Canon RF 28mm Pancake — Real World Shooting Experience | One Day in Melbourne
📷 Canon RF 28mm f/2.8 STM — One Lens, One Day in Melbourne
This isn't a review. There are no test charts, no sharpness comparisons, no MTF curves. What there is — is one photographer, one lens, one day in Melbourne, and around 120 images worth looking at.
I'm Michael Evans — a lifelong professional photographer based in Melbourne, Australia. This channel is about the image. Not the gear that creates it.
The Canon RF 28mm f/2.8 STM is Canon's first pancake lens for the RF mount. 120 grams. Barely an inch long. A focal length I wouldn't naturally reach for. Which is exactly why I spent a day with nothing else.
🗂️ CHAPTERS
00:00 — Introduction & First Impressions
00:29 — Melbourne Museum — First Frames
01:35 — Learning to See in One Focal Length
02:38 — The Awkward Middle Ground of 28mm
03:53 — Working the Alleyways
04:25 — One Lens Changes How You Move
05:06 — What This Video Is — and Isn't
05:49 — The Images — Shot Data, Cropping & Processing
07:10 — Filming Equipment Note
08:21 — Inside the Dinosaur Exhibit — Low Light
10:03 — Coffee Break — First Impressions
11:56 — Into the City
12:50 — When 28mm Isn't Wide Enough
14:04 — Weather Sealing, Stabilisation & Honest Limitations
16:24 — The Architectural Photographer's Dilemma
17:25 — The RAW File vs The Image I Saw
18:18 — Final Thoughts & Wrap Up
📌 A few things worth noting before you watch:
▸ No shot data is included — no aperture, shutter speed or ISO. Everything was shot in aperture priority with auto ISO. I was paying attention to the image, not the numbers.
▸ Some images have been cropped heavily — the R5's 45MP sensor allows this. Where I've cropped, I've done so to find the image I saw, not the one the 28mm showed me. Architectural perspectives have also been corrected in post production.
▸ Walking footage shot on GoPro Hero 11. Dinosaur exhibit sequences on DJI Osmo Pocket 4.
▸ One image is a 4-shot panorama — noted on screen.
💬 I'm genuinely curious — do you shoot with a fixed focal length as your primary lens? Which one, and why? Let me know in the comments. I read every one.
🔔 If this is a different kind of photography video to what you're used to seeing — subscribe. More of this is coming. Different lenses, different locations. Always about the image rather than the spec sheet.
🌐 Website & Portfolio: www.michaelevansphotographer.com
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