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Canon RF 16-28mm f/2.8 IS STM Lens
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Designed for landscape, astrophotography and travel content creation, the Canon RF 16-28mm f/2.8 IS STM Lens is an ultra wide zoom for EOS R cameras, which is compact, lightweight, fast and affordable.
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- Compact and lightweight ultra wide zoom lens, which weighs just 445g and is ideal for travel and vlogging
- Captures great image quality across the whole zoom range, with a fast aperture for handheld shooting in low light
- Versatile zoom range, which is perfect for all sorts of subjects including interiors, travel, landscapes and astro
- Up to 5.5-stops of image stabilisation, increasing to a maximum of 8-stops with a compatible EOS R camera
- Customisable controls, retractable design and a weather sealed body ensure you can bring this lightweight zoom anywhere
Canon RF 16-28mm f/2.8 IS STM Lens Summary
Arriving in a focal range never seen before, the Canon RF 16-28mm f/2.8 IS STM Lens is an all-new ultra wide angle zoom lens for Canon mirrorless cameras. Despite its compact size and low weight of just 445g, the RF 16-28mm f/2.8 is packed with technology for content creators who capture everything from landscape photography and astrophotography to travel, vlogging, and video content.
Canon’s optical design includes aspheric and UD lens elements, ensuring consistently high image quality. The lens also features a fast f/2.8 aperture, which is ideal for handheld shooting and low light situations. This is further supported by up to 5.5 stops of image stabilisation, which increases to an impressive 8-stops when paired with a compatible EOS R camera body.
Well-known STM technology delivers quiet, smooth autofocus transitions for both stills and video, and the lens features a convenient retractable design, allowing it to be stored easily when not in use.
The unique zoom range of the RF 16-28mm f/2.8 perfectly complements the previously released RF 28-70mm f/2.8 IS STM lens, which provides creators with a versatile, lightweight pair of zooms that cover ultra-wide to short telephoto ranges, all while remaining highly portable and more affordable than the classic holy trinity lenses.
Topping off its list of benefits, this RF lens provides weather sealing for outdoor content creation, a signature customisable control ring, and a commonplace 67mm thread for lens filters, ensuring ease of use and versatility for any photographer.
Key Canon RF 16-28mm f/2.8 IS STM Features
- Compact and portable ultra wide angle zoom for mirrorless EOS R
- Great image quality from an advanced optical design
- Fast constant f/2.8 aperture throughout the zoom range
- Smooth and quiet STM focus technology
- 9-blade aperture for control over depth of field
- 5.5-stop image stabiliser, increasing to 8-stops with a compatible body
- Customisable focus and control ring, plus an AF/MF switch
- Compact 67mm filter thread
- Moister and dust resistant construction
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Canon RF 16-28mm f/2.8 IS STM Lens in More Detail
Unique zoom range
The Canon RF 16-28mm f/2.8 IS STM Lens introduces a unique ultra-wide zoom range never before available in Canon’s EF lineup. This lens covers an expansive 16-28mm focal range (25-45mm on APS-C), providing a fast and stable ultra-wide solution for capturing breathtaking scenes. From immersive landscapes to dynamic architectural shots, the 16-28mm focal length allows photographers and videographers to explore compositions that add depth and drama to their work. The fast f/2.8 aperture ensures excellent low-light performance and beautiful background separation, making it an ideal choice for creators aiming to produce epic, high-quality content.
Versatile for a range of ultra wide subjects
The 16-28mm focal range is exceptionally versatile, making this lens suitable for a variety of ultra-wide-angle subjects. Its capabilities extend to:
- Interiors: Perfect for capturing expansive room views and architectural details.
- Landscapes: Ideal for wide, sweeping vistas.
- Vlogging: Keeps subjects framed with plenty of background context.
- Wide Views: Great for dramatic sky shots and expansive scenes.
- Cityscapes: Perfect for urban exploration and skyline photography.
- Travel: A compact, go-to lens for capturing diverse travel moments.
- Video Content: Ensures cinematic results with stable and sharp imagery.
Fast wide and Stable
The RF 16-28mm f/2.8 combines a fast aperture and advanced optics for great image quality. Its constant f/2.8 aperture also provides the opportunity for consistent exposure throughout the zoom range, making it ideal for low-light conditions and creative depth-of-field shots – albeit ultra wide lenses are not associated with bokeh due to a deep depth of field. The lens design incorporates two aspheric and four ultra-low dispersion (UD) elements to minimise chromatic aberrations and deliver sharp, high-contrast images with minimal distortion.
The 9-blade aperture creates smooth, circular bokeh shapes, enhancing the aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas. For stabilisation, the lens includes Canon’s Optical Image Stabilisation (OIS), which pairs with in-body stabilisation on EOS R cameras, providing up to 8 stops of compensation. This is invaluable for handheld shooting and capturing steadier movies. The lens also includes Canon’s customisable control ring, allowing users to adjust settings such as aperture, ISO, or exposure compensation for faster, more intuitive shooting.
