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Canon CN-R 50mm T1.5 L F — adapter compatibility and body matches
The Canon CN-R 50mm T1.5 L F sits on the Canon RF cine flange geometry (20 mm) — below is every body mount it adapts onto, the autofocus / IS / aperture-control level you should expect, and the specific adapter SKUs that ship the path.
Lens specifications
- Manufacturer
- Canon
- Lens mount
- Canon RF (cine)
- Focal length
- 50mm
- Aperture
- f/1.5 – f/22
- Lens type
- Prime
- Image stabilization
- No
- Weight
- 1230 g
- Filter thread
- 105 mm
- Released
- 2021
Background & adapter context
Canon's RF-mount cinema prime — designed natively for the R5 C / C70 / C400 / R5 (in cinema mode), no adapter needed. RF cinema primes are not simply rehoused CN-E EF primes: the CN-R set has updated optics, more aggressive lens-shading correction profiles baked into the lens metadata sent to RF bodies, and full electronic communication of focus distance for cine VFX workflows. T1.5 transmission, 11-blade rounded iris, 0.8 MOD geared focus and iris rings, parfocal across the CN-R set (14 mm, 20 mm, 24 mm, 35 mm, 50 mm, 85 mm, 135 mm). Front diameter 114 mm, length 132 mm. Iris is electronically driven through the RF mount — the body controls aperture via the camera UI or external motor. Focus is fully manual (no AF in a cinema prime by design); the RF lens metadata channel still emits accurate focus distance to RF cinema bodies for matchbox-server FIZ wireless follow-focus rigs.
Adapting the CN-R 50 T1.5 L F onto other bodies
Every feasible body-mount destination for a Canon RF (cine) lens, sorted by adapter feasibility. Curated adapter SKUs (linked below) cover the specific lens-side → body-side pairing — pick the row matching the body you own, then click the SKU for the full teardown.
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Body mount Canon RF | Native |
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Body mount Canon EF-M | Mechanical |
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Body mount Nikon Z | Mechanical |
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Body mount Sony E (incl. FE) | Mechanical |
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Body mount Fujifilm X | Mechanical |
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Body mount C-mount | Mechanical |
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Body mount Fujifilm GFX (G-mount) | Speed booster |
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Body mount Micro Four Thirds | Speed booster |
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Body mount L-Mount | Speed booster |
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Body mount Leica M | Speed booster |
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About the Canon RF (cine) mount
Cinema variant of the Canon RF mount introduced with the EOS C70 in 2020 and adopted by the C400 / R5 C and the RF-mount CN-R prime line. Mechanically and electronically identical to stills RF — same 20 mm flange, same 54 mm throat, same 12-pin RF protocol — but with cine-grade gearing (0.8 MOD focus / iris / zoom rings), reinforced collar, parfocal zoom design, and manual-focus-first ergonomics. RF-cine glass mounts natively on every RF body (stills R5 / R6, cinema C70 / C400 / R5 C) and accepts the same EF-EOS R adapter family for legacy EF cine glass.
Common questions
- What's the best body to adapt the Canon CN-R 50mm T1.5 L F onto?
- Two strong destinations. First choice: a Canon EF-M body via a generic mechanical adapter ring (multiple vendors) preserves the most of the CN-R 50 T1.5 L F's native behaviour (autofocus, in-lens IS where present, electronic aperture). Second choice: a Nikon Z body via a generic mechanical adapter ring (multiple vendors) — solid fallback when the first body family is unavailable. The /matrix and /picker pages let you compare every feasible adaptation side-by-side.
- Will autofocus work when the CN-R 50 T1.5 L F is adapted onto another body?
- No — adapters in our catalogue route the CN-R 50 T1.5 L F through a mechanical path on the best-supported body (Canon EF-M). Focus is fully manual; rely on the body's focus peaking and magnify-to-focus aids to nail focus.
- Does the CN-R 50 T1.5 L F's in-lens image stabilization still work through an adapter?
- The CN-R 50 T1.5 L F has no in-lens IS / VR / OS unit — there's no in-lens stabilisation to pass through. Bodies with IBIS (most modern mirrorless) still stabilise the captured frame, but stabilisation is body-side only.