
Canon EOS R5
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Best mirrorless on the market (2021), great IBIS, immensely capable autofocus, great viewfinder. Exceptional camera!
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high battery consumption, expensive and uses expensive CFexpress storage cards
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Canon RF 16 f2.8 STM
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tiny, fast (f2.8),cheap and relatively sharp wide angle lens, easy to take with you everywhere
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distortion without correction attrocious, looks like fisheye
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Canon TS-e 17 f4 L Tilt-Shift
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Very wide for a tilt-shift, Truly understanding the 'Scheimpflug-principle' is a challenge but results are rewarding
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heavy and a very vulnerable unprotected front element, small shift button
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Voigtländer 20 f3.5 Color-Skopar for EF
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smallest 20 mm fullframe lens available, fully compatible automatic diafragm when mounted on Canon EF, great all metal build quality
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optically not that great, gets beaten by FD 20 f2.8 which was designed 40 years ago, (optional) hood design not well thought out
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Canon RF 24-70 f2.8 L IS
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the standard zoom I have been waiting for - sharp across the (useful allround) range with IS
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heavy and expensive, also expensive 82 mm filter thread
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Canon RF 28 f2.8 STM
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tiny, relatively fast (f2.8), cheap and sharp wide open, makes your R5 a point-and-shoot camera
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veil with light in frame, distortion on the heavy side
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Canon EF 35 f1.4 L II
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fast, very sharp wide-open, weathersealed, lack of CA, optically best lens I own hands down
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expensive, pretty heavy
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Voigtländer 40 f2 Ultron for EF
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sharp at f2, very sharp at f2.8, very compact standard fullframe compatible pancake lens, nice dome hood design, great all metal build quality
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no autofocus (increasingly an issue with taking pictures of my family), locks up the camera it is on every so often
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Canon EF 50 f1.0 L
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f1.0, f1.0, f1.0, amazing bokeh, amazing build quality, truly unique optic - did I say already it is f1.0(!!)
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not very sharp wide open (best at portrait ranges), high purple fringing, heavy, slow(ish) focus, hard to find and very expensive to buy - still coolest 50 mm I own
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Contax N 50 f1.4 Conurus converted to EF
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tradional well built fast 50 without any special elements, nice '3D'-look in your photo's when used right, very sharp starting from f1.8, autofocus with tradional Planar on EF mount.
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very rare and expensive conversion from Contax N mount to Canon EF, aperture ring is useless and gets in the way
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Voigtländer 90 f3.5 APO-Lanthar for EF
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quite compact, extremely sharp, nicely corrected (no abberations at all), good (and very smooth) close focussing ability, optically one of the best lenses I own, great all metal build quality
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unfortunately not in production anymore by Cosina, not that fast (f3.5)
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Canon RF 100 f2.8 L IS Macro
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extremely sharp at all focus distances and apertures, stabilized, weathersealed, functional bokeh-adjustment ring
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much more expensive than EF mount predecessor, very hard to get (at least in 2021)
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Canon RF 100-500 f4.5-f7.1 L IS
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extremely sharp at all focus distances and apertures, stabilized, weathersealed, close-focus, not very heavy (for the range)
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very expensive, very hard to get (at least in 2021), but almost perfect (super-)tele lens
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Canon EF 100-300 f5.6 L
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sharp, pretty light, great saturated 'old-Canon-L' colors and a bargain second hand, makes a lot better pictures than the low price suggests
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slow f5.6 aperture, slow and noisy autofocus, rotates with focusing so no polarizer

[SOLD] Canon 5D mark 3
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sturdy body, effective and fast AF system (certainly compared to 6D), good sensor in lowlight, easy to use for longtime Canon users like myself
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dynamic range at low iso's low compared to current competition

[SOLD] Canon 5D mark 4
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similar excellent ergonomics of 5D mark 3 but with better image quality (higher dynamic range) at low iso's, excellent autofocus tracking abilities, liveview (and focus) very well implemented
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price is on the high side, especially compared to competition

[SOLD] Canon 1D mark 3
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truly fast with everything, very good image quality (also in low light), battery just never dies on you
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heavy, weird APS-H (1.25x) crop factor, low-res screen

[SOLD] Canon 6D
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light and easy to carry, good sensor, easy to use (compared to Sony A7), ability to swap matte, GPS integrated
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dynamic range not as good as competition, old (effectively one-point) focusing system
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[SOLD] Canon EF 8-15 f4 L Fisheye
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sharp, light, few aberrations, circular and full image fisyeye all into one
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slower than older model (only f4), front element quite vulnerable, front cap design not that great
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[SOLD]Canon EF 11-24 f4 L
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Exceptionally wide, no peer in tight situations available (like car interiors), optically quite good
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(too) heavy and a vulnerable unprotected front element
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[SOLD] Canon EF 16-35 f2.8 L II
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useful range (my most often used EF lens), weathersealed, sharp in image centre, bulletproof performance with sun in frame
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image borders not so great at any focal length, expensive filter size (82 mm)
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[SOLD] Canon EF 16-35 f4 L IS
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useful (wider) range , weathersealed, sharp (especially when stopped down one stop), stabilized, compact hood
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noisy IS (more noisy than 24-70 F4 L IS) and only f4, but other than that: great Canon lens!
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[SOLD] Canon EF 24 f1.4 L II
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fast, very sharp (especially at f2 and up), weathersealed, optically second best lens I own
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fairly expensive, pretty heavy
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[SOLD] Canon EF 24-70 f4 L IS
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sharp across the (useful allround) range, stabilized, compact, light, interesting macro mode
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some distortion at the wide end, to use macro mode one must be very close to subject, only f4 - Canon: why no stabilized 24-70 f2.8?
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[SOLD] Canon EF 28-80 f2.8-f4 L
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sharp wide open and very sharp stopped down one stop, great colors and contrast, useful range, bargain deal nowadays
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weird design (internal zoom but external focus), significant distortion on the wide end, heavy, focus by-wire
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[SOLD] Canon EF 50 f1.2 L
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one of two f1.2 lenses in current Canon line-up, reasonably sharp, weathersealed
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expensive for what it is, not ultra-sharp wide-open, purple fringing is an issue
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[SOLD] Canon EF 70-200 f4 L IS
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very sharp, pretty light, stabilized, weathersealed and not that expensive
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none, its limited f4 aperture is a trade-of for the limited weight
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[SOLD] Canon EF 70-300 f4-f5.6 L
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very sharp at all apertures and focal lenghths, stabilized, weathersealed and quite short physically
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relatively heavy (1kg), slow aperture at longer focal lengths
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[SOLD] Canon EF 85 f1.2 L
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one of two f1.2 lenses in current Canon line-up, very sharp wide-open, unique portrait lens unmatched by any maker
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big, heavy, expensive, autofocus quite slow, no weathersealing
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[SOLD] Canon EF 100 f2.8 L IS Macro
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extremely sharp, stabilized, weathersealed, well priced
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resolution wide-open at infinity a bit lacking compared to close-up, otherwise optically brilliant