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tororo
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edatc
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Review Date: Feb 19, 2011
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| Rating: 10
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Range, built quality, IS
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This lens has a phenomenal focal range... I have used it to shoot weddings, and events in tight quarters. The only lens I take to a museum! Dropped the lens from about 2 and a half feet onto the concrete on airport parking lot. It bounced a little and the hood is now scratched up. I worried about it but it still took the shots I needed. So far I haven't seen any problem in the way it works. I'd say I was lucky on that one.
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Feb 19, 2011
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edelsolar
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Review Date: Jan 2, 2011
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Price paid: $1,050.00
| Rating: 9
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Focal range, build, IS
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Some CA, distortion at wide, flat colors
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I bought this lens to replace my Tamron 24-135mm, not a bad lens. It has nice build, fast AF, good focal range on a 5DII. While it shows CA and distortion at the wide angle side these are correctable inside LR. The image quality is not bad, and this lens is a good compromise for what it has to offer. Colors were a bit flat in RAW but this is all fixable inside software by boosting saturation and contrast
Based on my negative experience with QC of the 17-40mm zoom, I tested two lenses, both were good performers to my surprise. Below are some images taken with this lens:
http://delsolar.org/nature/webs/Canon%2024-105/
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Jan 2, 2011
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Bopperkat
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Review Date: Dec 27, 2010
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Price paid: $1,200.00
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The 24-105 is highly usable in low light. The photo below was shot with the exposure of 1/6 s, something I wouldnīt normally try but I got away with it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bopperkat/5294331063/sizes/l/in/photostream/ (I practically never use a tripod). So the IS helps, also the IQ is excellent wide open, with the exception of borders in the 70 to 105 range. You can see this in the first cat shot below (@73 mm @f4.0)
I mentioned below that the AF is superior to that of the 135 f2L. That is true for moving objects in the AI Servo mode, and I donīt think it is a result of the different camera (500d for 135L, 550d for 24-105L). I guess itīs possible, but it did not even occur to me initially.
I now have five lenses and I need a sixth, but the 24-105 is indispensable for me. For this range I definitely need a zoom, otherwise I prefer primes.
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Dec 27, 2010
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Bopperkat
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Review Date: Dec 24, 2010
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Dec 24, 2010
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Bopperkat
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Review Date: Dec 11, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
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| Rating: 10
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AF, IS, wide range
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only F4
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This is a very good all-around lens. Perhaps I would not include it in my shopping-list if I had to start all over again and plan a whole new sortiment of lenses, but this item has really no cons except the relative slowness, which can be a factor in sports photography. You can always rely on the autofocus, it is fast and accurate, clearly superior to the EF 135mm f/2 L USM. And I really find the image stabilizer useful in this range.
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Dec 11, 2010
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dnauer
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Review Date: Oct 23, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $1,050.00
| Rating: 10
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Range, IS, Build, IQ
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A little heavy, f4
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Wanted to replace my 17-85 kit lens on my 40D. Reviewed my past history and found I rarely shot below 24mm for my outdoor shooting, but wanted something sharper and longer. After some research decided to go with this lens and have been very happy with the IQ, Colors, Contrast, quick focus, and the IS is very good. If you have a crop camera you may want to also be sure you won't miss that range below 24mm or have alternative lenses. I still have the 17-85 in case I need that 17-24 range, but over the months I've had this lens I've used the 17-85 only one time. This is becoming a favorite lense for me.
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Oct 23, 2010
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Todd Klassy
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Review Date: Oct 18, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $1,600.00
| Rating: 8
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Good focal range, image stabilization, build quality, sharp images > f/5.6.
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Color and contrast not as good as other L lenses, f/4 maximum aperture, vignetting (especially at 24mm), and lack of weather sealing.
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The Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM is a good all-around lens. I owned this lens for almost three years and found it to be a very useful every day lens, which is available at a relatively competitive price.
Images are sharp and clean on my Canon 5D and 5D Mark II; especially those > f/5.6. The focal range makes it a good walk-around lens, but I always thought its maximum aperture of f/4 was a bit lacking and I always wanted something more. Color and contrast are good, but not stellar, and definitely not as good as the other L lenses I own. Like most zoom lenses, this lens is the 'jack of all trades' but a master of none.
If you plan on owning just one lens, and want to replace the silly kit lens that came with your camera, then I would say you can hardly go wrong owning this lens. If, however, you own other lenses in this focal length, or if you are trying to build a nice collection of useful lenses, this might not be the best option for you.
