The Controversial RF 16mm f2.8 STM Lens Review | EOS R6 

One of the best follows on RU-vid for us R6 users! All the best in 2022 Tony!

You really dove deep with this review. Much appreciated and subbed.

When it comes to “pro”, the lens has maybe 10% effect. 90% depends on the creator! So guys don’t be obsessed with the image quality! I have this lens and 90% of the case people could not tell the difference between this and the much more expensive L lenses.

Great video. I have this lens and love it for the price. Lightroom has a profile for this lens now (as of Dec 15th I believe)

I realize you do a lot of video work, but you failed to mention that this lens has a minimum focus distance of 5.1 inches. That makes it a very cool lens for stills like coins or flowers, etc. It's not macro but does nice closeups. Just my 2 cents.

very informative! thank you

Great videos. Keep going!

very informative. thanks!

Thank-you for the review! Excellent. I use 2 cameras for real estate. R6 stays on my gimbal, 5D4 for the stills. This set up saves me a ton of time. I was switching my 16-35 back and forth between cameras but that was proving to be counter productive. Then I put my Sigma 10-20 on the R6, which is fine. It's a pretty good lens but it's a crop sensor and it's F4-5.6. Not great for darker interiors. I just couldn't justify spending another $2500 on practically the same lens so I could keep my 2 camera set-up without switching back and forth. This is the answer. I don't know why it took me this long to learn about it!

I have been thinking about picking up this lens to pair with my EOS R for Gimble work. I currently use my EF 24-105 and it works great. Just a bit heavy shooting for several hours at a time.

I bought it for the exact same reason. I mostly use my 24-70/f2.8 and my 70-200/f2.8 for my event photography jobs. But sometimes I was in situations where I thought that right now I could use a really wide lens. These moments are pretty rare, but they come. So I was not ready to pay like 1.500 Euros or even more for a heavy wide angle zoom lens that I would then rarely use. When the 16 mm f2.8 came out, I was very hesitant, watched a lot of youtube reviews and came to the conclusion, that it was too bad for my work. Now, 2 years later, I thougth about needing a wide angle lens again and then there was a good black friday deal. I convinced myself to try this lens out and I couldn't be happier. I can put it in my small shoulder bag that I love without the need of a bigger bag or without kicking any gear out. I don't neet this lens for real estate or anything that needs the best corner sharpness and I still mostly shoot on my 24-70 and 70-200. But I can mix in some wide angle overview shots or some creative stuff for my clients. And I just loove how small andy cute this little lens is. So for the price I think it does a really nice job.

Appreciate it bro 💪🏾

Thank you for this

Great video, thank you.

Enjoy your review. I just order the 16mm. I will be happy with it.

For a unique portrait lens it's also handy and cheap to get a few interesting perspectives

Irmão blz ? A estabilização da r6m2 você vê direnca ao usar uma lente nativa RF ? Já usou a 16mm RF, ?

Oh no way! Im a photographer from the St. Louis area! I do drift motorsports photography right across the river in madison. Thinking about picking up this lens for in car shots

Awesome review! The wobble kills it a little bit but in crop mode it should be mostly gone?

For handheld video, would you still recommend this over the new RF15-30mm f4.5-6.3 IS STM? The zoom is heavier and has a darker aperture but it has IS.

Hey man, just found your channel tonight. I recently upgraded my youtube setup to my first full frame camera, I think this lens will be great for unboxings and showing closeup details. Although right now I use the 35mm RF macro...can you advise it this would be a good addition to that? Thank you in advance, new sub too.

Mine comes today. 24-105 100-400 plus extender 50 16 Have it all covered from 16 to 800 all RF on a EOS R Picked up a gimbal so maybe not going to have a wobble problem.

