Compare Canon RF 100-500mm F4.5-7.1 vs Canon RF 70-200mm F2.8 vs Canon RF 24-70mm F2.8
Construction
Aperture Blades
9 blades
9 blades
9 blades
Colors
White
Black
Form Factor
Super Telephoto Zoom Lens
Telephoto Zoom Lens
Standard Zoom Lens
Image Size
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Lens Barrel
Focus limiter, Tripod collar
Lens Mount
Canon RF-mount
Canon RF-mount
Canon RF-mount
Material
Magnesium alloy
Magnesium alloy
Motor
Nano ultrasonic
Ultrasonic
Nano ultrasonic
Optical Formula | Elements
20 elements
17 elements
21 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
14 groups
13 groups
15 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
1 Super UD + 6 UD elements groups
Two glass-molded aspherical, one super UD, four UD (One of which is UD Aspherical) groups
3 aspherical + 3 UD elements groups
Dimensions
Filter Diameter
77 mm / 3.03 in
77 mm / 3.03 in
82 mm / 3.23 in
Size | Diameter
94 mm / 3.70 in
90 mm / 3.54 in
89 mm / 3.50 in
Size | Length
208 mm / 8.19 in
146 mm / 5.75 in
126 mm / 4.96 in
Weight
1365 g / 48.23 oz
1070 g / 37.81 oz
900 g / 31.80 oz
Function
Angle Of View
24.4° Diagonal | 20.4° Horizontal | 13.7° Vertical (wide) ~ 5.0° Diagonal | 4.1° Horizontal | 2.7° Vertical (tele)
34.4° Diagonal | 28.8° Horizontal | 19.5° Vertical (wide) ~ 12.4° Diagonal | 10.3° Horizontal | 6.9° Vertical (tele)
84.1° Diagonal | 73.7° Horizontal | 53.1° Vertical (wide) ~ 34.4° Diagonal | 28.8° Horizontal | 19.5° Vertical (tele)
Aperture
f/4.5–7.1 ~ f/32–54
f/2.8
f/2.8
Autofocus
Yes
Yes
Yes
Focal Length
100 mm ~ 500 mm
70 mm ~ 200 mm
24 mm ~ 70 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Image Stabilization
Yes (4 stops)
Yes (5 stops)
Yes (5 stops)
Weather Resistance
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoom Type
External zoom
External zoom (zoom lock available)
External zoom
Performance
Max Magnification
0.33x
0.23x
0.3x
Min Focus Distance
900 mm / 35.43 in
700 mm / 27.56 in
210 mm / 8.27 in
Production
Accessory
Lens hood included
Lens hood included
Lens hood included
Debut
2020-07-09
2019-02-14
2019-02-14
Reviews
Neofiliac score
52%
71%
71%
Pros
- Very useful focal range
- Quite lightweight for what it is
- Optically stabilized
- Weather-sealed
- Compatible with teleconverters
- Control for zoom resistance
- Excellent optical performance
- Smaller than the competition
- Optically stabilized
- Zoom lock prevents zoom creep
- Weather-sealed
- Comes with a tripod collar
- Useful f/2.8 aperture
- Optically stabilized (as opposed to the competition)
- Weather-sealed
Cons
- Dark and variable maximum aperture
- Not the best zooming mechanism
- On the heavy side
- External zoom without zoom lock
- Not as solid as older Canon L lenses
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