Canon Unveils New Telephoto Zoom Lens for Beginners
The budget friendly RF75-300mm f/4-5.6 provides extra reach for full-frame and APS-C camera users
RF75-300mm f/4-5.6 with EOS R100
SINGAPORE, 30 April 2025 — Canon today announced the RF75-300mm f/4-5.6, a new RF mount telephoto zoom lens. Compact and lightweight, the new lens provides longer reach and accessibility for novices. The RF75-300mm f/4-5.6 is also Canon’s lightest RF mount full-frame telephoto zoom lens offering, weighing at approximately 507 g, which is about the same as a 500 ml water bottle. Measuring around 14.6 cm long, the RF75-300mm f/4-5.6 forms an under-1 kg setup when combined with APS-C cameras like the EOS R100, EOS R50, or even the full-frame EOS R8. In addition to its compactness, the RF75-300mm f/4-5.6 is also designed to be affordable.
Andrew Koh, Senior Vice President and Head of Singapore Operations Group, Canon Singapore said, “The RF75-300mm f/4-5.6 opens up a world of possibilities for users with a telephoto lens’ reach, allowing them to get up close to objects that are at a distance away. Designed to be compact and at an affordable price point, we are looking to empower users with accessibility to capture breathtaking images at their fingertips.”
On a full-frame camera, the lens offers a focal range of 75 to 300 mm (medium to true telephoto), which is ideal for photographing children’s sporting events, wildlife, outdoor portraits and close-ups of distant scenery. Users may also take advantage of the unique telephoto compression effect, which compresses the different layers of a scene to make them appear closer together. This effect is often used to emphasise patterns or give the impression of density.
On an APS-C camera like the EOS R50 or EOS R10, or in 1.6x crop mode on a full-frame camera, the RF75-300mm f/4-5.6 offers an even more zoomed-in super telephoto field of view that is equivalent to 120 mm to 480 mm on a full-frame camera. This is beneficial for users who photograph birds from a distance away. Users can combine this with the lens’ semi-macro capabilities, in the form of a maximum magnification of 0.25x at the 300 mm end (0.4x when used on an APS-C camera), to capture clear, high-quality close-ups of small subjects.
The lens’ long focal range also easily creates beautiful bokeh effects that separate subjects from the background and give scenes a greater sense of depth and dimensionality. This is especially evident when combined with the lens’ variable maximum aperture that starts at a moderately wide f/4 on the 75 mm wide end and ends at a decent f/5.6 at the 300 mm telephoto end.
Pricing and Availability
The RF75-300mm f/4-5.6 will be available at the recommended retail price of $309 at Canon Authorised Retailers in May 2025.
Product Specification
| Lens Model | RF75-300mm f/4-5.6 |
| Focal Length | 75-300 mm |
| Max Aperture | f/4-5.6 |
| Min Focusing Distance | 1.5 m |
| Max Magnification | 0.06x (focal length = 75 mm) 0.25x (focal length = 300 mm) |
| Lens Construction | 13 elements in 9 groups |
| Filter Size Diameter | Ø58 mm |
| Aperture Blades | 7 |
| Image Stabilisation | Not available |
| Max Diameter and Length | Approx. 71.2 mm × 146.1 mm |
| Weight | Approx. 507 g |
About Canon Singapore
Canon is a global leader in photographic and digital imaging solutions. Canon Singapore Pte. Ltd. is the headquarters for South & Southeast Asia driving sales, marketing and service strategies. Besides handling the domestic market, the company covers 22 other countries and regions. The parent company Canon Inc. has a global network of more than 300 companies and employs about 170,000 people worldwide. Canon is guided by its kyosei philosophy that focuses on living and working together for the common good.
More information is available at https://sg.canon.
