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Specifications:
| Manufacturer | Canon |
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| Model | EF 24-105 mm f/4L IS USM |
| Lens style | Universal zoom |
| Focal length | 24 - 105 mm |
| Maximum aperture | f/4 |
| Angle of view | 84 - 23.3 o |
| Closest focusing distance | 0.45 m |
| Maximum magnification | 1:4.3 |
| Minimum aperture | 22 |
| Number of diaphragm blades | 8 |
| Auto focus type | AF USM |
| Lens Construction | 18 elements / 13 groups |
| Filter diameter | 77 mm |
| Macro | No |
| Available mounts | Canon EF |
| Dimensions | 83.5 x 107 mm |
| Weight | 670 g |
| Additional information | Marketed October 2005 |
Average rating (13 owners reviews).
| Build quality | 4.69 |   |
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| Optical quality | 4.23 |  |
| Value for money | 4.08 | |
| Overall | 4.33 | |
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Owner since: 3 years
Price: 600
User profile: Amateur
Cons: Big, heavy. Max aperture is only f4. Sharpness is not top. 24mm for APSC is not enough wide.
Pros: Build is very good. AF is fast. IS is also good
Summary: Not recommended for APSC body.
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Owner since: 3 months
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User profile: Semipro
Cons: Maximum aperture 4 is not very good for this lens.
Pros: Great Optical quality
Summary: I recommend as a perfect walk around lens.
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Owner since: 3 months
Price: Kit lens
User profile: Amateur
Cons: Price if not from kit
Pros: Everything: Range, IS, build quality, sharpness, USM...
Summary: Excellent. My previous lens was 17-55 on 7D. Now, in FF, i've the same feeling.
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Owner since: 3 years
Price: 8600 nok
User profile: Amateur
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Owner since: 4 years
Price: 1000 euro'
User profile: Amateur
Cons: At 24 mm on FF lots of vignetting and barrel. After 3 years the lens began to slide from small to longer when holding the lens down, when your walking for example. Very annoying, so the build quality is not that good for an L lens. They told me it can be fixed, but only for a limited amount of time.
Pros: Small and light in comparison with the 24-70 F2.8, much more a walk around zoom. Very good IS and optical performance better the the 24-70 F2.8, but no mach with some primes.
Summary: Best all round zoom available, do not miss the F2.8. For that I take a prime.
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Owner since: 3 months
Price: us$1000
User profile: Professional
Cons: not good for apsc - not wide enough
Pros: solid, good useful common range, IS, light weight, resolution meets pro. standard. No field curvature issue like 24-70L
Summary: must own for FF owner unless using primes
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Owner since: 2 years
Price: 1000
User profile: Amateur
Cons: Image Stabilizer has no panning mode. Slow aperture. Rather large and heavy. Expensive.
Pros: Very sharp, even at maximum aperture (f4). Wonderful colors, they really make this lens standing out! Very solid build.
Summary: This is fantastic lens, not perfect, not as sharp as some prime lenses, but the beautiful color rendition and the wide range makes this lens my choice number one when going for a trip.
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Owner since: 3 years
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User profile: Semipro
Cons: F4 not fast enough. Heavy distortion at 24mm. Mediocre bokeh and rendering. Vignetting and CA on FF.
Pros: Versatile. Weather-resistant. OK image quality. IS. Although it is generally thought of as a FF lens, it is actually better on a crop.
Summary: Compromise, 17-55 IS + 135 L would be a better choice.
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Owner since: 2 years
Price: $1000
User profile: Professional
Cons: can't find any
Pros: Best walk-about lens I know of
Summary: Just buy it!Fabulous
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Owner since: 1 year
Price: 5DMK2 Kit
User profile: Amateur
Cons: heavy Barrel and CAs at 24mm,anyway my favorite focal length, soft at 105mm, by and by Lens zooms out when holding perpendicular
Pros: well working IS, good zoom range, constand f4 aperture, fast autofocus
Summary: top Kit Lens especially for full frame!
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Owner since: 1 year
Price: 5D2 kit
User profile: Amateur
Cons: IMPORTANT NOTE: This lens is Dr Jekyll on a crop and Mr Hyde on a full frame. I'm on full frame. - Overcorrected (bad bokeh) - Barrel distortion. - Vignetting. - CA
Pros: - Range. - Good colors. - Sharpness. - IS. - Fast precise focusing. - Weight.
Summary: Very good on a crop, but be careful if you want to upgrade to full frame: - Had to fix huge barrel distortion on all wide shots (can be fixed in post-processing but decreases IQ and requires cropping). - Had to fix vignetting on most shots (easy fix). - Had to fix CA on most shot (easy fix). - Did not like the bokeh, this lens is awfully overcorrected (manual fix and huge waste of time). Synopsis: Replaced with 24-70L.
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Owner since: 2 years
Price: 1100 US$
User profile: Amateur
Cons: You don't get wide angle on cropped sized sensor cameras. IS a little noisy. It's not f2.8
Pros: Focal range from 24 to 105 is very good for FF cameras. Great USM focusing. Build quality superb. Optical performance good but not excellent. IS very usefully. Not very heavy.
Summary: Very good lens. I wish it has f2.8 with the same focal lenght
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Owner since: 1 month
Price: 599E(2nd h
User profile: Amateur
Cons: loses focus sometimes,in low light AF sometimes stops responding to shot button(i then have to change zoom and it starts working ok again)
Pros: suberb image quality,build to last
Summary: great lens for both amateurs and profesionals,would reccomend to anyone
