EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM

This lens is absolutely stunning on a crop-sensor body (I use it with a Canon 60D). I've been using a canon EFS 15-85, which is a superb lens, for quite some time and was very pleased with its results, but I'd had a hankering for the EF 24-105L which I finally gave into once Canon announced their Winter cash-back promotion (£80 back) and I'm so glad I did! In fact I wish I'd bought this lens ages ago, even for full price! The lens is absolutely tack-sharp, even wide open, at short to medium focal lengths, and is very-good/excellent across the board at any focal-length/aperture. Contrast is nothing short of staggering too. The optical quality of this zoom lens leaves me speechless, it's on a par with some of Canon's best primes to my eye, whilst also offering the flexibility of zooming. Some people say that the 24mm wide-end isn't wide enough for a crop sensor body, but I find that outside it's adequately wide for most shots, and the long-end 105mm is a reasonably long medium telephoto equivalent, making this an ideal walk-around lens for just about any situation. Indoors you may want something a little wider, but it's still great for portraits and anything except group shots. The constant maximum aperture is a real boon if you're operating the camera in Manual mode, or you're "spot-metering" by zooming-in to obtain a meter reading (especially useful when using flash), and the ability of the lens to yield such good results even wide-open opens up realms of creativity which aren't available when using less proficient optics and using f/8 to give a reasonably sharp image. The Image Stabilisation is one of Canon's 3-stop equivalent systems, not the 4-stop variety seen on the newest long lenses, but still very proficient and useful. The autofocus uses Canon's ring-type ultrasonic motor which is lightning-fast and ceaselessly accurate. This may be a 10 year old lens design but it find it a first-class piece of glass and can wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who's after top-spec optics at a reasonable price!

As my first L series lens, I spent weeks debating between this and the 70-200mm F4L Canon EF 70-200mm F/4.0 L IS USM Lens which I had borrowed for a weekend previously and enjoyed using. The final factor for me was that this is a true walkaround lens from Macro shots to portrait and is fairly compact in its size when compared to the 70-200. I use mine on a 500D, so with the crop factor I have enough flexibility on the focal length to very rarely reach for another lens. The build quality is fantastic, has a great weight to it but not too much to become a chore. The USM is super fast and silent, and the fact that there is a full time manual focus ring without switching the AF off is great, a function i wasn't used too on my 'kit' lenses. Before venturing out for the first time I invested in a HOYA pro 1 filter to protect the glass Hoya 77mm Pro1 Digital Protector Filter . The images that result from this lens are great quality, the difference between this and a kit lens is plain to see. Don't hesitate any longer, buy now!

Excellent lens. The IS works beautifully and the convenience of having such a versatile focal range makes this lens one of the best all purpose walk around lenses. Beautiful vibrant colors, sharp, focuses quickly and accurately and it's weight makes it easy to carry around. Such a pity it's not f/2.8 - I do loads of night stuff and while it will easily do the job for steady objects on the street or in gigs and moderately lit bars / rooms, it struggles with moving objects (people) using ISO 1600. Personally I find it very hard to take decent photos of people using f/4 and anything less than 1/25 (ISO 1600). All in all, a well balanced lens, mostly for your day needs.

Replaced my 28-135 IS lens when I had my Canon 40d with the upgraded lens yielding excellent sharp results; good solid build and effective IS. This is my main lens on my Canon Setup (Nikon is main system) and used it to no problems (only problem was the nut behind the camera) yielding sharp excellent images even wide open at F/4 with beautiful brokeh as well. 2 Advantages is that the Aperature is standard throughout the zoom range and also took Nikon several years to shape up and come up with its own version which is slightly poorer and more expensive than canon version. Also don't see the need of selling lens I brought for good price of around £600 for the more recent 24-70 F4 L IS which may be sharper and have less distortion abbrevations,etc but is expensive at over £1400.00.

This is the single most expensive item i have bought on the net but this lens has been a huge disappointment. Like some other reviewers have said it can be 'soft' in its focussing capability and for me, based on 6 months experience using it on a 40D body, it simply isnt sharp enough. For me that is paramount, especially for paid studio work. I became convinced that i must have got a dud lens so i returned it to the seller, unfortunatley well outside of their returns window, together with some sample pix. The one star is for their efficiency in arranging for the lens to be examined by Canon and returned to me - on the basis that it had in their view no fault. So in other words that is how the lens is supposed to perform. If you have the 17-85mm kit lens that came with the 40d stick with it - it produces much better quality at half the price!

