{"id":144457,"date":"2020-12-30T18:31:57","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T18:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/?p=144457"},"modified":"2021-09-08T14:42:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T13:42:01","slug":"what-are-the-best-lenses-of-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/what-are-the-best-lenses-of-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the best lenses of 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following yesterday’s guide<\/a> to our testing team’s favourite camera bodies of this year, here are the best lenses. As with cameras, it’s been a tough 12 months, beset by supply problems with essential components from Chinese factories, but still, some great glass for a range of mounts made it through.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

Canon RF 70-200mm F2.8L IS USM<\/a> <\/strong>
\n\u00a32,699 <\/strong><\/p>\n

What we like<\/strong>
\nSmall size and light weight
\nSupreme optics
\nRobust build quality<\/p>\n

When Canon first showed mock-ups of its 70-200mm f\/2.8 zoom for its nascent EOS R system, its standout feature was its remarkably small size. At less than 15cm in length, it\u2019s much shorter than other professional fast telezooms, a feat that the firm has achieved by the simple expedient of using an extending, rather than internal zoom design. As a result, the lens is 27% shorter and 28% lighter than the equivalent EF-mount model.<\/p>\n

Optically, Canon has employed 17 elements in 13 groups, with aspherical and Super UD glass elements to minimise aberrations. Dual Nano USM motors drive an electronically controlled floating focus system that\u2019s designed to uphold image quality over the full range of focus distances down to the 70mm minimum. The lens is also equipped with three-mode optical image stabilisation, which enables the use of shutter speeds five stops slower than would otherwise be possible. Like other Canon\u2019s pro-spec telephotos, the weather-sealed barrel has a white finish to reflect heat away from the optics.<\/p>\n\t\t

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Stunning optical quality belies the lens\u2019s small size<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

It boasts a rotating and removeable tripod collar, along with a control ring next to the camera body. In use the lens delivers exceptional sharpness that\u2019s remarkably consistent from the centre to the corners of the frame at all focal lengths. Distortion, chromatic aberration and vignetting are all extremely well controlled. Overall, the RF 70-200mm F2.8L IS USM is a seriously impressive performer, delivering the sensational sharpness and high image quality you\u2019d expect from an L-series lens.<\/p>\n