Canon RF 100mm f2.8 L Macro IS USM lens

• World’s first 1.4x macro capabilities on any interchangeable lens camera
• Innovative bokeh adjustment with an SA control ring for creative portraits
• Highly competent in low light with a bright f/2.8 aperture and up to 8-stop hybrid image stabilisation
• Two near silent Nano USM motors provide swift AF with minimal focus breathing
• Close focus capability down to 26cm for exceptional macro compositions

Key Features

• World first 1.4x macro magnification
• Lockable spherical aberration control ring to control bokeh and defocus effects
• Bright f/2.8 aperture
• Dual Nano USM focus motors
• 5-stops Hybrid Image Stabilisation and up to 8 stops in combination with camera stabilisation
• Lens Control Ring to change settings while still viewing the subject
• Excellent video lens with suppressed focus breathing.

Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM Lens Summary

The Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM Lens delivers a number of innovations for full frame Canon mirrorless camera users, with outstanding image quality at up to 1.4x magnification. This is a world-first enabling photographers to create close-up images with the subject even larger in the frame at close distances of just 0.26m. A lockable SA (spherical aberration) control ring can also be used to create enticing portraits with complete creative freedom at this short telephoto distance. The SA control ring enables photographers to choose between harder ‘bubble bokeh’ and softer rounded bokeh, as well as create instantaneous soft focus effects. Dual Nano USM focus motors provide fast, near silent AF whilst videographers benefit from extremely well controlled focus breathing.

An advanced optical design employs 17 elements arranged in 13 groups which have Canon’s Super Spectra coating to improve image quality. The lens has excellent build quality and has also been weather sealed as we expect from professional L-series models. Photographers gain 5 stops of shake compensation from the IS, or those using cameras like the  will enjoy up to 8 stops of hybrid shake compensation in combination with IBIS.

Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM Lens in More Detail

Spherical Aberration Control Ring

The RF 100mm f/2.8L Macro features a Spherical Aberration (SA) Control mechanism to adjust out of focus bokeh areas, both in front and behind the subject. Users can also produce soft-focus effects on the subject itself for even more creative freedom. An additional control ring on the lens is used to drive an electronic cam that actuates the focusing and floating lens groups independently. This is achieved through the two Nano USM motors changing their location from infinity to close-up whilst also changing spherical aberration. What this all results in is the ability to change bokeh effects on the fly for harder or softer results across the frame.

Hybrid Image Stabiliser

An optical Hybrid Image Stabiliser offers up to 5-stops of compensation (CIPA standard) with up to 8-stops when mounted on a camera with In-Body Image Stabilisation. Macro photography will exaggerate even tiny movements, which Canon’s Hybrid IS tackles by providing up to 2-stops of IS at 1x magnification. Thanks to these features the lens surpasses even the best technology found in the  equivalent.

Dual Nano USM focusing motor

Using two Nano USM AF motors helps drive lightweight optical elements with speed, precision and with great control in near silence, making it ideal for stills and video. A floating lens group was used that required two focus motors, delivering higher AF speeds in a more compact lens design with even closer focus abilities. One Nano USM is used for the conventional focusing group and the other for the floating focus group, allowing them to be driven independently for SA control as well as focus breathing suppression.

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What’s in the box

• RF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM Lens
• lens cap E-67 II
• Lens hood ET-73C
• Lens case/pouch LP1222
• Rear Lens Dust Cap RF

Optional Accessories

•  – remove unwanted reflections from any surface
•  – adapts the lens to either macro light below
•  – light up your subject with a high power ring light
•  – more flash power

Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM Lens Sample images

Mounted on EOS R5. Exposure: 1/80. f/6.3 ISO 3200 (no flash, focus stacked)

Mounted on EOS R5. Exposure: 1/320. f/5.6 ISO 6400

SA control ring adjusting bokeh

RF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM Specifications

What’s in the Box