I have a few Sigma f2.8 lenses but was looking for the next level up with the Canon "L" series. I have tried out the Canon 50mm F1.2L and loved it, so I had high hopes for this lens. The sharpen just is not there. It is not different from my Sigma 24-70mm F2.8, which means I feel like I have thrown cash down the drain. Having said that, it is not a bad product, it just is not sharp enough.

Dopo essermi documentato opportunamente, ho sperimentato con successo l'abbinamento della mia Sony a7rII con il Canon 24-105 attraverso l'adattore Fotodiox acquistato su sito francese di Amazon a questo link: https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B00D9BKLX8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (purtroppo al tempo dell'acquisto, sul sito italiano non era presente) La scelta dell'adattore Fotodiox è stata guidata da una serie di comparazioni trovate in rete, con adattatori più blasonati che, messi in pratica, si comportano alla stessa maniera. Inoltre, la compatibilità dell'adattatore è ampia e comprende anche questo bell'obiettivo. Il Canon quindi, montato sulla Sony a7rII si comporta egregiamente, inoltre su questa fantastica mirrorless, oltre allo stabilizzatore del corpo macchina, beneficio anche dello stabilizzatore della lente (si, all'unisono!) per scatti ancora più stabili e a mano libera. L'escursione focale a F4 è molto buona e la resa cromatica è molto bella, con colori vivaci e caldi per mio gusto personale. L'autofocus è reattivo e veloce. Non ho notato una distorsione a 24mm così forte come lamentato da altri e, comunque, è sistemabile facilmente in post produzione. Rispetto il corpo macchina risulta 100gr più pesante, ma tutto l'insieme risulta perfettamente equilibrato. Non posso far altro che suggerire anche ai fotografi legati al mondo Sony di sperimentare questo connubio che permette di avere, ad un prezzo competitivo, una lente di prima qualità con una focale e una luminosità utilizzabile nella maggior parte delle situazioni.

Seit gut einem Jahr nutze Ich jetzt schon das 24-105 , zusammen mit meiner Canon Eos 70D liefert dieses Objektiv eine Top Abbildungsleistung. Bei einer Blende 4 ist das Objektiv nicht extrem scharf aber die die Schärfe ist schon gut und ab 5,6 ist die Schärfe hervorragend. weiteres Abblenden verbessert die Bildqualität kaum noch weiter. Wenn man diese Objektiv an einer APSC Kamera wie meiner 70D verwendet verwendet aus 24-105 mm durch den Cropfaktor von 1,6 38mm-168mm auf Kleinbild umgerecht. die 170mm im Tele sind oft sehr praktisch da ich so kaum noch ein Teleobjektiv benötige und so die Ausrüstung um einiges leicht wird. Ich habe das Objektiv knapp ein Jahr an einer Canon 70d genutzt und die niedrigeren Brennweiten unter 38mm kaum vermisst. Mittlerweile bin ich in Besitz einer Vollformatkamera die Canon 5D Mark 3 und verwende es immer noch mit grösster Begeisterung als Standartobjektiv es liefert auch an einer sehr hochauflösenden Kamera wie der 5D3 sehr gute und Scharfe Ergebnisse. Bokeh (Hintergrundunschärfe) durch die 8 Blendenlamellen ist die Unschärfe sehr schön kreisrund und sehr weich. Verarbeitung : Diese Objektive wie alle Canon L Objektive ist Spritzwasser und Staubgeschützt. die Verabeitung ist sehr hochwertig Der Bajonettanschluss ist komplett aus Metall und sonst ist das Objektivs aus hochwertigem Kunstoff Das Objektiv ist mit 670 g auch recht schwer mit einer dreistelligen Kamera wie z.b. mit einer 750D wird es schon recht frontlastig. bei einer 70d oder höher ist das Objektiv nicht mehr zu frontlastig. Der Fokusring und Zoomring läuft sehr flüssig was sich sehr gut fürs Filmen eignet. USM Autofokus: Der Autofokus des Objektives fokussiert extrem schnell und ziemlich leise es gibt kaum Ausschuss. IS :Der Bildstabilistator gleicht 3 Blendenstufen aus , und kann das Bild auch recht selbst beim Handheld filmen ruhig halten. Der Bildstabilisator erzeugt jedoch deutlich hörbare geräusche die vom internen Mikrofon der Kamera aufgenommen werden. Fazit: Für mich ist das 24-105 F4 L mein aller liebstes Immerdrauf Objektiv besonders auf Reisen ist es einfach unglaublich Flexibel und bietet eine vorzüglich Abbildungleistung. ich kann das Objektiv sehr empfehlen es ist seinen hohen Preis meiner Meinung nach wert. Pro: Sehr Flexibler Zoombereich und der sich für fast alle Motive eignet besonders auf Reisen ist es mehr als Praktisch da man nicht zu viele Objektive benötigt , Die sehr gute Abbildungsleistung hat mich sehr überzeugt. Verarbeitung: Das Objektiv ist recht schwer und ist sehr gut Verarbeitet. Die mitgeliferte Gegenlichtblende verhindert Streulicht sehr gut , der ebenfalls mitgelieferterte Objektivbeutel schützt das Objektiv vor Stössen und Kratzern. Contra : Hoher Preis (der aber für die gebotene Leistung aber voll inordung geht. Blende 4,0