I bought this lens last week. I'll be using it on the R6. Main reason is that I'm travelling to the UK in 3 weeks' time and I want as light a bag as possible to lug around with me. When I was in the US last month I had the 24-105L with an RF100-400 to capture my grandkids' Lacrosse games.But I had the luxury of staying at the kids' house and driving everywhere. In the UK we're doing bus and train tours so we'll be lugging our luggage everywhere. So, the 24-105 and the 16 will be all that I'll take. We're also doing photographic tours and I'm told that the 16 should be good for streetscape photography. Will see, I guess. As for Lightroom Classic it now has the lens profile for this lens so that's good, I suppose. At home if I go out to do landscape shoots I'll take the EF16-35L f2.8 with either the 6D Mk2 or the R6 (with the EF/RF adapter). But as I type this I'm going out later today to play with the 16. I'm going to take the 16-35 with me and will be able to do some comparison shots to see how they both perform on the R6 against each other.

50 looks so much more natural... oh my... giant nose alarm with the 16 :D

Wow. I didn’t know you had such an impressive office work space.

We need a video of you using a Eos R with this lens on 4k crop

Lightroom just came out with an update that has the 16mm lens profile included.

Tony, you spoke to me man

Hello! I was curious if there's a reason why it wobbles? Is it just because it's hand-held? I notice some of my RF lenses do that post, however, I also hold onto my camera. I don't have a gimbal. I'm too scared my camera will be too heavy.

Great review. Can you PLEASE also check the RF 24 1.8?

Some people are scared of spiders, some people are.. Scared of wide angle lenses. LOL

Hello friend, what camera did you use? And are you wearing an ND filter?

The IBIS on your camera killed the lens for me!

I am trying to get as many people as I can to request Canon enable us to turn off the IBIS without turning off lens stabilization. It would not help with this lens in particular but it would help with the 14-35 and 15-35 zooms

….a C70 with a 50mm 1.2 !?!?! That’s my bucket list right there. Maybe one day when I settle down. Right now I’m a traveling videographer so the R6 with 35mm is much more reasonable to carry…..and if it gets stolen in some 3rd world country,…..I won’t cost me like $10,000 to replace.

Picked up this lens a little while back. So the algorithm served me your videos. I love the lens and the price point made it a no brained. It turns my R6 into something I can take with me and take close up shots with without freaking people out with the other giant prime lenses i have. I’m from STL too. So… “what high school did you go to” ? 😅 Don’t answer that on the comments

As you know...I've just bought my Canon R6. For what I understand this RF 16mm is more like a quick/convenient/budget option and, apparently, you get what you pay for....therefore I feel more inclined towards the 16-35 F/2.8 with the adapter (I've also bought a new computer and my wallet still hurts, so I can't really invest on the RF 15-35 right now).

With the new firmware update. Is it okay now?

I've been going back and forth on picking this up along with the 35 1.8 and 85 F2, I already have the 50 1.8 or just get the 24-105 F4. I mainly shoot wildlife 600 F4 and 100-500 but would like to have something for smaller mm for the rare occasion I need it. The 24-70 2.8 is the ideal lens but I have a hard time spending $2400 on a lens that will sit in the drawer 98% of the time. One zoom lens that's slower or multiple fast primes decisions decisions.

If canon could just fix the wobble...

What about a 24mm

Of course I know there’s going to be distortion of features with wide angle, the stark comparison was shocking. The 16 was not a good look. Maybe it’s alright for vlogging because there’s usually a lot more dynamic movement which I believe takes a lot of the focus (no pun) off the distortion, but on a static shot…..No.

I don’t agree with his comments when he says it’s for beginners?! Why would he make a video when some of his stuff looks like he’s an intermediate. I have used this lens a lot more now a days on my R5 and I have the EF 15-35mm. This was a long video with no true sample images, more of his personal experience with it and what he thinks photography is. The lens is completely worth the cost. It will make your photography more creative with the space available.

You a little bit more money you can’t buy a used ef 14-35 f/4 L which is a much, much better lens and far more versatile.

i really wish you had subtitels.

To arrogant style of talking, to narrow minded but for the rest a good review. Sorry but true for me so be more modest if I can give you an advise. (A 16 mm and the 50 1.8 are a good very good set of lite style and less prone style of photography and filming even if you have the 2.8 15-35 rf. )