

I also love my ultralight RF 15-30mm IS STM. Camera motion is random, so in iffy situations you'll usually get one perfectly sharp frame if you shoot several. Try it! Hint: if you're on the edge of being sharp or not due to camera motion, let off a few shots and pick the one that's sharpest later. I set Auto ISO Minimum Shutter Speed to 1/8 or 1/10, hold my breath and squeeze the shutter button slowly and smoothly, and I almost always get ultrasharp results at low ISOs, no tripod needed. My RF 24-240mm IS USM's fantastic image stabilization gives me consistently superb results hand-held down to about 1/8 of a second at every focal length. Making a lens a stop or two faster has always involved much more size, weight, expense and restricted zoom range. This lets the RF 24-240mm IS USM be far less expensive, smaller and cover a much larger zoom range with the same great sharpness as you can see.


Most consumers don't realize that the RF 24-240mm IS USM is just as sharp as the much larger RF 24-70/2.8L and RF 70-200/2.8L lenses because it's much slower (f/4~6.3). My RF 24-240mm IS USM does almost all of the work, covering almost every focal length with a twist of the wrist. All I needed was the one battery that came with the camera to have enough power for each very full day. Shooting I brought just my Canon EOS R6 body with my RF 15-30mm IS STM and RF 24-240mm IS USM lenses. These weren't nerd-a-thons locked in motel rooms fiddling on computers we were outside all the time. These were real photo trips where we were outside from well before dawn until after dark shooting every day.

I made these photos on two back-to-back trips I led with Dave Wyman to California's Eastern Sierra and another trip we led for The Yosemite Conservancy in Yosemite National Park. Home Donate New Search Gallery Reviews How-To Books Links Workshops About Contact How I Made These Photos: Yosemite & California's Eastern Sierra October 2022 Introduction How I Made These Photos: Yosemite & California's Eastern Sierra, October 2022