Excellent Lens. Little on the heavier side. Using it with Canon EOS 600d. First few clicks were not extraordinary but the quality kept on improving on usage. Of course, this is nothing to do with the lens.

I started shooting (both stills and a good deal of video work) with a DSLR (Canon 60D) a little over 2 years ago and felt my photography/videography skills had advanced to the point where I could justify upgrading to Canon's L-series lenses. I had previously been using the Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II kit lens, a Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 prime and a Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS II telephoto lens. I wanted to cut back on the amount of gear I carried to just one main lens + my 50mm prime so I started looking for a good "everyday" lens that I could carry with me that would cover a decent range for the type of shooting I do (walking around the city, nature, people, events, vacations, short films, etc.) I spent weeks scouring Amazon, YouTube, Flickr and many other sites looking at pictures/videos taken with and reading/watching reviews of the Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L II USM and the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM. As much as I loved everything about the 24-70mm, I felt it didn't cover a large enough range for the type of shooting I do and although not as good as the 24-70mm, the 24-105mm still had pretty good low light and night time shooting capabilities. Also, the 24-70mm f/2.8 was ~$1,000 more expensive than the 24-105mm. When I finally decided on the 24-105mm, I went to buy it on Amazon and came across two different versions available, with a $400 price difference between the two. I read through many of the reviews on both products to try and figure out the reason behind the price difference. Ultimately, the $749 version was shipped in a plane white box (not the original Canon box) and according many of the reviews, without a warranty; the $1,149 version was sold and shipped in the original Canon box with the lens warranty. I was a little hesitant at first to buy the lens without the original Canon box and warranty due to fears of the lens being a counterfeit knock-off but I also couldn't justify paying $400 more for just an official Canon box and warranty (especially when a three year accident protection warranty from SquareTrade for the lens would only cost $150, bringing the total up to $900 with the lens). I pulled the trigger and bought the $749 lens from Get it Digital (fulfilled by Amazon) and even though I am a Amazon Prime member and selected 2-day free Prime shipping, the lens arrived the NEXT DAY. Per the description from Get it Digital, the lens was a brand new lens that was removed from a Canon 5D Mark III kit. As other reviews had mentioned, it arrived in a plane white box; however, my lens arrived WITH the Canon limited warranty. The lens was brand new, not a single speck of dust or scratch could be found on it. I have been extremely satisfied with the superb quality of this lens, the photos/videos I have taken with it and I am even happier that I didn't spend an extra $400 just for a cardboard Canon box. I know that if I go to sell the lens in the future, not having the official Canon box will hurt the resale value slightly. However, this has become my main lens that fits perfectly for all of my shooting needs and I don't foresee myself selling the lens in the near future, therefore having the original box seems nonsensical. If you're like me and don't see the need to have the original Canon box and warranty (although if you buy it on Amazon from Get it Digital, chances are it might arrive with the Canon warranty like mine did), then I would suggest saving yourself $400 and buying the white-box version (likely brand new from a 5D Mark III kit box).

Canonの24-105mmF4は３世代使ってきましたが、この第一世代もとても良いレンズでした。 一般に言われる解像力不足というのは、実際はこの第一世代でも全く問題無いです。少なくとも4500万画素のR5では十分使えます。特にシャープに撮りたい時はF5.6など少し絞ると良いです。 手振れ補正も望遠端でも十分機能するので、安心して使用できます。 Lレンズらしい発色の良さもしっかり持っているので、他人に納品する写真を撮る用のレンズとしても使えます。 不満点としては、第二世代やRFと比較すると太陽などの光源が入った時にフレアやコントラストの低下が少し見られます。RAW現像でも直しづらい時が有るので、逆光耐性を求めるなら新しいレンズの方をおすすめします。 また、カメラを下に向けるとズームが動いてしまうことで、それ以外は実用上全く問題ありません。Canonの標準ズームとして、とりあえずこの24-105mmを買っておけばOKです。