Hayward control panel video8/31/2023 ![]() ![]() Another couple of excellent compact, lightweight and relatively inexpensive lenses you can buy separately that work really well with the R8 are the ‘nifty fifty’ Canon RF 50mm F1.8 STM ($199/£219) and the ultra-wide-angle Canon RF 16mm F2.8 STM ($249/£299). Bought separately, it retails for around $399/£479, not massively more than the $299/£379 for the RF 24-50mm lens. It’s still fairly compact and lightweight but gives much greater versatility, complete with a 0.5x macro facility. ![]() We’d like to see the Canon RF 24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM offered as a kit zoom for this camera. However, with the restrictive 50mm maximum focal length of the kit zoom lens, and its f/6.3 aperture, the advantage is largely lost. One of the key benefits of a full-frame camera over a crop-sensor model is that you can get a tighter depth of field, good for blurring the background. The lens also feels like it’s built down to a price, with a plastic rather than metal mounting plate, although that helps in keeping the weight to a minimum. The f/6.3 aperture rating is also quite narrow at the long end of the zoom range, so you’ll struggle to get a tight depth of field and nice bokeh – a key selling point of any full-frame camera. However, while it has good wide-angle potential, it has no real telephoto reach, only stretching to a ‘standard’ 50mm focal length. It also features 4.5-stop optical image stabilization, which is very useful considering the R8’s lack of IBIS. It has a very compact, retractable design and is surprisingly lightweight at just 13 ounces (210g). The kit price of around $1,699/£1,899 gives you a decent discount on this lens but for many photographers, it’s not an ideal choice. Sadly, the only kit lens currently available with the R8 is the Canon RF 24-50mm F4.5-6.3 IS STM. If nothing else, its retractable design makes it compact and lightweight, in keeping with the camera body. The EOS R8 is available as a complete kit with the Canon RF 24-50mm F4.5-6.3 IS STM standard zoom. ![]()
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