The 24mm Lens Has Arrived

MPB must not function on Friday afternoons, much like other New York based photography stores. This is at least the second time I've had a Friday morning email telling me the item has shipped and FedEx confirms a label was created but the item never gets picked up by FedEx until Monday. So instead of receiving the lens on Saturday, I receive it on Tuesday. 

I made some sample photos at lock E5 late this morning to show the results with my three current lenses. Here is the same scene shot from the same spot.

EOS R8, RF 24mm f/1.8 STM, f/8, 1/750 sec., ISO 100

EOS R8, RF 35mm f/1.8 STM, f/8, 1/750 sec., ISO 100

EOS R6, RF 85mm f/2 STM, f/8, 1/350 sec., ISO 100

And here are two images showing the 24mm and 35mm lenses at their maximum aperture focused on the valve to demonstrate background blur.

EOS R8, RF 24mm f/1.8 STM, f/1.8, 1/4000 sec., ISO 50

EOS R8, RF 35mm f/1.8 STM, f/1.8, 1/4000 sec., ISO 50

Another interesting aspect of the 24mm STM, and other similar Canon lenses that rely on digital corrections to fill the frame, is that you can process the files with some extra image on the sides. In this case, the final original resolution is 6314x4000 as opposed to the standard 6000x4000. The following image shows how much it widens the view from the first image in this post.