Winter Waiting

This is a period of waiting. Waiting for some warmer weather. Waiting for my recent lens transactions to come to fruition. As I updated in a recent post, I will be using three prime lenses only in 2026. The RF 24mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM, the RF 45mm f/1.2 STM and the RF 85mm f/2 Macro IS STM.

I've been zoomless on a couple of occasions in the past but not with this collection of primes. The 45mm was only released in December although I have owned multiple copies of the other two lenses.

Here is a graphic from https://www.the-digital-picture.com/ showing the three lenses without lens hoods, which I will be using on all three. 

The inner barrels of all three lenses extend with closer focusing. The 45mm lens, which doesn't focus nearly as closely as the other two, keeps the inner barrel inside the body of the lens. You can see in the graphic above that at infinity focus the inner barrel of the 45mm lens is recessed inside the lens while the inner barrels of the other two lenses are flush with the lens body.

The extension on the other two lenses remains within the lens hoods when attached. Here is a graphic showing the lenses at closest focus.

While I wait for the 24mm and 85mm lenses to arrive, I've been out with the 45mm lens adding images to this winter's prime lens project at https://www.trulandphotography.com/Prime-Galleries/Winter-of-45. Here are some from Ground Hog Day.

RF 45mm f/1.2, f/8, 1/1500 sec., ISO 100

RF 45mm f/1.2, f/8, 1/2000 sec., ISO 100

RF 45mm f/1.2, f/8, 1/1000 sec., ISO 100

RF 45mm f/1.2, f/8, 1/1500 sec., ISO 100