I briefly owned a Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens and I can not say the EF 24-105mm lens is a substantial upgrade over the EF-S 15-85mm lens...because it is not; especially if you own a Canon EOS 7D, 60D, 50D, or any other Canon camera with a 1.6 crop factor. About the only real advantage this lens has is its EF mount, which means you can also use it on a 5D, 1D or 1Ds, and it affords better build quality. Images are also a bit sharper than the EF-S 15-85mm, but the difference IMHO is negligible.
Trust me, this IS a very good lens, but if I had to do it all over again I would have purchased the Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM instead.
Here are some examples of photographs I have taken with my Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/latitudes/135745767/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/latitudes/97621020/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/latitudes/98733366/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/latitudes/98276792/
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Oct 18, 2010
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marks.
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Review Date: Sep 24, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $1,200.00
| Rating: 8
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covers all the basics, great for lowlight with IS and a little depth of field, weather resistant construction,
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"only" f4, could be sharper, Zoom creep, Sunshade (but that's on all zoom lenses)
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I highly recommend this lens. I use it mostly for travel when space/weight is an issue and for lowlight shooting when i need a little extra depth of field. I know it sounds contradictory, but for most images with more than one person you need a little focal depth and this just does it. Sometimes the focus has difficulties (even with my 1Ds III), but you can't have it all.
Is it as sharp as my other prime L lenses, not really, but it has a complete different design and usage.
The single most outstanding point for me in the last couple of month is the quit amazing quality i get when shooting video with a handheld 5D II. I focus manually and the IS compensates movement fantastically (the camera is rigged on a RedRock grip system) and the shots feels very lifelike and engaging. Very easy to use even for a novice.
For hybrid use this is THE lens in the Canon line up. And the concern of having only a f4 is negligible due to the relative high sensitivity i can shoot the Canon 5DII and 7D.
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Sep 24, 2010
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Digital Fury
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Review Date: Aug 25, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
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| Rating: 10
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Compact, solid and light walk-around L lense, 24mm for FF, 3-stop IS, fast focusing, image quality, compact hood, price
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f/4
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This is the lens I use most of the time unless I'm in very low light situation and/or need the f/2.8 speed indoor, as I also have the biggest non-IS 24-70 f/2.8, or I need something outside its 24-105mm range. Its built and image quality are excellent, it's fast focusing and low priced to boot.
It's "only" an f/4, but also quite smaller and lighter than the 24-70m f/2.8, and the 3-stop IS is quite useful.
To complement what the previous reviewer (LPrimeFreak) mentioned. The Peripheral Illumination Correction (PIC) data for vignetting is actually written in the RAW files, and thus can be used by RAW converters (e.h. DPP, DxO) just like the camera bodies do for JPEGs - ergo, vignetting is not actually an issue even on FF.
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Aug 25, 2010
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LPrimeFreak
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Review Date: Jul 29, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $700.00
| Rating: 8
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Great range for full frame users that miss a extra range due to no cropfactor, IS, good built quality.
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Too much vignetting on 24mm (fullframe), for crop users as a "walkaround" less interesting cause they lose the wide-angle.
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I bought this 24-105 for my 5D, the range was the best for a standard Canon zoom, a good walkaround lens, but I sold it cause there was too much vignetting, especially at 24mm.
I took pictures of a boat festival, all corners of the air were black. This was not so pleasant. Now I have the 5D MKII which has a function to correct this lens error in the camera itself, so that the vignetting is gone in jpegs, but I only use RAW.
I sold it for the 28-70 2.8L (for the sharpness but also to have the f2.8 back, love that bokeh, had it in past also on my 17-55 f2.8 IS). In fact f2.8 is my highest f-value on any lens, and i'm going to keep it that way.
First I doubted with the newer 24-70 2.8L, but this one has some bad copies which aren't all sharp if you read further reviews.
I got this 28-70 2.8L from a teacher from the university (12 years old but not so much used) for only $600 as new.
The 28-70 2.8L is the sharpest standard zoomlens for fullframe, but more difficult to find, as it's older. See also the highscore on this site, it's really the best. If you see the sharp pictures without knowing which lens, you think it's a prime.
Next to my case, the 24-105L is a very popular lens thanks to the range and IS if your not too picky for the vignetting and f4.
Some people with cropcams buy it for the range, but only realise later this is more a fullframe lens, with the 1.6 cropfactor they lose the wide-angle and then it's not so "walkaround" anymore, zoom starts at 38mm, almost head/shoulders for portraits.
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Jul 29, 2010
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haringo
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Review Date: Jul 21, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $900.00
| Rating: 9
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Wide Angle (on full frame) + Zoom in one "L" lens. Cheap compared to other "L" lenses, IS, perfect walk around
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4.0
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The best walk around lens! It is "L" lens quality. I don't think we should compare to other lenses because none of them has the range of 24-105mm.
