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Canon EOS RP
Price £1399/$999 Tested 151
What we love
The everyday zoom lens for EOS R and RP
mirrorless bodies that strikes the perfect
balance. It’s compact and lightweight, thanks
to its f/4 aperture rating, so it pairs up well
with a diminutive mirrorless body. We’ve
tested Canon’s EF 24-105mm L-series lenses
before, but this RF lens really ups the game
in terms of sharpness, which is pretty epic
throughout the entire zoom range, even
when shooting wide-open at f/4. The
five-stop image stabilizer works well too.
What’s missing?
It lacks the f/2.8 aperture rating of
‘pro-grade’ standard zooms. This does
thankfully enable a much more compact
build, ideal for everyday shooting with a
mirrorless camera.
Why upgrade?
If you’re swapping from a DSLR to
mirrorless, you could use your old standard
zoom via an adapter, but buying this lens
makes much more sense.
C anon R F 24 -10 5mm f / 4 L USM
Price £1029/$849 Tested 146
OFTHEYEAR
Enthusiast/Mid-range
Getting a bit further into the hobby now, this is the gear for serious enthusiasts that impressed us
What we love
Who says full-frame cameras need to be
big and chunky? This mirrorless marvel is
Canon’s smallest and lightest full-frame
EOS camera and weighs in at just 485g,
complete with battery and memory card.
It’s also less than two-thirds the price of the
EOS R, while still packing a serious set of
features including a 24MP sensor, Dual
Pixel CMOS AF with 4779 AF positions,
and 4K video, yet the most appealing thing
about this camera is that it delivers a
cost-effective route into using Canon’s
epic new RF series lenses.
What’s missing?
There’s no top-panel info screen and the
rear screen only has half the pixel count of
the EOS R’s screen, at 1040k.
Why upgrade?
If you want to switch from a DSLR to
mirrorless full-frame photography, the RP is
sensibly priced so you won’t have to pay
over the odds to get further in the hobby.
STANDARD
ZOOM
WINNER
MIRRORLESS
CAMERA
WINNER
Who says full-
frame cameras need to
be big and chunky?