Canon RF 14-35mm f/4 L IS USM Unboxing by Ken Rockwell

Canon RF 14-35mm f/4 L IS USM Unboxing by Ken Rockwell
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[@Real_Natural]

I’m with Ken, I’m always impressed with Canon when even the lens hood is made in Japan. Feels good to support a company that is not abandoning its own people for short term gain.

[@KenRockwellTV]

Yes! Thanks, and thanks to Canon for caring about quality and not just trying to gyp us.

[@HanifBarnwell]

Ken I’ve been reading your insightful reviews for years, just wanted to say thank you.

[@KenRockwellTV]

And thank YOU for reading them. Without you my efforts would be meaningless. Thank you!

[@briancreekphotography]

I smiled when you said you'd been buying from B&H since the 1970s. I started buying bulk slide film and Kodak mailers from them in the mid-1980s and, yeah, good people to do business with.

[@KenRockwellTV]

And that’s why they continue to grow. www.bhphotovideo.com/?BI=287&KBID=1037

[@bobwoolcock]

I'm so old I remember reading Herbert Keppler in Modern Photography. First Tele I bought was from ads in that magazine - A Spiratone 200mm F4.5 for my Yashica Penta J (manual aperture reset!).

[@KenRockwellTV]

My first tele in 1973 was a Vivitar 200mm f/3.5. I read Kepler, I went to the library and read old copies of what he wrote back in the 1950s, and I met him in the 2000s. Great guy!!

[@bobwoolcock]

@@KenRockwellTV Ah the smell of stop bath and fixer...I DON'T MISS IT!

[@PaulKretz]

Weird, it has a two-sided zoom. I mean the barrel sticks out on both sides and is collapsed in the middle of the range. Say, like old cropped kit 18-55s did.

[@KenRockwellTV]

That’s common that it’s shortest in the middle of the range. No big deal. Thanks!

[@MehdiRF]

Made in Japppaaan, thanks my goddess :) Same here but it never happened to my photography gear as I shoot Nikon. I hate to see made in china.. Interesting almost every Canon RF zoom lens comes with IS, we don't have VR on Nikon's high end Z 24-70/2.8 S lens!

[@KenRockwellTV]

Thanks!

[@jpg_sig10]

Agreed. B&H Photo is a great photographic and video gear outlet. I've been happily buying from this trusted source since the late 1980s. Good things! 👍

[@KenRockwellTV]

Thanks! I’ve bought from them since the 1970s.

[@RylisPro]

I can't wait for your review on this lens & compare it to the RF 15-35mm. I can't decide which wide angle to get? I built a roll cage for my R5 & I think that the RF 14-35 is too short, that the bars will show in the field of vision. Thanks!

[@KenRockwellTV]

Easy: get the 15-35/2.8 only if you really need and use f/2.8, otherwise get the 14-35 for its smaller size, weight, price and wider view.

[@LouisLuzuka]

This is an insane lens i was going to get the 16-35mm f4L IS but now I’m re-thinking some things… do we need it that wide? :D i dont know but this looks beautiful 😍

[@KenRockwellTV]

No one needs this wide, and it’s tough to know how to use a lens that wide well. It. Is a better idea for Mirrorless than the EF 16-35, unless you already own the EF 16-35, which works great.

[@LouisLuzuka]

@@KenRockwellTV oh so if I don't already have an ef 16-35mm this is a lighter smaller option probably better too 🙏🏽 makes sense. I still have ef cameras so I'm not sure anymore 😭

[@KenRockwellTV]

Correct. If you don’t have anything now and only plan to shoot Mirrorless, get this or the 15-35/2.8 www.kenrockwell.com/canon/eos-r/lenses/14-35mm.htm or www.kenrockwell.com/canon/eos-r/lenses/15-35mm-f28.htm

[@LouisLuzuka]

@@KenRockwellTV thank you Ken! I still use ef mount 💯☺️

[@joseacarrasm]

Those warranty cards should something of the past. They already has the serial number so they know where was built and to where it was shipped

[@KenRockwellTV]

Thanks!

[@alexwilliamson92]

Ken how do you feel about these extending barrels? Seems kinda dated tech.

[@KenRockwellTV]

Not dated at all. All depends on how they design the lens. Thanks!

[@jiripastrnak1936]

I had this preordered forever like minutes after It was available for preorder.... got tired of waiting finally and cancelled my order. Id love this lens but not for 1800$ anyway .Preordered the 16 2.8 prime instead ...

