get that beautiful colors. Nothing can beat Canon!!!! Oh wait, I ended upgrading my RF 85mm 1.8 to RF 85mm 1.2mm after madly in love with 1.2.

Very sharp lens with excellent bokeh. While this lens is expensive, it's a great addition for those that need a lens in the 50mm range.

The lens is great, but the autofocus is terrible. Makes a lot of noise and it's very slow to react. I have a difficult time working in servo af with this lens.

The lens works wonderfully When I used it with no flash.. however maybe I had a bad copy, the lens seemed like it was communicating any information to the camera because I rarely made a successful picture that I like when using flash… for that reason, I had to return it.