![]() ![]() ![]() The Canon EOS R8 has a very streamlined design. 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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