Canon introduces new Compact and Lightweight F2.8 Constant Aperture Ultra-wide-angle Zoom Lens – RF16-28mm F2.8 IS STM
RF16-28mm F2.8 IS STM
HONG KONG, 23rd January 2025— Canon today announced the launch of a new compact and lightweight fast F2.8 constant aperture ultra-wide-angle zoom lens, RF16-28mm F2.8 IS STM. It is Canon’s second F2.8 constant aperture non-L RF Zoom lens after the popular RF28-70mm F2.8 IS USM. The design concept of RF16-28mm F2.8 IS USM emphasizes a balance of size, image quality, functionality, and price, bringing a more affordable F2.8 ultra-wide-angle zoom lens option to photo amateurs, hybrid shooters and content creators.
Designed to be compact and lightweight, the RF16-28mm F2.8 IS STM is around 91.0mm long when fully retracted, and weighs about 445g, which is similar to the RF28-70mm F2.8 IS STM. RF16-28mm F2.8 IS STM is a high-performance ultra-wide-angle zoom lens that features a Replica Aspherical lens of the largest-diameter of any RF lens, 1 Glass-Molded (GMo) Aspherical lens and 4 UD lenses, providing premium image quality and versatility of a bright, constant f/2.8 aperture for travel and landscape photography as well as vlogging.
RF16-28mm F2.8 IS STM – Compact and lightweight F2.8 Ultra-wide-angle Zoom Lens
Made for: Photo Amateurs, Hybrid Shooter, Content Creator
Best for: Travel, landscape and vlogging
Features:
- A compact and lightweight F2.8 Ultra-wide-angle Zoom lens which weighs 445g and 91.0mm long when retracted[1].
- Use of 4 UD lenses to correct chromatic aberration throughout the zoom range and achieves vivid rendering capabilities with little color blurring.
- Effective placement of 1 Replica Aspherical lens and 1 Glass-Molded (GMo) Aspherical lens to compensate spherical aberrations and distortion and enable more compact size.
- Improvements in the manufacturing process have enabled the first-time use of the largest-diameter Replica Aspherical lens of any RF lens for the front lens element, delivering high-level image quality approaching that of L Lenses.
- 9-blade circular aperture delivers beautiful and soft background blur.
- Optical Image Stabilizer offers up to 5.5-stop[2] shake compensation at center, when paired with EOS R-series cameras featuring In-Body Image Stabilization, up to 8.0-stop shake compensation at center and 7.5-stop in peripheral[3] can be achieved through Coordinated Control IS.
- Features Peripheral Coordinated Control[4] to reduce peripheral blurs for wide angle photo due to small camera shakes.
- 0.26x maximum magnification at 0.2m minimum focusing distance (at 28mm).
- Equipped with Leadscrew type STM to provide high-speed AF and smooth Movie AF.
- Compatible with Focus Breathing Correction[5] during movie shooting.
- “Focus mode / Control Selector” switch design enables swift switching of “Focus/Control Ring” for manual focusing or Control Ring operation such as aperture, shutter speed, ISO speed or exposure compensation adjustment.
- Renowned Super Spectra Coating and optimized shapes of lens elements help to improve anti-ghosting and flare performance.
- Optional Lens Hood EW-73E further enhances flare resistance.
- Dust-and-water-resistant design[6] equivalent to that of L-series lenes.
Estimated Suggested Retail Price: HK$8,880
Estimated Sales Start Date: February 2025
[1] Multiple exposure shooting is not supported on EOS R5 / EOS R6 / EOS R / EOS Ra / EOS RP, it is also not possible to shoot multiple exposures with another lens using images shot with this lens. The lens distortion correction on the camera is set to [Enable] automatically when in use.
[2] CIPA 2024 Standard, Focal Length: 28mm, EOS R8 is used. In yaw/pitch direction.
[3] CIPA 2024 Standard, Focal Length: 28mm, EOS R1 is used. In yaw/pitch/roll direction.
[4] Peripheral Coordinated Control is automatically activated when combined with a compatible camera (EOS R1 / EOS R5 Mark II / EOS R6 Mark II firmware ver.1.5.0 or later. As of January 2025). Applies to still photography only.
[5] Available on EOS R1 / EOS R5 Mark II / EOS R6 Mark II / EOS R8 / EOS R50. As of January 2025.
[6] With Dust-and-water-resistant EOS R-series camera; however, it is not recommended for use under rain.