Best Cameras & Lenses For Urban Photography

EOS R10 Mirrorless Camera

The EOS R10 is your perfect travel companion. One of our best cameras for urban photography, it has a cropped APS-C sensor. This means the camera is smaller, perfect for portability as you explore a busy city. Coming at an affordable price, the camera offers flexibility when taking photos in busy environments thanks to a vari-angle live view screen, its usability and its compactness. In the hustle and bustle of a city, you need to be able to take photos quickly. A 23 fps continuous shooting shutter offers just that, as does the AI-trained autofocus that can pick out a face in any environment. Cities are busy places, and the fast-focusing, fast-snapping and lightweight EOS R10 will bring out an enthusiast's best.

Why Choose the EOS R10?
• Small and compact size perfect for a busy environment
• Never miss a beat with fast intelligent autofocus and 23 fps continuous shooting
• Well suited to taking images at night, in the morning and in the evening
• Live view screen gives you more flexibility when taking images and video

The RF 24mm F1.8 MACRO IS STM is a stand-out enthusiast lens for cityscapes, landscapes and the urban environment. The wide-angle 24mm frame can tackle a wide scene – even in lower light thanks to the wide f/1.8 aperture. The lens doesn’t just work with you but will bring out your best. Play with emotive bokeh, create candid photos to remember friends and family and reveal detail in striking city subjects. The lens is compact and lightweight, meaning you can take it anywhere without it taking up space in your bag. Finally, as the lens is macro, you can get a different view, capture a different angle and get up close and personal with photos of textures, fabrics and food on stalls.

Among our best lenses for urban photography, the pancake lens that stands out is the RF 28mm F2.8 STM. It's one of the smallest lenses we sell and the smallest lens we'd recommend for urban photography. Weighing just 120 grams, it's only 2.5cm long meaning it's great for travelling across a city. If you are an enthusiast who requires more control and wants to react to fast changing environments, a manual focus, autofocus and a control function are all controllable from your fingertips. This extra control lets you experiment with bokeh and focus. Offering a good step up, this lens will handle most everyday photography images outside of telephoto.

EOS R6 Mark II Mirrorless Camera

Step into the professional world of urban photo and video with the explosive speed of the EOS R6 Mark II. Never miss a beat with a 40 fps electronic shutter and 30 fps burst mode, both of which revel in the fast-paced nature of a busy city space. The newer model of the EOS R6, it can focus 80% faster, meaning that however fast the action passes you by, you can be confident that you'll catch it. The camera is versatile. 4K Video Recording with advanced video assist function makes the video as strong as the stills. Its intelligent autofocus focuses instantly and high ISO performance offers impressive low light capabilities that let you focus without a tripod. The camera includes everything you’d expect from an advanced camera, including a large sensor for seeing the detail, an Image Stabilizer that’ll keep images blur-free in fast-paced environments and is despite all that, is small and compact for travel.

Why Choose the EOS R6 Mark II?
• A 40 fps electronic shutter brings explosive speed when you need it most
• Hybrid capabilities include 4K video recording and advanced video assist
• High ISO performance combined with speed for reacting to your environment
• Advanced autofocus system is great for focusing on the things that matter

The RF 50mm F1.2L IS USM will emphasise your subject – whether it be a person, vehicle, monument, building or piece of architecture – while letting you enjoy emotive and candid bokeh in the background. The fast F/1.2 aperture is great for a city space, especially as its wideness is particularly useful for fast fluctuating light conditions. The wide aperture means you can use it anywhere at any time, including dark alleyways, at sunset and at sunrise. This is all done with beautiful bokeh. The 50mm focal range is versatile, covering the narrower end of wide-angle and the wider end of telephoto, great for portraits, landscapes, cityscapes and architecture.

Go wider and wider still with the RF 14-35mm F4L IS USM lens. The 14mm is ultra-wide angle, meaning you can take extremely wide-angled images of architecture and the city. You will get an extra touch of quality with ASC and SWC coatings that reduce flare and ghosting. The F4 aperture stays constant throughout the focal length and delivers candid bokeh, while a Nano USM focusing ring is as fast as it is silent. A 5.5 Image Stabilizer again promises sharp images even in busy conditions.