Canon RF 24-70mm F2.8L IS USM lens photo & video tests w/ Canon R6 | North Lake Tahoe

Most footage in this video is captured with the 24-70mm.. including the A roll! -- Sooo I bought my first VERY expensive lens - the rf24mm-70mm f2.8- to go with my Canon R6. Even though I love to shoot with prime lenses, I really needed a zoom lens for its versatility. I felt the shortcomings of shooting with a prime lens when I was shooting for events. Because I’m just starting out as a professional photographer, I only have one camera and no second shooter. With just me and a camera, there just wasn’t enough time to switch lenses back and forth during an event when there’s always something happening. It always feels like I would be missing out on the action if I try to switch lenses. I knew having a zoom lens would be extremely helpful because Andrew has an rf24-105mm f4. The lens works perfectly fine until we had to shoot indoors at a lower light situation. The F4 feels really restricting even with a full-frame camera like the R6. This prompted me to get the 24-70mm, especially because I think it would be great for portraits. So over the weekend for Andrew’s birthday trip to Lake Tahoe, I finally got to try the lens out. I was excited to shoot some portraits and landscapes as well as some videos. For this trip, I ended up bringing almost all of the lenses with me- the 16mm, 35mm, and the 24-70mm. We didn’t plan on hiking for this trip and we were staying right by the lake so I wasn’t too worried about the weight of my backpack. When I was shooting the landscapes during golden hour, I didn’t really feel a huge difference with this lens probably because I was using a higher f stop anyways. I was tempted to switch to the 16mm at one point since it’s so much wider and could capture how majestic the lake and the mountains were. But when it came to the portraits, they definitely turned out much different than what I’m used to before. With the zoom, there’s a lot more compression in the photos. The background looks much closer. Now I can see why portrait photographers love using the 85mm. In terms of the focusing, which is what I struggle with most with my favorite 35mm lens, it was fast for this lens even with this tough lighting situation. I would like to test it out at a lower light setting to see if it focuses fast. Shooting videos with a zoom lens is definitely much harder. When it’s zoomed, it’s much harder to keep the shot steady. The lens is surprisingly very steady at 24mm. Overall, I am very happy with this lens. Its versatility would be the main reason why I would keep it on my essential gear list. It captured beautiful portraits and landscape photos. For me, the only downsides would be its size or weight and how just expensive it is. I think I’ll have to do a comparison between this lens and the 24-100mm so I can justify if this $1000 difference is actually worth it. Thanks so much for watching. I hope you find this video to be helpful. If you like this video, be sure to like and subscribe and I’ll see you in the next one! 🌱☀️ 00:00 Intro 00:18 Why I wanted to get this lens 00:39 RF 24-70mm F2.8 vs RF 24-105mm F4 01:38 Pictures & videos shot with 24-70mm f2.8 lens 03:39 Stabilization sample 04:03 Final thoughts Drone shots: @CreatorDrews 🎵 Light Side: Andrew Hsieh https://soundcloud.com/andrew-hsieh-5 _____________________________­____ Follow me 🖤 IG: @mappedbysteph ✉️ mappedbysteph@gmail.com _____________________________­____ ※ PRODUCTION ※ Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/zpwtf5/ Canon EOS R6 https://amzn.to/3H7Dfo7 Canon RF 24-70mm F2.8 L IS USM Lens https://amzn.to/3aKIZIn