Canon 85mm F1.4 L VCM Review: Why Does Canon Hate Their Customers?

Recently, Canon began releasing several prime L-Series lenses with VCM autofocusing motors. These new VCM lenses are notable for their relatively compact size, weight, fast apertures, and crazy fast autofocusing speeds. The Canon RF 85mm F1.4 L VCM lens is the latest that I’ve had the opportunity to test, and for the most part it’s a great 85mm lens that offers a good balance between size and image quality. However, there’s a glaring issue with all these new lenses and it’s hard to recommend these lenses for that reason. In conversations with the Phoblographer's Editor in Chief Chris Gampat, we've concluded that Canon must really hate their own customers.