[@KenRockwellTV]

Oooh, good idea. If you use any of the 24-xx zooms then this fixed 16 should be better for carrying less than any ultrawide zoom, which would duplicate much of its range

[@jiripastrnak1936]

@@KenRockwellTV I mostly switched from Nikon after 16 years… there is lot of things I liked about the Z cameras but AF wasn’t one of them. Now i have R6 with 70-200 2.8 which i love for the small size and 24-105 STM and 35 1.8 . I think the 16 will be good enough for my use while saving a lot .

[@NVIK5]

You really need to sharpen that crappy pocket knife. From the video it seems that probably as sharp as a pencil.

[@KenRockwellTV]

It is! Thanks!

[@FamousPixs]

Can You Please Review The New Pentax Camera???

[@KenRockwellTV]

Some day soon. Thanks!

[@joelcrow]

Click here to support the gofundme group getting Ken Rockwell a sharper Swiss Army knife.🤣

[@KenRockwellTV]

Thank you. Never realized I was so hard up.

[@joelcrow]

@@KenRockwellTV you’re doing great, Ken! We gotta get you a better knife though lol ;)

[@mandofan2616]

Once I win the lotto, I'll be able to buy these overpriced lenses.

[@KenRockwellTV]

Or get even more resolution with my favorite, a 50 MP Canon 5DS/R for $1,500 brand new www.kenrockwell.com/canon/5ds.htm and I use the EF 16-35/4L IS www.kenrockwell.com/canon/lenses/16-35mm-is.htm Thanks!

[@mandofan2616]

@@KenRockwellTV hoping to make the move to mirrorless, though, RP and R6 have their problems, so waiting for the next affordable FF mirrorless that Canon is supposedly bringing out next year.

[@ytr8989]

Made in Japan, with hood included 🇯🇵

[@jeromeThailande]

I got a 5dsr from them with a useless diopter

[@KenRockwellTV]

Cool! You got a freebie. Watch out; if there’s no glass in it what Canon often does is pack the rubber eyecup not attached to the camera. Pop it on and you’re good; if there is air rather than glass inside it’s an eyecup rather than a diopter. More likely you have an eyecup. Thanks!

[@jeromeThailande]

@@KenRockwellTV what do you mean ? I have to wear glasses +250 to use this camera and from B&H

[@destinyangel5]

Great Canon RF, top notch tech , curious how it's IQ shapes up against Nikon Z mount S 14-30mm F4 , so far on paper this canon blows it right out of the water and some, plus its Made in Japan ! Canon is not cutting corners well done Canon ! not like others are doing and are still pricing gear at a premium only to be made and off shored to questionable third world manufacturers.

[@KenRockwellTV]

Obviously. This is a quality professional “L” product and the Nikon is just offshored “good enough” consumer dross. Thanks!

[@johnhubbard6262]

I just want to sharpen that knife, and sigh! buy another lens.

[@KenRockwellTV]

I did have it sharpened in response to all the comments. Thanks!

[@Laundry_Hamper]

Man that's a goofy front element. Almost has a corner!

[@KenRockwellTV]

Thanks!

[@bobwoolcock]

You make me nervous when you open boxes with that long knife instead of a proper box cutter with adjustable razor. So unlike the otherwise meticulous Ken. Just messin with you :)

[@KenRockwellTV]

Sooty to freak you out with this. Thanks!

[@bobwoolcock]

@@KenRockwellTV So Canon makes there mirrorless wide zoom 14-35 - a good range. Nikon inexplicably only goes to 30mm. For those of us used to walking around with a 35mm prime, 30mm is a little too wide. And Nikon is just a little too weird.

[@rvboondocker2559]

Thanks Ken! Now order a knife sharpener from Amazon.

[@KenRockwellTV]

Thanks!

[@cdnphotographer2356]

This guy actually thinks he is on tv. Was this review for lens or the packaging?

[@rogernuffer]

That knife needs sharpening

[@KenRockwellTV]

Thanks!

[@rogernuffer]

As far as the 14-35 which is the poor man's 15-35... I went the poorer than poor way. I have the 24-105 f4 and decided to go with the 16 f2.8. I don't have all that nice range provided by the 14-35. But it is light and cheap. I just hope it is sharp. Still... Wouldn't mind owning the 14-35 in the future. Gear acquisition syndrome!