Canon rumored to add RF 105mm f/1.4L VCM prime lens
A rumored RF 105mm f/1.4L VCM would split the gap between Canon’s 85mm and 135mm portrait lenses and could give the VCM line its most seductive look yet.
Canon’s rumored RF 105mm f/1.4L VCM would land in the exact pocket portrait shooters keep asking Canon to fill: a short telephoto with f/1.4 speed, enough working distance for natural expressions, and enough blur to make a messy background vanish. A July 3 post put the lens on the table as the possible final addition to Canon’s growing VCM prime lineup.
That lineup has been built in clear stages. Canon U.S.A. introduced the RF35mm F1.4 L VCM on June 5, 2024 and called it the first in a series of fixed focal length RF lenses with a hybrid video-and-still design. On October 30, 2024, Canon widened the family with the RF24mm F1.4 L VCM, RF50mm F1.4 L VCM and RF70-200 F2.8 L IS USM Z, all pitched at visual storytellers who move between stills and video. By September 2025, the RF85mm F1.4 L VCM had joined the party at $1,649 in the U.S. and C$1,999.99 in Canada.
The current reported VCM prime set runs to six lenses: 14mm, 20mm, 24mm, 35mm, 50mm and 85mm. Canon’s 2025 materials also said the F1.4 L hybrid prime series unified the size and ring/button positions across models, which is part of the appeal. This is not just a pile of fast primes; it is a system with the same handling language from one focal length to the next.
That is why 105mm makes more sense than 135mm. Canon already sells the RF 135mm F1.8 L IS USM as a portrait-and-sports medium telephoto, and it brings up to 5.5 stops of optical image stabilization, or up to 8 stops with coordinated IS on compatible EOS R bodies. A 135mm f/1.4 would be a spectacular idea on paper, but it would also be harder to keep in the compact, matched form that makes the VCM family feel deliberate. The rumor itself points to that problem, saying 135mm at f/1.4 looks like a long shot if Canon wants the lens to stay in the same size class.
A 105mm f/1.4 would hit the more interesting sweet spot. It gives you more facial compression than an 85mm, but not the tunnel vision of a 135mm. For portraits, that means a little more breathing room between camera and subject, cleaner perspective, and stronger subject isolation without shouting for attention. For Canon shooters who already own the 85mm VCM or the 135mm F1.8, that middle ground could be the lens that feels less like another option and more like the missing one.
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