Canon RF-S 14-30mm IS STM PZ
APS-C Power Zoom (2025 ~ today)
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Canon RF-S 14-30mm f/4-6.3 IS STM PZ (58mm filters, 6.4 oz./181g, 0.7'/0.21m close focus, 0.38× macro ratio, $329). bigger. I ordered mine at B&H. I'd also get it at Adorama or at Crutchfield, or get it used if you know How to Win at eBay.
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This is a 22-48mm equivalent APS-C lens with power zoom for video. It goes wider than almost all general-purpose zooms, and also focuses much closer than most lenses.
It came out at the same time as the video-optimized EOS R50 V.
It's a light, compact, inexpensive plastic-barreled lens, with what I expect to be flawless optical performance.
I ordered mine at B&H. I'd also get it at Adorama or at Crutchfield, or get it used if you know How to Win at eBay. I'll let you know much more when mine arrives.
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Canon's first APS-C Power Zoom (PZ) lens.
Canon's widest "normal" modern zoom.
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Small.
Goes wider than any other medium zoom.=
100% U.S.A.-based high-quality technical support at (800) OK-CANON.
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No AF/MF switch.
No stabilizer switch.
Plastic mount.
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No AF/MF switch.
No stabilizer switch.
No case included. So?
No hood included. So?
Canon RF-S 14-30mm f/4-6.3 IS STM PZ. bigger.
Canon RF-S 14-30mm f/4-6.3 IS STM PZ. bigger.
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Introduction New Good Bad Missing
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I ordered mine at B&H. I'd also get it at Adorama or at Crutchfield, or get it used if you know How to Win at eBay. I'll let you know much more when mine arrives.
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Canon calls this the Canon RF-S 14-30mm f/4-6.3 IS STM PZ:
RF: Works only on Canon's EOS-R Mirrorless cameras.
-S: Only covers APS-C (full-frame cameras will crop accordingly).
IS: Image Stabilization.
STM: STepper (autofocus) Motor.
PZ: Power Zoom.
Optics specifications top
10 elements in 9 groups.
Diaphragm specifications top
7 rounded blades.
Electronically actuated.
Stops down to f/22 - f/36.
Filters specifications top
Plastic 58mm filter thread.
Coverage specifications top
APS-C only.
Full-frame cameras will automatically use a 1.6× APS-C crop, so you might not realize you're missing most of your pixels unless you look at the image dimensions.
Angles of View specifications top
88½º ～ 48⅚º diagonal.
Focus Scale specifications top
No.
Not on lens, but may be displayed in-camera.
Infinity Focus Stop specifications top
No.
You have to focus somehow to get precise focus at infinity, just like at every other distance.
Depth of Field Scale specifications top
No.
Not on lens, but may be displayed in-camera.
Infrared Focus Index specifications top
No.
Close Focus (distance from subject to image plane) specifications top
0.7 feet or 8.4" or 0.21 meters.
Working Distance (distance from subject to front of lens at close-focus distance) specifications top
0.49 feet or 5.9 inches or 0.15 meters.
Maximum Reproduction Ratio specifications top
1:2.6 (0.38×).
Reproduction Ratio Scale specifications top
No.
Not on lens, but may be displayed in-camera.
Image Stabilizer specifications top
Yes, optical.
Caps specifications top
Canon E-58 II 58mm front cap, included.
RF Rear Cap (p/n 2962C001), included.
Size specifications top
2.7" ø maximum diameter × 2.4" extension from flange.
69.6 mm ø maximum diameter × 62 mm extension from flange.
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6.4 oz. (181 g).
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26 May 2025.
Promised for specifications top
July 2025.
Included specifications top
Canon E-58 II 58mm front cap.
RF Rear Cap (p/n 2962C001).
Model Number specifications top
6916C002
Price, U. S. A. specifications top
March 2025
$329 at B&H and at Adorama.
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I ordered mine at B&H. I'd also get it at Adorama or at Crutchfield, or get it used if you know How to Win at eBay. I'll let you know much more when mine arrives.
I use a clear (UV) protective filter instead of a cap (exactly like an iPhone) so I'm always ready to shoot instantly. I only use a cap when I throw this in a bag with other gear without padding — which is never. The UV filter never gets in the way, and never gets lost, either.
The very best protective filter is the Hoya multicoated HD3 58mm UV which uses hardened glass and repels dirt and fingerprints.
The very inexpensive Hoya multicoated 58mm UV works as well but doesn't stay as clean, and for very basic use in filthy environments the uncoated Tiffen 58mm UV works almost as well and is much easier to clean.
Filters last a lifetime, so you may as well get the best. The Hoya HD3 stays cleaner than the others since it repels oil and dirt.
All these filters are just as sharp and take the same pictures, the difference is how much abuse they'll take and stay clean and stay in one piece. Since filters last a lifetime or more, there's no reason not to buy the best as it will last you for the next 40 years. Filters aren't throwaways like digital cameras which we replace every few years, like it or not. I'm still using filters I bought back in the 1970s!
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