Very good news for underwater Canon shooters!

According to CanonRumors, Canon may announce the RF 7–14mm f/2.8–3.5 fisheye zoom this week—alongside the RF 14mm f/1.4L VCM, which could be another great option for underwater shooters.

If true, this would be the first native mirrorless fisheye zoom from Canon/Sony/Nikon, and hopefully a nudge for more dedicated mirrorless fisheye options across the board.

Curious to see whether it lands as an L lens (likely) and how it stacks up against the EF 8–15mm f/4L Fisheye USM.

You can find the rumour link here.

Edited Saturday at 08:02 PM4 days by Thales

The news I was waiting for so long!! Lets see how both will perform underwater!

If it is coming at an ultra humongous price, I am afraid.

It will be interesting (but also a very slim chance) if we can combine it with RF1.4x and RF2.0x teleconverters.

Let‘s also pray that Canon will keep the MFD ultra low and the entrance pupil in the front as on our beloved EF 8-15 fisheye.

Anyone tried RF 20mm 1.4 on water?

No I have the RF10-20 mm

Very happy with it... rectilinear... some here didn't like rectilinear... I'm really happy with that.

But as soon the new RF7-14 will be available... I probably try it... no sure I'll appreciate it.. but I need to try a fisheyes .. I'm allready have th RFx2 extender if it work with the new RF7-14... why not make test with booth together.

I expect that using a fisheye with the RF 1.4x and 2x won't be an option as they have a protruding front element and the also a special bayonet that will only mate with lenses specifically designed for the converters. It needs the right bayonet and enough space at the back to accommodate the nose on the front of the converter. If I recall the RF 100mm macro won't accept them so it seems unlikely a fisheye will, UW photographers are unique in making use of a fisheye zoom and converters.

The Kenko converters are different in that they are designed to work with any lens as opposed to only the ones the manufacturer thinks could use one. I don't believe Kenko make an RF 1.4x or 2.0x as Canon doesn't allow Full frame third party optics to be licensed though.

Be interesting to see if the lens does appear though.

A future RF fisheye lens will certainly not be compatible with Canon RF converters. The rubber lip takes up far too much space, and RF is generally more compact than EF.
It would still be interesting...

tomorrow the news!

https://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/canon-big-reveal-rf-14mm-f-1-4l-vcm-radical-7-14mm-fisheye-zoom-and-new-powershot-g7-x-iii-coming-feb-4/

According to Canon Rumors:

Canon RF 7-14mm F2.8-3.5L VCM $1599 USD / €1829

1 hour ago, Davide DB said:

According to Canon Rumors:

Canon RF 7-14mm F2.8-3.5L VCM $1599 USD / €1829

Not sheap .... but if it is a good lens... ;)

The EF version originally launched at $1,399 back in July 2011. Adjusted for inflation, that works out to roughly $2,000 in today’s money.

Given Canon’s usual lens pricing (generally on the higher side) and compared to its predecessor, it’s honestly surprising that the new one is cheaper.

With that in mind, I really hope it turns out to be a true L-series lens in both build and optics, rather than something closer to the non-L RF 28-70mm f/2.8 IS STM which is a lens that was clearly designed as an “almost-L”. It is very sharp but heavily relies on software correction, which Canon seems to be leaning on more and more these days as part of cost reduction.

Interesting the drop-in filter

The old Sigma 15mm FE had a simple slot for a gel filter. I used the old @Alex_Mustard "Magic Filter" with it back in the day.

This "hole" for the filter should be the "salvation" in order to use the Canon Canon Rf 1.4x which has a part that protrudes a lot, I guess this protruding part fits perfectly inside that new lens.

Now for whom that uses 8-15+ Kenko 1.4x + adapter for EF to RF like me it's yet to see if it is worth it to change.

The price has been revised to $1899 as well.

Happy to see that it is a proper L lens with a drop in filter.

As @atus mentions, the possibility of fitting the RF 1.4x TC is also very exciting. Hope it works out.

A zoom gear with a creative design will be needed to get around the filter holder that protrudes out of the rear of the lens if you are zooming from the housing. I doubt the lens will be adaptable to other brands like the EF lenses are. I expect we will see several EF versions for sale just like the Sony 90mm macros when the 100 macro was released. Looks like an exciting lens for U/W shooters.

1 hour ago, atus said:

This "hole" for the filter should be the "salvation" in order to use the Canon Canon Rf 1.4x which has a part that protrudes a lot, I guess this protruding part fits perfectly inside that new lens.

Even more interesting would be the option to use the RF2.0x TC 🤩 let‘s wait and pray that the technical data will serve us underwater photographers!

There is still the minimal chance that Canon totally screws this up with a humongous minimum focusing distance (MFD) which would render it useless for underwater photography.