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Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM 35mm Zoom
Product DescriptionEasy-to-use standard zoom lens covers a large zoom area and its Image Stabilizer Technology steadies camera shake up to three stops. Constructed with one Super-UD glass element and three aspherical lenses, this lens minimizes chromatic aberration and distortion for excellent picture quality, even at wide apertures. Canon's ring-type USM gives silent but quick AF, along with full-time manual focus. Dust- and moisture-resistant construction for a durable and sophisticated lens suitable for advanced amateur and professional photographers.
User Reviews 
Submitted by
rechitansorin
a Intermediate Date Reviewed: January 6, 2011 Strengths: Excellent quality of the materials (although the inner lens support is made of plastic), tropicalisation (i had never had dust particles inside the lens), constant f 4 aperture but most of all, it s versatility. Weaknesses: The optical performance is good but nothing to dream of. Especially towards the long focal length, where even stopping down, the contrast and contrast are weak for it s claims. The distortion is very strong at 24mm (straight lines in the upper or downer side of the photograph will show a disturbing curvature (can be corrected via appropiate softs). Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6-10 years Price Paid: $800.00 Similar Products Used: Canon EF 28-105mm f 3,5-4,5 Canon EF 28-135mm f 3,5-5,6 IS Canon EF 24-70mm f 2,8 Nikon AF- D 24-85mm f 2,8-4 Type of photography: Outdoor
Submitted by
Archangel
a Expert Date Reviewed: October 18, 2010 Strengths: OK, the goods: Its optically excellent. Outside, on a sunny day, the images cannot be beat. Clear, vivid, decent zoom range. Build quality is excellent. Its an "L" after all. Weaknesses: Now the bads: The F4 aperture. I wasn't thrilled with this fact when I bought it, but thought I could work through it. With the excellent image stabilization I thought it would be no issue. I was wrong. I have consistently been let down by the poor low light performance of this lens. Add on the fact that I often use a polarizer, and you can imagine the challenges an f/4 gives you. With any moving subject you will have plenty of blur, and indoors the lens is a poor choice. My 70-200 with the f/2.8 is FAR superior in limited light. The wide angle aspect: the 24 on the 1.6x cameras just doesn't give as much wide angle as I had hoped for (38.5mm). It was not wide enough. Yes, I get it back at the top of the zoom range (the 105mm ends up being a 135mm or so on a 1.6x body), but I have a telephoto zoom for that end, so its not a major asset. Weight: the downside of the superb build is the fact that this is a solid, heavy lens. No big deal if it was the only lens I needed, but its not. I have a 70-200 for zoom work, and will be getting the 17-55 for real wide angle, and superior low light walkaround purposes. Add them all up (along with the 60mm Macro, tele-extenders, and other stuff) and your bag starts getting heavy. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 21+ years Price Paid: $850.00 Purchased At: Ebay Similar Products Used: Overall it is is a good lens for outdoor walkaround, and if you can live with the poor low light performance, and limited wideangle aspect on 1.6x bodies, you will love the images you get, If you are looking at this as an all in one, indoor/outdoor lens, it will disappoint. Type of photography: Outdoor
Submitted by
EOSThree
a Intermediate Date Reviewed: July 20, 2010 Strengths: Sharp: this lens is sharp in the center, very much so in a lot of instances. The sharpness falls off a bit toward the edges but this is still a very sharp lens. Contrast: excellent contrast, great contrast will alone do a lot to make your photographs better. You could add it in post, but having it there in the beginning is much better than having to add it. Color: very faithful color, I have never noticed any color cast with this lens. Constant f/4 aperture, it's wonderful not to have to worry that your aperture is getting smaller as you zoom in. L build: This lens is solid. It's very well built and should be trouble free for years. Range: this is an excellent range on a full frame camera, wide to short telephoto. Very versatile. Weaknesses: Vignetting: this lens is prone to vignetting at wide apertures. Light fall off is fairly significant. Soft toward the edges: This lens loses it's sharpness toward the edges of the frame, is very sharp in the center but falls off to good near the edges. Distortion: at 24mm the barrel distortion is quite pronounced. If you shoot a straight line at 24mm it will be decidedly curved in the photo. At 105mm there is slight pincushion, but it's hardly noticeable. The middle ranges of this lens are distortion free. Awkward range on a crop body: 36-157.5mm, not really wide, almost normal starting point. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 21+ years Price Paid: $990.00 Purchased At: eBay Similar Products Used: Canon 28-70 f/2.8L, Canon 28-135 f/3.5-5.6. Type of photography: Outdoor
Submitted by
mike4
a Professional Date Reviewed: January 5, 2008 Strengths: The strenth is the price and extra zoom up to 105mm and Images Stabilizer. can be use in your profesional work like photojournalism and weddings. Solid build and UD and good USM motor. Weaknesses: It is not as good as the 24-70mm f2.8 L lens because it has the wide apeture of f2.8 which you can use in low light and does give better picture. But the 24-105mm F4 L lens means that the F4, you have to use the Image Stabilizer in low light but still get blur images and you have to use a flash like the 580 EX I or II to get a good shot. You have to increase the ISO setting from 400 or 800 to 1000 to 1600 to shoot in low light or indoor and at 24 mm a small distorstion but not a real problem, the picture are still good. When it comes to zooming to 105mm the lens barrel extend outwards which means that dust can get in. Meaning cost money to get it clean on an L serise lens. So no internal zoom or better seal to stop dust getting in. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 11-20 years Price Paid: $1999.00 Similar Products Used: 28-135mm I.S. Lens Type of photography: Outdoor 
Submitted by
DerekS
a Intermediate Date Reviewed: December 1, 2007 Strengths: ? A Canon product ? Weatherproof lens ? Excellent grip when used with the 5D Weaknesses: Have not noticed any till now. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 11-20 years Price Paid: $35000.00 Similar Products Used: Have never used Canon lenses before. This is the first Canon lens I'm using. Type of photography: People
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