The RF20mm f/1.4L VCM lens provides an ultra-wide angle perspective, allowing you to capture everything that matters. Its Voice Coil Motor (VCM) allows it to have ultra-fast and silent autofocus that makes this an ideal choice for filmmaking.
The wide f/1.4 aperture ensures excellent low-light performance. When combined with the 11 circular blades, the RF20mm f/1.4L VCM produces stunning cinematic bokeh. Additionally, the physical iris control allows you to easily fine-tune your creative expression.
With its innovative design and advanced optics made possible by the RF mount, the RF20mm f/1.4L VCM delivers stunning clarity and rich detail, bringing every frame to life with precision and brilliance. Its ultra-wide angle and large aperture make capturing stars effortless.
EOS R5 Mark II, f/1.4, 6secs, ISO 1600
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EOS R5 Mark II, 1/80s, f/1.4, ISO100
Experience incredibly fast and precise autofocus with the innovative RF20mm f/1.4L VCM. Designed to keep up with your creative flow, its advanced Voice Coil Motor (VCM) converts electrical energy into fluid, controlled motion — effortlessly locking focus exactly where you need it.
The VCM is capable of handling heavy focus lens group at high speed and with precision. This allows the RF20mm f/1.4L VCM to deliver smooth, accurate, and near-silent autofocus that lets you capture every cinematic moment with confidence and ease.
The first VCM lens to feature Blue Spectrum Refractive (BR) optics, the RF20mm f/1.4L VCM expertly controls blue light refraction, minimising chromatic aberration for exceptional image clarity—even at its widest aperture.
For exceptional visual clarity, the RF20mm f/1.4L VCM utilises two glass-molded (GMo) aspherical lenses that help reduce spherical aberrations and keep image distortion to a minimum.
Using one Super UD (Ultra-Low Dispersion) lens and two UD lens elements with low refraction and low dispersion, colour aberrations are effectively minimised for better image quality.
Air Sphere Coating (ASC) with anti-reflection technology suppresses ghosting and reduces flare for clear and high contrast images even when shooting backlit subjects.
Subwavelength Structure Coating (SWC) features a layer of nanometer-sized patterns on the lens surface to control reflections for better image clarity and sharpness.
With its wide f/1.4 aperture and 11-blade circular diaphragm, the RF20mm f/1.4L VCM produces beautifully soft, cinematic bokeh that enhances depth and atmosphere. The large aperture also allows faster shutter speeds and lower ISO settings, giving you the freedom to capture sharp, clean images even when the light starts to fade.
Get up close and capture every detail with stunning clarity all the way to the edges, thanks to 0.19x magnification and a minimum focusing distance of just 0.20m.
Every beauty captured in detail, even at the closest distance.
When recording videos, a typical phenomenon that occurs is a 'pulsing effect' in the footage whereby the camera's angle of view changes slightly during focus racking. The RF20mm f/1.4L VCM suppresses breathing optically in all focus positions, resulting in outstanding video quality with any EOS R camera body.
With a compact 76.5mm diameter and weighing just 519g, the RF20mm f/1.4L VCM works seamlessly alongside other VCM lenses. Its consistent design means you can swap lenses without needing to recalibrate your setup, making it a perfect addition to any filmmaking workflow.
The RF20mm f/1.4L VCM’s iris ring delivers the seamless, hands-on control that filmmakers love.
With precise aperture adjustments just like true cinema lenses, it lets you sculpt light effortlessly, ensuring every frame aligns with your creative vision.
The customisable Lens Function button keeps essential controls within easy reach, allowing instant access to autofocus, exposure, connectivity, and more.
Built for flexibility, it enables effortless adjustments to match changing scenes, ensuring you capture the perfect shot.
The lens features a dedicated focusing ring for precise manual control, which can also be customised for various functions, mirroring the versatility of a control ring when used with compatible cameras.
*dedicated control ring function is disabled if focus ring is used as control ring
Canon's distinctive knurled control ring allows you to control AF area, shutter speed, aperture, exposure compensation, ISO, white balance, colour temperature and even Picture Style.
You can add a sheet-type filter behind the lens through the detachable rear filter holder and further stack other filters on the front of the lens to expand your creative expression.
Engineered for durability, the lens's dust- and drip-resistant construction repels dust and water droplets, ensuring reliable performance in any environment.
The front lens is treated with a smudge-resistant fluorine coating, repelling moisture and oil for a consistently clean and clear surface.
Find out how this ultra-wide lens can effortlessly accompany you to create beautiful, and cinematic videos, capturing your unique perspective.
*This product emits low level magnetic flux. If you use an implantable cardiac pacemaker or other medical device and feel abnormalities, please keep away from this product and consult your doctor.
*When the lens is not attached to the camera or the power switch of the camera is in the off status when the lens is attached, shaking the lens may cause the internal lens group to shift and noise may occur, but this is not a malfunction. Although the internal lens group shifts due to vibration such as when the lens is carried, this will not affect aspects such as performance.
*Multiple Exposure mode compatibility, please refer here.
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