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Canon RF lenses on one focal scale

So far 43 of the 69 lenses we hold have their own page here, listed below; the rest follow as their pages are released. The Canon RF lenses we hold specifications for, by maker, each linked to its own page with the comparisons people search for, and what fits which body.

  • 43lenses
  • 8types
  • 9comparisons

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Canon RF lenses

How to read the bars: focal length in mm on one log scale for every type. Solid: the mount's largest format (Full frame). Outline: a smaller format. Dashed: coverage not stated.

Travel zooms

1 lenses

One lens spanning 7× or more, from wide to long.

Wide zooms

5 lenses

Ending at 40 mm or wider on full frame: rooms, buildings and the night sky.

2 more and 3 comparisons

Comparisons

Telephoto zooms

7 lenses

Starting at 50 mm or longer on full frame: sport, wildlife, faces across a room.

4 more and 4 comparisons

Comparisons

Standard zooms

6 lenses

Around 24 to 70 mm on full frame: one lens for most of what you shoot.

3 more

Wide primes

7 lenses

One focal length, 30 mm or wider on full frame.

4 more

Standard primes

6 lenses

One focal length from 31 to 60 mm on full frame, close to how the eye frames.

3 more

Portrait primes

6 lenses

One focal length from 61 to 150 mm on full frame.

3 more

Telephoto primes

5 lenses

One focal length past 150 mm on full frame.

2 more and 1 comparisons

Comparisons

Types go by focal length on full frame (APS-C × 1.6): wide zooms end at 40 mm or wider, telephoto zooms start at 50 mm or longer, travel zooms span 7× or more; primes are wide to 30 mm, standard to 60 mm, portrait to 150 mm and telephoto past that. Specifications from each maker's pages and the open databases under Sources.

Sources

  1. Lensfun lens database (CC BY-SA 3.0)
  2. Wikidata, checked Oct 9, 2026 (CC0 1.0)

Lensfun data is used under CC BY-SA 3.0; our compilation of it is shared under the same license.

Each entry links its own page; the sources its entries come from are listed here. How we build these pages