As the headline on this thread is rather general, Lenses for the R100, Iīd like to add the 24-240. As my lightest do-it-all kit when wildlife might show up more than landscape, the 38-380mm field of view has brought some nice images home. The RF 24-240 deserves far more positive comments here around than it gets. Perhaps the contributors here are too specialized and use their preferred FLīs, where as the 24-240 is the sole magnificent Jack of All Trades. But contrary to the classic JAT, the 24-240 is expert of many! Except the coveted shallow depth of sharp focus, mastery of blurred backgrounds. Those takes some planning and/or luck to get.
Although the 24-240 is smallish for itīs capabilities, it is rather heavy on the R100, better balanced on a R5 sized body. But the 24-240 on the R100 is actually a spectacular package for opportunistic general photography. I would feel naked without this lens.
Remember when you read the reviews on The Digital Picture, a site I use for reference, is that he shows the aberrations as they are. For FF lenses he use FF bodies, so with a crop sensor you wont get the corners he show, but you will demand more of the center part of the lens due to the denser more demanding crop sensors. The 24Mp crop would be a 61Mp FF sensor if the same pixels are used.
Furthermore lens corrections in post processing takes care of most of the aberrations. What you get with expensive lenses, the Līs, is mostly much more subtle than brute sharpness or lower aberrations, especially in the end result.
As the headline on this thread is rather general, Lenses for the R100, Iīd like to add the 24-240. As my lightest do-it-all kit when wildlife might show up more than landscape, the 38-380mm field of view has brought some nice images home. The RF 24-240 deserves far more positive comments here around than it gets. Perhaps the contributors here are too specialized and use their preferred FLīs, where as the 24-240 is the sole magnificent Jack of All Trades. But contrary to the classic JAT, the 24-240 is expert of many! Except the coveted shallow depth of sharp focus, mastery of blurred backgrounds. Those takes some planning and/or luck to get.
Although the 24-240 is smallish for itīs capabilities, it is rather heavy on the R100, better balanced on a R5 sized body. But the 24-240 on the R100 is actually a spectacular package for opportunistic general photography. I would feel naked without this lens.
Jan 06, 2026 at 01:04 PM
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