Pros-
Focus is fast and smooth.
Sharp (can't be compared to prime lenses though)
Well built
Light
Great colors and contrast
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4.0 aperture. Not the best if you love shallow debt of field.
I wouldn't use it for professional work. For wedding and event photography it is too slow. You can find some images in my earlier wedding photography blog entries: http://www.haringphotography.com/blog/
Some of them are blurry because the lens was slow. Still they look artistic. If you want to have a little bit better, buy the older 28-70mm or the 24-70mm lens. I hope it helps.
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Jul 21, 2010
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Geofn
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Review Date: Jul 15, 2010
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Recommend? no |
Price paid: $860.00
| Rating: 6
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Reasonably Sharp. Very Useful Zoom Range.
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Overall Build Quality Seems "Cheap". Lack of Weathersealing. Colors not as Vibrant as other L Lenses.
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I tried one of these lenses about 3 years ago and ended up sending it back. I really wanted a lens with this zoom range, so decided to give it another try. For an "L" lens, this one is dissapointing overall. The build quality reminds me of a cheap kit lens. It just doesn't seem solid like all my other L's. Colors seem a little more muted and less vibrant than my other L's as well.
On the positive side, the lens is reasonably sharp across the whole zoom range, and the zoom ring and focus are very smooth. The lens does exhibit quite noticible vignetting at 24mm as well as moderate CA in the corners, but both are easily corrected in post (LR3's built-in lens correction does a nice job). This lens is a step up from the 28-135 IS, but in my opinion it isn't worth four times the price.
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Jul 15, 2010
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BokehBeauty
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Review Date: Jun 3, 2010
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Recommend? no |
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| Rating: 6
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Focal range, MFD, USM, IS, very sharp, solid, universal
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Muted, lifeless colors, light quality is lost
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This lens has all characteristics to make it an all-time on lens, but it really sucks. Why? The colors are muted and dull. No light flooding of the images.
I moved from Minolta 7D to Canon 5D Mk II and did regret the move alot the first 8 months, not knowing it is the lens(es). The images are sharp, but IQ is more. The images rendered by this lens miss any light flooding and get a wrong color nuance.
I feel this is similar with the other non L Canon lens I own, 100mm f2. But a portrait lens may not require lively colors, brilliance and (micro)contrast.
I only found out how good the Canon 5D Mk II body is, when I bought my first Zeiss ZE lens. Now I'm happy.
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Jun 3, 2010
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Photograff
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Review Date: May 25, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
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| Rating: 9
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The range of the DF, is, universal focal length + high quality pictures!
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Good objects, in the hands of a skilled photographer will be an excellent glass. I will never fighting abroad with all kinds of Beck and the front of tricks and so erudnoy, never tested his glasses and they serve me well. Ah, if it were the focal this window of 17-20 mm - prices should not he be. Photos taken by this lens can be seen on my site www.BFoto.ru
http://www.bfoto.ru/bfoto_ru_217.php Canon EOS 5D
http://www.bfoto.ru/bfoto_ru_834.php Canon EOS 5D
http://www.bfoto.ru/bfoto_ru_1718.php Canon EOS 5D Mark II
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May 25, 2010
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AnderlSp
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Review Date: May 1, 2010
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| Rating: 9
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always on lense - perfect partner for every day use - good image quality - robust
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none up to last week - then I had to bring it to the service ( about 6000 pictures, 3,5 years old)
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The Canon EF 24-105 f/4,0 L IS USM is the ultimative "Always-On"-Lense. I shot more than 60% of my pictures with this wunderful lense. On both cameras, the EOS 20D and the 5D Mk II this lense delivers a very good image quality.
Sample picture you can find here:
http://www.reise-bilderbuch.de/
It was my first L lense, I bought, and from the first day I was fascinated by the lense. It felt quite different to the other kit-lenses I have been using before. The lense promises a lot of fun. The focal range is perfect for the every day use. The autofocus is fast and accurate. And it's really sharp - even on the 5D Mark II I am really happy with the image quality. There are some chromatic abberiations if you zoom in to 100%, but with lightroom it's easy to correct it, if necessary.
The protection of the lense makes it also really robust. I had used the lense on several trip, and didn't get dust on the sensor. Even on the trek through the chilean volcanic area - Circuito de los Cóndores -, with a lot of dust, I didn't experience any problems.
The only negative thing I have to tell, is, that now after about 6000 pictures made with the lense (3,5 years old), I had to bring it to the Canon service, because I got on the EOS 5D Mk II the message Err 01. Probably it will cost me 300...
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May 1, 2010
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