Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM Lens, Black – 1380C002
March 7, 2020 - Comment
The EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS II USM is a lightweight and maneuverable standard zoom lens with Image Stabilizer (IS).
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Three things different than I expected – mostly good. I read the technical reviews and knew what to expect in terms of sharpness and features. I’ll just report on three things that were slightly different than I expected.1. The lock button only locks the zoom in the retracted position. It does not lock the zoom in any arbitrary position. One of my biggest frustrations with version I of the 24-105mm, besides the lens hood, was that the zoom would creep when pointing down at a subject. Canon tightened my old lens up for me, but it still…
Happy with Version 2 This lens is criticized on photography boards because people feel the current version 1 is a better value at current lower prices and because they don’t feel it is as sharp as 24-70 2.8 Ii (to be expected). When version 1 of this lens got bundled as a kit with 6D it went from being considered a high quality lens to being maligned as a “kit” lens. It is difficult for the 24-105 to get respect!I used version 1 of the 24-105 for over 10 years and upgraded to version 2 because…
Won’t focus consistently I bought this three years ago and thought the images were soft but never really tested until today. With a 5D Mk IV on a tripod I zoomed the lens out and made sure the range was such that there was a narrow depth-of-field so I could check front-focus or back-focus issues (which is what I expectex). Using a Spyder LensCal target I could clearly see that it just wasn’t focusing very well most of the time. In Live View, which uses an entirely different focusing technology, it yielded a sharp…