Lens design and construction
The RF 16-28mm f/2.8 is very lightweight and compact, making it a perfect for creators who need to be as agile as possible. Its retractable design reduces storage size, ensuring portability without losing out on durability. The lens features a dedicated AF/MF switch and stabilisation toggle for quick operational changes, which can help with workflow efficiency. Its dust and moisture resistant construction also ensures greater reliability in challenging environments, giving creators additional confidence to shoot in poor conditions.
STM technology
Canon’s Stepping Motor (STM) Leadscrew technology has been the foundation of RF mount lenses, delivering smooth and quiet autofocus performance. This makes the RF 16-28mm f/2.8 particularly suitable for hybrid and video creators, as it enables seamless focus transitions for cinematic-quality footage. The STM motor ensures minimal noise during operation, which is ideal for capturing clean audio alongside video footage, while maintaining fast and accurate focus for stills.
Compact and lightweight
Weighing just 445g, the RF 16-28mm f/2.8 is one of Canon’s most portable ultra-wide zoom lenses ever. Its compact dimensions and retractable design make it easy to carry, which is perfect for travel and on-location shoots. The reduced weight ensures comfort during extended use, allowing creators to focus on their craft without fatigue associated with heavier lenses. This is especially true when shooting from a gimbal stabiliser where light weight is especially appreciated.
Pair with the RF 28-70mm f/2.8 IS STM
When paired with the RF 28-70mm f/2.8 IS STM, this lens creates an incredibly versatile setup covering focal lengths from 16mm to 70mm. Together, these models provide a comprehensive range for capturing everything from expansive wide-angle shots to standard telephoto images. Both share a lightweight design and constant f/2.8 aperture, ensuring consistent performance and portability for hybrid shooters. This pairing is ideal for creators seeking an affordable and lightweight alternative to Canon’s heavier L-series lenses.
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Our Verdict
The Canon RF 16-28mm f/2.8 IS STM lens is a compelling option for Canon creators who want a high-performance ultra wide angle zoom lens. It is smaller, lighter and more affordable than the RF 15-35mm f/2.8L, yet it’s also capable of delivering even better image quality than the RF 15-30mm f/4.5-6.3, making it a strong alternative within Canon’s ultra-wide lineup.
The lens weighs just 445g and features a retractable design to keep storage size to a minimum, ensuring it’s ideal for photographers and videographers who want a portable solution for travel, interiors, vlogging, and handheld shooting.
The combination of its fast f/2.8 aperture, up to 8 stops of stabilisation (with compatible EOS R cameras), and smooth STM autofocus ensures it meets the demands of almost any subject and shooting environment. Weather resistance and a 67mm filter thread further enhance this lens’ usability for outdoor content creation.
The focal length of the RF 16-28mm pairs perfectly with the slightly longer RF 28-70mm f/2.8 IS STM, offering creators a lightweight, versatile duo, which covers a broad focal range. Whether you shoot videos and vlogs for social media, beautiful interior shots, or grand scenic landscapes, the RF 16-28mm f/2.8 IS STM delivers good quality performance without compromising on portability or cost.
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Our used products are subject to wear and tear in comparison to brand new products. This also applies to accessories that are supplied with the camera including batteries which may have a lower optimum performance level/life expectancy.
- Like New – The equipment is in a condition as if you have just bought it from the manufacturer. The item is still considered to be ‘Like New’ even without the original packaging and accessories. The product has been fully tested and is in perfect working order. Lenses are optically clear. There may be light dust present that will not effect the imagery.
- Excellent – The equipment should be close to being ‘Like New’ but there may be some small cosmetic blemishes that lower its grade. The product has been fully tested and is in perfect excellent order.
- Cameras – Should have no marks on the LCD screen
- Lenses – Should have no marks on the elements and optically clear. There may be light dust present that will not effect the imagery.
- Very Good – The equipment may have some slight cosmetic wear to the paintwork and cosmetic blemishes with only light signs of use and the product has been fully tested and is in great working order.
- Cameras – The LCD screen may have small signs of wear that does not affect its display
- Lenses – The mount of the lens will start to show signs of wear
- Good – The equipment is showing more obvious signs of cosmetic wear and blemishes, but the product has been fully tested and is in great working order.
- Cameras – LCD screen may have scratches or wear that is starting to affect the display.
- Lenses – May have slight dust inside that does not affect images. The mount shows signs of use.
- Well Used – The equipment will show significant signs of wear. The paintwork will be coming away in large areas exposing the metal work, but the product has been fully tested and is in great working order.
- Cameras – LCD screen is heavily worn either by de-lamination or has scratches to it. Rubber grips are starting to come away from the body.
- Lenses – The lens has dust inside that may affect images. The rubber zoom/focus ring is coming away from the barrel of the lens.
*All of our used items are listed with the accessories that are included. If they are not listed, then they will not be supplied at the point of purchase.
Peace of mind with our 6 month warranty
This product has been thoroughly tested by our team of photographers and we are happy to give a 6 month warranty as a result. The number of tests depends on the individual product but we are confident in this product having tested all the major functions. Anything that isn’t as you would expect, we then make a note of and show this in the condition notes on the page.
So you can be confident you are buying a great piece of kit that’s been looked after by a fellow photographer and seen many extraordinary sights, tested by our team of photographers and now looking forward to being set free to capture more great images!
